Benin is about 2.4 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 42.34% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (13.1 million more people live in Benin).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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