Benin is 1.01× the size of Telangana
Benin (Africa) covers about 116,000 km² (44,800 mi²) and Telangana (state of India) about 115,000 km² (44,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 116,000km²Benin
- 115,000km²Telangana
100 km
- Benin
- Telangana
What fits
- Telangana is 99% of the size of Benin.
- Benin is larger by 1,300 km² (501 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Telangana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Benin is about 3.79, Telangana about 3.74.
How they differ
- Benin is larger, but Telangana has the larger population: 35.2 million against 14.1 million, 2.49× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 307 in Telangana against 122 in Benin: Telangana is 2.52× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,290 km apart.
- On a standard web map Telangana looks larger than Benin: Benin at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Telangana at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Telangana as 1.06× the size of Benin, when Benin is 1.01× the size of Telangana.
- Together Benin and Telangana cover 231,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,300 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Telangana's density, Benin would have 35.6 million people (it has 14.1 million). At Benin's density, Telangana would have 14.0 million (it has 35.2 million).
- Telangana's centre is 8.2° of latitude, about 910 km, farther north than Benin's.
- Benin ranks 103rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Telangana is the 11th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Telangana lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 907 km) north of Benin.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Benin would have about 8,230 m² and each person in Telangana about 3,260 m².
- Laid side by side, Benin and Telangana would cover 231,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
- Together they have 49.3 million people, about as many people as Spain.
- Counted as a country, Telangana would rank 103rd by area and 42nd by population.
Side by side
| Benin | Telangana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 116,000 km²44,800 mi² | 115,000 km²44,300 mi² |
| Official area | 115,000 km²Wikidata | 112,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 102nd of 239worldwide | 11th of 36in India |
| Population | 14.1 millionWikidata, 2023 | 35.2 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 76th of 237worldwide | 12th of 36in India |
| Density | 122 per km² | 307 per km² |
| Capital | Porto-Novo; Cotonou | Hyderabad |
| Latitude range | 6°N to 12°N | 16°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 115,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 116,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 115,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 112,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12