Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 1.4 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 45% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (13.1 million fewer people live in Suriname).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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