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: 14 120 642*^[1], area 112620 km², population density 125.38 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

14 120 642

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 2026-10-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 031 411	⇐+2.2%	1 009 409
5-9	945 230	⇐+2.9%	918 477
10-14	869 476	⇐+3%	844 144
15-19	777 906	⇐+2.2%	761 171
20-24	666 296	⇐+0.2%	664 817
25-29	566 027	+1.1%⇒	572 100
30-34	477 471	+0.3%⇒	478 807
35-39	401 877	+0.2%⇒	402 542
40-44	329 259	+2.4%⇒	337 137
45-49	274 307	+2.9%⇒	282 365
50-54	230 003	+1.3%⇒	232 962
55-59	176 725	+3.6%⇒	183 093
60-64	130 436	⇐+0.1%	130 241
65-69	85 298	+2.4%⇒	87 371
70-74	46 558	+43.6%⇒	66 865
75-79	35 376	+35.7%⇒	48 008
80-84	15 077	+52.4%⇒	22 970
85-89	5 720	+70%⇒	9 726
90-94	1 337	+83.3%⇒	2 451
95-99	49	+191.8%⇒	143
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).