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Benin vs Egypt statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 117M in Egypt (ranked 13/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 384,345 sq mi for Egypt (ranked 99th vs. 29th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Egypt ranks 42/197 ($389B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Egypt ranks 137/197 ($3,338).

Main facts and rankings

Benin Egypt
Population
15100397
119759833
Population rank 76/197 13/197
GDP
$21.5B
2024
$389B
2024
GDP rank 125/197 42/197
GDP per capita
$1,485
2024
$3,338
2024
GDP per capita rank 162/197 137/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,435
2024
$19,094
2024
Government debt
$11.6B
2024
$354B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52.5%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$803
2024
$3,036
2024
Government debt per person rank 149/185 99/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,059
2025
$1,826
2025
Land area
43,537 sq mi
2025
384,345 sq mi
2025
Population density
332 ppl/mi²
2024
303 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.56
2023
2.75
2023
Median age
19 years
2024
25.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
72 years
2025

Benin and Egypt: Comparison Charts

Benin and Egypt economies compared

GDP
Benin

Egypt
Year GDP
Benin Egypt
1960 $226,195,578 $4,206,270,352
1961 $235,668,221 $4,494,575,611
1962 $236,434,954 $4,035,462,027
1963 $253,927,697 $4,187,146,232
1964 $269,819,006 $4,709,245,762
1965 $289,908,680 $4,948,667,540
1966 $302,925,235 $5,278,005,612
1967 $306,221,953 $5,605,484,299
1968 $326,323,105 $5,932,242,991
1969 $330,748,245 $6,524,455,206
1970 $333,627,713 $8,042,200,452
1971 $335,073,028 $8,609,283,346
1972 $410,331,857 $9,299,638,056
1973 $504,376,074 $10,098,534,613
1974 $554,654,861 $9,228,963,225
1975 $676,870,140 $11,632,178,869
1976 $698,408,262 $13,315,988,083
1977 $750,049,779 $14,400,806,876
1978 $928,843,469 $14,811,704,063
1979 $1,186,231,020 $18,020,571,429
1980 $1,405,251,847 $21,669,908,176
1981 $1,291,120,188 $22,136,081,081
1982 $1,267,778,670 $27,655,172,414
1983 $1,095,348,199 $30,966,239,814
1984 $1,051,134,009 $33,971,188,992
1985 $1,045,712,789 $39,053,502,251
1986 $1,336,102,025 $41,253,507,951
1987 $1,562,412,228 $40,455,616,654
1988 $1,620,246,084 $34,980,124,929
1989 $1,502,294,416 $39,756,299,050
1990 $1,959,965,330 $42,978,914,311
1991 $1,986,437,797 $37,387,836,491
1992 $1,695,315,306 $41,855,986,519
1993 $2,274,558,083 $46,578,631,453
1994 $1,598,075,944 $51,897,983,393
1995 $2,169,627,138 $60,159,245,060
1996 $2,361,116,449 $67,629,716,981
1997 $2,268,301,646 $78,436,578,171
1998 $2,455,092,686 $84,828,807,556
1999 $3,677,393,999 $90,710,704,807
2000 $3,519,991,440 $99,838,543,960
2001 $3,666,222,635 $96,684,636,119
2002 $4,194,342,686 $85,146,067,416
2003 $5,349,258,094 $80,288,461,538
2004 $6,190,270,380 $78,782,467,532
2005 $6,567,654,954 $89,660,339,660
2006 $7,034,111,315 $107,426,086,957
2007 $8,169,048,383 $130,437,828,371
2008 $9,787,734,526 $162,818,181,818
2009 $9,738,626,517 $189,147,005,445
2010 $9,535,345,016 $218,983,666,062
2011 $10,693,321,364 $235,989,672,978
2012 $11,141,358,116 $279,116,666,667
2013 $12,517,845,124 $288,434,108,527
2014 $13,284,527,847 $305,595,408,895
2015 $11,388,160,997 $329,366,576,819
2016 $11,821,065,853 $332,441,717,791
2017 $12,701,655,837 $248,362,771,739
2018 $14,262,408,090 $262,588,632,527
2019 $14,391,686,313 $318,678,815,490
2020 $15,686,741,894 $383,817,841,547
2021 $17,687,623,535 $424,671,765,456
2022 $17,425,405,084 $476,747,720,365
2023 $19,673,290,996 $395,926,075,163
2024 $21,482,643,720 $389,059,911,004

Benin and Egypt economies compared

GDP per capita
Benin

Egypt
Year GDP per capita
Benin Egypt
1960 $89.9 $156.4
1961 $92.1 $162.8
1962 $90.8 $142.4
1963 $95.7 $143.9
1964 $99.8 $157.7
1965 $105.1 $161.6
1966 $107.6 $168.1
1967 $106.6 $174.1
1968 $111.2 $179.8
1969 $110.3 $193
1970 $108.8 $232.3
1971 $106.9 $243
1972 $127.9 $256.5
1973 $153.6 $272.2
1974 $164.9 $243.1
1975 $196.5 $299.2
1976 $197.7 $335
1977 $207 $353
1978 $249.8 $355
1979 $311 $421
1980 $358 $493
1981 $320 $490
1982 $305 $596
1983 $256 $648
1984 $238.6 $690
1985 $230.4 $770
1986 $285.8 $790
1987 $324 $754
1988 $326 $634
1989 $293.3 $701
1990 $371 $736
1991 $365 $623
1992 $302 $681
1993 $387 $740
1994 $262.1 $807
1995 $348 $916
1996 $369 $1,009
1997 $345 $1,146
1998 $362 $1,213
1999 $525 $1,268
2000 $487 $1,366
2001 $492 $1,295
2002 $546 $1,117
2003 $676 $1,031
2004 $759 $991
2005 $779 $1,106
2006 $809 $1,299
2007 $912 $1,548
2008 $1,061 $1,896
2009 $1,024 $2,162
2010 $973 $2,455
2011 $1,059 $2,591
2012 $1,072 $2,996
2013 $1,169 $3,026
2014 $1,204 $3,133
2015 $1,002 $3,307
2016 $1,011 $3,271
2017 $1,055 $2,395
2018 $1,152 $2,485
2019 $1,131 $2,963
2020 $1,200 $3,511
2021 $1,319 $3,827
2022 $1,266 $4,233
2023 $1,394 $3,457
2024 $1,485 $3,338

Benin vs. Egypt life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Benin

Egypt
Year Life expectancy, years
Benin Egypt
1950 35.4 34
1951 35.7 35.3
1952 36 36.6
1953 36.3 37.9
1954 36.7 39.1
1955 37 40.2
1956 37.3 41
1957 37.6 42.1
1958 38 42.9
1959 38.4 43.7
1960 38.8 44.4
1961 39.2 45.1
1962 39.6 45.8
1963 40.1 46.5
1964 40.5 47.1
1965 41 47.6
1966 41.3 48
1967 41.8 48.1
1968 42.2 48.6
1969 42.6 48.7
1970 43 49
1971 43.4 49.5
1972 43.9 49.9
1973 44.4 50.1
1974 44.9 51
1975 45.4 51.7
1976 46 52.5
1977 46.5 53.3
1978 46.9 54.1
1979 47.4 54.9
1980 47.7 55.7
1981 48.1 56.5
1982 48.5 57.2
1983 48.8 58
1984 49.4 58.7
1985 50 59.4
1986 50.6 60.1
1987 51.3 60.7
1988 52 61.4
1989 52.5 61.9
1990 53 62.5
1991 53.4 63.1
1992 54.1 63.6
1993 54.6 64.1
1994 55 64.7
1995 55.4 65.2
1996 55.6 65.7
1997 56 66.2
1998 56.2 66.6
1999 56.3 67
2000 56.6 67.3
2001 56.7 67.6
2002 56.9 67.8
2003 57.1 68
2004 57.3 68.2
2005 57.7 68.4
2006 58 68.5
2007 58.2 68.6
2008 58.1 68.8
2009 58.3 68.9
2010 58.4 69.1
2011 58.5 69.2
2012 58.6 69.5
2013 58.9 69.6
2014 59 69.9
2015 59.1 70.1
2016 59.3 70.4
2017 59.5 70.7
2018 59.7 71
2019 59.9 71.2
2020 60.2 69.8
2021 59.6 69
2022 60.5 71
2023 60.8 71.6
2024 61 71.8
2025 61.1 72

Benin and Egypt population clocks and comparison

Population
Benin

Egypt
Year Population
Benin Egypt
1960 2,517,286 26,896,479
1961 2,559,223 27,600,898
1962 2,604,659 28,337,013
1963 2,652,908 29,091,869
1964 2,704,003 29,858,922
1965 2,757,936 30,629,174
1966 2,814,317 31,406,541
1967 2,872,997 32,196,360
1968 2,934,257 32,998,319
1969 2,998,222 33,811,615
1970 3,065,057 34,623,990
1971 3,134,767 35,433,368
1972 3,207,543 36,258,328
1973 3,283,496 37,102,043
1974 3,362,633 37,969,667
1975 3,445,407 38,875,327
1976 3,532,196 39,795,557
1977 3,623,202 40,748,870
1978 3,718,305 41,761,431
1979 3,818,528 42,818,628
1980 3,925,251 43,950,413
1981 4,038,307 45,147,224
1982 4,156,596 46,407,611
1983 4,278,978 47,786,402
1984 4,405,895 49,247,334
1985 4,538,012 50,734,968
1986 4,675,420 52,206,295
1987 4,818,486 53,674,435
1988 4,967,341 55,187,681
1989 5,121,657 56,710,642
1990 5,281,479 58,396,618
1991 5,446,932 60,028,997
1992 5,617,844 61,480,660
1993 5,872,706 62,915,681
1994 6,096,506 64,285,589
1995 6,226,773 65,652,622
1996 6,391,858 67,028,048
1997 6,583,365 68,431,740
1998 6,789,489 69,943,294
1999 7,002,818 71,520,954
2000 7,221,619 73,083,284
2001 7,445,596 74,652,029
2002 7,675,426 76,239,137
2003 7,913,070 77,853,548
2004 8,159,094 79,477,443
2005 8,426,144 81,101,004
2006 8,693,242 82,700,403
2007 8,953,969 84,276,225
2008 9,228,466 85,864,789
2009 9,509,423 87,501,636
2010 9,797,484 89,196,072
2011 10,093,623 91,093,059
2012 10,397,657 93,161,001
2013 10,708,834 95,333,553
2014 11,030,004 97,528,654
2015 11,360,681 99,597,342
2016 11,697,842 101,644,589
2017 12,039,780 103,696,057
2018 12,383,347 105,682,094
2019 12,726,755 107,553,158
2020 13,070,169 109,315,124
2021 13,413,417 110,957,008
2022 13,759,501 112,618,250
2023 14,111,034 114,535,772
2024 14,462,724 116,538,258

Fertility rates in Benin and Egypt

Fertility rate
Benin

Egypt
Year Fertility rate
Benin Egypt
1960 6.28 6.79
1961 6.4 6.76
1962 6.46 6.71
1963 6.51 6.65
1964 6.57 6.54
1965 6.61 6.39
1966 6.63 6.31
1967 6.64 6.25
1968 6.67 6.19
1969 6.71 6.12
1970 6.74 6.06
1971 6.77 5.99
1972 6.8 5.93
1973 6.81 5.84
1974 6.82 5.78
1975 6.83 5.75
1976 6.83 5.73
1977 6.83 5.68
1978 6.82 5.63
1979 6.91 5.57
1980 6.99 5.49
1981 7.06 5.37
1982 7.06 5.33
1983 7.05 5.31
1984 7.03 5.21
1985 7 5.12
1986 6.96 5
1987 6.92 4.91
1988 6.87 4.83
1989 6.82 4.68
1990 6.74 4.51
1991 6.67 4.32
1992 6.59 4.15
1993 6.51 3.99
1994 6.42 3.87
1995 6.33 3.76
1996 6.28 3.7
1997 6.23 3.68
1998 6.14 3.68
1999 6.03 3.6
2000 5.94 3.51
2001 5.85 3.46
2002 5.79 3.41
2003 5.76 3.35
2004 5.72 3.28
2005 5.69 3.25
2006 5.67 3.22
2007 5.63 3.24
2008 5.55 3.24
2009 5.49 3.26
2010 5.45 3.3
2011 5.44 3.31
2012 5.43 3.4
2013 5.41 3.49
2014 5.37 3.49
2015 5.32 3.5
2016 5.25 3.35
2017 5.16 3.31
2018 5.03 3.02
2019 4.9 2.87
2020 4.8 2.85
2021 4.71 2.75
2022 4.63 2.75
2023 4.56 2.75

Benin and Egypt demographics compared

Median age
Benin

Egypt
Year Median age, years
Benin Egypt
1960 20.8 19.7
1961 20.6 19.5
1962 20.3 19.3
1963 20.1 19.2
1964 19.9 19.1
1965 19.7 19
1966 19.5 19
1967 19.3 19.1
1968 19 19.1
1969 18.8 19.1
1970 18.6 19.2
1971 18.4 19.2
1972 18.3 19.2
1973 18.1 19.2
1974 17.9 19.3
1975 17.8 19.3
1976 17.7 19.3
1977 17.6 19.3
1978 17.5 19.3
1979 17.4 19.3
1980 17.3 19.3
1981 17.3 19.3
1982 17.2 19.3
1983 17.1 19.3
1984 17.1 19.3
1985 17 19.4
1986 17 19.4
1987 16.9 19.4
1988 16.9 19.4
1989 16.9 19.4
1990 16.9 19.5
1991 16.9 19.6
1992 16.9 19.7
1993 17.1 19.9
1994 17.2 20
1995 17 20.1
1996 16.9 20.3
1997 17 20.5
1998 17 20.7
1999 17.1 20.9
2000 17.1 21.2
2001 17.2 21.4
2002 17.3 21.6
2003 17.4 21.8
2004 17.4 22.1
2005 17.5 22.3
2006 17.6 22.5
2007 17.6 22.7
2008 17.7 22.9
2009 17.8 23.1
2010 17.8 23.3
2011 17.9 23.4
2012 18 23.6
2013 18 23.7
2014 18.1 23.8
2015 18.1 23.9
2016 18.2 24
2017 18.3 24.1
2018 18.3 24.2
2019 18.4 24.4
2020 18.5 24.5
2021 18.6 24.7
2022 18.7 24.8
2023 18.8 25
2024 19 25.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Benin Egypt
GNI, Atlas method
$20.6B
2024
$409B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
18.7%
2025
28.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.23%
2023
3.93%
2015
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.71%
2023
0.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel
12,000
2020
836,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.9%
2025
-12.1%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.69%
2022
6.75%
2023
Services, % of GDP
48.9%
2024
48.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.4%
2024
32.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.5
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.2%
2021
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2021
4.2%
2021
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
246
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$42.6B
2024
Total reserves including gold n/a
$44.9B
2024
Personal remittances received
$236M
2024
$29.6B
2024
International tourist arrivals
337,000
2019
13,026,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
6.72%
2019
12.2%
2020
Banked people share
51.8%
2024
43.1%
2024

Energy

Benin Egypt
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
376 kg
2022
928 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2022
$20
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6.44 megatons
2023
249.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.46 tons
2023
2.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
39.6%
2022
94.7%
2022
Renewable energy use share
54.5%
2021
6.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.05%
2022
2.23%
2023
Net energy imports use share
40.9%
2022
20.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
105.3 kWh
2022
1,493 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
0.26%
2021
12.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.006%
2021
7.19%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
57%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Benin Egypt
% of world population
0.18%
2024
1.43%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,725
2024
+123,884
2024
Urban population
50.7%
2024
43.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.52 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.2 ft
2025
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
20.8
2025
40
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
30
2024
Higher education index
37
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.1
2017
1.34
2017
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
26.8
2019
10.1
2019
Visa free countries
69
2025
65
2025
Adult literacy rate
51.4%
2022
79.5%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
40%
2023
People using the Internet
32.2%
2023
72.7%
2023

Health

Benin Egypt
Government health expenditure per capita
$33.9
2022
$171
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$14.4
2022
$92
2022
Life expectancy
61.1 years
2025
72 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32%
2022
1.52%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2022
0.68
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.5 years
2025
22.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
518
2023
17
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
77.9
2023
17.5
2023
Obesity rate
11.5%
2022
45.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
22.4%
2024
Air quality index
17
2025
13
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
6.3%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
8.83 liters
2020
0.13 liters
2020

Territory

Benin Egypt
% of world land
0.08%
2025
0.67%
2025
Land area per capita
3,010 sq mi
2024
3,298 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
18,211 sq mi
2025
15,668 sq mi
2025
Forest area
11,526 sq mi
2025
173.7 sq mi
2025
Roads length
9,942 mi
2006
202,101 mi
2024

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