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Census

The first census in Benin was taken in 1893, the year after it became a French possession. Information that may be found in the census includes:

• Individual names
• Relationships
• Number of households for each village
• Unmarried mature males
• Widows who are heads of households
• Brief physical descriptions
• Estimates of the value of crop yields and income from livestock
• Military service

Records are housed at the National archives in Porto Novo. There is not sufficient information to make an accurate measure of overall population coverage.