Benin

Country statistics

Land area: 42,710 sq miles (110,619 sq km)

Total area: 43,483 sq miles (112,620 sq km)

Population (July 2011 est.): 9,325,032 (growth rate: 2.9%); birth rate: 38.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 61.56/1000; life expectancy: 59.84

Capital City: Porto-Novo

Monetary unit: CFA Franc

Languages: French (official), Fon, Yoruba, tribal languages

Ethnicity/race: African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500

Religions: Christian 42.8%, Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other 15.5% (2002)