Country size comparison

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Benin is about 13 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 7.6% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (13.0 million more people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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