Fertility & birth rates in Benin and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Benin vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Benin was 4.56 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Benin vs Ivory Coast population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Ivory Coast
1960	6.28	7.69
1961	6.4	7.72
1962	6.46	7.75
1963	6.51	7.78
1964	6.57	7.81
1965	6.61	7.84
1966	6.63	7.87
1967	6.64	7.89
1968	6.67	7.91
1969	6.71	7.93
1970	6.74	7.94
1971	6.77	7.94
1972	6.8	7.94
1973	6.81	7.94
1974	6.82	7.93
1975	6.83	7.91
1976	6.83	7.88
1977	6.83	7.83
1978	6.82	7.67
1979	6.91	7.63
1980	6.99	7.59
1981	7.06	7.54
1982	7.06	7.49
1983	7.05	7.42
1984	7.03	7.35
1985	7	7.27
1986	6.96	7.19
1987	6.92	7.09
1988	6.87	6.97
1989	6.82	6.85
1990	6.74	6.72
1991	6.67	6.59
1992	6.59	6.43
1993	6.51	6.27
1994	6.42	6.13
1995	6.33	6.04
1996	6.28	5.95
1997	6.23	5.9
1998	6.14	5.85
1999	6.03	5.81
2000	5.94	5.77
2001	5.85	5.7
2002	5.79	5.64
2003	5.76	5.57
2004	5.72	5.53
2005	5.69	5.5
2006	5.67	5.45
2007	5.63	5.4
2008	5.55	5.36
2009	5.49	5.33
2010	5.45	5.29
2011	5.44	5.24
2012	5.43	5.19
2013	5.41	5.14
2014	5.37	5.07
2015	5.32	4.97
2016	5.25	4.87
2017	5.16	4.76
2018	5.03	4.6
2019	4.9	4.52
2020	4.8	4.46
2021	4.71	4.41
2022	4.63	4.35
2023	4.56	4.28
2024	4.48	4.23
2025	4.42	4.17
2026	4.34	4.1
2027	4.27	4.05
2028	4.19	3.99
2029	4.12	3.93
2030	4.05	3.88
2031	3.98	3.83
2032	3.9	3.78
2033	3.85	3.75
2034	3.79	3.69
2035	3.74	3.64
2036	3.68	3.6
2037	3.62	3.56
2038	3.57	3.51
2039	3.52	3.47
2040	3.48	3.43
2041	3.43	3.39
2042	3.39	3.35
2043	3.35	3.31
2044	3.3	3.27
2045	3.26	3.23
2046	3.23	3.2
2047	3.18	3.17
2048	3.14	3.13
2049	3.1	3.1
2050	3.06	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Benin	Ivory Coast
1960	39.1%	43.1%
1961	39.5%	43.2%
1962	39.9%	43.4%
1963	40.3%	43.6%
1964	40.8%	43.9%
1965	41.2%	44.1%
1966	41.6%	44.3%
1967	42.1%	44.6%
1968	42.5%	44.8%
1969	42.8%	44.9%
1970	43.2%	45.1%
1971	43.5%	45.1%
1972	43.8%	45.2%
1973	44.1%	45.2%
1974	44.3%	45.3%
1975	44.5%	45.4%
1976	44.7%	45.7%
1977	44.8%	46.1%
1978	45%	46.5%
1979	45.1%	46.8%
1980	45.2%	47.1%
1981	45.3%	47.3%
1982	45.5%	47.5%
1983	45.6%	47.7%
1984	45.7%	47.8%
1985	45.8%	47.9%
1986	45.9%	48%
1987	46%	48.1%
1988	46.1%	48%
1989	46.1%	47.9%
1990	46.1%	47.8%
1991	46.2%	47.6%
1992	46.2%	47.4%
1993	45.7%	47.1%
1994	45.5%	46.9%
1995	45.9%	46.7%
1996	46%	46.4%
1997	45.9%	46.2%
1998	45.8%	46.1%
1999	45.6%	46%
2000	45.4%	46%
2001	45.3%	46.1%
2002	45.1%	46.2%
2003	44.9%	46.2%
2004	44.8%	46.3%
2005	44.6%	46.3%
2006	44.4%	46.3%
2007	44.4%	46.4%
2008	44.3%	45.8%
2009	44.1%	44.9%
2010	43.9%	44%
2011	43.8%	43.3%
2012	43.7%	42.7%
2013	43.6%	42.2%
2014	43.5%	42%
2015	43.4%	42.2%
2016	43.3%	42.3%
2017	43.2%	42.4%
2018	43.1%	42.4%
2019	42.9%	42.3%
2020	42.7%	42.2%
2021	42.4%	42%
2022	42.1%	41.7%
2023	41.8%	41.3%
2024	41.6%	40.9%
2025	41.3%	40.5%
2026	40.9%	40%
2027	40.6%	39.7%
2028	40.2%	39.3%
2029	39.8%	38.8%
2030	39.4%	38.3%
2031	39%	37.8%
2032	38.6%	37.3%
2033	38.2%	37%
2034	37.8%	36.7%
2035	37.5%	36.4%
2036	37.1%	36.2%
2037	36.8%	35.9%
2038	36.5%	35.7%
2039	36.2%	35.6%
2040	35.9%	35.4%
2041	35.6%	35.3%
2042	35.3%	35.1%
2043	35%	35%
2044	34.8%	34.8%
2045	34.5%	34.7%
2046	34.2%	34.5%
2047	33.9%	34.4%
2048	33.7%	34.2%
2049	33.4%	34%
2050	33.1%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.6% of the population in Benin and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Benin and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Benin vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.72% in Benin and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Benin	Ivory Coast
1960	44,564	99,681
1961	48,838	105,568
1962	51,664	111,930
1963	54,514	118,526
1964	57,352	124,996
1965	60,154	131,601
1966	62,169	138,438
1967	64,709	145,773
1968	67,327	153,464
1969	70,155	161,541
1970	73,156	170,070
1971	76,034	179,918
1972	79,415	190,842
1973	82,422	203,429
1974	85,623	216,389
1975	89,350	228,883
1976	93,141	241,939
1977	97,200	250,858
1978	100,762	257,222
1979	106,782	268,875
1980	112,969	280,630
1981	118,634	292,755
1982	122,748	305,204
1983	126,349	317,379
1984	131,590	331,910
1985	136,621	344,549
1986	142,039	357,205
1987	147,783	370,654
1988	153,580	378,575
1989	157,235	390,081
1990	163,055	402,629
1991	168,174	413,354
1992	173,794	423,294
1993	179,858	430,759
1994	196,637	438,274
1995	194,481	453,719
1996	197,643	469,740
1997	203,182	489,984
1998	208,342	509,167
1999	213,074	527,634
2000	218,013	545,129
2001	222,877	555,220
2002	229,472	563,692
2003	237,962	568,220
2004	245,630	579,424
2005	253,795	593,685
2006	265,040	605,001
2007	271,305	617,247
2008	274,242	630,610
2009	280,204	654,439
2010	287,703	676,554
2011	296,348	694,033
2012	306,180	708,847
2013	315,804	720,228
2014	323,753	728,978
2015	330,573	731,387
2016	336,559	735,630
2017	339,763	734,553
2018	340,270	722,445
2019	339,817	727,774
2020	341,929	727,455
2021	341,103	732,191
2022	349,518	750,270
2023	353,933	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Benin vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 518 deaths per 100,000 live births in Benin, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Benin	Ivory Coast
1985	910	766
1986	858	735
1987	817	697
1988	765	671
1989	732	645
1990	692	619
1991	666	584
1992	625	546
1993	591	503
1994	605	463
1995	586	421
1996	576	381
1997	556	364
1998	547	380
1999	536	381
2000	529	378
2001	532	405
2002	534	427
2003	532	451
2004	531	456
2005	514	492
2006	509	544
2007	501	567
2008	563	562
2009	598	588
2010	607	592
2011	613	569
2012	618	566
2013	607	544
2014	605	522
2015	606	505
2016	604	488
2017	592	465
2018	585	449
2019	572	429
2020	578	447
2021	584	459
2022	547	409
2023	518	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.79% in Benin and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Benin	Ivory Coast
1960	31.2%	32.1%
1961	30.7%	31.3%
1962	30.2%	30.5%
1963	29.6%	29.7%
1964	29.1%	28.9%
1965	28.5%	28.2%
1966	28%	27.4%
1967	27.5%	26.7%
1968	27%	26%
1969	26.6%	25.2%
1970	26.1%	24.5%
1971	25.7%	23.7%
1972	25.2%	22.9%
1973	24.7%	22.1%
1974	24.2%	21.2%
1975	23.7%	20.3%
1976	23.1%	19.5%
1977	22.6%	18.7%
1978	22.1%	18%
1979	21.6%	17.4%
1980	21.2%	16.9%
1981	20.8%	16.4%
1982	20.4%	16.1%
1983	20%	15.8%
1984	19.6%	15.5%
1985	19.2%	15.4%
1986	18.8%	15.3%
1987	18.4%	15.2%
1988	18%	15.2%
1989	17.6%	15.3%
1990	17.2%	15.3%
1991	16.8%	15.4%
1992	16.4%	15.4%
1993	16%	15.4%
1994	15.6%	15.3%
1995	15.2%	15.2%
1996	14.9%	15.1%
1997	14.6%	14.9%
1998	14.3%	14.6%
1999	13.9%	14.4%
2000	13.6%	14.1%
2001	13.3%	13.7%
2002	13%	13.3%
2003	12.7%	13%
2004	12.4%	12.6%
2005	12.1%	12.2%
2006	11.8%	11.8%
2007	11.5%	11.4%
2008	11.3%	11%
2009	11.1%	10.6%
2010	10.8%	10.2%
2011	10.6%	9.91%
2012	10.4%	9.6%
2013	10.2%	9.27%
2014	9.93%	8.92%
2015	9.71%	8.61%
2016	9.5%	8.36%
2017	9.27%	8.11%
2018	9.05%	7.85%
2019	8.8%	7.59%
2020	8.55%	7.37%
2021	8.31%	7.14%
2022	8.04%	6.92%
2023	7.79%	6.71%