Population Density rose 2.77% to 89.1 km per capita in Benin in 2015

Population Density (km per capita), 2015

Agriculture | Benin | July 15, 2018

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Population density rose 2.77% to 89.1 km per capita in Benin in 2015, according to Faostat.

Historically, population density in Benin reached an all time high of 91.6 km per capita in 2013 and an all time low of 21.9 km per capita in 1961. When compared to Benin's main peers, population density in Burkina Faso amounted to 60.2 km per capita, 13.6 km per capita in Niger, 185 km per capita in Nigeria and 122 km per capita in Togo in 2015.

Benin has been ranked 75th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of population density, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Population Density	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Algeria	km per capita															15.3	15.6	15.9	16.2	16.5
Benin	km per capita															82.0	84.3	86.7	89.1	91.6
Burkina Faso	km per capita															55.2	56.8	58.5	60.2	61.9
Cameroon	km per capita															42.5	43.6	44.8	45.9	47.1
Chad	km per capita															9.03	9.31	9.59	9.89	10.2
Ghana	km per capita															104	107	109	111	114
Ivory Coast	km per capita															58.5	59.7	61.0	62.4	63.9
Libya	km per capita															3.39	3.43	3.47	3.50	3.52
Mali	km per capita															11.1	11.5	11.8	12.2	12.5
Niger	km per capita															12.1	12.5	13.0	13.5	14.1
Nigeria	km per capita															171	175	180	185	191
Togo	km per capita															113	116	119	122	125