What is population, age 16, male in Benin?

Population, age 16, male in Benin was 126,290 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in Benin?

The highest recorded value was 126,290 in 2015.

What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in Benin?

The lowest recorded value was 55,018 in 1990.

How does Benin rank for population, age 16, male?

Benin ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in Benin?

Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Benin data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 16, male in Benin

Name: Population, age 16, male in Benin
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Benin: Population, age 16, male was 126,290 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

126,290

Change on year

up 2.5%

World rank

71st

of 191 countries

All-time high

126,290

in 2015

All-time low

55,018

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 16, male in Benin, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Benin recorded 126,290 for population, age 16, male in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 16, male in Benin peaked at 126,290 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 55,018, in 1990.

Benin ranks 71st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	66,584	55,018	81,448	10
2000s	96,069	84,750	108,578	10
2010s	118,869	111,618	126,290	6

Countries ranked near Benin

68 Australia 140,780 compare
69 Chile 131,703 compare
70 Guinea 126,976 compare
72 Somalia 123,702 compare
73 Rwanda 120,324 compare
74 Haiti 115,023 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Benin

Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 55.6% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 41.3% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2022)
Primary education, teachers 59,742 (2022)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.48 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% (2022)

All data for Benin →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 16, male in Benin?: Population, age 16, male in Benin was 126,290 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in Benin?: The highest recorded value was 126,290 in 2015.
What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in Benin?: The lowest recorded value was 55,018 in 1990.
How does Benin rank for population, age 16, male?: Benin ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in Benin?: Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Benin data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 16, male
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population, age 16, male refers to the male population at the specified age.