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| Benin - Ranking Positions (Facts) |
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| RANKING |
VALUE |
POSITION |
| Geography |
| Area - total |
112,620.00 sq km |
101 |
| Area - land |
110,620.00 sq km |
101 |
| Area - water |
2,000.00 sq km |
82 |
| Land boundaries |
1,989.00 km |
88 |
| Coastline |
121.00 km |
148 |
| Elevation extremes - highest point |
658 m |
176 |
| Land use - arable land |
23.53 % |
40 |
| Land use - permanent crops |
2.37 % |
76 |
| Land use - other |
74.10 % |
157 |
| People |
| Population |
8,078,314 |
93 |
| Age structure: 0-14 years |
43.90 % |
21 |
| Age structure: 15-64 years |
53.70 % |
182 |
| Age structure: 65 years and over |
2.40 % |
199 |
| Population growth rate |
2.67 % |
22 |
| Birth rate |
38.10 births/1,000 population |
27 |
| Death rate |
11.94 deaths/1,000 population |
163 |
| Net migration rate |
0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
145 |
| Sex ratio - total population |
0.98 male(s)/female |
110 |
| Infant mortality rate |
77.85 deaths/1,000 live births |
180 |
| Life expectancy at birth - total population |
53.44 years |
175 |
| Life expectancy at birth - male |
52.28 years |
174 |
| Life expectancy at birth - female |
54.63 years |
175 |
| Total fertility rate |
5.08 children born/woman |
28 |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
1.90 % |
124 |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
68,000 |
106 |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
5,800 |
106 |
| Literacy - total population |
34.70 % |
202 |
| Economy |
| GDP - real growth rate |
4.00 % |
125 |
| GDP per capita - purchasing power parity |
1,100 $ |
193 |
| GDP - composition by sector (agriculture) |
32.80 % |
29 |
| GDP - composition by sector (industry) |
13.70 % |
183 |
| GDP - composition by sector (services) |
53.50 % |
124 |
| Population below poverty line |
33.00 % |
77 |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) |
3.00 % |
68 |
| Labor force |
3,211,000 |
92 |
| Budget - revenues |
836,800,000 $ |
142 |
| Electricity - production |
82,000,000 kWh |
188 |
| Electricity - consumption |
576,300,000 kWh |
152 |
| Electricity - exports |
0 kWh |
83 |
| Exports |
563,100,000 $ |
157 |
| Imports |
927,300,000 $ |
160 |
| Debt - external |
1,600,000,000 $ |
140 |
| Communications |
| Telephones - main lines in use |
76,300 |
146 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular |
750,000 |
124 |
| Internet users |
700,000 |
87 |
| Transportation |
| Railways - total |
578.00 km |
112 |
| Roadways - total |
16,000.00 km |
118 |
| Airports with paved runways - total |
1 |
188 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways - total |
4 |
157 |
| Military |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
1.70 % |
95 |
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