Country size comparison

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Maryland is about 4.5 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, making Maryland 22.48% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (8.0 million fewer people live in Maryland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Maryland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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