Country size comparison

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Lesotho is about 3.7 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 26.95% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~14.8 million people (12.5 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Lesotho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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