Fertility & birth rates in Benin and Palestine

Fertility rate in Benin vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Benin vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.28	-
1961	6.4	-
1962	6.46	-
1963	6.51	-
1964	6.57	-
1965	6.61	-
1966	6.63	-
1967	6.64	-
1968	6.67	-
1969	6.71	-
1970	6.74	-
1971	6.77	-
1972	6.8	-
1973	6.81	-
1974	6.82	-
1975	6.83	-
1976	6.83	-
1977	6.83	-
1978	6.82	-
1979	6.91	-
1980	6.99	-
1981	7.06	-
1982	7.06	-
1983	7.05	-
1984	7.03	-
1985	7	-
1986	6.96	-
1987	6.92	-
1988	6.87	-
1989	6.82	-
1990	6.74	6.81
1991	6.67	6.75
1992	6.59	6.65
1993	6.51	6.5
1994	6.42	6.33
1995	6.33	6.16
1996	6.28	5.99
1997	6.23	5.82
1998	6.14	5.69
1999	6.03	5.58
2000	5.94	5.46
2001	5.85	5.34
2002	5.79	5.22
2003	5.76	5.06
2004	5.72	4.97
2005	5.69	4.87
2006	5.67	4.74
2007	5.63	4.63
2008	5.55	4.51
2009	5.49	4.44
2010	5.45	4.43
2011	5.44	4.31
2012	5.43	4.15
2013	5.41	4.05
2014	5.37	4
2015	5.32	3.98
2016	5.25	3.89
2017	5.16	3.77
2018	5.03	3.67
2019	4.9	3.59
2020	4.8	3.51
2021	4.71	3.44
2022	4.63	3.38
2023	4.56	3.31
2024	4.48	3.25
2025	4.42	3.19
2026	4.34	3.13
2027	4.27	3.07
2028	4.19	3.02
2029	4.12	2.97
2030	4.05	2.93
2031	3.98	2.89
2032	3.9	2.85
2033	3.85	2.81
2034	3.79	2.78
2035	3.74	2.75
2036	3.68	2.71
2037	3.62	2.68
2038	3.57	2.65
2039	3.52	2.62
2040	3.48	2.59
2041	3.43	2.56
2042	3.39	2.53
2043	3.35	2.51
2044	3.3	2.48
2045	3.26	2.45
2046	3.23	2.43
2047	3.18	2.41
2048	3.14	2.38
2049	3.1	2.36
2050	3.06	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Benin	Palestine
1960	39.1%	-
1961	39.5%	-
1962	39.9%	-
1963	40.3%	-
1964	40.8%	-
1965	41.2%	-
1966	41.6%	-
1967	42.1%	-
1968	42.5%	-
1969	42.8%	-
1970	43.2%	-
1971	43.5%	-
1972	43.8%	-
1973	44.1%	-
1974	44.3%	-
1975	44.5%	-
1976	44.7%	-
1977	44.8%	-
1978	45%	-
1979	45.1%	-
1980	45.2%	-
1981	45.3%	-
1982	45.5%	-
1983	45.6%	-
1984	45.7%	-
1985	45.8%	-
1986	45.9%	-
1987	46%	-
1988	46.1%	-
1989	46.1%	-
1990	46.1%	49.1%
1991	46.2%	49.1%
1992	46.2%	49%
1993	45.7%	49%
1994	45.5%	48.9%
1995	45.9%	48.8%
1996	46%	48.6%
1997	45.9%	48.4%
1998	45.8%	48.1%
1999	45.6%	47.8%
2000	45.4%	47.4%
2001	45.3%	47.1%
2002	45.1%	46.6%
2003	44.9%	46.1%
2004	44.8%	45.6%
2005	44.6%	45%
2006	44.4%	44.3%
2007	44.4%	43.7%
2008	44.3%	43%
2009	44.1%	42.4%
2010	43.9%	41.9%
2011	43.8%	41.5%
2012	43.7%	41.1%
2013	43.6%	40.7%
2014	43.5%	40.4%
2015	43.4%	40.1%
2016	43.3%	39.9%
2017	43.2%	39.7%
2018	43.1%	39.6%
2019	42.9%	39.5%
2020	42.7%	39.3%
2021	42.4%	39%
2022	42.1%	38.7%
2023	41.8%	38.4%
2024	41.6%	38%
2025	41.3%	37.6%
2026	40.9%	37%
2027	40.6%	36.5%
2028	40.2%	35.9%
2029	39.8%	35.3%
2030	39.4%	34.7%
2031	39%	34%
2032	38.6%	33.4%
2033	38.2%	32.8%
2034	37.8%	32.3%
2035	37.5%	31.8%
2036	37.1%	31.4%
2037	36.8%	31%
2038	36.5%	30.6%
2039	36.2%	30.3%
2040	35.9%	30%
2041	35.6%	29.7%
2042	35.3%	29.4%
2043	35%	29.2%
2044	34.8%	28.9%
2045	34.5%	28.6%
2046	34.2%	28.4%
2047	33.9%	28.1%
2048	33.7%	27.8%
2049	33.4%	27.5%
2050	33.1%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.6% of the population in Benin and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Benin and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Benin vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.72% in Benin and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	44,564	-
1961	48,838	-
1962	51,664	-
1963	54,514	-
1964	57,352	-
1965	60,154	-
1966	62,169	-
1967	64,709	-
1968	67,327	-
1969	70,155	-
1970	73,156	-
1971	76,034	-
1972	79,415	-
1973	82,422	-
1974	85,623	-
1975	89,350	-
1976	93,141	-
1977	97,200	-
1978	100,762	-
1979	106,782	-
1980	112,969	-
1981	118,634	-
1982	122,748	-
1983	126,349	-
1984	131,590	-
1985	136,621	-
1986	142,039	-
1987	147,783	-
1988	153,580	-
1989	157,235	-
1990	163,055	76,163
1991	168,174	79,444
1992	173,794	82,865
1993	179,858	86,434
1994	196,637	90,156
1995	194,481	94,037
1996	197,643	98,085
1997	203,182	102,307
1998	208,342	103,566
1999	213,074	104,823
2000	218,013	106,367
2001	222,877	107,320
2002	229,472	108,560
2003	237,962	109,162
2004	245,630	110,045
2005	253,795	110,569
2006	265,040	111,728
2007	271,305	112,453
2008	274,242	108,395
2009	280,204	111,724
2010	287,703	117,674
2011	296,348	119,021
2012	306,180	119,185
2013	315,804	120,503
2014	323,753	120,724
2015	330,573	126,189
2016	336,559	126,698
2017	339,763	125,688
2018	340,270	124,791
2019	339,817	124,508
2020	341,929	122,416
2021	341,103	120,396
2022	349,518	123,987
2023	353,933	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Benin vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Benin	Palestine
1985	910	102
1986	858	96
1987	817	87
1988	765	85
1989	732	82
1990	692	78
1991	666	75
1992	625	73
1993	591	69
1994	605	66
1995	586	64
1996	576	61
1997	556	60
1998	547	59
1999	536	58
2000	529	59
2001	532	60
2002	534	58
2003	532	56
2004	531	55
2005	514	52
2006	509	51
2007	501	49
2008	563	49
2009	598	48
2010	607	42
2011	613	39
2012	618	36
2013	607	32
2014	605	29
2015	606	26
2016	604	23
2017	592	21
2018	585	19
2019	572	18
2020	578	20
2021	584	29
2022	547	17
2023	518	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.79% in Benin and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	31.2%	-
1961	30.7%	-
1962	30.2%	-
1963	29.6%	-
1964	29.1%	-
1965	28.5%	-
1966	28%	-
1967	27.5%	-
1968	27%	-
1969	26.6%	-
1970	26.1%	-
1971	25.7%	-
1972	25.2%	-
1973	24.7%	-
1974	24.2%	-
1975	23.7%	10.8%
1976	23.1%	10.2%
1977	22.6%	9.55%
1978	22.1%	8.98%
1979	21.6%	8.45%
1980	21.2%	7.95%
1981	20.8%	7.48%
1982	20.4%	7.04%
1983	20%	6.63%
1984	19.6%	6.25%
1985	19.2%	5.89%
1986	18.8%	5.56%
1987	18.4%	5.25%
1988	18%	4.97%
1989	17.6%	4.72%
1990	17.2%	4.49%
1991	16.8%	4.28%
1992	16.4%	4.09%
1993	16%	3.92%
1994	15.6%	3.77%
1995	15.2%	3.62%
1996	14.9%	3.49%
1997	14.6%	3.36%
1998	14.3%	3.24%
1999	13.9%	3.13%
2000	13.6%	3.03%
2001	13.3%	2.94%
2002	13%	2.85%
2003	12.7%	2.77%
2004	12.4%	2.68%
2005	12.1%	2.6%
2006	11.8%	2.52%
2007	11.5%	2.43%
2008	11.3%	2.35%
2009	11.1%	2.28%
2010	10.8%	2.2%
2011	10.6%	2.12%
2012	10.4%	2.04%
2013	10.2%	1.97%
2014	9.93%	2.2%
2015	9.71%	1.83%
2016	9.5%	1.76%
2017	9.27%	1.69%
2018	9.05%	1.63%
2019	8.8%	1.57%
2020	8.55%	1.52%
2021	8.31%	1.47%
2022	8.04%	1.42%
2023	7.79%	2.63%