Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Benin

Population aged 15–64 in Benin in 2025 — 8,234,974 people. Ranked 77 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 496.3%.

2025 8.23M people +2.91% vs 2024
World rank 77of 217
Period maximum 8.23M people2025
Period minimum 1.38M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Benin, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,381,055 people1962: 1,414,517 people1964: 1,450,863 people1966: 1,490,292 people1968: 1,534,979 people1970: 1,585,816 people1972: 1,643,846 people1974: 1,710,816 people1976: 1,788,879 people1978: 1,879,740 people1980: 1,981,583 people1982: 2,093,565 people1984: 2,215,200 people1986: 2,348,262 people1988: 2,493,942 people1990: 2,653,963 people1992: 2,828,416 people1994: 3,116,672 people1996: 3,243,584 people1998: 3,464,031 people2000: 3,711,844 people2002: 3,976,037 people2004: 4,256,048 people2006: 4,564,243 people2008: 4,861,732 people2010: 5,196,317 people2012: 5,540,624 people2014: 5,897,855 people2016: 6,276,666 people2018: 6,675,407 people2020: 7,097,998 people2022: 7,542,523 people2024: 8,002,133 people2025: 8,234,974 people
Change over the period: +6.85M (+496.28%) Average annual rate: 2.79 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Benin 8.23M people
World 5.36B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 745M people
Western Africa computed 262M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.23M +232,841 +2.91%
2024 8M +230,361 +2.96%
2023 7.77M +229,249 +3.04%
2022 7.54M +224,954 +3.07%
2021 7.32M +219,571 +3.09%
2020 7.1M +214,129 +3.11%
2019 6.88M +208,462 +3.12%
2018 6.68M +202,323 +3.13%
2017 6.47M +196,418 +3.13%
2016 6.28M +191,376 +3.14%
2015 6.09M +187,435 +3.18%
2014 5.9M +181,455 +3.17%
2013 5.72M +175,776 +3.17%
2012 5.54M +173,457 +3.23%
2011 5.37M +170,850 +3.29%
2010 5.2M +170,254 +3.39%
2009 5.03M +164,331 +3.38%
2008 4.86M +154,436 +3.28%
2007 4.71M +143,053 +3.13%
2006 4.56M +152,022 +3.45%
2005 4.41M +156,173 +3.67%
2004 4.26M +141,727 +3.44%
2003 4.11M +138,284 +3.48%
2002 3.98M +134,070 +3.49%
2001 3.84M +130,123 +3.51%
2000 3.71M +126,171 +3.52%
1999 3.59M +121,642 +3.51%
1998 3.46M +116,042 +3.47%
1997 3.35M +104,405 +3.22%
1996 3.24M +80,812 +2.56%
1995 3.16M +46,100 +1.48%
1994 3.12M +128,007 +4.28%
1993 2.99M +160,249 +5.67%
1992 2.83M +89,052 +3.25%
1991 2.74M +85,401 +3.22%
1990 2.65M +81,929 +3.19%
1989 2.57M +78,092 +3.13%
1988 2.49M +74,421 +3.08%
1987 2.42M +71,259 +3.03%
1986 2.35M +68,059 +2.98%
1985 2.28M +65,003 +2.93%
1984 2.22M +62,112 +2.88%
1983 2.15M +59,523 +2.84%
1982 2.09M +57,171 +2.81%
1981 2.04M +54,811 +2.77%
1980 1.98M +52,273 +2.71%
1979 1.93M +49,570 +2.64%
1978 1.88M +46,839 +2.56%
1977 1.83M +44,022 +2.46%
1976 1.79M +40,677 +2.33%
1975 1.75M +37,386 +2.19%
1974 1.71M +34,703 +2.07%
1973 1.68M +32,267 +1.96%
1972 1.64M +30,009 +1.86%
1971 1.61M +28,021 +1.77%
1970 1.59M +26,250 +1.68%
1969 1.56M +24,587 +1.6%
1968 1.53M +23,079 +1.53%
1967 1.51M +21,608 +1.45%
1966 1.49M +20,373 +1.39%
1965 1.47M +19,056 +1.31%
1964 1.45M +18,469 +1.29%
1963 1.43M +17,877 +1.26%
1962 1.41M +16,850 +1.21%
1961 1.4M +16,612 +1.2%
1960 1.38M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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