Area: 112 622 km2
Capital: Porto-Novo
Principal cities: Cotonou; Abomey-Calavi; Porto Novo; Djougou; Parakou; Bohicon; Kandi; Lokossa; Savé ; Ouidah, Abomey
Official language: French
Independence day: August 1st
Population: 11,18 million (2017 World Bank)
Demographic growth: 2,8% (2017 World Bank)
Life expectancy: 60,91 ans (2016 World Bank)
Literacy rate: 41,6%
Religion(s): Voodoo (11.6%), Catholicism (25.5%), ), Islam (27.7%), Protestants/ others (16.3%), Others (6.4%), No religion (5.8)
Human development index: 163th over 189 (2018, PNUD)
Currency: Franc CFA (100 FCFA = 0,15 euro)
GDP: 9,274 billions de dollars (2017 World Bank)
GDP per capital: 829,80 $ (2017 World Bank)
Growth rate: 6.0 % (2017, BAD)
Rate of unemployment: 2,4% (2018, CEA)
Rate of inflation: 2.3 1% (2018 World Bank)
Export partners: Bangladesh (18.1%),India (10.7%), Ukraine (9%), Niger (8.1%), China (7.7%), Nigeria (7.2%), Turkey 4% (CIA World Factbook)
Import partners: Thailand (18.1%), India (15.9%) France (8.5%) China (7.5%) Togo (5.9%),Netherlands (4.3%) Belgium (4.3%) (CIA World Factbook)
Contribution of various sectors to GDP: Agriculture : 26,1% ; - industrie : 22,8% ; - services : 51.1% (CIA World Factbook)