Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 6 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 466% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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