Country size comparison

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Benin is about 15 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 6.83% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (73.0 million fewer people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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