Benin vs Burkina Faso statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 23.5M in Burkina Faso (ranked 59/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 105,638 sq mi for Burkina Faso (ranked 99th vs. 73rd).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987).

Benin and Burkina Faso: Comparison Charts

Benin and Burkina Faso economies compared

GDP

Benin

Burkina Faso

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Burkina Faso
1960	$226,195,578	$330,442,816
1961	$235,668,221	$350,247,234
1962	$236,434,954	$379,567,099
1963	$253,927,697	$394,040,667
1964	$269,819,006	$410,321,645
1965	$289,908,680	$422,916,790
1966	$302,925,235	$433,889,766
1967	$306,221,953	$450,753,924
1968	$326,323,105	$460,442,689
1969	$330,748,245	$478,298,645
1970	$333,627,713	$458,404,269
1971	$335,073,028	$482,411,179
1972	$410,331,857	$578,595,522
1973	$504,376,074	$674,773,570
1974	$554,654,861	$751,133,430
1975	$676,870,140	$939,972,703
1976	$698,408,262	$976,547,188
1977	$750,049,779	$1,131,224,878
1978	$928,843,469	$1,475,583,645
1979	$1,186,231,020	$1,748,480,621
1980	$1,405,251,847	$1,928,719,888
1981	$1,291,120,188	$1,775,842,334
1982	$1,267,778,670	$1,754,450,096
1983	$1,095,348,199	$1,600,278,605
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,459,880,132
1985	$1,045,712,789	$1,552,493,196
1986	$1,336,102,025	$2,036,303,358
1987	$1,562,412,228	$2,369,834,950
1988	$1,620,246,084	$2,616,040,479
1989	$1,502,294,416	$2,615,587,734
1990	$1,959,965,330	$3,101,300,779
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,135,045,584
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,356,692,505
1993	$2,274,558,083	$3,199,536,465
1994	$1,598,075,944	$1,895,290,637
1995	$2,169,627,138	$2,379,517,975
1996	$2,361,116,449	$2,586,550,595
1997	$2,268,301,646	$2,447,669,102
1998	$2,455,092,686	$2,804,902,367
1999	$3,677,393,999	$3,389,566,713
2000	$3,519,991,440	$2,968,370,088
2001	$3,666,222,635	$3,190,371,081
2002	$4,194,342,686	$3,622,350,063
2003	$5,349,258,094	$4,740,768,143
2004	$6,190,270,380	$5,451,688,538
2005	$6,567,654,954	$6,146,353,173
2006	$7,034,111,315	$6,547,419,820
2007	$8,169,048,383	$7,625,722,837
2008	$9,787,734,526	$9,451,435,490
2009	$9,738,626,517	$9,450,696,873
2010	$9,535,345,016	$10,109,619,741
2011	$10,693,321,364	$12,080,295,978
2012	$11,141,358,116	$12,561,015,157
2013	$12,517,845,124	$13,444,300,486
2014	$13,284,527,847	$13,943,016,077
2015	$11,388,160,997	$11,832,159,316
2016	$11,821,065,853	$12,833,363,045
2017	$12,701,655,837	$14,106,955,615
2018	$14,262,408,090	$15,890,066,221
2019	$14,391,686,313	$16,032,813,503
2020	$15,686,741,894	$17,725,010,533
2021	$17,687,623,535	$19,697,516,284
2022	$17,425,405,084	$18,820,218,691
2023	$19,673,290,996	$20,324,617,845
2024	$21,482,643,720	$23,250,214,910

Benin and Burkina Faso economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Burkina Faso

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Burkina Faso
1960	$89.9	$69.2
1961	$92.1	$72.2
1962	$90.8	$77.2
1963	$95.7	$78.9
1964	$99.8	$80.9
1965	$105.1	$82.1
1966	$107.6	$82.8
1967	$106.6	$84.6
1968	$111.2	$85
1969	$110.3	$86.8
1970	$108.8	$81.7
1971	$106.9	$84.5
1972	$127.9	$99.6
1973	$153.6	$114.1
1974	$164.9	$124.7
1975	$196.5	$152.9
1976	$197.7	$155.5
1977	$207	$176
1978	$249.8	$223.9
1979	$311	$258.5
1980	$358	$277.6
1981	$320	$248.7
1982	$305	$239
1983	$256	$211.9
1984	$238.6	$187.8
1985	$230.4	$194.1
1986	$285.8	$247.5
1987	$324	$280.2
1988	$326	$301
1989	$293.3	$293.2
1990	$371	$339
1991	$365	$334
1992	$302	$349
1993	$387	$324
1994	$262.1	$187.2
1995	$348	$229.1
1996	$369	$242.7
1997	$345	$223.9
1998	$362	$249.5
1999	$525	$292.8
2000	$487	$248.9
2001	$492	$259.5
2002	$546	$285.7
2003	$676	$362
2004	$759	$404
2005	$779	$441
2006	$809	$456
2007	$912	$515
2008	$1,061	$619
2009	$1,024	$602
2010	$973	$625
2011	$1,059	$725
2012	$1,072	$731
2013	$1,169	$760
2014	$1,204	$765
2015	$1,002	$630
2016	$1,011	$664
2017	$1,055	$709
2018	$1,152	$777
2019	$1,131	$765
2020	$1,200	$825
2021	$1,319	$896
2022	$1,266	$836
2023	$1,394	$883
2024	$1,485	$987

Benin vs. Burkina Faso life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Burkina Faso

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Burkina Faso
1950	35.4	33
1951	35.7	33.4
1952	36	33.6
1953	36.3	33.9
1954	36.7	34.2
1955	37	34.5
1956	37.3	34.8
1957	37.6	35.1
1958	38	35.4
1959	38.4	35.7
1960	38.8	36.1
1961	39.2	36.4
1962	39.6	36.8
1963	40.1	37.1
1964	40.5	37.4
1965	41	37.8
1966	41.3	38.1
1967	41.8	38.4
1968	42.2	38.8
1969	42.6	39
1970	43	39.5
1971	43.4	39.9
1972	43.9	40.4
1973	44.4	40.9
1974	44.9	41.7
1975	45.4	42.5
1976	46	43.3
1977	46.5	44.2
1978	46.9	45
1979	47.4	45.7
1980	47.7	46.5
1981	48.1	46.9
1982	48.5	47.6
1983	48.8	48.1
1984	49.4	48.5
1985	50	48.7
1986	50.6	49
1987	51.3	49.1
1988	52	49.2
1989	52.5	49.3
1990	53	49.3
1991	53.4	49.3
1992	54.1	49.4
1993	54.6	49.4
1994	55	49.5
1995	55.4	49.6
1996	55.6	49.7
1997	56	49.6
1998	56.2	50.2
1999	56.3	50.5
2000	56.6	50.8
2001	56.7	51.2
2002	56.9	51.4
2003	57.1	52
2004	57.3	52.6
2005	57.7	53.3
2006	58	53.8
2007	58.2	54.4
2008	58.1	55.2
2009	58.3	55.8
2010	58.4	56.3
2011	58.5	57
2012	58.6	57.5
2013	58.9	57.9
2014	59	58.3
2015	59.1	58.8
2016	59.3	59.2
2017	59.5	59.6
2018	59.7	60
2019	59.9	60.2
2020	60.2	60.5
2021	59.6	60
2022	60.5	60.7
2023	60.8	61.1
2024	61	61.3
2025	61.1	61.5

Benin and Burkina Faso population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Burkina Faso

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Burkina Faso
1960	2,517,286	4,778,621
1961	2,559,223	4,848,224
1962	2,604,659	4,919,672
1963	2,652,908	4,993,623
1964	2,704,003	5,071,034
1965	2,757,936	5,152,833
1966	2,814,317	5,237,933
1967	2,872,997	5,326,348
1968	2,934,257	5,418,644
1969	2,998,222	5,513,177
1970	3,065,057	5,610,304
1971	3,134,767	5,707,999
1972	3,207,543	5,807,234
1973	3,283,496	5,911,927
1974	3,362,633	6,024,904
1975	3,445,407	6,147,569
1976	3,532,196	6,280,635
1977	3,623,202	6,428,734
1978	3,718,305	6,590,984
1979	3,818,528	6,763,903
1980	3,925,251	6,947,900
1981	4,038,307	7,140,271
1982	4,156,596	7,340,197
1983	4,278,978	7,551,129
1984	4,405,895	7,772,256
1985	4,538,012	7,999,935
1986	4,675,420	8,228,847
1987	4,818,486	8,457,109
1988	4,967,341	8,687,435
1989	5,121,657	8,921,175
1990	5,281,479	9,159,356
1991	5,446,932	9,394,632
1992	5,617,844	9,629,275
1993	5,872,706	9,871,713
1994	6,096,506	10,123,798
1995	6,226,773	10,386,722
1996	6,391,858	10,655,942
1997	6,583,365	10,934,223
1998	6,789,489	11,240,664
1999	7,002,818	11,574,928
2000	7,221,619	11,925,546
2001	7,445,596	12,295,001
2002	7,675,426	12,680,897
2003	7,913,070	13,082,532
2004	8,159,094	13,500,533
2005	8,426,144	13,932,123
2006	8,693,242	14,373,707
2007	8,953,969	14,816,307
2008	9,228,466	15,258,093
2009	9,509,423	15,710,066
2010	9,797,484	16,176,498
2011	10,093,623	16,661,908
2012	10,397,657	17,172,287
2013	10,708,834	17,695,409
2014	11,030,004	18,229,461
2015	11,360,681	18,777,487
2016	11,697,842	19,334,856
2017	12,039,780	19,894,407
2018	12,383,347	20,438,288
2019	12,726,755	20,961,952
2020	13,070,169	21,478,690
2021	13,413,417	21,995,243
2022	13,759,501	22,509,038
2023	14,111,034	23,025,776
2024	14,462,724	23,548,781

Fertility rates in Benin and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate

Benin

Burkina Faso

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Burkina Faso
1960	6.28	6.25
1961	6.4	6.29
1962	6.46	6.32
1963	6.51	6.36
1964	6.57	6.42
1965	6.61	6.47
1966	6.63	6.53
1967	6.64	6.59
1968	6.67	6.65
1969	6.71	6.66
1970	6.74	6.69
1971	6.77	6.7
1972	6.8	6.72
1973	6.81	6.77
1974	6.82	6.84
1975	6.83	6.91
1976	6.83	6.95
1977	6.83	7.05
1978	6.82	7.15
1979	6.91	7.19
1980	6.99	7.22
1981	7.06	7.26
1982	7.06	7.25
1983	7.05	7.25
1984	7.03	7.25
1985	7	7.24
1986	6.96	7.22
1987	6.92	7.17
1988	6.87	7.11
1989	6.82	7.05
1990	6.74	7.01
1991	6.67	6.97
1992	6.59	6.94
1993	6.51	6.89
1994	6.42	6.84
1995	6.33	6.81
1996	6.28	6.78
1997	6.23	6.72
1998	6.14	6.66
1999	6.03	6.59
2000	5.94	6.52
2001	5.85	6.43
2002	5.79	6.34
2003	5.76	6.28
2004	5.72	6.22
2005	5.69	6.18
2006	5.67	6.17
2007	5.63	6.11
2008	5.55	6.05
2009	5.49	5.99
2010	5.45	5.94
2011	5.44	5.87
2012	5.43	5.79
2013	5.41	5.7
2014	5.37	5.6
2015	5.32	5.48
2016	5.25	5.33
2017	5.16	5.17
2018	5.03	4.92
2019	4.9	4.68
2020	4.8	4.44
2021	4.71	4.36
2022	4.63	4.28
2023	4.56	4.19

Benin and Burkina Faso demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Burkina Faso

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Burkina Faso
1960	20.8	19.8
1961	20.6	19.7
1962	20.3	19.7
1963	20.1	19.7
1964	19.9	19.6
1965	19.7	19.6
1966	19.5	19.5
1967	19.3	19.5
1968	19	19.3
1969	18.8	19.1
1970	18.6	18.9
1971	18.4	18.8
1972	18.3	18.6
1973	18.1	18.5
1974	17.9	18.3
1975	17.8	18.2
1976	17.7	18.1
1977	17.6	17.9
1978	17.5	17.8
1979	17.4	17.7
1980	17.3	17.6
1981	17.3	17.5
1982	17.2	17.4
1983	17.1	17.3
1984	17.1	17.2
1985	17	17.1
1986	17	16.9
1987	16.9	16.8
1988	16.9	16.7
1989	16.9	16.6
1990	16.9	16.5
1991	16.9	16.4
1992	16.9	16.3
1993	17.1	16.3
1994	17.2	16.3
1995	17	16.3
1996	16.9	16.3
1997	17	16.3
1998	17	16.3
1999	17.1	16.4
2000	17.1	16.5
2001	17.2	16.6
2002	17.3	16.7
2003	17.4	16.8
2004	17.4	16.9
2005	17.5	17
2006	17.6	17.1
2007	17.6	17.1
2008	17.7	17.1
2009	17.8	17.1
2010	17.8	17.1
2011	17.9	17.1
2012	18	17.1
2013	18	17.1
2014	18.1	17.1
2015	18.1	17.1
2016	18.2	17.2
2017	18.3	17.3
2018	18.3	17.4
2019	18.4	17.6
2020	18.5	17.7
2021	18.6	18
2022	18.7	18.2
2023	18.8	18.4
2024	19	18.6

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