Country size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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