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Official Languages

French · French (Quebec)

Languages spoken here

American Sign Language (secondary) · Ewe (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Gun (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Benin

Peoples

Largest first.

PeoplePopulationLanguageReligion
Fon2425000 FonChristianity
Hausa1357000 HausaIslam
Aja1210000 Aja (Benin)Ethnic Religions
Batonu, Baruba1161000 BaatonumIslam
Gun819000 GunChristianity
Fulfulde, Borgu787000 Fulfulde, BorguIslam
Gbe, Ayizo606000 Gbe, AyizoChristianity
Gbe, Maxi448000 Gbe, MaxiEthnic Religions
Ede Nago443000 Nago, SouthernChristianity
Pila, Kpila393000 YomEthnic Religions
Gbe, Saxwe366000 Gbe, SaxweChristianity
Gbe, Weme354000 Gbe, WemeEthnic Religions
Dendi, Dandawa337000 Dendi (Benin)Islam
Yoruba261000 YorubaIslam
Idaaca212000 Ede IdacaEthnic Religions
Biali203000 BialiEthnic Religions
Gbe, Kotafon202000 Gbe, KotafonEthnic Religions
Ewe195000 EweChristianity
Ije, Holi193000 Ede IjeEthnic Religions
Otammari185000 DitammariEthnic Religions
Gbe, Eastern Xwla179000 Gbe, Eastern XwlaEthnic Religions
Gbe, Tofin178000 Gbe, TofinEthnic Religions
Lukpa174000 LukpaEthnic Religions
Gen, Mina163000 GenChristianity
Boko, Bokonya156000 Boko (Benin)Ethnic Religions
Gbe, Gbesi144000 Gbe, GbesiEthnic Religions
Waama, Yoabou143000 WaamaEthnic Religions
Ica140000 Ede IcaEthnic Religions
Natemba128000 NateniEthnic Religions
Lama116000 LamaEthnic Religions
Gbe, Xwela106000 Gbe, XwelaEthnic Religions
Gbe, Western Xwla99000 Gbe, Western XwlaEthnic Religions
Mbelime, Niendi97000 MbelimeEthnic Religions
Gourma76000 GourmanchemaEthnic Religions
Watchi76000 Gbe, WaciEthnic Religions
Kambole, Manigri Nago68000 Nago, NorthernIslam
Ife57000 IfeEthnic Religions
Anii57000 AniiIslam
Ede Nago, Kura55000 Ede Nago, KuraIslam
Gbe, Ci55000 Gbe, CiChristianity
Fulani, Western53000 Fulfulde, Western NigerIslam
Mossi50000 MooreIslam
Gbe, Seto49000 GunEthnic Religions
Mokole45000 MokoleIslam
Gangam44000 NgangamEthnic Religions
French41000 FrenchChristianity
Foodo38000 FoodoIslam
Chokosi30000 AnufoIslam
Gbe, Defi30000 Gbe, DefiChristianity
Aguna24000 AgunaEthnic Religions

Languages

60 languages recorded here.

Aguna
Aja (Benin)
American Sign Language
Anii
Anufo
Baatonum
Biali
Boko (Benin)
Dendi (Benin)
Ditammari
Ede Cabe
Ede Ica
Ede Idaca
Ede Ije
Ede Nago, Kura
Ewe
Fon
Foodo
French
Fulfulde, Borgu
Fulfulde, Western Niger
Ga
Gbe, Ayizo
Gbe, Ci
Gbe, Defi
Gbe, Eastern Xwla
Gbe, Gbesi
Gbe, Kotafon
Gbe, Maxi
Gbe, Saxwe
Gbe, Tofin
Gbe, Waci
Gbe, Weme
Gbe, Western Xwla
Gbe, Xwela
Gen
Gourmanchema
Gun
Hausa
Ife
Kabiye
Kyanga
Lama
Lukpa
Mandinka
Mbelime
Miyobe
Mokole
Moore
Nago, Northern
Nago, Southern
Nateni
Ngangam
Notre
Tchumbuli
Tem
Waama
Yom
Yoruba
Zarma

All catalogue fields

158 fields recorded
rog3
BN
iso3
BEN
iso2
BJ
ctry
Benin
poplpeoples
14959000
cntpeoples
62
cntpeopleslr
11
poplpeopleslr
2753000
jpscalectry
4
rol3officiallanguage
fra
officiallang
French
rlg3primary
4
religionprimary
Ethnic Religions
percentchristianity
31.435678677508
percentevangelical
7.5047510815524
c_10_40window
Y
rog2
AFR
continent
Africa
regioncode
8
regionname
Africa, West and Central
workersneeded
59
harvest_rog3
BN
harvest_iso3
BEN
harvest_iso2
BJ
harvest_owcountrycode
BENI
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
BJ
harvest_countrynumber
22
harvest_ctry
Benin
harvest_ctryshort
Benin
harvest_altname
Dahomey
harvest_countrynamechinese
贝宁
harvest_countrynamechineseshort
贝宁
harvest_countrynamedutch
Benin
harvest_countrynamefrench
Bénin
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
Bénin
harvest_countrynamegerman
Benin
harvest_countrynamegermanshort
Benin
harvest_countrynameindonesian
Benin
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
Benin
harvest_countrynameitalian
Benin
harvest_countrynameitalianshort
Benin
harvest_countrynamekorean
베냉
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
베냉
harvest_countrynamenorwegian
Benin
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
Benin
harvest_countrynameportuguese
Benim
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
Benim
harvest_countrynamerussian
Бенин
harvest_countrynamerussianshort
Бенин
harvest_countrynamespanish
Benín
harvest_countrynamespanishshort
Benín
harvest_countrynamevietnamese
Bénin
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
Bénin
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
im
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
-
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists
Y
harvest_rog2
AFR
harvest_regioncode2414
5
harvest_regioncode
8
harvest_unsr
011
harvest_worldabc
B
harvest_maniregioncode
FW
harvest_capital
Porto-Novo
harvest_population
14814000
harvest_populationsource
UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo
https://prayercast.com/benin.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl
41430341
harvest_waldnerguide
prayer-guide-bn.pdf
harvest_unmap
https://un.org/geospatial/content/benin-0
harvest_jpscale
4
harvest_c_10_40window
Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank
68
harvest_bibleshortagerank
29
harvest_bibleaccessurl
https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/BJ_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang
8.300000000000001
harvest_owpctcharismatic
14.751773
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
4.3000002
harvest_owcountrypage
benin
harvest_literacyrate
42
harvest_literacysource
World Bank 2018
harvest_percenturbanized
47
harvest_rol3officiallanguage
fra
harvest_rlg3primary
1
harvest_rlg4primary
6
harvest_pctanimist
35.95
harvest_pctbahai
0.3
harvest_pctbuddhism
0
harvest_pctchinese
0
harvest_pcthindu
0
harvest_pctislam
23.5
harvest_pctsikh
0
harvest_pctjudaism
0
harvest_pctnonreligious
0.27
harvest_pctother
0.09
harvest_pctchristian
39.89
harvest_pctchristianprotestant
5.92
harvest_pctchristianindependent
4.98
harvest_pctchristiananglican
0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
21.49
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal
4.800000000000001
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
2.7
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
0
harvest_pctchristianother
0
harvest_pctchristianextra
0
harvest_rop1
A013
harvest_hdiyear
2015
harvest_hdivalue
0.485
harvest_hdirank
167
harvest_internetusers
12
harvest_flashmapzoom
495
harvest_flashmapzoomx
-200
harvest_flashmapzoomy
-198
harvest_googlemapzoom
6
harvest_googlemaplat
9.5
harvest_googlemaplng
2.25
harvest_ctrylatitude
9.307689999999999
harvest_ctrylongitude
2.315834
harvest_securitylevel
0
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/benin_pop_1970.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/benin/
harvest_provincesdisplayable
Y
harvest_adm1label
Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode
105
harvest_poplgrowthrate
2.614847317990508
harvest_godreportsurl
http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bj&joshua=bn
harvest_datareportalurl
https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-benin
harvest_internetusage
20
harvest_internetusagesourceyear
2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl
https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/benin/
harvest_biblesocietyurl
http://biblesociety-benin.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles
43483
harvest_areasquarekilometers
112600
harvest_populationpersquaremile
157
harvest_countryphonecode
229
harvest_wincountryprofile
http://win1040.com/page.php?id=514
harvest_owpctchristian1986
24
harvest_owpctevangelical1986
1.2
harvest_owpctchristian1993
24
harvest_owpctevangelical1993
2
harvest_owpctchristian2001
31.78
harvest_owpctevangelical2001
4.2
harvest_religiondatayear
2010
harvest_internetctrycode
.bj
harvest_worldfactbookurl
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/benin
harvest_source
pjj
harvest_editname
BM
harvest_editdate
09/12/02 00:00:00