Country size comparison

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Burkina Faso is about 2.4 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 143% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (8.2 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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