Country size comparison

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Iran is about 15 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,363% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (73.0 million more people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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