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Benin:
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Other pages in this profile of Benin:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 8,294,941 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 75 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 43.6% (male 1,824,803/female 1,790,723) 15-64 years: 54% (male 2,210,525/female 2,268,138) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 80,081/female 120,671) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 17.9 years male: 17.5 years female: 18.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.619% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 37.36 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 11.67 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 76.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 80.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 53.85 years male: 52.67 years female: 55.06 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.96 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.9% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 68,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 5,800 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Beninese (singular and plural) adjective: Beninese |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Fon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9% (2002 census) |
Religions |
Definition Christian 42.8% (Catholic 27.1%, Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%, other 5.3%), Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other 15.5% (2002 census) |
Languages |
Definition French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 34.7% male: 47.9% female: 23.3% (2002 census) |
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