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![]() ![]() Benin People 1995 https://theodora.com/wfb/1995/benin/benin_people.html SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population: 5,341,710 (July 1994 est.) Population growth rate: 3.33% (1994 est.) Birth rate: 47.67 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) Death rate: 14.36 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) Infant mortality rate: 110.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 6.79 children born/woman (1994 est.) Nationality:
Ethnic divisions: African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500 Religions: indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15% Languages: French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA. |