Benin is about 11 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 9.24% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (43.8 million fewer people live in Benin).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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