Fertility in Benin, 2026

Benin
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Benin is projected at 4.34 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 494,197 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.34
Births
494,197
Births per 1,000 people
32.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
15,170,420
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.40.2%1,290
15-1973.68.5%58,742
20-24203.623.4%138,292
25-29224.325.8%130,616
30-34183.921.2%92,926
35-39115.613.3%49,541
40-4450.25.8%18,205
45-4914.91.7%4,360
50-540.90.1%224