Country size comparison

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Eritrea is around the same size as Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 4% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (7.5 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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