Demographics of Benin

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Benin is projected at 12.45 million, up by 2.70% compared with 12.12 million in 2020. Benin is ranked 77th in terms of population and 19th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.44 million births in Benin in 2021. That is 1,199 per day, which is ranked 58th. The crude birth rate is 35.09 per 1000 people. There are 0.1 million deaths in Benin in 2021. That is 288 per day, which is ranked 81th. The crude death rate is 8.42 per 1000 people.

6.1 million people are living in urban areas, which is 48.97% of Benin population. Benin is ranked 160th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Benin in 2021 is 99.83 males per 100 females. There are 6.22 million males and 6.23 million females in Benin. The percentage of female population is 50.04% compare to 49.96% male population. Benin has 10.7 thousand more females than males. Benin is at 118th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Benin population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,255,222	-
1955	2,303,592	0.71
1960	2,431,617	1.31
1965	2,632,361	1.79
1970	2,912,338	2.16
1975	3,265,167	2.44
1980	3,717,161	2.73
1985	4,278,502	2.93
1990	4,978,489	3.29
1995	5,905,552	3.35
2000	6,865,946	3.03
2005	7,982,223	3
2010	9,199,254	2.85
2015	10,575,962	2.81
2016	10,872,072	2.8
2017	11,175,192	2.79
2018	11,485,035	2.77
2019	11,801,151	2.75
2020	12,123,198	2.73
2021	12,451,031	2.7

Total
Crude

Benin death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	82,798	90,350	36.62	39.90
1955	74,510	96,947	32.22	41.97
1960	70,371	107,998	28.85	44.30
1965	68,754	121,622	26.04	46.08
1970	68,711	136,613	23.52	46.84
1975	70,112	154,586	21.40	47.20
1980	72,724	176,402	19.48	47.34
1985	74,249	201,607	17.30	46.99
1990	73,498	230,704	14.68	46.03
1995	79,051	261,555	13.36	44.36
2000	87,466	291,886	12.69	42.37
2005	90,166	325,483	11.29	40.73
2010	93,177	362,172	10.09	39.28
2015	98,947	396,606	9.33	37.43
2020	104,015	430,443	8.57	35.45
2021	104,989	437,507	8.42	35.09

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Benin

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	111,784	2,143,442	-	4.957
1955	156,746	2,146,841	7.24	6.804
1960	225,522	2,206,100	7.72	9.275
1965	329,541	2,302,815	7.98	12.519
1970	486,086	2,426,254	8.09	16.691
1975	715,214	2,549,951	8.01	21.904
1980	1,016,229	2,700,936	5.28	27.339
1985	1,317,626	2,960,875	5.36	30.796
1990	1,716,829	3,261,667	5.60	34.485
1995	2,170,773	3,734,785	4.23	36.758
2000	2,631,898	4,234,053	3.89	38.333
2005	3,236,223	4,746,002	4.29	40.543
2010	3,964,272	5,234,987	4.09	43.093
2015	4,832,633	5,743,319	4.02	45.695
2020	5,869,303	6,253,682	3.91	48.415
2021	6,096,875	6,352,738	3.88	48.972

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Benin population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	986,924	957,732	1,944,656	15.62	103.048
05-09	875,163	850,525	1,725,688	13.86	102.897
10-14	772,889	751,850	1,524,739	12.25	102.798
15-19	671,040	654,488	1,325,528	10.65	102.529
20-24	578,632	567,464	1,146,096	9.20	101.968
25-29	490,199	485,447	975,646	7.84	100.979
30-34	405,547	406,588	812,135	6.52	99.744
35-39	333,715	338,973	672,688	5.40	98.449
40-44	274,029	282,419	556,448	4.47	97.029
45-49	223,416	233,904	457,320	3.67	95.516
50-54	181,757	193,006	374,763	3.01	94.172
55-59	142,457	155,436	297,893	2.39	91.650
60-64	106,608	119,942	226,550	1.82	88.883
65-69	77,035	88,781	165,816	1.33	86.770
70-74	48,436	65,413	113,849	0.91	74.046
75-79	30,780	44,395	75,175	0.60	69.332
80-84	14,882	22,798	37,680	0.30	65.278
85-89	5,188	8,835	14,023	0.11	58.721
90-94	1,264	2,458	3,722	0.03	51.424
95-99	169	401	570	0.00	42.145
100+	12	34	46	0.00	35.294
Total	6,220,142	6,230,889	12,451,031		99.828