COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Benin Population
Benin population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1980, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,81 m | 351.736 |
| 2024 | 14,46 m | 351.690 |
| 2023 | 14,11 m | 351.533 |
| 2022 | 13,76 m | 346.084 |
| 2021 | 13,41 m | 343.248 |
| 2020 | 13,07 m | 343.414 |
| 2019 | 12,73 m | 343.408 |
| 2018 | 12,38 m | 343.567 |
| 2017 | 12,04 m | 341.938 |
| 2016 | 11,70 m | 336.842 |
| 2015 | 11,36 m | 331.000 |
| 2014 | 11,03 m | 321.000 |
| 2013 | 10,71 m | 311.000 |
| 2012 | 10,40 m | 304.000 |
| 2011 | 10,09 m | 297.000 |
| 2010 | 9,80 m | 288.000 |
| 2009 | 9,51 m | 281.000 |
| 2008 | 9,23 m | 274.000 |
| 2007 | 8,95 m | 261.000 |
| 2006 | 8,69 m | 267.000 |
| 2005 | 8,43 m | 267.000 |
| 2004 | 8,16 m | 246.000 |
| 2003 | 7,91 m | 238.000 |
| 2002 | 7,68 m | 229.000 |
| 2001 | 7,45 m | 224.000 |
| 2000 | 7,22 m | 219.000 |
| 1999 | 7,00 m | 214.000 |
| 1998 | 6,79 m | 206.000 |
| 1997 | 6,58 m | 191.000 |
| 1996 | 6,39 m | 165.000 |
| 1995 | 6,23 m | 130.000 |
| 1994 | 6,10 m | 224.000 |
| 1993 | 5,87 m | 255.000 |
| 1992 | 5,62 m | 171.000 |
| 1991 | 5,45 m | 166.000 |
| 1990 | 5,28 m | 161.000 |
| 1989 | 5,12 m | 147.000 |
| 1988 | 4,97 m | 156.000 |
| 1987 | 4,82 m | 145.000 |
| 1986 | 4,67 m | 145.000 |
| 1985 | 4,53 m | 145.000 |
| 1984 | 4,38 m | 134.000 |
| 1983 | 4,25 m | 134.000 |
| 1982 | 4,11 m | 123.000 |
| 1981 | 3,99 m | 133.000 |
| 1980 | 3,86 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
1 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 19:14:22 | 2004 | 8,16 m | 8,16 m | International Monetary Fund DataMapper | 2026-07-30 21:14:22 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesBenin recorded 14,81 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 351.736.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 46 observations from 1980 to 2025, the average was 8,37 m; the minimum was 3,86 m in 1980 and the maximum was 14,81 m in 2025.
Benin ranks 75 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Demographic scale and market size.