Benin is 1.03× the size of Bulgaria

Benin covers about 116,000 km² (44,800 mi²) and Bulgaria about 113,000 km² (43,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

116,000km²Benin
113,000km²Bulgaria

100 km

Benin
Bulgaria

What fits

Bulgaria is 97% of the size of Benin.
Benin is larger by 3,350 km² (1,290 mi²), which is 3.0% of the area of Bulgaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Benin is about 3.79, Bulgaria about 3.68.

How they differ

Benin also has the larger population: 14.1 million against 6.4 million, 2.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 122 in Benin against 57 in Bulgaria: Benin is 2.13× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Bulgaria looks larger than Benin: Benin at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Bulgaria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Bulgaria as 1.75× the size of Benin, when Benin is 1.03× the size of Bulgaria.
Together Benin and Bulgaria cover 229,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,350 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Bulgaria's density, Benin would have 6.6 million people (it has 14.1 million). At Benin's density, Bulgaria would have 13.7 million (it has 6.4 million).
Bulgaria's centre is 33.1° of latitude, about 3,680 km, farther north than Benin's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Benin	1.03×
More people	Benin	2.20×
More crowded	Benin	2.13×
Farther north	Bulgaria	33.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Bulgaria	1.9× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Benin	Bulgaria
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.79×	3.68×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.48×	0.46×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.32×	0.32×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.31×	0.30×
France 548,000 km²	0.21×	0.21×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Benin	Bulgaria
Area, main territory	116,000 km²44,800 mi²	113,000 km²43,500 mi²
Population	14.1 millionWikidata, 2023	6.4 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	122 per km²	57 per km²
Official area	115,000 km²Wikidata	111,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Porto-Novo; Cotonou	Sofia
Latitude range	6°N to 12°N	41°N to 44°N
Continent	Africa	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 115,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 116,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 113,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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