Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 13 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 1,215% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (13.0 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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