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Comparison of Benin and Cameroon [S]ave

Attribute
Benin
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Cameroon
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Geography
Area (km²)112,622475,440
ContinentAfricaAfrica
Land area (km²)110,622472,710
Water area (km²)2,0002,730
Land boundaries (km)2,1235,018
Border countries
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Togo
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo
Coastline (km)121402
Mean elevation (m)273667
Lowest point (m)00
Highest point (m)6584,045
People
Population12,864,63427,744,989
Official languages
  • French
  • English
  • French
ReligionMuslimRoman Catholic
Government
Long country nameRepublic of BeninRepublic of Cameroon
Short country nameBeninCameroon
Long local nameRepublique du BeninRepublique du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon
1Short local nameBeninCameroun/Cameroon
Former name
  • Dahomey
  • People's Republic of Benin
  • British Cameroon
  • Federal Republic of Cameroon
  • French Cameroon
  • Kamerun
  • United Republic of Cameroon
Government typePresidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalPorto-NovoYaounde
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)25,390,000,00089,540,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)9,246,000,00034,990,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)5.63.5
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)2,3003,700
Gross national saving (% of GDP)17.325.5
Labor force3,662,0009,912,000
Unemployment rate (%)14.3
Population below poverty line (%)36.230
Budget revenues (USD)1,578,000,0005,363,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)2,152,000,0006,556,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)0.861.25
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)17.115.3
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-6.2-3.4
Public debt (% of GDP)54.636.9
Inflation rate (%)0.10.6
Central bank discount rate (%)4.254.25
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)5.313
Stock of narrow money (USD)2,644,000,0004,857,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)2,644,000,0004,857,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)1,963,000,0006,154,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)-230,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-1,024,000,000-932,000,000
Exports (USD)1,974,000,0004,732,000,000
Imports (USD)2,787,000,0004,812,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)698,900,0003,235,000,000
External debt (USD)2,804,000,0009,375,000,000
National currencyCommunaute Financiere Africaine francsCooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs
National currency (code)XOFXAF
National currency (symbol)-FCFA
National currency rate to USD605.3605.3



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