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GeographyLocation: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,989 km, Burkina 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo644 km Coastline: 121 km
PeoplePopulation: 5,522,677 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 3.33% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 47.25 births/1,000 population Death rate: 13.93 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 107.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.72 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500 Religions: indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15% Languages: French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic under multiparty democratic rule dropped Marxism-LeninismDecember 1989; democratic reforms adopted February 1990; transition to multiparty system completed 4 April 1991 Capital: Porto-Novo Independence: 1 August 1960 (from France) Constitution: 2 December 1990
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.7 billion National product real growth rate: 4% National product per capita: $1,260 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 35% Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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