Country size comparison

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Peru is around the same size as Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 1% larger than Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (7.8 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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