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LOCATION AND SIZE. Benin is a slim, rectangular country situated in West Africa. Benin has a narrow 100-kilometer (62-mile) coastline along the Bight of Benin, in the Atlantic Ocean.The country is bordered to the west by Nigeria, to the north by Niger and Burkina Faso, and to the east by Togo.enin has a land area of 112,622 square kilometers (42,985 square miles), making it slightly smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. Both the capital, Porto-Novo, and Cotonou, the largest city, are located on the coast in the southeast of the country.
Most of Benin's population lives on the southern coastline on the Bight of Benin, which is part of the Gulf of Guinea. The capital is Porto-Novo with a population of 265,000 but the largest city is Cotonou with a population of 685,000.Benin is a relatively small country -- the 101st largest in the world -- with a population density of 78 people per square kilometer, or 120th in the world.Despite its size, it has an estimated 2015 population of 10.88 million, up from the 2013 census population of 9.98 million.enin, officially the Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a West Africa n country bordered by Niger, Burkina Faso, Niger ia and Togo. Despite its small size, Benin has an estimated 2015 population of 10.88 million, up from 10.6 million last year. This makes it the 83rd most populous country in the world.