Country size comparison

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Libya is about 16 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,462% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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