Population 14,814,460
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Benin 2025 · 14.81M
0 3.7M 7.41M 11.11M 14.81M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 2,517,286 1961: 2,559,223 1962: 2,604,659 1963: 2,652,908 1964: 2,704,003 1965: 2,757,936 1966: 2,814,317 1967: 2,872,997 1968: 2,934,257 1969: 2,998,222 1970: 3,065,057 1971: 3,134,767 1972: 3,207,543 1973: 3,283,496 1974: 3,362,633 1975: 3,445,407 1976: 3,532,196 1977: 3,623,202 1978: 3,718,305 1979: 3,818,528 1980: 3,925,251 1981: 4,038,307 1982: 4,156,596 1983: 4,278,978 1984: 4,405,895 1985: 4,538,012 1986: 4,675,420 1987: 4,818,486 1988: 4,967,341 1989: 5,121,657 1990: 5,281,479 1991: 5,446,932 1992: 5,617,844 1993: 5,872,706 1994: 6,096,506 1995: 6,226,773 1996: 6,391,858 1997: 6,583,365 1998: 6,789,489 1999: 7,002,818 2000: 7,221,619 2001: 7,445,596 2002: 7,675,426 2003: 7,913,070 2004: 8,159,094 2005: 8,426,144 2006: 8,693,242 2007: 8,953,969 2008: 9,228,466 2009: 9,509,423 2010: 9,797,484 2011: 10,093,623 2012: 10,397,657 2013: 10,708,834 2014: 11,030,004 2015: 11,360,681 2016: 11,697,842 2017: 12,039,780 2018: 12,383,347 2019: 12,726,755 2020: 13,070,169 2021: 13,413,417 2022: 13,759,501 2023: 14,111,034 2024: 14,462,724 2025: 14,814,460 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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