| Capital: Porto-Novo
Government: Presidential Representative Democratic Republic
Current President: Patrice Talon
Economy:
- Underdeveloped. Dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade.
Population: 11,038,805 (2017)
Land Size: 112,622 sq km (43,484 sq miles)
Major Ethnic Groups:
- Fon and related: 39.2%
- Adja and related: 15.2%
- Yoruba and related: 17.3%
- Bariba and related: 9.2%
- Peulh and related: 7%
- Ottamari and related: 6.1%
- Yoa-Lokpa and related: 4%
- Dendi and related: 2.5%
- Other: 1.6% (includes Europeans)
- Unspecified: 2.9%
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Religions:
- Catholic: 27.1%
- Muslim: 24.4%
- Vodoun: 17.3%
- Protestant: 10.4% (Celestial: 5%, Methodist: 3.2%, other Protestant: 2.2%)
- Other Christian: 5.3%
- Other: 15.5%
Language(s):
- French (official)
- Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south)
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