🇧🇯Benin

Porto-Novo

Africa

Lower middle income

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Population

14.8M

2.4%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

4.48

births/woman

Life Expectancy

61.0y

GDP / capita

$1.7K

Pop. Growth

2.40%

Net Migration

-7.8K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Benin by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇬Togo120.4K(32.2%)

+40%

🇳🇬Nigeria92.4K(24.7%)

+37%

🇳🇪

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male7.4MTotal 14.8M7.4MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire36.4K(9.8%)

+49%

🇬🇭Ghana17.2K(4.6%)

+43%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso13.7K(3.7%)

+27%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.4.3K(1.2%)

+47%

🇲🇱Mali3.7K(1.0%)

+49%

🇫🇷France1.5K(0.4%)

+28%

🇹🇩Chad1.1K(0.3%)

+42%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Benin diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Benin who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇳🇬Nigeria404.5K(55.7%)

+39%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire75.3K(10.4%)

+18%

🇹🇬Togo72.9K(10.0%)

+8%

🇬🇦Gabon56.6K(7.8%)

+66%

🇫🇷France31.6K(4.3%)

+60%

🇳🇪Niger29.5K(4.1%)

+67%

🇬🇭Ghana22.1K(3.0%)

+58%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.15K(2.1%)

+31%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso4.4K(0.6%)

+11%

🇸🇳Senegal3.8K(0.5%)

+13%

🇮🇹Italy3.3K(0.5%)

+66%

🇨🇲Cameroon3.1K(0.4%)

+62%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024