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Benin

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Benin is a country. The capital city is Porto-Novo, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 112,760 km², a population of 14,111,034 people and uses the currency West African CFA franc. The President is Patrice Talon.

Key facts

currency: West African CFA franc
capital city: Porto-Novo
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 112,760 km²
population: 14,111,034 people
political leader: Patrice Talon (President)

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GDP: 19,676,049,075.70 current US$
inflation: 2.73 annual %
self-employed workers: 88.04 % of total employment
tax revenue: 10.79 % of GDP
unemployment: 1.66 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 86.71 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 12,000 people
democracy score: 5.74
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 8,800 people
individuals using the Internet: 32.20 % of population
military expenditure: 0.71 % of GDP
net migration: -192 people
press freedom: 2.46
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.61 %
birth rate: 36.07 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.32 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 35.13 current US$
health expenditure: 2.58 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.45 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 60
suicide mortality rate: 7.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 39,500.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 6.44 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 56.50 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 4.09 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 94.44 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.46 % of total
net energy imports: 46.59 % of energy use
fertility rate: 4.89 births per woman
forest area: 30,351 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 36.72 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 16.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 13.80
methane emissions: 7.49 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 7,036,429 people
male population: 7,074,605 people
renewable energy consumption: 54.50 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 113,691.06 km²
rural population: 7,041,406 people
urban land area: 2,005.91 km²
urban population: 7,069,628 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 6.00 % of total population

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