Country size comparison

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Iraq is about 3.9 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 289% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (26.7 million more people live in Iraq).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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