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Benin — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Benin, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.40%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +45.4% since 1961
Population growth for Benin was 2.40% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.44% in 1993. The lowest was 1.65% in 1961 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.59% per year.
Benin ranks 27 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Benin sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 46% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 19%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.40%
First (1961)
1.65%
Change
+45.4%
Highest
4.44%
in 1993
Lowest
1.65%
in 1961
Average
2.73%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.59%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.46% |
| 2023 | 2.52% |
| 2022 | 2.55% |
| 2021 | 2.59% |
| 2020 | 2.66% |
| 2019 | 2.74% |
| 2018 | 2.81% |
| 2017 | 2.88% |
| 2016 | 2.92% |
| 2015 | 2.95% |
| 2014 | 2.96% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.