Benin

And its issues with

OVERPOPULATION
 Location

• The Republic of Benin is located in

Western Africa
• It is surrounded by Nigeria, Togo, Niger,
Burkina Faso, and the Atlantic Ocean
• The capital is Porto-Novo and the official
language is French
 Statistics
Population – 9,000,000
Population Density – 80
people per km
Average mean income per
family – $1,160 USD
Labor force:
Industrial - 2,098,200 people
Agricultural - 3,281,800
people
 Life Statistics
• Life Expectancy: Male – 54
Female – 57

• Births (per 1000 people) – 42

• Deaths (per 1000 people) – 12

• Infant mortality (per 1000 births) – 98

 Graphs
Population Percentiles

39%

61%

Urban
Rural
 Current Events Articles
• "I have nothing left to harvest this year"

• River Flooding Prompts Fears of Malnutrition,

 Causes of Overpopulation
• Lack of education
– Few public schools available or attended
• Lack information on prevention
– Beliefs based on rumors and cultural ideas instead
of facts
• Unindustrialized
– More people working outside the city
• Children used for labor
– Larger families used to help with farms
 Consequences of
Overpopulation

Increased poverty and

unemployment
Decreased standard of living
Unsanitary conditions and
environment
Deforestation and excessive
 Possible Solutions for
Overpopulation
• Provide access to Family Planning
information and services
• Promote women's rights, and power
in a household to have a say in the
number of children
• Include information on
overpopulation in the school’s
curriculum
• Use the government to promote
limiting families to two biological
 One Child Policy
• Remarkably effective in
stunting population
growth
• Adults save money used
later for investments and
their future
• Parents spend more time
bonding with an only child
• Conserves resources
• Women can now work
• Increased economic
growth
• Violation of human rights
• Causes sex-selective
abortion
• Leaves only child to care
for two parents and four
grandparents in later
years
• Reduces social and
communication skills
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