Benin - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in Benin was 54.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.37 in 1960, while its lowest value was 51.35 in 1988.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 57.37
1961 57.03
1962 56.75
1963 56.52
1964 56.31
1965 56.13
1966 55.66
1967 55.26
1968 54.91
1969 54.62
1970 54.38
1971 53.97
1972 53.64
1973 53.38
1974 53.19
1975 53.04
1976 52.74
1977 52.51
1978 52.35
1979 52.23
1980 52.16
1981 51.93
1982 51.78
1983 51.69
1984 51.64
1985 51.62
1986 51.48
1987 51.39
1988 51.35
1989 51.36
1990 51.39
1991 51.41
1992 51.49
1993 51.60
1994 51.74
1995 51.92
1996 51.89
1997 51.92
1998 51.99
1999 52.10
2000 52.23
2001 52.29
2002 52.39
2003 52.52
2004 52.67
2005 52.84
2006 52.87
2007 52.94
2008 53.02
2009 53.14
2010 53.29
2011 53.35
2012 53.46
2013 53.61
2014 53.77
2015 53.96
2016 54.11
2017 54.30
2018 54.51
2019 54.74
2020 54.98

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population