Benin (WorldBank)

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COMMUNICATION
2018	9,461,872	Mobile cellular subscriptions
2017	20	Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
ECONOMY
2014	47	Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
2014	100	Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2016	0.72	Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
2016	0.72	Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
2018	110.1	Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
2018	1.0	Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2018	0.9	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2018	83.0	Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
2018	109	Gross national expenditure (% of GDP)
2017	7,674,482,534	Adjusted net national income (current US$)
2017	3.4	Adjusted net national income (annual % growth)
2017	687	Adjusted net national income per capita (current US$)
2017	12	Gross savings (% of GDP)
EMPLOYMENT
2017	0.3	Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
2019	10.9	Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2018	2,318,554	Labor force, female
2019	4,862,455	Labor force, total
2011	2.6	Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
GOVERNMENT
1979	62.0	Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)
1979	10.8	Tax revenue (% of GDP)
2017	13.6	Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%)
HEALTH
2010	0.5	Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2016	0.2	Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2017	37	Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	9	Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2017	63	Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2017	61	Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2017	60	Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2017	4.9	Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
LAND
2016	37,500	Agricultural land (sq. km)
2016	33.3	Agricultural land (% of land area)
2016	23.9	Arable land (% of land area)
2016	37.8	Forest area (% of land area)
2018	112,760.0	Land area (sq. km)
2010	113,917	Rural land area (sq. km)
2010	1,447	Urban land area (sq. km)
2018	114,760	Surface area (sq. km)
POPULATION
2018	906,780	Population ages 00-04, female
2018	934,835	Population ages 00-04, male
2018	604,881	Population ages 15-19, female
2018	619,880	Population ages 15-19, male
2018	522,436	Population ages 20-24, female
2018	531,915	Population ages 20-24, male
2018	441,865	Population ages 25-29, female
2018	444,626	Population ages 25-29, male
2018	368,583	Population ages 30-34, female
2018	365,951	Population ages 30-34, male
2018	307,981	Population ages 35-39, female
2018	301,618	Population ages 35-39, male
2018	256,556	Population ages 40-44, female
2018	247,599	Population ages 40-44, male
2018	212,869	Population ages 45-49, female
2018	202,799	Population ages 45-49, male
2018	174,984	Population ages 50-54, female
2018	163,827	Population ages 50-54, male
2018	139,222	Population ages 55-59, female
2018	126,572	Population ages 55-59, male
2018	106,915	Population ages 60-64, female
2018	95,152	Population ages 60-64, male
2018	81,699	Population ages 65-69, female
2018	66,962	Population ages 65-69, male
2018	62,132	Population ages 70-74, female
2018	43,892	Population ages 70-74, male
2018	40,477	Population ages 75-79, female
2018	28,350	Population ages 75-79, male
2018	31,073	Population ages 80 and above, female
2018	19,090	Population ages 80 and above, male
2018	2.7	Population growth (annual %)
2018	11,485,048	Population, total
2018	5,753,803	Population, female
2018	50.1	Population, female (% of total population)
2018	5,731,245	Population, male
2018	50	Population, male (% of total population)
2018	6,051,242	Rural population
2018	53	Rural population (% of total population)
2018	5,433,806	Urban population
2018	47	Urban population (% of total population)
POVERTY
2015	76	Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
2015	91	Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)
TRANSPORT
2016	10	Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
2016	0	Air transport, freight (million ton-km)
2016	899	Air transport, passengers carried
2006	758	Rail lines (total route-km)