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 - : 44.4% (male 2,175,844/ female 2,089,046)

15-64 years - : 52.8% (male 2,531,086/ female 2,541,270)

65 years and over - : 2.7% (male 105,284/ female 156,257) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 17.6 years

Male: 17.2 years

Female: 18 years (2012 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

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

15-64 years - : 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.67 male(s)/female

total population - : 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 60.03 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 63.3 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 56.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 60.26 years

Male: 59 years

Female: 61.59 years (2012 est.)

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: 42.4%

Male: 55.2%

Female: 30.3% (2010 census)

Year

Population

  • 9,598,787

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
    2.877% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 14

Birth Rate

  • 37.55 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 18

Death Rate

  • 8.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 74

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 78

Health Expenditure

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

Physicians Density

  • 0.059 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2005)

Total fertility rate

  • 5.22 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 17