Benin vs Eritrea statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 3.54M in Eritrea (ranked 131/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 46,787 sq mi for Eritrea (ranked 99th vs. 96th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Eritrea ranks 179/197 ($2.07B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Eritrea ranks 188/197 ($689).

Benin and Eritrea: Comparison Charts

Benin and Eritrea economies compared

GDP

Benin

Eritrea

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Eritrea
1960	$226,195,578	-
1961	$235,668,221	-
1962	$236,434,954	-
1963	$253,927,697	-
1964	$269,819,006	-
1965	$289,908,680	-
1966	$302,925,235	-
1967	$306,221,953	-
1968	$326,323,105	-
1969	$330,748,245	-
1970	$333,627,713	-
1971	$335,073,028	-
1972	$410,331,857	-
1973	$504,376,074	-
1974	$554,654,861	-
1975	$676,870,140	-
1976	$698,408,262	-
1977	$750,049,779	-
1978	$928,843,469	-
1979	$1,186,231,020	-
1980	$1,405,251,847	-
1981	$1,291,120,188	-
1982	$1,267,778,670	-
1983	$1,095,348,199	-
1984	$1,051,134,009	-
1985	$1,045,712,789	-
1986	$1,336,102,025	-
1987	$1,562,412,228	-
1988	$1,620,246,084	-
1989	$1,502,294,416	-
1990	$1,959,965,330	-
1991	$1,986,437,797	-
1992	$1,695,315,306	$477,101,652
1993	$2,274,558,083	$467,872,715
1994	$1,598,075,944	$531,688,312
1995	$2,169,627,138	$578,015,625
1996	$2,361,116,449	$693,535,954
1997	$2,268,301,646	$686,490,090
1998	$2,455,092,686	$745,523,117
1999	$3,677,393,999	$688,918,537
2000	$3,519,991,440	$706,370,816
2001	$3,666,222,635	$752,371,689
2002	$4,194,342,686	$729,321,680
2003	$5,349,258,094	$870,248,268
2004	$6,190,270,380	$1,109,054,005
2005	$6,567,654,954	$1,098,424,686
2006	$7,034,111,315	$1,211,161,880
2007	$8,169,048,383	$1,317,974,491
2008	$9,787,734,526	$1,380,188,800
2009	$9,738,626,517	$1,856,695,551
2010	$9,535,345,016	$1,589,515,447
2011	$10,693,321,364	$2,065,001,626
2012	$11,141,358,116	-
2013	$12,517,845,124	-
2014	$13,284,527,847	-
2015	$11,388,160,997	-
2016	$11,821,065,853	-
2017	$12,701,655,837	-
2018	$14,262,408,090	-
2019	$14,391,686,313	-
2020	$15,686,741,894	-
2021	$17,687,623,535	-
2022	$17,425,405,084	-
2023	$19,673,290,996	-
2024	$21,482,643,720	-

Benin and Eritrea economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Eritrea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Eritrea
1960	$89.9	-
1961	$92.1	-
1962	$90.8	-
1963	$95.7	-
1964	$99.8	-
1965	$105.1	-
1966	$107.6	-
1967	$106.6	-
1968	$111.2	-
1969	$110.3	-
1970	$108.8	-
1971	$106.9	-
1972	$127.9	-
1973	$153.6	-
1974	$164.9	-
1975	$196.5	-
1976	$197.7	-
1977	$207	-
1978	$249.8	-
1979	$311	-
1980	$358	-
1981	$320	-
1982	$305	-
1983	$256	-
1984	$238.6	-
1985	$230.4	-
1986	$285.8	-
1987	$324	-
1988	$326	-
1989	$293.3	-
1990	$371	-
1991	$365	-
1992	$302	$265.2
1993	$387	$252.1
1994	$262.1	$277.8
1995	$348	$285.4
1996	$369	$326
1997	$345	$319
1998	$362	$342
1999	$525	$311
2000	$487	$314
2001	$492	$325
2002	$546	$305
2003	$676	$349
2004	$759	$427
2005	$779	$413
2006	$809	$448
2007	$912	$480
2008	$1,061	$490
2009	$1,024	$643
2010	$973	$540
2011	$1,059	$689
2012	$1,072	-
2013	$1,169	-
2014	$1,204	-
2015	$1,002	-
2016	$1,011	-
2017	$1,055	-
2018	$1,152	-
2019	$1,131	-
2020	$1,200	-
2021	$1,319	-
2022	$1,266	-
2023	$1,394	-
2024	$1,485	-

Benin vs. Eritrea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Eritrea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Eritrea
1950	35.4	33.3
1951	35.7	33.6
1952	36	34
1953	36.3	34.4
1954	36.7	34.8
1955	37	35.2
1956	37.3	35.6
1957	37.6	30.4
1958	38	30.9
1959	38.4	37
1960	38.8	37.4
1961	39.2	37.9
1962	39.6	38.3
1963	40.1	38.8
1964	40.5	39.2
1965	41	39.6
1966	41.3	37.6
1967	41.8	40.2
1968	42.2	40.5
1969	42.6	40.8
1970	43	41.2
1971	43.4	41.5
1972	43.9	40.7
1973	44.4	41.1
1974	44.9	39
1975	45.4	39
1976	46	42.6
1977	46.5	43
1978	46.9	43.4
1979	47.4	43.8
1980	47.7	44.6
1981	48.1	45
1982	48.5	44.9
1983	48.8	37.2
1984	49.4	37.7
1985	50	38.6
1986	50.6	39.5
1987	51.3	47.4
1988	52	48.1
1989	52.5	47.8
1990	53	49.7
1991	53.4	50.5
1992	54.1	52.4
1993	54.6	53.2
1994	55	54
1995	55.4	54.8
1996	55.6	55.5
1997	56	56.2
1998	56.2	50
1999	56.3	44.5
2000	56.6	56.3
2001	56.7	58.4
2002	56.9	58.9
2003	57.1	59.5
2004	57.3	60.1
2005	57.7	60.6
2006	58	61.5
2007	58.2	62
2008	58.1	62.4
2009	58.3	63.2
2010	58.4	63.7
2011	58.5	64.2
2012	58.6	64.7
2013	58.9	65
2014	59	65.5
2015	59.1	65.9
2016	59.3	66.2
2017	59.5	66.6
2018	59.7	67
2019	59.9	67.3
2020	60.2	67
2021	59.6	66.9
2022	60.5	67.8
2023	60.8	68.6
2024	61	68.9
2025	61.1	69.2

Benin and Eritrea population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Eritrea

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Eritrea
1960	2,517,286	972,547
1961	2,559,223	995,573
1962	2,604,659	1,019,788
1963	2,652,908	1,045,092
1964	2,704,003	1,071,287
1965	2,757,936	1,098,335
1966	2,814,317	1,124,957
1967	2,872,997	1,152,339
1968	2,934,257	1,181,737
1969	2,998,222	1,212,005
1970	3,065,057	1,243,453
1971	3,134,767	1,276,154
1972	3,207,543	1,309,235
1973	3,283,496	1,342,669
1974	3,362,633	1,375,688
1975	3,445,407	1,408,210
1976	3,532,196	1,443,807
1977	3,623,202	1,482,565
1978	3,718,305	1,522,378
1979	3,818,528	1,563,332
1980	3,925,251	1,605,797
1981	4,038,307	1,649,939
1982	4,156,596	1,695,461
1983	4,278,978	1,736,160
1984	4,405,895	1,771,730
1985	4,538,012	1,807,816
1986	4,675,420	1,845,164
1987	4,818,486	1,888,669
1988	4,967,341	1,938,255
1989	5,121,657	1,987,017
1990	5,281,479	2,032,737
1991	5,446,932	1,919,571
1992	5,617,844	1,798,748
1993	5,872,706	1,856,006
1994	6,096,506	1,913,915
1995	6,226,773	2,025,267
1996	6,391,858	2,128,464
1997	6,583,365	2,152,135
1998	6,789,489	2,180,419
1999	7,002,818	2,212,780
2000	7,221,619	2,247,031
2001	7,445,596	2,312,079
2002	7,675,426	2,392,978
2003	7,913,070	2,493,903
2004	8,159,094	2,598,284
2005	8,426,144	2,661,215
2006	8,693,242	2,703,502
2007	8,953,969	2,743,222
2008	9,228,466	2,816,327
2009	9,509,423	2,887,885
2010	9,797,484	2,945,186
2011	10,093,623	2,998,485
2012	10,397,657	3,036,988
2013	10,708,834	3,074,360
2014	11,030,004	3,095,173
2015	11,360,681	3,105,546
2016	11,697,842	3,124,698
2017	12,039,780	3,150,347
2018	12,383,347	3,192,760
2019	12,726,755	3,240,194
2020	13,070,169	3,291,271
2021	13,413,417	3,350,183
2022	13,759,501	3,409,447
2023	14,111,034	3,470,390
2024	14,462,724	3,535,603

Fertility rates in Benin and Eritrea

Fertility rate

Benin

Eritrea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Eritrea
1960	6.28	6.48
1961	6.4	6.47
1962	6.46	6.5
1963	6.51	6.48
1964	6.57	6.49
1965	6.61	6.49
1966	6.63	6.5
1967	6.64	6.5
1968	6.67	6.5
1969	6.71	6.5
1970	6.74	6.54
1971	6.77	6.54
1972	6.8	6.54
1973	6.81	6.55
1974	6.82	6.57
1975	6.83	6.59
1976	6.83	6.6
1977	6.83	6.61
1978	6.82	6.61
1979	6.91	6.62
1980	6.99	6.61
1981	7.06	6.62
1982	7.06	6.63
1983	7.05	6.65
1984	7.03	6.62
1985	7	6.59
1986	6.96	6.56
1987	6.92	6.52
1988	6.87	6.47
1989	6.82	6.41
1990	6.74	6.34
1991	6.67	6.24
1992	6.59	6.16
1993	6.51	6.07
1994	6.42	6.01
1995	6.33	5.94
1996	6.28	5.84
1997	6.23	5.74
1998	6.14	5.63
1999	6.03	5.52
2000	5.94	5.4
2001	5.85	5.31
2002	5.79	5.23
2003	5.76	5.14
2004	5.72	5.04
2005	5.69	4.93
2006	5.67	4.88
2007	5.63	4.81
2008	5.55	4.74
2009	5.49	4.66
2010	5.45	4.57
2011	5.44	4.49
2012	5.43	4.41
2013	5.41	4.34
2014	5.37	4.27
2015	5.32	4.22
2016	5.25	4.16
2017	5.16	4.11
2018	5.03	4.06
2019	4.9	4
2020	4.8	3.93
2021	4.71	3.87
2022	4.63	3.79
2023	4.56	3.71

Benin and Eritrea demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Eritrea

Table

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

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