Name | Benin |
Long name | Republic of Benin |
Population (people) | 9,983,884 (2013) |
Population (source) | census |
Constitutional form | Republic |
Drives on | Right |
Head of state authority | Executive |
Main continent | Africa |
Number of airports | 5 |
Airports - with paved runways | 1 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | 4 |
Area (m²) | 112,622 |
Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 38 |
Calling code | |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 20 |
Current Account Balance (US$) | -620,600,000 |
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 9 |
Debt - external (Billion US$) | 1 |
Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 1 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 68 |
Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
Electricity imports (million kWh) | 651 |
Electricity production (billion kWh) | 0 |
Exports (Billion $) | 2 |
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 1,500 |
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 15 |
GDP real growth rate (%) | 3 |
Gross national income (US$) | 37 |
Human Development Index | 0 |
Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 4 |
Heliports | |
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 1 |
HIV AIDS deaths | 2,700 |
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 60,000 |
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 1 |
Capital city | Porto-Novo |
Currency | CFA franc |
Imports (Billion $) | 2 |
Industrial production growth rate (%) | 3 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 60 |
Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 3 |
Internet hosts | 495 |
Internet tld | .bj |
Internet users | 200,100 |
Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 22 |
Iso 3166 code | BJ |
ISO CODE | BEN |
Labor force | 3,662,000 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) | 60 |
Literacy (%) | 42 |
Manpower available for military service | 2,095,373 |
Manpower fit for military service | 1,385,065 |
Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 108,496 |
Is democracy | Yes |
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | |
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 350 |
Merchant marine | |
Military expenditures percent of GDP | 1 |
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 0 |
Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 1,132,999,936 |
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | 0 |
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 25,000 |
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 3 |
Oil exports (bbl/day) | 10,840 |
Oil imports (bbl/day) | 33,410 |
Oil production (bbl/day) | 0 |
Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 8,000,000 |
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
Population below poverty line (%) | 37 |
Population census (people) | 9,983,884 (2013) |
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 85 |
Population estimate (people) | |
Population growth rate (%) | 3 |
Public debt (% of GDP) | 31 |
Railways (km) | 438 |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 887,200,000 |
Roadways (km) | 16,000 |
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
Telephones main lines in use | 152,700 |
Telephones main lines in use per capita | 2 |
Telephones mobile cellular | 7,765,000 |
Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 83 |
Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 5 |
Unemployment rate (%) | |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | 1 |
Waterways (km) | 150 |
Valley | |
Helicopter | |
Canyon | |
Artillery | |
Crater | |
Religion | |
Continent | Africa |
Border | Frontière entre le Bénin et le Burkina Faso, Frontière entre le Bénin et le Niger, Frontière entre le Bénin et le Nigeria, Frontière entre le Bénin et le Togo |
Plateau | |
Marsh | |
Demonym | beninese |