Benin: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 9.22456 / longitude: 2.31

General information

Economy

The local currency (XOF) is represented by the symbol FCFA. The GDP in 2021 was $17,144,918,952 USD, making it the 115# country in the world.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: Royal Palaces of Abomey.

Population

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

Geography

People from this country speak these languages: French. 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. Porto-Novo serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin. The ISO code is BJ, the domain name ".bj" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +229

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