Country size comparison
compared to
Benin is around the same size as North Korea.
North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 93.43% the size of North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (12.2 million fewer people live in Benin).
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