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Population of Benin:
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8,078,314
note: estimates for this country explicitly take
into account the effects of excess mortality due to
AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher
infant mortality and death rates, lower population and
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected (July 2007 est.) |
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Age structure of
Beninese:
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0-14 years: 43.9%
(male 1,788,248/female 1,754,940)
15-64 years: 53.7% (male 2,138,649/female
2,203,291)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 77,844/female
115,342) (2007 est.) |
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Median age in Benin:
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total: 17.7 years
male: 17.3 years
female: 18.1 years (2007 est.) |
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Population growth
rate in Benin:
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2.674% (2007 est.)
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Birth rate in Benin:
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38.1 births/1,000 population
(2007 est.) |
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Death rate in Benin:
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11.94 deaths/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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0.58 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Sex ratio of
Beninese:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.019 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.971 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.675 male(s)/female
total population: 0.983 male(s)/female (2007
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate
of Beninese:
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total: 77.85
deaths/1,000 live births
male: 82.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 73.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007
est.) |
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Life expectancy at
birth in Benin:
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total population:
53.44 years
male: 52.28 years
female: 54.63 years (2007 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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5.08 children born/woman
(2007 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate:
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1.9% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people
living with HIV/AIDS:
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68,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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5,800 (2003 est.)
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Major infectious
diseases in Benin:
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degree of risk: very
high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and
protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, yellow fever, and
others are high risks in some locations
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
(2007) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Beninese
(singular and plural)
adjective: Beninese |
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Ethnic groups in
Benin:
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Fon and related 39.2%, Adja
and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and
related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related
6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%,
other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9% (2002
census) |
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Religions in Benin:
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Christian 42.8% (Catholic
27.1%, Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant
2.2%, other 5.3%), Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, other
15.5% (2002 census) |
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Languages spoken in
Benin:
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French (official), Fon and
Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal
languages (at least six major ones in north)
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Literacy rate in
Benin:
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definition: age 15
and over can read and write
total population: 34.7%
male: 47.9%
female: 23.3% (2002 census) |
Facts
on People of Benin