Benin's population rose from 6.39M in 1996 to 14.8M in 2025.
Benin · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Benin's population growth fell from 2.6 % in 1996 to 2.4 % in 2025.
Benin's population density rose from 54.1 in 1994 to 125.1 in 2023.
Benin's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.8 % in 1996 to 49.8 % in 2025.
Benin's urbanisation rose from 37.1 % in 1996 to 53.4 % in 2025.
Benin's urban population rose from 2.37M in 1996 to 7.91M in 2025.
Benin's rural population rose from 4.02M in 1996 to 6.91M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.7 %14th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %14th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.0 %70th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.8 %186th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs198th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts14th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts203rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts190th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.8 pts15th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts185th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −1.6 %147th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts137th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +474.6 %86th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs209th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs208th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs209th of 217