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Benin

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Key facts

  • currency: West African CFA franc
  • capital city: Porto-Novo
  • region: Western Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 112,760 km²
  • population: 13,712,828
  • political leader: Patrice Talon (President)

Location on a map: [9°50′N, 2°25′E]

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Benin is a country in Western Africa, Africa. It has a land area of 112,760 km² and a population of 13,712,828. The capital city is Porto-Novo. The political leader is Patrice Talon whose title is President.

In the news

Benin has been mentioned 43 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

Iowa Museum Makes Historic Repatriation of Benin Bronzes
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Iowa's Stanley Museum of Art Becomes First in the US to Return Benin Bronzes
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Here's The First Museum in The U.S. To Return Benin Bronzes To Nigeria
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British Museum's New Director Suggests "Lending Library" Model For Repatriating Parthenon Marbles And Benin Bronzes
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Environment

Benin is one of the countries in Africa and one of the countries in Western Africa.
There are cities in Benin. There are wildfires in Benin.
  • Agricultural land: 39,500.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 7,980.40 kt
  • 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: 30,851 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 36.72 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 1,486.29 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 13.70 years
  • Methane emissions: 4,029.62 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3,007.64 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 6,842,109.00
  • Male population: 6,870,720.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 54.50 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 113,691.06 km²
  • Rural population: 6,842,701.00
  • Urban land area: 2,005.91 km²
  • Urban population: 6,870,127.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 6.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Benin by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Benin

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Benin

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Benin

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Benin

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Benin (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Benin

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Benin

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Benin (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Benin

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Benin

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Benin

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Benin

Evolution of historical forest area in Benin

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Benin

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Benin

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Benin

Evolution of historical internet access in Benin

Evolution of historical land area in Benin

Evolution of historical median age in Benin

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Benin

Evolution of historical net migration in Benin

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Benin

Evolution of historical population in Benin

Evolution of historical female population in Benin

Evolution of historical male population in Benin

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Benin

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Benin

Evolution of historical rural population in Benin

Evolution of historical total urban land in Benin

Evolution of historical urban population in Benin

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Benin

Distribution of sites in Benin by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Benin by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Benin

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Benin by total fire area

Source

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

Updated: 6 days ago

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