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Surface area — Benin

Surface area in Benin in 2023 — 114,760 km². Ranked 102 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 114,760 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 102of 215
Period maximum 114,760 km²1961
Period minimum 114,760 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Benin, 1961–2023100,000110,000120,000130,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 114,760 km²1963: 114,760 km²1965: 114,760 km²1967: 114,760 km²1969: 114,760 km²1971: 114,760 km²1973: 114,760 km²1975: 114,760 km²1977: 114,760 km²1979: 114,760 km²1981: 114,760 km²1983: 114,760 km²1985: 114,760 km²1987: 114,760 km²1989: 114,760 km²1991: 114,760 km²1993: 114,760 km²1995: 114,760 km²1997: 114,760 km²1999: 114,760 km²2001: 114,760 km²2003: 114,760 km²2005: 114,760 km²2007: 114,760 km²2009: 114,760 km²2011: 114,760 km²2013: 114,760 km²2015: 114,760 km²2017: 114,760 km²2019: 114,760 km²2021: 114,760 km²2023: 114,760 km²
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 114,760 km²
World 141M km²
Sub-Saharan Africa 24.34M km²
Western Africa computed 6.15M km²
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.41M km²
Surface area — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 114,760 +0 +0%
2022 114,760 +0 +0%
2021 114,760 +0 +0%
2020 114,760 +0 +0%
2019 114,760 +0 +0%
2018 114,760 +0 +0%
2017 114,760 +0 +0%
2016 114,760 +0 +0%
2015 114,760 +0 +0%
2014 114,760 +0 +0%
2013 114,760 +0 +0%
2012 114,760 +0 +0%
2011 114,760 +0 +0%
2010 114,760 +0 +0%
2009 114,760 +0 +0%
2008 114,760 +0 +0%
2007 114,760 +0 +0%
2006 114,760 +0 +0%
2005 114,760 +0 +0%
2004 114,760 +0 +0%
2003 114,760 +0 +0%
2002 114,760 +0 +0%
2001 114,760 +0 +0%
2000 114,760 +0 +0%
1999 114,760 +0 +0%
1998 114,760 +0 +0%
1997 114,760 +0 +0%
1996 114,760 +0 +0%
1995 114,760 +0 +0%
1994 114,760 +0 +0%
1993 114,760 +0 +0%
1992 114,760 +0 +0%
1991 114,760 +0 +0%
1990 114,760 +0 +0%
1989 114,760 +0 +0%
1988 114,760 +0 +0%
1987 114,760 +0 +0%
1986 114,760 +0 +0%
1985 114,760 +0 +0%
1984 114,760 +0 +0%
1983 114,760 +0 +0%
1982 114,760 +0 +0%
1981 114,760 +0 +0%
1980 114,760 +0 +0%
1979 114,760 +0 +0%
1978 114,760 +0 +0%
1977 114,760 +0 +0%
1976 114,760 +0 +0%
1975 114,760 +0 +0%
1974 114,760 +0 +0%
1973 114,760 +0 +0%
1972 114,760 +0 +0%
1971 114,760 +0 +0%
1970 114,760 +0 +0%
1969 114,760 +0 +0%
1968 114,760 +0 +0%
1967 114,760 +0 +0%
1966 114,760 +0 +0%
1965 114,760 +0 +0%
1964 114,760 +0 +0%
1963 114,760 +0 +0%
1962 114,760 +0 +0%
1961 114,760 — —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 1.27M ML Mali 1.24M MR Mauritania 1.03M NG Nigeria 923,770 CI Côte d'Ivoire 322,460 BF Burkina Faso 274,200 GN Guinea 245,860 GH Ghana 238,539 SN Senegal 196,710 BJ Benin 114,760 LR Liberia 111,370 SL Sierra Leone 72,300 TG Togo 56,790 GW Guinea-Bissau 36,130 GM Gambia 11,300 CV Cabo Verde 4,030
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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