Angola is 1.05× the size of Niger

Angola covers about 1,245,000 km² (481,000 mi²) and Niger about 1,181,000 km² (456,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,245,000km²Angola
1,181,000km²Niger

500 km

Angola
Niger

What fits

Niger is 95% of the size of Angola.
Angola is larger by 63,400 km² (24,500 mi²), which is 5.4% of the area of Niger.
Measured in Belgiums: Angola is about 40.6, Niger about 38.5.

How they differ

Angola also has the larger population: 36.7 million against 21.5 million, 1.71× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 30 in Angola against 18 in Niger: Angola is 1.62× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,420 km apart.
Together Angola and Niger cover 2,426,000 km², close to the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km², 4.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 63,400 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
At Niger's density, Angola would have 22.6 million people (it has 36.7 million). At Angola's density, Niger would have 34.9 million (it has 21.5 million).
Niger's centre is 29.7° of latitude, about 3,300 km, farther north than Angola's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Angola	1.05×
More people	Angola	1.71×
More crowded	Angola	1.62×
Farther north	Niger	29.7° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Angola	Niger
Belgium 30,700 km²	40.6×	38.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	5.11×	4.85×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.48×	3.30×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.33×	3.16×
France 548,000 km²	2.27×	2.16×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.40×	0.37×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.15×	0.14×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.13×	0.13×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Angola	Niger
Area, main territory	1,245,000 km²481,000 mi²	1,181,000 km²456,000 mi²
Population	36.7 millionWikidata, 2023	21.5 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	30 per km²	18 per km²
Official area	1,247,000 km²Wikidata	1,267,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Luanda	Niamey
Latitude range	18°S to 4°S	12°N to 24°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,245,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 1,181,000 km² is 6.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,267,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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