Country size comparison

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Nigeria is about 1.4 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 72.91% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~27.9 million people (209.6 million more people live in Nigeria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Nigeria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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