Country size comparison

compared to

Pennsylvania is around the same size as Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 3% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Pennsylvania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Pennsylvania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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