Benin is 1.06× the size of Cuba

Benin covers about 116,000 km² (44,800 mi²) and Cuba about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

116,000km²Benin
110,000km²Cuba

200 km

Benin
Cuba

What fits

Cuba is 95% of the size of Benin.
Benin is larger by 6,180 km² (2,390 mi²), which is 5.6% of the area of Cuba.
Measured in Belgiums: Benin is about 3.79, Cuba about 3.58.

How they differ

Benin also has the larger population: 14.1 million against 11.0 million, 1.28× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 122 in Benin against 100 in Cuba: Benin is 1.22× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,730 km apart.
On a standard web map Cuba looks larger than Benin: Benin at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Cuba at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Cuba as 1.07× the size of Benin, when Benin is 1.06× the size of Cuba.
Together Benin and Cuba cover 226,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,180 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Cuba's density, Benin would have 11.6 million people (it has 14.1 million). At Benin's density, Cuba would have 13.4 million (it has 11.0 million).
Cuba's centre is 12.0° of latitude, about 1,330 km, farther north than Benin's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Benin	1.06×
More people	Benin	1.28×
More crowded	Benin	1.22×
Farther north	Cuba	12.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Cuba	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Benin	Cuba
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.79×	3.58×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.48×	0.45×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.32×	0.31×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.31×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.21×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
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	Cuba
Area, main territory	116,000 km²44,800 mi²	110,000 km²42,400 mi²
Population	14.1 millionWikidata, 2023	11.0 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	122 per km²	100 per km²
Official area	115,000 km²Wikidata	110,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Porto-Novo; Cotonou	Havana
Latitude range	6°N to 12°N	20°N to 23°N
Continent	Africa	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023, 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 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 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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