Population, ages 12-16, female in Benin
Benin: Population, ages 12-16, female was 645,489 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, ages 12-16, female in Benin, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
Analysis
Benin recorded 645,489 for population, ages 12-16, female in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, ages 12-16, female in Benin peaked at 645,489 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 289,630, 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 | 356,667 | 289,630 | 421,083 | 10 |
| 2000s | 492,441 | 433,971 | 553,741 | 10 |
| 2010s | 606,139 | 568,323 | 645,489 | 6 |
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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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, ages 12-16, female in Benin?
- Population, ages 12-16, female in Benin was 645,489 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
- What is the highest population, ages 12-16, female recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 645,489 in 2015.
- What is the lowest population, ages 12-16, female recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 289,630 in 1990.
- How does Benin rank for population, ages 12-16, female?
- Benin ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, ages 12-16, female rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. 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 (Derived), published as part of Population, ages 12-16, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population, ages 12-16, female is the total number of females age 12-16.