Christian 42.8% (Catholic 27.1%, Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%, other 5.3%), Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other 15.5% (2002 census)
Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
Languages
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
Exports
wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
External Debt
$35,340,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lati (LVL) per US dollar - 0.4701 (2008 est.), 0.5162 (2007), 0.5597 (2006), 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
3
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
