Live population of Benin

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Benin as of 2022 Jan 19 was 12,306,291

According to the 2021 Census, Benin's share of the world population is 0.156%

Benin population (2021) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	12,123,198	6,054,248	6,068,950	6,253,682	107.51	4.73	277,669	254,732	61.23	64.45
2015	10,575,962	5,270,132	5,305,830	5,743,319	93.79	4.86	262,971	245,449	59.75	62.83
2010	9,199,254	4,568,834	4,630,420	5,234,987	81.58	5.22	246,582	234,226	58.46	61.36
2005	7,982,223	3,955,402	4,026,821	4,746,002	70.78	5.49	231,787	222,263	57.10	59.96
2000	6,865,946	3,382,858	3,483,088	4,234,053	60.88	5.78	228,607	218,925	54.60	57.69
1995	5,905,552	2,894,758	3,010,794	3,734,785	52.37	6.15	216,004	205,136	53.18	56.66
1990	4,978,489	2,423,540	2,554,949	3,261,667	44.15	6.56	190,929	181,893	53.36	56.81
1985	4,278,502	2,072,577	2,205,925	2,960,875	37.94	6.88	193,168	176,401	49.49	54.28
1980	3,717,161	1,795,184	1,921,977	2,700,936	32.96	7.008	196,611	174,631	45.51	51.08
1975	3,265,167	1,573,665	1,691,502	2,549,951	28.95	6.99	186,967	167,764	43.70	48.75
1970	2,912,338	1,400,496	1,511,842	2,426,254	25.82	6.83	180,422	167,484	41.61	45.33
1965	2,632,361	1,259,942	1,372,419	2,302,815	23.34	6.64	172,699	168,769	39.85	41.87
1960	2,431,617	1,156,651	1,274,966	2,206,100	21.56	6.42	172,582	176,241	37.83	39.03
1955	2,303,592	1,087,181	1,216,411	2,146,841	20.42	6.13	175,312	183,957	35.79	36.55
1950	2,255,222	1,050,727	1,204,495	2,143,442	20	5.85	184,045	209,716	33.61	33.91