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Benin      Country: Benin Internet: .bj Continent: Africa Government URL: http://planben.intnet.bj Area: 112620 sq km Population: 7,862,944 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 8703.234 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 4391.151 Population Women: 4312.083 Annual Growth Rate: 3.184 % Birth Rate: 38.85 % Death Rate: 12.22 % Life Expectancy: 53.04 years Infant Mortality Rate: 79.56 % Fertility Rate: 5.2 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 1.9 % HIV AIDS Living With: 68,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 5,800 Labor Force: 3,211,000 GDP Per Capita: $1,100 GDP Purchasing Power: $8,931,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 4 Industrial Growth: 8.3 Inflation Rate CP: 3 % Investment Gross Fixed: 19.1 Capital: Porto-Novo (official capital) Capital Population: 231600 (official) / 734600 Cotonou (largest city and seat of government) Capital Coordinates: 6 29 N, 2 37 E UTC Offset: 1 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Waterways: 150 km Roadways: 16000 km Railways: 578 km Airports: 5 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 425000 Internet Hosts: 867 Telephones Mobile: 386,700 Telephones Main: 76300 Debt External: $1,600,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $607,300,000 Imports: $927,300,000 Exports: $563,100,000 Current Account Balance: -$342,700,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 1,133,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 576,300,000 Electricity Production: 82,000,000 Oil Consumption: 14,000 Oil Production: 0 Oil Reserves: 4,105,000  Map of Benin

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