Ontario is 9.28× the size of Benin

What fits

• Benin fits inside Ontario about 9.28 times by area.
• Ontario is larger by 961,000 km² (371,000 mi²), which is 828% of the area of Benin.
• Measured in Belgiums: Ontario is about 35.1, Benin about 3.79.

How they differ

• Ontario also has the larger population: 14.2 million against 14.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 122 in Benin against 13 in Ontario: Benin is 9.21× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,030 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ontario at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Benin at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Ontario as 21.8× the size of Benin instead of 9.28×.
• Together Ontario and Benin cover 1,194,000 km², close to the size of Niger (1,181,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 961,000 km², is about the size of Tanzania (942,000 km²).
• At Benin's density, Ontario would have 131.0 million people (it has 14.2 million). At Ontario's density, Benin would have 1.5 million (it has 14.1 million).
• Ontario's centre is 40.3° of latitude, about 4,480 km, farther north than Benin's.
• Ontario is the 4th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 11% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Benin ranks 103rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Ontario lies about 40° of latitude (roughly 4,480 km) north of Benin.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Ontario would have about 75,760 m² and each person in Benin about 8,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Ontario and Benin would cover 1,194,000 km², about the same size as Niger.
• Together they have 28.3 million people, about as many people as Cameroon.
• Counted as a country, Ontario would rank 29th by area and 76th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,076,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,078,000 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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