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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.

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Location on a map: 9°50′N, 2°25′E

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Benin is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Western Africa and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of sites in Benin by inscription year

Distribution of politicians from Benin by birth year

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Benin

Distribution of universities in Benin per foundation year

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Benin with forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Benin with forecast

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Benin with forecast

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Benin with forecast

Map of the distribution of universities in Benin by total students

Map of the distribution of cities in Benin by population

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Benin by mean width

Map of the distribution of sites in Benin by area

Share of politicians per gender in Benin

Share of diseases in Benin by mortality rate

Share of athletes per gender in Benin

Share of transboundary sites in Benin

Correlation of carbon dioxide and methane emissions of countries yearly in Benin

Correlation of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in Benin

Correlation of access to electricity and fertility rate by countries yearly in Benin

Correlation of urban land area and armed forces personnel by countries yearly in Benin

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In literature

There are 47 books written about Benin in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

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