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| Population | 7,250,033 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 46.8% (male 1,711,075; female 1,679,439) 15-64 years: 51% (male 1,802,990; female 1,890,915) 65 years and over: 2.3% (male 68,890; female 96,724) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 16.5 years male: 16 years female: 16.9 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 2.89% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate | 42.57 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate | 13.69 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 85.88 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 90.89 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 50.81 years male: 50.25 years female: 51.39 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 5.95 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 1.9% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 68,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 5,800 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: beninese (singular and plural) adjective: beninese |
| Ethnic groups | African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500 |
| Religions | indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
| Languages | French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: republic of benin conventional short form: benin local short form: benin former: dahomey local long form: republique du benin |
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