Demographics (v2.1)
Dependency ratio
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Benin (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 117 | 116 | 115 | 114 | 113 | 112 | 111 | 110 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 110 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 111 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 109 | 108 | 108 | 105 | 102 | 98.3 | 95.1 | 91.8 | |
| Atacora (incl Donga) | 108 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 | 126 | 128 | 129 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 135 | 136 | 138 | 135 | 132 | 129 | 127 | 124 | 121 | 119 | 115 | 111 | 107 | 103 | 99.1 | |
| Atlantique (incl Littoral (Cotonou)) | 97.1 | 95.5 | 94.0 | 92.5 | 91.0 | 89.5 | 87.9 | 86.4 | 84.9 | 85.1 | 85.3 | 85.5 | 85.7 | 85.9 | 85.8 | 85.7 | 85.5 | 85.4 | 85.3 | 86.1 | 86.8 | 87.6 | 88.3 | 89.1 | 89.8 | 90.6 | 88.4 | 86.2 | 84.0 | 81.8 | 79.6 | |
| Borgou (incl Alibori) | 126 | 126 | 125 | 124 | 123 | 122 | 121 | 120 | 119 | 120 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 126 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 128 | 126 | 124 | 122 | 120 | 119 | 117 | 113 | 108 | 104 | 100 | 96.0 | |
| Mono (incl Couffo) | 129 | 128 | 127 | 126 | 125 | 124 | 123 | 121 | 120 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 123 | 123 | 121 | 120 | 118 | 117 | 116 | 114 | 113 | 112 | 111 | 110 | 109 | 108 | |
| Queme (incl Plateau) | 124 | 122 | 119 | 117 | 114 | 112 | 109 | 107 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 102 | 97.7 | 93.4 | 89.1 | 84.8 | |
| Zou (incl Collines) | 120 | 120 | 120 | 119 | 119 | 118 | 118 | 117 | 117 | 116 | 116 | 115 | 115 | 114 | 115 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 117 | 115 | 113 | 111 | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 101 | 100 | |
Lighter numbers are estimates