Country size comparison
compared to
Nicaragua is about 1.2 times bigger than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 16% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (7.5 million fewer people live in Nicaragua).
This to-scale comparison of
Benin
vs.
Nicaragua
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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