Country size comparison

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Benin is about 8 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 12.19% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (211.3 million fewer people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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