Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is around the same size as Niger.
Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 96.22% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (33.0 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Niger
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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