Country size comparison

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Benin is about 1.6 times smaller than Missouri.

Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 63.12% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (7.8 million more people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Missouri vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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