Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Porto-Novo
Benin
#75 by population · Lower middle income · ISO BEN
Population right now
15,239,453
997.9 net per day · 1 birth every 63.7 s
·anchor 14,814,460 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.184% of the world
👶 Births today
1,194
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
311
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−1,569
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+879
2.46% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
33.42 /1,000
2024
Death rate
8.71 /1,000
2024
Fertility
4.48 births/woman
Life expectancy
61.0 yrs
Aged 0–14
41.3%
Aged 65+
3.2%
Urban
53.4%
Land area
114,760 km²
Density
129.1 /km²
GDP / capita
$1,658
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 14,814,460 + 0.0115/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 1,355 (crude birth rate 33.42/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 353 (crude death rate 8.71/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.40%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →