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Benin

Benin, officially the Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Benin 115,399.8 km²
Population 10.8 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015 +233.6%
Population change from 2000 to 2015 +56.5%
Timezone West Africa Standard Time

Map of Benin

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015
Data1975199020002015
Population 3,240,044 4,971,146 6,907,935 10,810,081
Population Density 28.1 / km² 43.1 / km² 59.9 / km² 93.7 / km²
Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100
YearEst. PopulationAvg 10 Year Growth %Avg 10 Year Growth
0 405,546 n/a n/a
100 463,495 1.3% 5,794
200 529,727 1.3% 6,623
300 605,429 1.3% 7,570
400 691,955 1.3% 8,652
500 790,853 1.3% 9,889
600 903,898 1.3% 11,304
700 1,033,114 1.3% 12,921
800 1,180,820 1.3% 14,770
900 1,349,452 1.3% 16,863
1000 1,542,139 1.3% 19,268
1100 1,762,263 1.3% 22,012
1200 2,013,806 1.3% 25,154
1300 2,301,409 1.3% 28,760
1400 2,588,988 1.2% 28,757
1500 2,876,641 1.1% 28,765
1600 2,973,409 0.3% 9,676
1700 2,856,629 -0.4% -11,678
1800 1,297,618 -7.6% -155,901
1900 957,432 -3% -34,018
1910 978,888 2.2% 21,456
1920 1,175,718 20.1% 196,830
1930 1,412,523 20.1% 236,805
1940 1,697,574 20.2% 285,051
1950 2,041,601 20.3% 344,027
1960 2,266,190 11% 224,589
1970 2,854,155 25.9% 587,965
1990 4,971,146 32% 1,058,495
2000 6,907,935 39% 1,936,789
2020 12,227,396 33% 2,659,730
2030 15,145,529 23.9% 2,918,133
2040 17,915,867 18.3% 2,770,338
2050 20,440,522 14.1% 2,524,655
2060 22,509,148 10.1% 2,068,626
2070 24,134,709 7.2% 1,625,561
2080 25,276,405 4.7% 1,141,696
2090 25,855,851 2.3% 579,446
2100 25,985,421 0.5% 129,570
Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.
Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Communes in Benin

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