Fertility rate: Benin
4.556 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.556 |
| 2022 | 4.634 |
| 2021 | 4.707 |
| 2020 | 4.795 |
| 2019 | 4.9 |
| 2018 | 5.031 |
| 2017 | 5.155 |
| 2016 | 5.254 |
| 2015 | 5.32 |
| 2014 | 5.374 |
| 2013 | 5.41 |
| 2012 | 5.429 |
| 2011 | 5.436 |
| 2010 | 5.452 |
| 2009 | 5.491 |
| 2008 | 5.548 |
| 2007 | 5.627 |
| 2006 | 5.673 |
| 2005 | 5.692 |
| 2004 | 5.718 |
| 2003 | 5.763 |
| 2002 | 5.793 |
| 2001 | 5.848 |
| 2000 | 5.937 |
| 1999 | 6.032 |
| 1998 | 6.136 |
| 1997 | 6.23 |
| 1996 | 6.279 |
| 1995 | 6.33 |
| 1994 | 6.419 |
| 1993 | 6.51 |
| 1992 | 6.593 |
| 1991 | 6.666 |
| 1990 | 6.741 |
| 1989 | 6.815 |
| 1988 | 6.871 |
| 1987 | 6.918 |
| 1986 | 6.962 |
| 1985 | 7.003 |
| 1984 | 7.031 |
| 1983 | 7.045 |
| 1982 | 7.055 |
| 1981 | 7.056 |
| 1980 | 6.989 |
| 1979 | 6.905 |
| 1978 | 6.824 |
| 1977 | 6.832 |
| 1976 | 6.83 |
| 1975 | 6.83 |
| 1974 | 6.822 |
| 1973 | 6.809 |
| 1972 | 6.799 |
| 1971 | 6.766 |
| 1970 | 6.735 |
| 1969 | 6.705 |
| 1968 | 6.669 |
| 1967 | 6.643 |
| 1966 | 6.625 |
| 1965 | 6.605 |
| 1964 | 6.565 |
| 1963 | 6.51 |
| 1962 | 6.457 |
| 1961 | 6.402 |
| 1960 | 6.282 |
| 1959 | 6.225 |
| 1958 | 6.166 |
| 1957 | 6.108 |
| 1956 | 6.05 |
| 1955 | 5.993 |
| 1954 | 5.938 |
| 1953 | 5.883 |
| 1952 | 5.829 |
| 1951 | 5.777 |
| 1950 | 5.751 |