Benin is around the same size as North Carolina.

North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 89.27% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (4.2 million more people live in Benin).
This to-scale comparison of North Carolina vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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