Benin vs France statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 99th vs. 48th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Benin and France: Comparison Charts

Benin and France economies compared

GDP

Benin

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	France
1960	$226,195,578	$61,756,878,990
1961	$235,668,221	$66,806,595,975
1962	$236,434,954	$74,888,595,286
1963	$253,927,697	$83,957,182,115
1964	$269,819,006	$93,079,224,076
1965	$289,908,680	$100,522,559,916
1966	$302,925,235	$108,928,356,519
1967	$306,221,953	$117,751,396,249
1968	$326,323,105	$128,427,504,709
1969	$330,748,245	$140,361,802,782
1970	$333,627,713	$146,926,998,937
1971	$335,073,028	$164,238,872,973
1972	$410,331,857	$201,621,751,625
1973	$504,376,074	$262,343,828,816
1974	$554,654,861	$283,102,178,123
1975	$676,870,140	$356,780,728,163
1976	$698,408,262	$368,488,292,816
1977	$750,049,779	$406,736,454,934
1978	$928,843,469	$501,724,418,605
1979	$1,186,231,020	$608,218,624,730
1980	$1,405,251,847	$694,529,183,483
1981	$1,291,120,188	$609,184,791,792
1982	$1,267,778,670	$578,152,310,610
1983	$1,095,348,199	$553,356,312,936
1984	$1,051,134,009	$525,033,325,828
1985	$1,045,712,789	$547,220,981,165
1986	$1,336,102,025	$764,946,585,851
1987	$1,562,412,228	$926,320,855,615
1988	$1,620,246,084	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$1,502,294,416	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$1,959,965,330	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$1,986,437,797	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$1,695,315,306	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$2,274,558,083	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$1,598,075,944	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$2,169,627,138	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$2,361,116,449	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$2,268,301,646	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$2,455,092,686	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$3,677,393,999	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$3,519,991,440	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$3,666,222,635	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$4,194,342,686	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$5,349,258,094	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$6,190,270,380	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$6,567,654,954	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$7,034,111,315	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$8,169,048,383	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$9,787,734,526	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$9,738,626,517	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$9,535,345,016	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$10,693,321,364	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$11,141,358,116	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$12,517,845,124	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$13,284,527,847	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$11,388,160,997	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$11,821,065,853	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$12,701,655,837	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$14,262,408,090	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$14,391,686,313	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$15,686,741,894	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$17,687,623,535	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$17,425,405,084	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$19,673,290,996	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$21,482,643,720	$3,162,079,073,496

Benin and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	France
1960	$89.9	$1,303
1961	$92.1	$1,395
1962	$90.8	$1,548
1963	$95.7	$1,718
1964	$99.8	$1,884
1965	$105.1	$2,015
1966	$107.6	$2,165
1967	$106.6	$2,321
1968	$111.2	$2,513
1969	$110.3	$2,724
1970	$108.8	$2,825
1971	$106.9	$3,128
1972	$127.9	$3,807
1973	$153.6	$4,914
1974	$164.9	$5,267
1975	$196.5	$6,607
1976	$197.7	$6,795
1977	$207	$7,465
1978	$249.8	$9,167
1979	$311	$11,063
1980	$358	$12,565
1981	$320	$10,956
1982	$305	$10,360
1983	$256	$9,862
1984	$238.6	$9,312
1985	$230.4	$9,657
1986	$285.8	$13,430
1987	$324	$16,176
1988	$326	$17,550
1989	$293.3	$17,547
1990	$371	$21,586
1991	$365	$21,501
1992	$302	$23,615
1993	$387	$22,239
1994	$262.1	$23,360
1995	$348	$26,792
1996	$369	$26,758
1997	$345	$24,169
1998	$362	$24,869
1999	$525	$24,576
2000	$487	$22,341
2001	$492	$22,332
2002	$546	$24,145
2003	$676	$29,480
2004	$759	$33,645
2005	$779	$34,696
2006	$809	$36,432
2007	$912	$41,486
2008	$1,061	$45,465
2009	$1,024	$41,728
2010	$973	$40,695
2011	$1,059	$43,930
2012	$1,072	$40,864
2013	$1,169	$42,669
2014	$1,204	$43,148
2015	$1,002	$36,702
2016	$1,011	$37,024
2017	$1,055	$38,687
2018	$1,152	$41,418
2019	$1,131	$40,408
2020	$1,200	$39,170
2021	$1,319	$43,725
2022	$1,266	$41,083
2023	$1,394	$44,691
2024	$1,485	$46,150

Benin vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	France
1950	35.4	66.4
1951	35.7	66.1
1952	36	67.4
1953	36.3	67.3
1954	36.7	68.2
1955	37	68.4
1956	37.3	68.5
1957	37.6	68.9
1958	38	70.1
1959	38.4	70.2
1960	38.8	70.4
1961	39.2	71
1962	39.6	70.5
1963	40.1	70.3
1964	40.5	71.3
1965	41	71.1
1966	41.3	71.5
1967	41.8	71.5
1968	42.2	71.5
1969	42.6	71.2
1970	43	72.1
1971	43.4	72.1
1972	43.9	72.3
1973	44.4	72.5
1974	44.9	72.8
1975	45.4	72.9
1976	46	73.1
1977	46.5	73.7
1978	46.9	73.8
1979	47.4	74.1
1980	47.7	74.2
1981	48.1	74.4
1982	48.5	74.8
1983	48.8	74.7
1984	49.4	75.2
1985	50	75.3
1986	50.6	75.6
1987	51.3	76.1
1988	52	76.4
1989	52.5	76.5
1990	53	76.8
1991	53.4	77
1992	54.1	77.3
1993	54.6	77.3
1994	55	77.8
1995	55.4	77.9
1996	55.6	78.1
1997	56	78.4
1998	56.2	78.6
1999	56.3	78.7
2000	56.6	79
2001	56.7	79.2
2002	56.9	79.4
2003	57.1	79.4
2004	57.3	80.3
2005	57.7	80.3
2006	58	80.7
2007	58.2	81
2008	58.1	81
2009	58.3	81.2
2010	58.4	81.4
2011	58.5	81.8
2012	58.6	81.7
2013	58.9	82
2014	59	82.4
2015	59.1	82.1
2016	59.3	82.4
2017	59.5	82.4
2018	59.7	82.6
2019	59.9	82.7
2020	60.2	82.2
2021	59.6	82.3
2022	60.5	82.5
2023	60.8	83.3
2024	61	83.5
2025	61.1	83.6

Benin and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

France

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	France
1960	2,517,286	47,412,964
1961	2,559,223	47,905,982
1962	2,604,659	48,389,516
1963	2,652,908	48,877,567
1964	2,704,003	49,401,492
1965	2,757,936	49,877,725
1966	2,814,317	50,311,637
1967	2,872,997	50,722,791
1968	2,934,257	51,112,980
1969	2,998,222	51,536,014
1970	3,065,057	52,007,169
1971	3,134,767	52,499,553
1972	3,207,543	52,962,356
1973	3,283,496	53,392,161
1974	3,362,633	53,746,571
1975	3,445,407	54,002,853
1976	3,532,196	54,232,383
1977	3,623,202	54,486,467
1978	3,718,305	54,734,030
1979	3,818,528	54,979,851
1980	3,925,251	55,274,184
1981	4,038,307	55,603,353
1982	4,156,596	55,806,789
1983	4,278,978	56,108,330
1984	4,405,895	56,383,085
1985	4,538,012	56,665,619
1986	4,675,420	56,956,002
1987	4,818,486	57,266,167
1988	4,967,341	57,598,186
1989	5,121,657	57,943,062
1990	5,281,479	58,261,012
1991	5,446,932	58,554,242
1992	5,617,844	58,846,584
1993	5,872,706	59,103,094
1994	6,096,506	59,324,863
1995	6,226,773	59,541,294
1996	6,391,858	59,754,504
1997	6,583,365	59,968,066
1998	6,789,489	60,190,684
1999	7,002,818	60,501,986
2000	7,221,619	60,918,661
2001	7,445,596	61,364,377
2002	7,675,426	61,812,142
2003	7,913,070	62,249,855
2004	8,159,094	62,707,588
2005	8,426,144	63,180,854
2006	8,693,242	63,622,342
2007	8,953,969	64,016,890
2008	9,228,466	64,375,116
2009	9,509,423	64,706,436
2010	9,797,484	65,026,211
2011	10,093,623	65,340,830
2012	10,397,657	65,657,659
2013	10,708,834	65,997,932
2014	11,030,004	66,312,067
2015	11,360,681	66,548,272
2016	11,697,842	66,724,104
2017	12,039,780	66,918,020
2018	12,383,347	67,158,348
2019	12,726,755	67,382,061
2020	13,070,169	67,601,110
2021	13,413,417	67,842,811
2022	13,759,501	68,065,015
2023	14,111,034	68,287,487
2024	14,462,724	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Benin and France

Fertility rate

Benin

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	France
1960	6.28	2.85
1961	6.4	2.87
1962	6.46	2.89
1963	6.51	2.89
1964	6.57	2.87
1965	6.61	2.84
1966	6.63	2.8
1967	6.64	2.75
1968	6.67	2.69
1969	6.71	2.62
1970	6.74	2.55
1971	6.77	2.47
1972	6.8	2.38
1973	6.81	2.28
1974	6.82	2.18
1975	6.83	2.09
1976	6.83	2.01
1977	6.83	1.94
1978	6.82	1.89
1979	6.91	1.87
1980	6.99	1.85
1981	7.06	1.85
1982	7.06	1.86
1983	7.05	1.86
1984	7.03	1.86
1985	7	1.86
1986	6.96	1.85
1987	6.92	1.83
1988	6.87	1.81
1989	6.82	1.79
1990	6.74	1.77
1991	6.67	1.75
1992	6.59	1.74
1993	6.51	1.73
1994	6.42	1.73
1995	6.33	1.74
1996	6.28	1.75
1997	6.23	1.77
1998	6.14	1.78
1999	6.03	1.81
2000	5.94	1.89
2001	5.85	1.9
2002	5.79	1.88
2003	5.76	1.89
2004	5.72	1.92
2005	5.69	1.94
2006	5.67	2
2007	5.63	1.98
2008	5.55	2.01
2009	5.49	2
2010	5.45	2.03
2011	5.44	2.01
2012	5.43	2.01
2013	5.41	1.99
2014	5.37	2
2015	5.32	1.96
2016	5.25	1.92
2017	5.16	1.89
2018	5.03	1.87
2019	4.9	1.86
2020	4.8	1.83
2021	4.71	1.84
2022	4.63	1.79
2023	4.56	1.66

Benin and France demographics compared

Median age

Benin

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	France
1960	20.8	32.8
1961	20.6	32.8
1962	20.3	32.9
1963	20.1	32.8
1964	19.9	32.8
1965	19.7	32.7
1966	19.5	32.7
1967	19.3	32.7
1968	19	32.6
1969	18.8	32.5
1970	18.6	32.4
1971	18.4	32.2
1972	18.3	32
1973	18.1	31.8
1974	17.9	31.7
1975	17.8	31.6
1976	17.7	31.7
1977	17.6	31.9
1978	17.5	32.1
1979	17.4	32.3
1980	17.3	32.4
1981	17.3	32.6
1982	17.2	32.8
1983	17.1	33
1984	17.1	33.3
1985	17	33.5
1986	17	33.7
1987	16.9	34
1988	16.9	34.2
1989	16.9	34.5
1990	16.9	34.7
1991	16.9	35
1992	16.9	35.3
1993	17.1	35.6
1994	17.2	35.9
1995	17	36.2
1996	16.9	36.5
1997	17	36.8
1998	17	37.1
1999	17.1	37.4
2000	17.1	37.7
2001	17.2	37.9
2002	17.3	38.2
2003	17.4	38.4
2004	17.4	38.6
2005	17.5	38.9
2006	17.6	39.1
2007	17.6	39.4
2008	17.7	39.6
2009	17.8	39.8
2010	17.8	40
2011	17.9	40.3
2012	18	40.5
2013	18	40.8
2014	18.1	41
2015	18.1	41.2
2016	18.2	41.4
2017	18.3	41.6
2018	18.3	41.9
2019	18.4	42.1
2020	18.5	42.3
2021	18.6	42.4
2022	18.7	42.6
2023	18.8	42.8
2024	19	43

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