Niger is 1.05× the size of Ethiopia

Niger covers about 1,181,000 km² (456,000 mi²) and Ethiopia about 1,127,000 km² (435,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,181,000km²Niger
1,127,000km²Ethiopia

500 km

Niger
Ethiopia

What fits

Ethiopia is 95% of the size of Niger.
Niger is larger by 53,900 km² (20,800 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Ethiopia.
Measured in Belgiums: Niger is about 38.5, Ethiopia about 36.8.

How they differ

Niger is larger, but Ethiopia has the larger population: 128.7 million against 21.5 million, 5.99× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Ethiopia against 18 in Niger: Ethiopia is 6.28× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,420 km apart.
Together Niger and Ethiopia cover 2,309,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 53,900 km², is about the size of Croatia (55,000 km²).
At Ethiopia's density, Niger would have 134.8 million people (it has 21.5 million). At Niger's density, Ethiopia would have 20.5 million (it has 128.7 million).
Niger's centre is 8.8° of latitude, about 980 km, farther north than Ethiopia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Niger	1.05×
More people	Ethiopia	5.99×
More crowded	Ethiopia	6.28×
Farther north	Niger	8.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Niger	1.1× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Niger	Ethiopia
Belgium 30,700 km²	38.5×	36.8×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	4.85×	4.62×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.30×	3.15×
Japan 374,000 km²	3.16×	3.02×
France 548,000 km²	2.16×	2.06×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.37×	0.36×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×

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

Side by side

	Niger	Ethiopia
Area, main territory	1,181,000 km²456,000 mi²	1,127,000 km²435,000 mi²
Population	21.5 millionWikidata, 2017	128.7 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	18 per km²	114 per km²
Official area	1,267,000 km²Wikidata	1,104,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Niamey	Addis Ababa
Latitude range	12°N to 24°N	3°N to 15°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

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

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.
Our measured 1,127,000 km² is 2.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,104,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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