Country size comparison

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Benin is around the same size as Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 10% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (5.8 million more people live in Benin).
This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Benin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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