Nationality:
noun: Beninese (singular and plural)
adjective: Beninese
Ethnic groups:
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)
Languages:
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Religions:
Catholic 27.1%, Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, Protestant 10.4% (Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%), other Christian 5.3%, other 15.5% (2002 census)
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin People 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin People 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
9,598,787 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
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
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0-14 years: 44.7% (male 2,126,973/female 2,042,340)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 52.6% (male 2,443,370/female 2,461,421)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 101,640/female 149,288) (2011 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
total: 17.4 years
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male: 17 years
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female: 17.9 years (2011 est.)
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2.877% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
37.55 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
8.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 42% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
COTONOU (seat of government) 815,000; PORTO-NOVO (capital) 276,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
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under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
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15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
410 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 36
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 60.03 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 29
male: 63.3 deaths/1,000 live births
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female: 56.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
total population: 60.26 years
country comparison to the world: 188
male: 59 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 61.59 years (2012 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
5.22 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
4.2% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.059 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
country comparison to the world: 171
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.5 beds/1,000 population (2005)
country comparison to the world: 170
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
1.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
60,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
2,700 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
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
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
20.2% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
3.5% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 116
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 34.7%
male: 47.9%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 23.3% (2002 census)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 8 years (2005)
total: 0.8%
country comparison to the world: 130
male: 1.1%
female: 0.6% (2002)
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a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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