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How many babies are born in Benin?

494 thousand babies born in Benin in 2026. That is 0.37% of all births worldwide, and the 57th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Benin: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Benin’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~18K ~420K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~67K ~1.6M 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~120K ~3M 40.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~24.8K ~637K 38.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~46.9K ~1.19M 39.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 92K 2.25M 40.9 UN estimate
2000 304K 7.22M 42.1 UN estimate
2023 478K 14.1M 33.9 UN estimate
2026 494K 15.2M 32.6 UN projection
2050 600K 24.4M 24.5 UN projection
2075 633K 33.5M 18.9 UN projection
2100 604K 39.6M 15.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Benin among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 478K. That is roughly 27 times the estimated ~17.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.34 children per woman, fertility in Benin is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Benin each year?

An estimated 494 thousand babies are born in Benin in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,350 a day and 0.37% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Benin?

Benin has an estimated 32.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.34 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.