The current population of Benin is 15,100,397 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 14,462,724 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Benin is ranked 76/197 by population and was ranked 89th in 2005.
- Benin is projected to reach 39.6M people in 2100.
- For the last 20 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of 3.96% per year.
- Benin accounts for 0.18% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth in 20 years).
Benin population clock
Benin
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
15100397
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 76/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
4.23 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -7,725 | N/A |
Benin population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,517,286 | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 1.67% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 1.78% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 1.85% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 1.93% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 1.99% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 2.04% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 2.09% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 2.13% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 2.18% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 2.23% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 2.32% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 2.41% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 2.46% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 2.52% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 2.58% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 2.62% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 2.7% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 2.79% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 2.88% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 2.93% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 2.94% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 3% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 3.06% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 3.12% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 3.14% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 4.54% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 3.81% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 2.14% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 3% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 3.13% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 3.14% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 3.12% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 3.09% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 3.11% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 3.27% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 3.17% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 3% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 3.07% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 3.04% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 3.03% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 3.02% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 3.01% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 2.99% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 3% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 3% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 2.97% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 2.92% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 2.85% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 2.77% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 2.58% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 2.55% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 2.49% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 2.43% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 2.4% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 2.37% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 2.24% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 2.21% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 2.16% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 2.13% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 2.11% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 2.08% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 2.05% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 2.03% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 2.01% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 1.97% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 1.94% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 1.92% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 1.89% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 1.84% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 1.79% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 1.75% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 1.71% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 1.68% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 1.64% |
Benin has a population of 15.1M as of 2025, compared to 11.4M in 2015, 8.43M in 2005, and 6.23M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.29% per year. Benin is ranked 21st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Benin will have 22,443,653 people (48.6% growth) with a rank change from 76th to 69th.
By the year 2100, Benin's population is projected to grow by 162.2% to 39.6M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Benin
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Cotonou | 679K |
| Porto-Novo | 264K |
| Abomey | 90.2K |
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Benin population statistics
|
Benin
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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