Country size comparison

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Benin is about 2.7 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 37.37% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (47.3 million fewer people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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