Country size comparison

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Benin is about 1.7 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 60.09% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (7.8 million fewer people live in Benin).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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