Benin 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.