Country size comparison

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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 21 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,982% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (94.7 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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