Country size comparison

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Virginia is around the same size as Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 91.06% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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