Benin
Population 2026
15,170,419
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.40%
- Density
- 135 per km²
- Land area
- 112,760 km²
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Currency
- Franc (XOF)
- Official languages
- FR-BJ
- Urban population
- 53.4%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 494,1972026
- Deaths
- 129,7772026
- Birth rate
- 33.4per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 4.48
- Life expectancy
- 61.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 18.2
- Net migration
- -7,847
Age distribution
- 0–1441.3%
- 15–6455.6%
- 65+3.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $24.6B
- GDP per capita
- $1.7K
- GDP growth
- +8.1%
- Inflation
- 1.1%
- Unemployment
- 1.6%
- Exports
- $4.2B
- Imports
- $4.9B
- Tourism receipts
- 6.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture22.9%
- Industry17.5%
- Manufacturing10.2%
- Services50.1%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture40.2%
- Industry18.3%
- Services41.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CotonouLittoral | 679,0122023 |
| 2 | Abomey-CalaviAtlantique | 385,7552025 |
| 3 | Porto-NovoOuémé | 264,3202023 |
| 4 | ParakouBorgou | 255,4782026 |
| 5 | GodomèAtlantique | 253,2622026 |
| 6 | AbomeyZou | 117,8242026 |
| 7 | DjougouDonga | 94,7732026 |
| 8 | BohiconZou | 93,7442023 |
| 9 | EkpéOuémé | 75,3132023 |
| 10 | NikkiBorgou | 66,1092023 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15,170,419 | 494K | 130K |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 462K | 120K |
| 2010 | 9,797,488 | 390K | 102K |
| 2000 | 7,221,618 | 304K | 85.9K |
| 1990 | 5,281,482 | 241K | 78.4K |
| 1980 | 3,925,258 | 188K | 75.1K |
| 1970 | 3,065,061 | 146K | 72.4K |
| 1960 | 2,517,289 | 115K | 70.6K |
| 1950 | 2,250,476 | 92.0K | 71.3K |