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)%

Urbanization

Urban population: 44% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 3.67% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 43.42% (male 2,314,981/female 2,222,185)

15-24 years - : 20.19% (male 1,073,356/female 1,036,459)

25-54 years - : 30.04% (male 1,585,098/female 1,553,965)

55-64 years - : 3.53% (male 157,171/female 211,292)

65 years and over - : 2.82% (male 116,693/female 177,447) (2015 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 82%

Youth dependency ratio: 76.7%

Elderly dependency ratio: 5.3%

Potential support ratio: 19% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 17.7 years

Male: 17.4 years

Female: 18.1 years (2014 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1.02 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.74 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.66 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.01 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 61.47 years

Male: 60.11 years

Female: 62.9 years (2015 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 192

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 80.3% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.13% (2013 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

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

Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever

Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

Animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

8.1% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

20.2% (2006)

Education Expenditures

5.3% of GDP (2010)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 38.4%

Male: 49.9%

Female: 27.3% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 11 years

Male: 13 years

Female: 9 years (2011)

Year

Population

  • 10,448,647Array

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
    2.78% (2015 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 36.02 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death Rate

  • 8.21 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • PORTO-NOVO (capital) 268,000
    (2014)
  • COTONOU (seat of
    government) 682,000
  • Abomey-Calavi
    757,000 (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 4.6% of GDP (2013)

Physicians Density

  • 0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)

Total fertility rate

  • 4.95 children born/woman (2015 est.)