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 80.70 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.70 in 2011 and a minimum value of 21.74 in 1961.

Definition:

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

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Year	Value
1961	21.74
1962	22.04
1963	22.37
1964	22.71
1965	23.08
1966	23.47
1967	23.88
1968	24.31
1969	24.78
1970	25.27
1971	25.80
1972	26.35
1973	26.94
1974	27.56
1975	28.22
1976	28.91
1977	29.63
1978	30.39
1979	31.19
1980	32.02
1981	32.89
1982	33.80
1983	34.75
1984	35.72
1985	36.72
1986	37.73
1987	38.77
1988	39.86
1989	41.04
1990	42.33
1991	43.76
1992	45.30
1993	46.92
1994	48.54
1995	50.12
1996	51.63
1997	53.10
1998	54.58
1999	56.13
2000	57.80
2001	59.61
2002	61.53
2003	63.54
2004	65.61
2005	67.70
2006	69.81
2007	71.95
2008	74.10
2009	76.28
2010	78.48
2011	80.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization