Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 1.2 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 81.77% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (3.5 million fewer people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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