2 GeoFroggy

Languages

French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)

Ethnic Groups

Fon and related 39.2%
Adja and related 15.2%
Yoruba and related 12.3%
Bariba and related 9.2%
Peulh and related 7%
Ottamari and related 6.1%
Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%
Dendi and related 2.5%
Other 1.6%
(includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9%
(2002 census)%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 45.2% (male 2,028,493/female 1,948,353)

15-64 years - : 52.1% (male 2,275,662/female 2,308,945)

65 years and over - : 2.6% (male 94,569/female 135,810) (2010 est.)

Median Age

Total: 17.3 years

Male: 16.9 years

Female: 17.8 years (2010 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.69 male(s)/female

total population - : 1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 63.13 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 66.51 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 59.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 59.42 years

Male: 58.21 years

Female: 60.68 years (2010 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.2% (2007 est.)country comparison to the world: 50

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

3,300 (2007 est.)country comparison to the world: 53

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever

Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

Animal contact disease: rabies (2009)

Education Expenditures

3.6% of GDP (2007)country comparison to the world: 130

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 34.7%

Male: 47.9%

Female: 23.3% (2002 census)

Year

Population

  • 9,056,010country

Nationality

  • Beninese (singular and plural) noun


  • Beninese adjective


Religions

  • Christian Catholic
    42.83%
  • Celestial
    5.00%
  • Methodist
    3.20%
  • Other Protestant
    2.20%
  • Other
    5.30%
  • Muslim
    24.40%
  • Vodoun
    17.30%
  • Other Census
    15.52%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.944% (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 15

Birth Rate

  • 38.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 17

Death Rate

  • 9.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 70

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 89

Total fertility rate

  • 5.4 children born/woman (2010 est.)country comparison to the world: 14