Gender in Benin 16 indicators covering gender for Benin. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 229,200 2025 up 11.7% 57th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 237,041 2025 up 11.9% 57th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 223,456 2025 up 13.6% 57th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 230,273 2025 up 13.9% 57th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 219,192 2025 up 15.6% 57th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 225,605 2025 up 15.9% 58th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 214,836 2025 up 17.8% 58th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 220,927 2025 up 18.1% 59th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 210,789 2025 up 20.2% 60th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 216,548 2025 up 20.4% 60th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 207,520 2025 up 22.5% 59th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 213,003 2025 up 22.6% 62nd Literacy rate, adult female 41.5% 2022 down 2.2% 80th Age at first marriage, female 20.7 2018 up 1.0% 148th Age at first marriage, male 25.7 2018 up 1.6% 115th Maternal leave benefits 100.0% 2017 unchanged 1st