Country size comparison

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Mississippi is around the same size as Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 8% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (10.8 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Mississippi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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