Eritrea is 1.06× the size of Benin
Eritrea covers about 123,000 km² (47,300 mi²) and Benin about 116,000 km² (44,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 123,000km²Eritrea
- 116,000km²Benin
200 km
- Eritrea
- Benin
What fits
- Benin is 95% of the size of Eritrea.
- Eritrea is larger by 6,420 km² (2,480 mi²), which is 5.5% of the area of Benin.
- Measured in Belgiums: Eritrea is about 4.00, Benin about 3.79.
How they differ
- Eritrea is larger, but Benin has the larger population: 14.1 million against 3.5 million, 4.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 122 in Benin against 29 in Eritrea: Benin is 4.26× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,010 km apart.
- Together Eritrea and Benin cover 239,000 km², close to the size of Ghana (239,000 km², 0.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 6,420 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Benin's density, Eritrea would have 14.9 million people (it has 3.5 million). At Eritrea's density, Benin would have 3.3 million (it has 14.1 million).
- Eritrea's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 640 km, farther north than Benin's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Eritrea | 1.06× |
| More people | Benin | 4.04× |
| More crowded | Benin | 4.26× |
| Farther north | Eritrea | 5.7° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Eritrea | Benin |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 4.00× | 3.79× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.50× | 0.48× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.34× | 0.32× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.33× | 0.31× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.22× | 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
| Eritrea | Benin | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 123,000 km²47,300 mi² | 116,000 km²44,800 mi² |
| Population | 3.5 millionWikidata, 2019 | 14.1 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 29 per km² | 122 per km² |
| Official area | 118,000 km²Wikidata | 115,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Asmara | Porto-Novo; Cotonou |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 18°N | 6°N to 12°N |
| Continent | Africa | Africa |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 123,000 km² is 4.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 115,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 116,000 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