Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 3.6 times bigger than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 259% larger than Benin.
Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people
(23.5 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Benin
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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