Benin · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Benin (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Benin? Answer: Current population of Benin is: 14 000 439*^[1], area 112620 km², population density 124.32 p/km². Capital of Benin is Porto-Novo. Continent: Africa.

Benin · Population 1950-2100

Benin · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Benin as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Benin population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Benin population

14 000 439

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 110.248 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 80.833 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 302.964 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Benin population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 784 / day = 32.65 / hour = 0.544 / minute = 0.0091 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1069 / day = 44.58 / hour = 0.738 / minute = 0.0123 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 285 / day = 11.88 / hour = 0.198 / minute = 0.0033 / seconds.

Current Benin population by age and sex for 2026-05-25*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 025 204	⇐+2.2%	1 003 262
5-9	938 722	⇐+2.9%	912 372
10-14	862 551	⇐+3%	837 782
15-19	770 853	⇐+2.2%	754 624
20-24	660 125	⇐+0.2%	658 767
25-29	560 657	+1%⇒	566 534
30-34	472 919	+0.3%⇒	474 211
35-39	397 926	+0.2%⇒	398 631
40-44	326 141	+2.4%⇒	333 814
45-49	271 663	+2.9%⇒	279 451
50-54	227 435	+1.3%⇒	230 390
55-59	174 667	+3.6%⇒	181 030
60-64	128 892	+0.1%⇒	129 031
65-69	84 295	+3.2%⇒	86 984
70-74	46 356	+43.4%⇒	66 482
75-79	34 844	+36%⇒	47 395
80-84	14 827	+52.6%⇒	22 623
85-89	5 591	+70.1%⇒	9 511
90-94	1 299	+83.6%⇒	2 385
95-99	48	+191.7%⇒	140
100+	1	+200%⇒	3

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).