Benin
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 14.8 million (14,814,460) · rank 75 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 114,760 km² · rank 101 of 193
- People per km²
- 129 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Benin, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Benin in the map data: 4.
- Burkina Faso capitals 800 km apart
- Niger capitals 780 km apart
- Nigeria capitals 610 km apart
- Togo capitals 160 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Mali, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Portugal.
