Country size comparison

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Benin is about 1.8 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 54.62% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (8.5 million more people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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