Country size comparison

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France is about 4.9 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 390% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (54.6 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from France to Benin · UN DESA 2020
1,402 people born in France live in Benin.
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