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Benin: map and facts
Benin is in Western Africa. It has about 14.8 million people (2025), the 75th largest population. It covers 114,760 km², the 100th largest by area. That is about 129 people per km². Its highest point is Kotopounga Hill, at 669 m. The longest river on its map is the Niger, 4,180 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 14,814,460 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 114,760 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Porto-Novo
- Highest point: Kotopounga Hill, 669 m (Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points)
- Forest: 28.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Benin, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Niger: 4,180 km
- Oti: 900 km
- Ouémé: 480 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Kotopounga Hill: 669 m (its highest point)
- Mont Sokbaro: 658 m
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 39.1%, farmland 37%, savanna 17.3%, farmland with natural plants 5.4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 52%, plateaus 39.2%, hills 8.8%.
Forests covered 28.1% of its land in 2024, down from 61.9% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Benin shares land borders with Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and Togo on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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