Demographics of Benin

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	07 Jun 2024

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There are 7.06 million males and 7.02 million females in Benin. The percentage of the male population is 50.11%, compared to 49.89% of the female population. Benin has 32k more males than females. The sex ratio in Benin in 2024 will be 100.457 males per 100 females. Benin is in the 161st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Benin population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,264,452	0.71
1955	2,360,081	1.01
1960	2,512,284	1.48
1965	2,735,843	1.88
1970	3,023,443	2.10
1975	3,378,703	2.35
1980	3,833,939	2.73
1985	4,419,552	2.92
1990	5,133,419	3.06
1995	6,046,511	2.34
2000	6,998,023	3.02
2005	8,149,419	3.33
2010	9,445,710	2.93
2015	10,932,783	2.95
2020	12,643,123	2.79
2021	12,996,895	2.73
2022	13,352,864	2.67
2023	13,712,828	2.65
2024	14,080,072	2.64

Population
Growth

Benin death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	71,531	92,160	31.526	40.617
1955	71,812	100,270	30.394	42.438
1960	71,600	113,419	28.468	45.095
1965	72,389	128,725	26.432	47.003
1970	72,957	141,295	24.108	46.689
1975	72,937	156,874	21.569	46.391
1980	72,619	180,332	18.929	47.005
1985	75,001	205,986	16.963	46.589
1990	75,736	232,933	14.750	45.365
1995	80,065	267,074	13.192	44.006
2000	83,716	291,591	11.964	41.672
2005	92,233	332,970	11.337	40.926
2010	98,809	371,512	10.461	39.332
2015	107,775	426,663	9.857	39.022
2020	118,400	469,278	9.364	37.114
2021	122,627	475,832	9.434	36.608
2022	124,512	481,715	9.323	36.071
2023	124,328	487,458	9.065	35.543
2024	121,452	493,211	8.625	35.024

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Benin
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	111,784	2,143,442	4.957
1955	156,746	2,146,841	6.804
1960	225,522	2,206,100	9.275
1965	329,541	2,302,815	12.519
1970	486,086	2,426,254	16.691
1975	715,214	2,549,951	21.904
1980	1,016,229	2,700,936	27.339
1985	1,317,626	2,960,875	30.796
1990	1,716,829	3,261,667	34.485
1995	2,170,773	3,734,785	36.758
2000	2,631,898	4,234,053	38.333
2005	3,236,223	4,746,002	40.543
2010	3,964,272	5,234,987	43.093
2015	4,832,633	5,743,319	45.695
2020	5,869,303	6,253,682	48.415
2021	6,096,875	6,352,738	48.972
2022	6,331,216	6,450,295	49.534
2023	6,572,440	6,546,285	50.100
2024	6,820,688	6,640,663	50.669

Population
Urbanization

Benin population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,134,159	1,101,967	2,236,126	15.88	102.921
05-09	1,007,126	982,247	1,989,374	14.13	102.533
10-14	860,687	839,167	1,699,853	12.07	102.564
15-19	747,978	727,176	1,475,154	10.48	102.861
20-24	637,001	620,361	1,257,363	8.93	102.682
25-29	550,610	538,125	1,088,734	7.73	102.320
30-34	467,541	461,045	928,586	6.60	101.409
35-39	389,052	391,277	780,329	5.54	99.431
40-44	319,093	327,341	646,434	4.59	97.480
45-49	252,424	263,949	516,373	3.67	95.634
50-54	205,514	217,971	423,486	3.01	94.285
55-59	164,645	176,739	341,385	2.42	93.157
60-64	124,875	136,720	261,594	1.86	91.336
65-69	86,680	97,505	184,185	1.31	88.898
70-74	55,794	65,374	121,168	0.86	85.346
75-79	30,959	42,940	73,898	0.52	72.098
80-84	15,806	23,280	39,086	0.28	67.895
85-89	5,032	8,348	13,379	0.10	60.278
90-94	1,005	2,107	3,112	0.02	47.698
95-99	111	312	423	0.00	35.577
100+	7	23	30	0.00	30.435
Total	7,056,099	7,023,974	14,080,072		100.457

Population pyramid
Gender ratio