Country size comparison

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Japan is about 3.4 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 236% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~14.8 million people (108.6 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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