Birth rate, crude in Benin
Benin: Birth rate, crude was 33.42 per 1,000 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Birth rate, crude in Benin, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in per 1,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for birth rate, crude in Benin is 33.42 per 1,000 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, birth rate, crude in Benin peaked at 48.22 per 1,000 people in 1981 and was at its lowest, 33.42 per 1,000 people, in 2024.
Benin ranks 14th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.25 per 1,000 people | 45.76 per 1,000 people | 47.73 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 47.24 per 1,000 people | 46.89 per 1,000 people | 47.48 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.34 per 1,000 people | 45.99 per 1,000 people | 48.22 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.28 per 1,000 people | 42.55 per 1,000 people | 45.71 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.18 per 1,000 people | 39.98 per 1,000 people | 42.08 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.65 per 1,000 people | 36.04 per 1,000 people | 39.77 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.35 per 1,000 people | 33.42 per 1,000 people | 35.33 per 1,000 people | 5 |
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- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 179,966 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 168,667 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 164,178 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 173,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 169,419 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 185,997 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 191,594 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 181,098 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 2.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 175,222 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is birth rate, crude in Benin?
- Birth rate, crude in Benin was 33.42 per 1,000 people in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest birth rate, crude recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 48.22 per 1,000 people in 1981.
- What is the lowest birth rate, crude recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.42 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for birth rate, crude?
- Benin ranks 14th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is birth rate, crude rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.