Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Benin

Children under 15 in Benin in 2025 — 6,112,378 people. Ranked 63 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 520.4%.

2025 6.11M people +1.71% vs 2024
World rank 63of 217
Period maximum 6.11M people2025
Period minimum 985,191 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Benin, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 985,191 people1962: 1,039,787 people1964: 1,102,368 people1966: 1,172,103 people1968: 1,245,762 people1970: 1,323,603 people1972: 1,405,525 people1974: 1,490,824 people1976: 1,579,437 people1978: 1,671,671 people1980: 1,773,666 people1982: 1,889,789 people1984: 2,014,044 people1986: 2,146,637 people1988: 2,288,324 people1990: 2,437,212 people1992: 2,593,347 people1994: 2,774,548 people1996: 2,937,904 people1998: 3,106,654 people2000: 3,281,386 people2002: 3,460,453 people2004: 3,652,022 people2006: 3,863,139 people2008: 4,084,562 people2010: 4,300,993 people2012: 4,539,075 people2014: 4,796,141 people2016: 5,066,562 people2018: 5,332,938 people2020: 5,574,843 people2022: 5,795,589 people2024: 6,009,622 people2025: 6,112,378 people
Change over the period: +5.13M (+520.43%) Average annual rate: 2.85 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 6.11M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Western Africa computed 189M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 6.11M +102,756 +1.71%
2024 6.01M +106,092 +1.8%
2023 5.9M +107,941 +1.86%
2022 5.8M +108,453 +1.91%
2021 5.69M +112,293 +2.01%
2020 5.57M +117,994 +2.16%
2019 5.46M +123,911 +2.32%
2018 5.33M +130,788 +2.51%
2017 5.2M +135,588 +2.68%
2016 5.07M +136,266 +2.76%
2015 4.93M +134,155 +2.8%
2014 4.8M +130,639 +2.8%
2013 4.67M +126,427 +2.79%
2012 4.54M +121,833 +2.76%
2011 4.42M +116,249 +2.7%
2010 4.3M +108,680 +2.59%
2009 4.19M +107,751 +2.64%
2008 4.08M +111,552 +2.81%
2007 3.97M +109,871 +2.84%
2006 3.86M +107,499 +2.86%
2005 3.76M +103,618 +2.84%
2004 3.65M +97,970 +2.76%
2003 3.55M +93,599 +2.7%
2002 3.46M +90,375 +2.68%
2001 3.37M +88,692 +2.7%
2000 3.28M +87,712 +2.75%
1999 3.19M +87,020 +2.8%
1998 3.11M +85,637 +2.83%
1997 3.02M +83,113 +2.83%
1996 2.94M +81,136 +2.84%
1995 2.86M +82,220 +2.96%
1994 2.77M +91,646 +3.42%
1993 2.68M +89,555 +3.45%
1992 2.59M +78,885 +3.14%
1991 2.51M +77,250 +3.17%
1990 2.44M +75,216 +3.18%
1989 2.36M +73,672 +3.22%
1988 2.29M +72,063 +3.25%
1987 2.22M +69,624 +3.24%
1986 2.15M +67,336 +3.24%
1985 2.08M +65,257 +3.24%
1984 2.01M +63,064 +3.23%
1983 1.95M +61,191 +3.24%
1982 1.89M +59,480 +3.25%
1981 1.83M +56,643 +3.19%
1980 1.77M +52,878 +3.07%
1979 1.72M +49,117 +2.94%
1978 1.67M +46,746 +2.88%
1977 1.62M +45,488 +2.88%
1976 1.58M +44,651 +2.91%
1975 1.53M +43,962 +2.95%
1974 1.49M +43,013 +2.97%
1973 1.45M +42,286 +3.01%
1972 1.41M +41,451 +3.04%
1971 1.36M +40,471 +3.06%
1970 1.32M +39,465 +3.07%
1969 1.28M +38,376 +3.08%
1968 1.25M +37,312 +3.09%
1967 1.21M +36,347 +3.1%
1966 1.17M +35,373 +3.11%
1965 1.14M +34,362 +3.12%
1964 1.1M +32,307 +3.02%
1963 1.07M +30,274 +2.91%
1962 1.04M +28,763 +2.84%
1961 1.01M +25,833 +2.62%
1960 985,191

About the indicator

The population aged 0 to 14 inclusive. The absolute number answers a different question than the share — not how young the country is, but how many children are in it, and it is this number that is needed to gauge the load on schools, pediatric care and child nutrition. The world total for the group has almost stopped growing: fertility is falling faster than population is rising.

Important: Estimates of the UN Population Division rather than census counts: values are interpolated for the years between censuses.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.