Fertility rate, total in Benin
Benin: Fertility rate, total was 4.48 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Benin, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Benin stood at 4.48 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Benin peaked at 7.06 births per woman in 1981 and was at its lowest, 4.48 births per woman, 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 | 6.55 births per woman | 6.28 births per woman | 6.71 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.82 births per woman | 6.74 births per woman | 6.91 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.97 births per woman | 6.82 births per woman | 7.06 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.39 births per woman | 6.03 births per woman | 6.74 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.71 births per woman | 5.49 births per woman | 5.94 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.28 births per woman | 4.9 births per woman | 5.45 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.63 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman | 4.79 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 205,619 (2025)
- Population, male 50.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 4.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 6.11 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 205,179 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 210,474 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 203,171 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 208,374 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 200,459 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 191,594 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Benin?
- Fertility rate, total in Benin was 4.48 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 7.06 births per woman in 1981.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.48 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Benin rank for fertility rate, total?
- Benin ranks 14th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. 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 Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.