Niger is 2.2 times larger than Madagascar.
Area: 587,041 km2 World Factbook
Population: 23,201,926 (July 2014) World Factbook
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar, as well as numerous smaller peripheral islands. Wikipedia
Area: 1,267,000 km2 World Factbook
Population: 17,466,172 (July 2014) World Factbook
Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. Wikipedia