Benin vs Cameroon statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 29.1M in Cameroon (ranked 52/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 182,514 sq mi for Cameroon (ranked 99th vs. 52nd).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762).

Benin and Cameroon: Comparison Charts

Benin and Cameroon economies compared

GDP

Benin

Cameroon

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Cameroon
1960	$226,195,578	$614,206,068
1961	$235,668,221	$652,777,608
1962	$236,434,954	$694,247,864
1963	$253,927,697	$718,320,845
1964	$269,819,006	$776,650,177
1965	$289,908,680	$814,083,266
1966	$302,925,235	$851,112,535
1967	$306,221,953	$936,175,260
1968	$326,323,105	$1,046,191,218
1969	$330,748,245	$1,100,551,489
1970	$333,627,713	$1,151,216,993
1971	$335,073,028	$1,236,941,394
1972	$410,331,857	$1,498,251,890
1973	$504,376,074	$1,901,393,361
1974	$554,654,861	$2,157,415,533
1975	$676,870,140	$2,857,037,371
1976	$698,408,262	$2,898,090,002
1977	$750,049,779	$3,394,664,024
1978	$928,843,469	$4,662,852,583
1979	$1,186,231,020	$5,919,002,983
1980	$1,405,251,847	$6,674,569,047
1981	$1,291,120,188	$6,610,938,617
1982	$1,267,778,670	$6,611,255,964
1983	$1,095,348,199	$6,870,200,010
1984	$1,051,134,009	$7,311,938,026
1985	$1,045,712,789	$8,544,810,498
1986	$1,336,102,025	$11,857,056,199
1987	$1,562,412,228	$13,049,659,981
1988	$1,620,246,084	$12,236,057,362
1989	$1,502,294,416	$11,012,566,195
1990	$1,959,965,330	$12,314,482,628
1991	$1,986,437,797	$11,840,192,296
1992	$1,695,315,306	$12,071,775,335
1993	$2,274,558,083	$16,181,814,713
1994	$1,598,075,944	$8,902,446,252
1995	$2,169,627,138	$10,864,772,471
1996	$2,361,116,449	$11,093,538,846
1997	$2,268,301,646	$10,789,458,433
1998	$2,455,092,686	$11,298,144,990
1999	$3,677,393,999	$11,565,826,465
2000	$3,519,991,440	$10,566,579,295
2001	$3,666,222,635	$10,953,485,349
2002	$4,194,342,686	$12,417,251,350
2003	$5,349,258,094	$15,970,315,035
2004	$6,190,270,380	$18,826,214,136
2005	$6,567,654,954	$19,509,852,207
2006	$7,034,111,315	$20,910,512,975
2007	$8,169,048,383	$23,928,250,433
2008	$9,787,734,526	$27,715,142,033
2009	$9,738,626,517	$27,932,970,317
2010	$9,535,345,016	$27,507,501,821
2011	$10,693,321,364	$30,630,910,495
2012	$11,141,358,116	$30,155,062,329
2013	$12,517,845,124	$33,728,621,180
2014	$13,284,527,847	$36,386,544,706
2015	$11,388,160,997	$32,210,233,020
2016	$11,821,065,853	$33,814,337,044
2017	$12,701,655,837	$36,098,547,033
2018	$14,262,408,090	$39,955,552,190
2019	$14,391,686,313	$39,667,757,528
2020	$15,686,741,894	$40,773,241,177
2021	$17,687,623,535	$45,011,937,347
2022	$17,425,405,084	$44,347,206,073
2023	$19,673,290,996	$49,279,410,983
2024	$21,482,643,720	$51,326,764,685

Benin and Cameroon economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Cameroon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Cameroon
1960	$89.9	$119.1
1961	$92.1	$124.6
1962	$90.8	$130
1963	$95.7	$131.6
1964	$99.8	$139.2
1965	$105.1	$142.7
1966	$107.6	$145.8
1967	$106.6	$156.6
1968	$111.2	$170.8
1969	$110.3	$175.2
1970	$108.8	$178.5
1971	$106.9	$186.7
1972	$127.9	$220.1
1973	$153.6	$271.8
1974	$164.9	$299.9
1975	$196.5	$386
1976	$197.7	$381
1977	$207	$435
1978	$249.8	$582
1979	$311	$718
1980	$358	$784
1981	$320	$750
1982	$305	$732
1983	$256	$746
1984	$238.6	$772
1985	$230.4	$875
1986	$285.8	$1,179
1987	$324	$1,258
1988	$326	$1,145
1989	$293.3	$1,001
1990	$371	$1,087
1991	$365	$1,015
1992	$302	$1,005
1993	$387	$1,310
1994	$262.1	$701
1995	$348	$832
1996	$369	$827
1997	$345	$783
1998	$362	$799
1999	$525	$796
2000	$487	$709
2001	$492	$715
2002	$546	$790
2003	$676	$988
2004	$759	$1,133
2005	$779	$1,143
2006	$809	$1,191
2007	$912	$1,326
2008	$1,061	$1,492
2009	$1,024	$1,461
2010	$973	$1,399
2011	$1,059	$1,514
2012	$1,072	$1,449
2013	$1,169	$1,576
2014	$1,204	$1,649
2015	$1,002	$1,415
2016	$1,011	$1,442
2017	$1,055	$1,496
2018	$1,152	$1,611
2019	$1,131	$1,555
2020	$1,200	$1,556
2021	$1,319	$1,672
2022	$1,266	$1,605
2023	$1,394	$1,737
2024	$1,485	$1,762

Benin vs. Cameroon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Cameroon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Cameroon
1950	35.4	33.1
1951	35.7	33.9
1952	36	34.6
1953	36.3	35.5
1954	36.7	36.5
1955	37	37.5
1956	37.3	38.4
1957	37.6	38.3
1958	38	39.1
1959	38.4	39.8
1960	38.8	34.7
1961	39.2	35.2
1962	39.6	42.6
1963	40.1	43.1
1964	40.5	43.6
1965	41	44.2
1966	41.3	44.8
1967	41.8	45.6
1968	42.2	46.4
1969	42.6	47.2
1970	43	48
1971	43.4	48.6
1972	43.9	49.1
1973	44.4	49.5
1974	44.9	49.7
1975	45.4	49.9
1976	46	50
1977	46.5	50.1
1978	46.9	50.3
1979	47.4	50.5
1980	47.7	50.9
1981	48.1	51.2
1982	48.5	51.8
1983	48.8	52.4
1984	49.4	52.9
1985	50	53.5
1986	50.6	53.6
1987	51.3	54.2
1988	52	54.4
1989	52.5	54.4
1990	53	54.3
1991	53.4	54.2
1992	54.1	54.1
1993	54.6	53.9
1994	55	53.5
1995	55.4	53.3
1996	55.6	53.2
1997	56	53.1
1998	56.2	53
1999	56.3	53.2
2000	56.6	53.3
2001	56.7	53.6
2002	56.9	53.9
2003	57.1	54.3
2004	57.3	54.6
2005	57.7	54.9
2006	58	55.3
2007	58.2	55.7
2008	58.1	56.1
2009	58.3	56.5
2010	58.4	57
2011	58.5	57.5
2012	58.6	58.2
2013	58.9	58.7
2014	59	59.1
2015	59.1	59.7
2016	59.3	60.3
2017	59.5	60.8
2018	59.7	61.2
2019	59.9	61.7
2020	60.2	61.7
2021	59.6	61.1
2022	60.5	62.4
2023	60.8	63.7
2024	61	64
2025	61.1	64.2

Benin and Cameroon population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Cameroon

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Cameroon
1960	2,517,286	5,159,057
1961	2,559,223	5,239,273
1962	2,604,659	5,338,620
1963	2,652,908	5,456,623
1964	2,704,003	5,578,257
1965	2,757,936	5,704,686
1966	2,814,317	5,837,295
1967	2,872,997	5,977,318
1968	2,934,257	6,125,863
1969	2,998,222	6,283,462
1970	3,065,057	6,449,793
1971	3,134,767	6,624,408
1972	3,207,543	6,806,872
1973	3,283,496	6,996,660
1974	3,362,633	7,193,583
1975	3,445,407	7,397,120
1976	3,532,196	7,597,962
1977	3,623,202	7,796,501
1978	3,718,305	8,011,921
1979	3,818,528	8,239,641
1980	3,925,251	8,512,219
1981	4,038,307	8,816,377
1982	4,156,596	9,028,678
1983	4,278,978	9,215,397
1984	4,405,895	9,475,078
1985	4,538,012	9,761,730
1986	4,675,420	10,060,342
1987	4,818,486	10,370,749
1988	4,967,341	10,684,968
1989	5,121,657	11,002,745
1990	5,281,479	11,331,821
1991	5,446,932	11,667,180
1992	5,617,844	12,006,353
1993	5,872,706	12,353,131
1994	6,096,506	12,704,903
1995	6,226,773	13,058,516
1996	6,391,858	13,414,757
1997	6,583,365	13,775,214
1998	6,789,489	14,144,860
1999	7,002,818	14,525,140
2000	7,221,619	14,912,631
2001	7,445,596	15,309,490
2002	7,675,426	15,725,528
2003	7,913,070	16,160,340
2004	8,159,094	16,610,487
2005	8,426,144	17,074,594
2006	8,693,242	17,550,407
2007	8,953,969	18,049,896
2008	9,228,466	18,574,056
2009	9,509,423	19,113,974
2010	9,797,484	19,668,066
2011	10,093,623	20,232,304
2012	10,397,657	20,809,529
2013	10,708,834	21,402,376
2014	11,030,004	22,059,893
2015	11,360,681	22,763,414
2016	11,697,842	23,454,161
2017	12,039,780	24,128,601
2018	12,383,347	24,806,383
2019	12,726,755	25,506,095
2020	13,070,169	26,210,558
2021	13,413,417	26,915,758
2022	13,759,501	27,632,771
2023	14,111,034	28,372,687
2024	14,462,724	29,123,744

Fertility rates in Benin and Cameroon

Fertility rate

Benin

Cameroon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Cameroon
1960	6.28	5.73
1961	6.4	5.73
1962	6.46	5.73
1963	6.51	5.73
1964	6.57	5.74
1965	6.61	5.8
1966	6.63	5.85
1967	6.64	5.95
1968	6.67	6.04
1969	6.71	6.14
1970	6.74	6.2
1971	6.77	6.26
1972	6.8	6.29
1973	6.81	6.33
1974	6.82	6.36
1975	6.83	6.4
1976	6.83	6.45
1977	6.83	6.51
1978	6.82	6.55
1979	6.91	6.58
1980	6.99	6.61
1981	7.06	6.61
1982	7.06	6.59
1983	7.05	6.58
1984	7.03	6.56
1985	7	6.56
1986	6.96	6.57
1987	6.92	6.54
1988	6.87	6.48
1989	6.82	6.41
1990	6.74	6.36
1991	6.67	6.32
1992	6.59	6.26
1993	6.51	6.16
1994	6.42	6.04
1995	6.33	5.92
1996	6.28	5.8
1997	6.23	5.71
1998	6.14	5.66
1999	6.03	5.6
2000	5.94	5.51
2001	5.85	5.44
2002	5.79	5.44
2003	5.76	5.43
2004	5.72	5.44
2005	5.69	5.42
2006	5.67	5.37
2007	5.63	5.34
2008	5.55	5.29
2009	5.49	5.24
2010	5.45	5.15
2011	5.44	5.05
2012	5.43	4.98
2013	5.41	4.91
2014	5.37	4.84
2015	5.32	4.84
2016	5.25	4.84
2017	5.16	4.8
2018	5.03	4.74
2019	4.9	4.65
2020	4.8	4.56
2021	4.71	4.47
2022	4.63	4.4
2023	4.56	4.32

Benin and Cameroon demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Cameroon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Cameroon
1960	20.8	20.5
1961	20.6	20.3
1962	20.3	20.1
1963	20.1	20.1
1964	19.9	20
1965	19.7	19.9
1966	19.5	19.8
1967	19.3	19.7
1968	19	19.5
1969	18.8	19.4
1970	18.6	19.2
1971	18.4	19
1972	18.3	18.9
1973	18.1	18.8
1974	17.9	18.6
1975	17.8	18.5
1976	17.7	18.3
1977	17.6	18.2
1978	17.5	18
1979	17.4	17.9
1980	17.3	17.8
1981	17.3	17.8
1982	17.2	17.5
1983	17.1	17.3
1984	17.1	17.1
1985	17	17.1
1986	17	17
1987	16.9	16.9
1988	16.9	16.9
1989	16.9	16.8
1990	16.9	16.8
1991	16.9	16.8
1992	16.9	16.8
1993	17.1	16.8
1994	17.2	16.9
1995	17	16.9
1996	16.9	17
1997	17	17.1
1998	17	17.1
1999	17.1	17.2
2000	17.1	17.3
2001	17.2	17.4
2002	17.3	17.5
2003	17.4	17.5
2004	17.4	17.6
2005	17.5	17.6
2006	17.6	17.7
2007	17.6	17.7
2008	17.7	17.8
2009	17.8	17.8
2010	17.8	17.9
2011	17.9	17.9
2012	18	18
2013	18	18.1
2014	18.1	18.2
2015	18.1	18.3
2016	18.2	18.3
2017	18.3	18.4
2018	18.3	18.4
2019	18.4	18.5
2020	18.5	18.5
2021	18.6	18.6
2022	18.7	18.7
2023	18.8	18.8
2024	19	19

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