Country size comparison

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Benin is about 1.4 times smaller than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 68.75% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (13.1 million more people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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