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Benin

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
14,814,460 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 14,111,034in 2023[4]
Land area
112,760 km²[5]
Total area
114,763 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Benin

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202514.8M

2,517,286 in 1960, 14,814,460 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19602,517,286
19612,559,223
19622,604,659
19632,652,908
19642,704,003
19652,757,936
19662,814,317
19672,872,997
19682,934,257
19692,998,222
19703,065,057
19713,134,767
19723,207,543
19733,283,496
19743,362,633
19753,445,407
19763,532,196
19773,623,202
19783,718,305
19793,818,528
19803,925,251
19814,038,307
19824,156,596
19834,278,978
19844,405,895
19854,538,012
19864,675,420
19874,818,486
19884,967,341
19895,121,657
19905,281,479
19915,446,932
19925,617,844
19935,872,706
19946,096,506
19956,226,773
19966,391,858
19976,583,365
19986,789,489
19997,002,818
20007,221,619
20017,445,596
20027,675,426
20037,913,070
20048,159,094
20058,426,144
20068,693,242
20078,953,969
20089,228,466
20099,509,423
20109,797,484
201110,093,623
201210,397,657
201310,708,834
201411,030,004
201511,360,681
201611,697,842
201712,039,780
201812,383,347
201912,726,755
202013,070,169
202113,413,417
202213,759,501
202314,111,034
202414,462,724
202514,814,460

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
BJ[14]
ISO alpha-3
BEN[15]
ISO numeric
204[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), capital: Porto-Novo (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), population (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), area (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), official language: French (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), currency: West African CFA franc (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), continent: Africa (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), official name (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), official name (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), official name (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  14. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Benin (Q962), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2558487093) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Benin.svg, Public domain, Drawn by User:SKopp , rewritten by User:Gabbe, via Wikimedia Commons.