Benin's population, female (% of total population) was 49.84% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.19 percentage points from 50.03% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.84% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 49.91% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 50.03% | 2015 |
| Highest | 52.64% | 1960 |
| Lowest | 49.84% | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 49.91% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 52.64% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Benin's population, female (% of total population) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.85% to 49.84%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly fall was 0.07 percentage points in 1967. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.02 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 98% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Benin had the 152nd highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 49.84% | 2025 |
| World | 49.73% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 50.15% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 49.22% | 2025 |
Closest to Benin in the 2025 ranking
- Ethiopia — 149th of 217: 49.9%
- Paraguay — 150th of 217: 49.87%
- Chad — 151st of 217: 49.84%
- Madagascar — 153rd of 217: 49.84%
- Cayman Islands — 154th of 217: 49.81%
- Iraq — 155th of 217: 49.78%
What this measures
Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Population, female (% of total population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.84 |
| 2024 | 49.85 |
| 2023 | 49.86 |
| 2022 | 49.88 |
| 2021 | 49.9 |
| 2020 | 49.91 |
| 2019 | 49.93 |
| 2018 | 49.95 |
| 2017 | 49.98 |
| 2016 | 50 |
| 2015 |
Population, female (% of total population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 50.51% (2025)
- Botswana — 50.18% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 50.18% (2025)
- Burundi — 50.32% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 49.15% (2025)
- Cameroon — 50.17% (2025)
- Central African Republic — 51.93% (2025)
- Chad — 49.84% (2025)
- Comoros — 49.72% (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 50.38% (2025)
More health data for Benin
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.86% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 15.21% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 3.01 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.83% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 3.1 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.69% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 6.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 41.26% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.72% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Benin's population, female (% of total population)?
- 49.84% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 2.79 percentage points from 52.64% in 1960. The highest value was 52.64% in 1960 and the lowest 49.84% in 2025.
- How does Benin rank?
- 152nd highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population, female (% of total population) unusual for Benin?
- In 2025, Benin's population, female (% of total population) fell 0.01 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.85% to 49.84%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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