| no. | name | census 1979 | census 2002 | calculation 2013 | annual growth | latitude | longitude | parent division | name variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotonou | 320 348 | 658 572 | 789 699 | 1.66 | 6.36°N | 2.44°E | Littoral | |
| 2 | Abomey-Calavi | 311 672 | 468 624 | 6.44°N | 2.36°E | Atlantique | |||
| 3 | Porto Novo | 133 168 | 221 891 | 271 068 | 1.84 | 6.48°N | 2.63°E | Ouémé | |
| 4 | Djougou | 28 934 | 181 175 | 242 522 | 2.69 | 9.70°N | 1.68°E | Donga | |
| 5 | Parakou | 60 915 | 148 451 | 212 688 | 3.32 | 9.34°N | 2.62°E | Borgou | |
| 6 | Bohicon | 22 731 | 112 460 | 152 933 | 2.83 | 7.17°N | 2.07°E | Zou | Bohican |
| 7 | Kandi | 17 067 | 98 128 | 131 052 | 2.67 | 11.13°N | 2.94°E | Alibori | |
| 8 | Lokossa | 12 626 | 77 216 | 109 057 | 3.19 | 6.62°N | 1.71°E | Mono | |
| 9 | Savé | 18 389 | 67 394 | 100 497 | 3.70 | 8.03°N | 2.49°E | Collines | Savi |
| 10 | Natitingou | 13 374 | 73 175 | 92 981 | 2.20 | 10.32°N | 1.39°E | Atacora | |
| 11 | Ouidah | 25 459 | 77 832 | 92 720 | 1.60 | 6.36°N | 2.09°E | Atlantique | Whydah |
| 12 | Abomey | 38 412 | 77 997 | 91 113 | 1.42 | 7.19°N | 1.99°E | Zou | |
| 13 | Nikki | 15 596 | 72 443 | 9.93°N | 3.22°E | Borgou | |||
| 14 | Dogbo | 16 742 | 49 650 | 6.80°N | 1.77°E | Couffo | Dogbo-Tota | ||
| 15 | Malanville | 45 585 | 11.87°N | 3.38°E | Alibori | ||||
| 16 | Cové | 25 610 | 44 207 | 7.24°N | 2.30°E | Zou | |||
| 17 | Pobé | 16 633 | 39 609 | 6.97°N | 2.68°E | Plateau | |||
| 18 | Kérou | 38 305 | Atacora | ||||||
| 19 | Sakété | 19 390 | 36 160 | 6.72°N | 2.67°E | Plateau | |||
| 20 | Savalou | 16 612 | 36 055 | 7.93°N | 1.97°E | Collines | |||
| 21 | Comé | 12 416 | 34 087 | 6.40°N | 1.88°E | Mono | |||
| 22 | Bembéréké | 10 285 | 32 200 | 10.22°N | 2.67°E | Borgou | |||
| 23 | Bassila | 29 910 | 9.01°N | 1.67°E | Donga | ||||
| 24 | Dassa | 11 466 | 29 779 | 7.77°N | 2.20°E | Collines | Dassa-Zoumé | ||
| 25 | Banikoara | 29 298 | 11.29°N | 2.44°E | Alibori | ||||
| 26 | Tchaourou | 28 129 | 8.88°N | 2.60°E | Borgou | ||||
| 27 | Allada | 12 022 | 26 865 | 6.65°N | 2.15°E | Atlantique | |||
| 28 | Kétou | 26 829 | 7.36°N | 2.61°E | Plateau | ||||
| 29 | Tanguiété | 26 516 | 10.62°N | 1.27°E | Atlantique | Tanguieta | |||
| 30 | Aplahoué | 11 595 | 23 871 | 6.94°N | 1.67°E | Couffo | |||
| 31 | N'dali | 20 287 | Borgou | Ndali | |||||
| 32 | Bori | 19 550 | |||||||
| 33 | Ségbana | 19 005 | Alibori | ||||||
| 34 | Beterou | 17 582 | 9.19°N | 2.26°E | Borgou | ||||
| 35 | Athiémé | 16 481 | 6.60°N | 1.71°E | Mono | ||||
| 36 | Grand Popo | 11 615 | 6.28°N | 1.83°E | Mono | ||||
| 37 | Kouandé | 23 895 | 7 731 | 10.33°N | 1.70°E | Atacora |
