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: 13 661 561*^[1], area 112620 km², population density 121.31 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

13 661 561

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 2025-03-19*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 007 704	⇐+2.2%	985 933
5-9	920 375	⇐+2.8%	895 161
10-14	843 027	⇐+2.8%	819 846
15-19	750 970	⇐+2%	736 168
20-24	642 728	⇐+0.2%	641 712
25-29	545 518	+1%⇒	550 844
30-34	460 086	+0.3%⇒	461 253
35-39	386 786	+0.2%⇒	387 605
40-44	317 351	+2.2%⇒	324 446
45-49	264 208	+2.7%⇒	271 237
50-54	220 196	+1.3%⇒	223 139
55-59	168 866	+3.8%⇒	175 213
60-64	124 538	+0.9%⇒	125 620
65-69	81 467	+5.4%⇒	85 891
70-74	45 785	+42.8%⇒	65 403
75-79	33 346	+36.9%⇒	45 665
80-84	14 122	+53.3%⇒	21 645
85-89	5 226	+70.4%⇒	8 906
90-94	1 194	+84.3%⇒	2 200
95-99	45	+193.3%⇒	132
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).