Population, ages 5-9, total in Benin
Benin: Population, ages 5-9, total was 1.58 million in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, ages 5-9, total in Benin, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
Analysis
In 2015, population, ages 5-9, total in Benin stood at 1.58 million. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, ages 5-9, total in Benin peaked at 1.58 million in 2015 and was at its lowest, 818,464, in 1990.
That places Benin 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it 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 | 931,184 | 818,464 | 1.05 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 million | 1.08 million | 1.36 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.49 million | 1.40 million | 1.58 million | 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 5-9, total in Benin?
- Population, ages 5-9, total in Benin was 1.58 million in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived).
- What is the highest population, ages 5-9, total recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million in 2015.
- What is the lowest population, ages 5-9, total recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 818,464 in 1990.
- How does Benin rank for population, ages 5-9, total?
- Benin ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, ages 5-9, total rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. 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 5-9, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population, ages 5-9, total is the total population age 5-9.