Benin - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Benin was 107.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 107.51 in 2020 and a minimum value of 21.87 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 21.87
1962 22.20
1963 22.55
1964 22.93
1965 23.34
1966 23.79
1967 24.26
1968 24.76
1969 25.28
1970 25.83
1971 26.40
1972 26.99
1973 27.61
1974 28.27
1975 28.96
1976 29.68
1977 30.45
1978 31.25
1979 32.09
1980 32.97
1981 33.88
1982 34.83
1983 35.83
1984 36.86
1985 37.94
1986 39.06
1987 40.22
1988 41.44
1989 42.75
1990 44.15
1991 45.67
1992 47.28
1993 48.97
1994 50.68
1995 52.37
1996 54.05
1997 55.71
1998 57.38
1999 59.10
2000 60.89
2001 62.76
2002 64.70
2003 66.70
2004 68.73
2005 70.79
2006 72.87
2007 74.98
2008 77.13
2009 79.33
2010 81.58
2011 83.90
2012 86.28
2013 88.72
2014 91.23
2015 93.79
2016 96.42
2017 99.11
2018 101.85
2019 104.66
2020 107.51

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization