| Location: | Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo |
| Population: | 7,041,490
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.) |
| Capital: | Porto-Novo is the official capital; Cotonou is the seat of government |
| GDP per capita: | purchasing power parity - $1,070 (2002 est.) |
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