<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 47.67 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 14.36 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 110.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 51.77 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 49.92 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 53.68 years (1994 est.)
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<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.79 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Beninese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Beninese
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<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> African 99% (42 ethnic groups, most important being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, Bariba), Europeans 5,500
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> indigenous beliefs 70%, Muslim 15%, Christian 15%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)