benin
   benin
Capital: porto novo Pos.:
Surface: 114.763 Kmq 102
Population 2024: 14.462.724
Pop. density: 126,02 in./Kmq
Pop. growth 4 ys:  + 10,65 %
GDP per capita: 1.360 $
Nominal GDP 2023: 19,673 billions $
Estimate Growth GDP 2025: +13,0 %
PPP per capita: 2.938 $ 157
GDP PPP 2020: 42,497 billions $ 116
Internet TLD:  BJ
Republic of Benin and formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital. It is a tropical nation, highly dependent on agriculture, and is a large exporter of palm oil and cotton
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The economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture and cotton. Cotton accounts for 40% of Benin's GDP and roughly 80% of official export receipts.   There is also production of textiles, palm products, and cocoa beans. Maize (corn), beans, rice,



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