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Benin: Population in the largest city

17.40percent · 2025+19.8% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Benin from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202517.396
202417.303
202317.158
202216.952
202116.675
202016.347
201915.985
201815.606
201715.229
201614.869
201514.522
201414.185
201314.204
201214.802
201115.425
201016.073
200916.745
200817.444
200718.171
200618.909
200519.704
200420.544
200321.378
200222.232
200122.823
200023.241
199923.651
199824.061
199724.47
199624.855
199525.17
199425.38
199326.037
199226.936
199127.236
199027.389
198927.598
198827.864
198728.176
198628.536
198528.937
198429.379
198329.853
198230.362
198130.901
198031.456
197932.001
197831.715
197731.206
197630.799
197530.474
197430.236
197330.081
197230.008
197130.004
197030.07
196930.198
196830.38
196730.592
196630.826
196531.057
196430.882
196330.616
196230.224
196129.709
196029.655

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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