Male population — all countries

Male population — Benin

Male population in Benin in 2025 — 7,430,498 people. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 523.2%.

2025 7.43M people +2.45% vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 7.43M people2025
Period minimum 1.19M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Benin, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,192,304 people1962: 1,236,778 people1964: 1,287,274 people1966: 1,343,249 people1968: 1,404,322 people1970: 1,470,680 people1972: 1,543,013 people1974: 1,621,681 people1976: 1,707,453 people1978: 1,801,140 people1980: 1,905,156 people1982: 2,021,254 people1984: 2,146,091 people1986: 2,280,915 people1988: 2,427,113 people1990: 2,584,695 people1992: 2,753,956 people1994: 2,995,311 people1996: 3,145,946 people1998: 3,348,412 people2000: 3,567,832 people2002: 3,798,523 people2004: 4,044,950 people2006: 4,313,689 people2008: 4,587,507 people2010: 4,877,876 people2012: 5,184,260 people2014: 5,507,544 people2016: 5,848,391 people2018: 6,197,560 people2020: 6,546,526 people2022: 6,896,459 people2024: 7,252,565 people2025: 7,430,498 people
Change over the period: +6.24M (+523.2%) Average annual rate: 2.85 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Benin 7.43M people
World 4.13B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 659M people
Western Africa computed 235M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 7.43M +177,933 +2.45%
2024 7.25M +177,960 +2.52%
2023 7.07M +178,146 +2.58%
2022 6.9M +175,784 +2.62%
2021 6.72M +174,149 +2.66%
2020 6.55M +174,228 +2.73%
2019 6.37M +174,738 +2.82%
2018 6.2M +174,952 +2.9%
2017 6.02M +174,217 +2.98%
2016 5.85M +172,006 +3.03%
2015 5.68M +168,841 +3.07%
2014 5.51M +164,150 +3.07%
2013 5.34M +159,134 +3.07%
2012 5.18M +155,283 +3.09%
2011 5.03M +151,101 +3.1%
2010 4.88M +146,985 +3.11%
2009 4.73M +143,384 +3.13%
2008 4.59M +140,291 +3.15%
2007 4.45M +133,527 +3.1%
2006 4.31M +134,538 +3.22%
2005 4.18M +134,201 +3.32%
2004 4.04M +125,420 +3.2%
2003 3.92M +121,007 +3.19%
2002 3.8M +116,883 +3.17%
2001 3.68M +113,808 +3.19%
2000 3.57M +111,105 +3.21%
1999 3.46M +108,315 +3.23%
1998 3.35M +104,858 +3.23%
1997 3.24M +97,608 +3.1%
1996 3.15M +84,175 +2.75%
1995 3.06M +66,460 +2.22%
1994 3M +113,042 +3.92%
1993 2.88M +128,313 +4.66%
1992 2.75M +86,073 +3.23%
1991 2.67M +83,188 +3.22%
1990 2.58M +80,212 +3.2%
1989 2.5M +77,370 +3.19%
1988 2.43M +74,587 +3.17%
1987 2.35M +71,611 +3.14%
1986 2.28M +68,728 +3.11%
1985 2.21M +66,096 +3.08%
1984 2.15M +63,527 +3.05%
1983 2.08M +61,310 +3.03%
1982 2.02M +59,329 +3.02%
1981 1.96M +56,769 +2.98%
1980 1.91M +53,632 +2.9%
1979 1.85M +50,384 +2.8%
1978 1.8M +47,835 +2.73%
1977 1.75M +45,852 +2.69%
1976 1.71M +43,856 +2.64%
1975 1.66M +41,916 +2.58%
1974 1.62M +40,129 +2.54%
1973 1.58M +38,539 +2.5%
1972 1.54M +36,952 +2.45%
1971 1.51M +35,381 +2.41%
1970 1.47M +33,885 +2.36%
1969 1.44M +32,473 +2.31%
1968 1.4M +31,173 +2.27%
1967 1.37M +29,900 +2.23%
1966 1.34M +28,644 +2.18%
1965 1.31M +27,331 +2.12%
1964 1.29M +25,947 +2.06%
1963 1.26M +24,549 +1.98%
1962 1.24M +23,101 +1.9%
1961 1.21M +21,373 +1.79%
1960 1.19M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

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