# Population in Benin

Population in Benin was 14.81 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `bj`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/benin
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/benin.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=bj

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 14,814,460 |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 |
| 1960 | 2,517,286 |