Benin is about 2.2 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 120% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (8.6 million more people live in Benin).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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