Benin: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 9.22456 / longitude: 2.31

General information

Population

There are 10,653,654 people here, or 0.14% of the world's population.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: Royal Palaces of Abomey.

Geography

The capital of this country is Porto-Novo and the country has a border with Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo. 112,622 km² make up the entire country, they don't use a postcode system and the key cities are: Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Comé, Porto Novo, Cocotomey. The inhabitants speak the following languages: French.

Economy

The currency ISO code is XOF and the currency symbol is FCFA. In 2021 the GDP was $17,144,918,952 USD, placing it at position 115 in the market.

Good to know

Telephone numbers begin with +229, the country's websites have the domain name ".bj", the country's ISO code is BJ Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin to learn more about this nation.

Summary

Flag
ISO code BJ
Capital Porto-Novo
Population 10,653,654
World percentage 0.14%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages French
GDP (2021) $17,144,918,952
GDP position #115
Currency code XOF
Currency symbol FCFA
TLD .bj
Phone prefix +229
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin