Country size comparison

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Benin is about 1.3 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 78.23% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (924,056 more people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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