Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 2.7 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 168% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (47.3 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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