Country size comparison

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Russia is about 152 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 15,082% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (128.3 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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