Country size comparison

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Niger is about 12 times bigger than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 1,136% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (16.5 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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