Population, total

RecordSTO-GVEWXSCNQP-RS5G1T6P29-3S1FCM

12,383,347

estimate

Benin · 2018

Population, total in Benin was 12,383,347 in 2018 (World Bank).

Original source

Publisher: World Bank
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: World Bank population, total
Locator: SP.POP.TOTL: {"countryiso3code":"BEN","date":"2018","indicator.id":"SP.POP.TOTL"}
Retrieved: 4 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): SP.POP.TOTL, BJ, 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31: 12383347 count (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 12,383,347matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

World Bank. (2018). World Bank population, total. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2015:2025. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GVEWXSCNQPRS5G1T6P293S1FCM

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX

MLA: World Bank. "World Bank population, total." 2018, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2015:2025. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GVEWXSCNQPRS5G1T6P293S1FCM.
Chicago: World Bank. "World Bank population, total." 2018. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2015:2025. Accessed October 4, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GVEWXSCNQPRS5G1T6P293S1FCM.
BibTeX: @misc{worldbank2018population3s1fcm, author = {{World Bank}}, title = {World Bank population, total}, year = {2018}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_GVEWXSCNQPRS5G1T6P293S1FCM}, note = {Original source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json\&per\_page=20000\&date=2015:2025. Accessed October 4, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: World Bank · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: World Bank population, total
Type: Dataset
Evidence: Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset: SP.POP.TOTL
Version: WDI 2026-07-13
Methodology: Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256: 4fbcfd2b877de4be059fcc3825bdecb43206853b7e1005ddbceba16887c1cc7a
Response retrieved: 4 October 2026
Published: —
Locator: SP.POP.TOTL: {"countryiso3code":"BEN","date":"2018","indicator.id":"SP.POP.TOTL"}
Retrieved: 4 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on: 4 October 2026
Last revision: 4 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_GVEWXSCNQPRS5G1T6P293S1FCM

Same indicator, other countries

2018 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

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China	1,402,760,000	World Bank	Open record
India	1,374,659,064	World Bank	Open record
United States	328,529,577	World Bank	Open record
Indonesia	269,951,846	World Bank	Open record
Pakistan	226,928,892	World Bank	Open record
Brazil	206,107,261	World Bank	Open record
Nigeria	204,938,755	World Bank	Open record
Bangladesh	163,523,103	World Bank	Open record
Russian Federation	145,398,106	World Bank	Open record
Japan	126,811,000	World Bank	Open record
Mexico	124,573,711	World Bank	Open record
Ethiopia	112,664,152	World Bank	Open record
Philippines	109,465,287	World Bank	Open record
Egypt	105,682,094	World Bank	Open record
Viet Nam	96,237,319	World Bank	Open record

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Record last modified 4 October 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_GVEWXSCNQPRS5G1T6P293S1FCM.