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 - : 44.7% (male 2,126,973/female 2,042,340)

15-64 years - : 52.6% (male 2,443,370/female 2,461,421)

65 years and over - : 2.7% (male 101,640/female 149,288) (2011 est.)

Median Age

Total: 17.4 years

Male: 17 years

Female: 17.9 years (2011 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 (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 61.56 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 64.89 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 58.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 59.84 years

Male: 58.61 years

Female: 61.14 years (2011 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 16% of population

Rural: 31% of population

Total: 25% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.2% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 41

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

2,700 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 48

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)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

20.2% (2006)country comparison to the world: 37

Education Expenditures

3.5% of GDP (2007)country comparison to the world: 116

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 34.7%

Male: 47.9%

Female: 23.3% (2002 census)

Year

Population

  • 9,325,032

Nationality

  • Beninese (singular and plural) noun


  • Beninese adjective


Religions

  • Catholic
    27.10%
  • Muslim
    24.40%
  • Vodoun
    17.30%
  • Protestant Celestial
    10.45%
  • Methodist
    3.20%
  • Other Protestant
    2.20%
  • Other Christian
    5.30%
  • Other Census
    15.52%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.911% (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 13

Birth Rate

  • 38.11 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 15

Death Rate

  • 9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 70

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 76

Health Expenditure

  • 4.2% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 157

Physicians Density

  • 0.059 physicians/1,000 population (2008)country comparison to the world: 171

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2005)country comparison to the world: 170

Total fertility rate

  • 5.31 children born/woman (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 14