Country size comparison
compared to
Benin is about 11 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, making Benin 9.24% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (43.8 million fewer people live in Benin).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Benin
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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