1. FertilityBenin

   Benin: since 2015 fertility has been falling 2.7 times faster, from 5.32 to 4.56 children per woman

   Before 2015 it fell by about 0.04 a year; since then it has fallen by about 0.10 a year. Latest data: 2023.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Benin: more babies born than in Italy
• Benin: older UN projections expected too little, the 2022 one too much
• China: lower fertility than Japan
• Turkey: lower fertility than France
• Mali: more babies born than in Japan
• Afghanistan: more babies born than in Russia

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