Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 5 times smaller than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 18.68% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
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