Benin: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 9.22456 / longitude: 2.31

General information

Economy

The sign for the local currency is FCFA (XOF). In 2021 the GDP was $17,144,918,952 USD, which ranks it number 115 in the world.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Royal Palaces of Abomey.

Population

Around 10,653,654 people live in this country, or 0.14% of all people on earth.

Geography

The area of the country is 112,622 km², they don't use a postcode system and the main cities are: Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, Comé, Porto Novo, Cocotomey. This nation's capital is Porto-Novo and the country shares a border with Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo. The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: French.

Good to know

The country's websites have the domain name ".bj", the ISO code is BJ, telephone numbers begin with +229 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin is a good place to find out more details on this country.

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