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Share of women in the population — Benin

Share of women in the population in Benin in 2025 — 49.84%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.79 pp.

2025 49.84% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 152of 217
Period maximum 52.64%1960
Period minimum 49.84%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of women in the population — Benin, 1960–2025495051525319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.64%1962: 52.52%1964: 52.39%1966: 52.27%1968: 52.14%1970: 52.02%1972: 51.89%1974: 51.77%1976: 51.66%1978: 51.56%1980: 51.46%1982: 51.37%1984: 51.29%1986: 51.21%1988: 51.14%1990: 51.06%1992: 50.98%1994: 50.87%1996: 50.78%1998: 50.68%2000: 50.6%2002: 50.51%2004: 50.42%2006: 50.38%2008: 50.29%2010: 50.21%2012: 50.14%2014: 50.07%2016: 50%2018: 49.95%2020: 49.91%2022: 49.88%2024: 49.85%2025: 49.84%
Change over the period: −2.79 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Benin 49.84%
World 49.73%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.15%
Western Africa computed 49.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 49.35%
Share of women in the population — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.84 −0.01 pp
2024 49.85 −0.01 pp
2023 49.86 −0.01 pp
2022 49.88 −0.02 pp
2021 49.9 −0.02 pp
2020 49.91 −0.02 pp
2019 49.93 −0.02 pp
2018 49.95 −0.02 pp
2017 49.98 −0.03 pp
2016 50 −0.03 pp
2015 50.03 −0.03 pp
2014 50.07 −0.04 pp
2013 50.1 −0.04 pp
2012 50.14 −0.04 pp
2011 50.18 −0.04 pp
2010 50.21 −0.04 pp
2009 50.25 −0.04 pp
2008 50.29 −0.04 pp
2007 50.33 −0.05 pp
2006 50.38 −0.02 pp
2005 50.4 −0.02 pp
2004 50.42 −0.04 pp
2003 50.47 −0.04 pp
2002 50.51 −0.04 pp
2001 50.55 −0.04 pp
2000 50.6 −0.04 pp
1999 50.64 −0.04 pp
1998 50.68 −0.05 pp
1997 50.73 −0.05 pp
1996 50.78 −0.05 pp
1995 50.83 −0.04 pp
1994 50.87 −0.05 pp
1993 50.92 −0.06 pp
1992 50.98 −0.04 pp
1991 51.02 −0.04 pp
1990 51.06 −0.04 pp
1989 51.1 −0.04 pp
1988 51.14 −0.04 pp
1987 51.18 −0.04 pp
1986 51.21 −0.04 pp
1985 51.25 −0.04 pp
1984 51.29 −0.04 pp
1983 51.33 −0.04 pp
1982 51.37 −0.04 pp
1981 51.42 −0.05 pp
1980 51.46 −0.05 pp
1979 51.51 −0.05 pp
1978 51.56 −0.05 pp
1977 51.61 −0.05 pp
1976 51.66 −0.06 pp
1975 51.72 −0.06 pp
1974 51.77 −0.06 pp
1973 51.83 −0.06 pp
1972 51.89 −0.06 pp
1971 51.96 −0.06 pp
1970 52.02 −0.06 pp
1969 52.08 −0.06 pp
1968 52.14 −0.06 pp
1967 52.2 −0.07 pp
1966 52.27 −0.06 pp
1965 52.33 −0.06 pp
1964 52.39 −0.06 pp
1963 52.45 −0.06 pp
1962 52.52 −0.06 pp
1961 52.58 −0.06 pp
1960 52.64 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TG Togo 51.06 MR Mauritania 50.92 GW Guinea-Bissau 50.55 GN Guinea 50.48 GM Gambia 50.2 BF Burkina Faso 50.18 SL Sierra Leone 50.12 LR Liberia 50.07 GH Ghana 50.06 BJ Benin 49.84 ML Mali 49.55 NG Nigeria 49.4 NE Niger 49.23 SN Senegal 49.21 CI Côte d'Ivoire 49.17 CV Cabo Verde 49.15
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of women in total population. Slightly more boys than girls are born (about 105 to 100), but because male mortality is higher the ratio evens out at older ages and then tilts toward women. Deviations from 50% in either direction point either to labor migration (the male surplus in the Gulf states) or to a gap in life expectancy.

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

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