Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 1.6 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 62.4% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (8.5 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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