Country size comparison
compared to
Sierra Leone is about 1.6 times smaller than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 63.7% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Sierra Leone).
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