Country size comparison

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Benin is around the same size as Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 99.82% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (9.2 million more people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Louisiana is 3.1 times more expensive than Benin overall
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