Germany is 3.08× the size of Benin

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Benin about 116,000 km² (44,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
116,000km²Benin

200 km

Germany
Benin

What fits

Benin fits inside Germany about 3.08 times by area.
Germany is larger by 242,000 km² (93,300 mi²), which is 208% of the area of Benin.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Benin about 3.79.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 14.1 million, 5.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 122 in Benin: Germany is 1.92× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,660 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Benin at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 7.58× the size of Benin instead of 3.08×.
Together Germany and Benin cover 474,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 242,000 km², is about the size of Uganda (242,000 km²).
At Benin's density, Germany would have 43.5 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Benin would have 27.1 million (it has 14.1 million).
Germany's centre is 41.4° of latitude, about 4,610 km, farther north than Benin's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.08×
More people	Germany	5.92×
More crowded	Germany	1.92×
Farther north	Germany	41.4° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Benin
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.79×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.48×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.31×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.21×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Germany	Benin
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	116,000 km²44,800 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	14.1 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	233 per km²	122 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	115,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Porto-Novo; Cotonou
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	6°N to 12°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

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

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
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

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