Nationality:
noun: Beninese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Beninese
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)
Languages:
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Religions:
Catholic 27.1%, Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, Protestant 10.4% (Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%), other Christian 5.3%, other 15.5% (2002 census)
Population: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Child labor - children ages 5-14: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin People 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin People 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
9,877,292 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
note:
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 44.1% (male 2,223,497/female 2,134,644)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
19.9% (male 1,001,845/female 967,664)
25-54 years:
29.7% (male 1,476,894/female 1,456,501)
55-64 years:
3.5% (male 143,594/female 200,424)
65 years and over:
2.8% (male 109,009/female 163,220) (2013 est.)
total dependency ratio: 84 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio:
78.7 %
elderly dependency ratio:
5.3 %
potential support ratio:
18.8 (2013)
total: 17.6 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
17.2 years
female:
18 years (2013 est.)
2.84% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
37.02 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
8.59 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 44.9% of total population (2011)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
4.12% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
COTONOU (seat of government) 924,000; PORTO-NOVO (capital) 314,000 (2011)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.71 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.67 male(s)/female
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
20 (2006 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 33
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 58.54 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 27
male:
61.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
55.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
total population: 60.67 years
country comparison to the world: 191
male:
59.37 years
female:
62.04 years (2013 est.)
5.13 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
12.9% (2012)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.6% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.5 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
1.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
60,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
2,700 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
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)
6% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 151
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
20.2% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
5.4% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 58
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
42.4%
male:
55.2%
female:
30.3% (2010 census)
total: 9 years
male:
11 years
female:
8 years (2005)
total number: 1,020,981
[see also: Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number country ranks ]
percentage:
46 % (2006 est.)
total: 0.8%
country comparison to the world: 147
male:
1.1%
female:
0.6% (2002)
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