Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 2.7 times smaller than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 36.89% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (3.6 million more people live in Netherlands).
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