Benin vs Gambia statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 2.76M in The Gambia (ranked 140/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 3,907 sq mi for The Gambia (ranked 99th vs. 161st).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909).

Benin and Gambia: Comparison Charts

Benin and Gambia economies compared

GDP

Benin

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Gambia
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	$44,212,081
1967	$306,221,953	$46,695,007
1968	$326,323,105	$41,160,066
1969	$330,748,245	$45,168,072
1970	$333,627,713	$52,296,084
1971	$335,073,028	$55,728,663
1972	$410,331,857	$59,160,569
1973	$504,376,074	$75,187,749
1974	$554,654,861	$95,796,022
1975	$676,870,140	$115,179,719
1976	$698,408,262	$112,190,829
1977	$750,049,779	$138,093,099
1978	$928,843,469	$171,833,086
1979	$1,186,231,020	$207,112,628
1980	$1,405,251,847	$241,083,090
1981	$1,291,120,188	$218,767,743
1982	$1,267,778,670	$216,050,552
1983	$1,095,348,199	$213,448,585
1984	$1,051,134,009	$177,340,880
1985	$1,045,712,789	$225,726,359
1986	$1,336,102,025	$185,646,987
1987	$1,562,412,228	$220,626,484
1988	$1,620,246,084	$266,672,212
1989	$1,502,294,416	$284,120,329
1990	$1,959,965,330	$317,083,695
1991	$1,986,437,797	$690,311,081
1992	$1,695,315,306	$714,254,256
1993	$2,274,558,083	$755,040,974
1994	$1,598,075,944	$746,493,952
1995	$2,169,627,138	$785,999,865
1996	$2,361,116,449	$848,239,446
1997	$2,268,301,646	$803,633,342
1998	$2,455,092,686	$840,285,265
1999	$3,677,393,999	$814,724,032
2000	$3,519,991,440	$782,913,872
2001	$3,666,222,635	$687,410,645
2002	$4,194,342,686	$578,235,309
2003	$5,349,258,094	$487,038,685
2004	$6,190,270,380	$961,900,651
2005	$6,567,654,954	$1,027,701,068
2006	$7,034,111,315	$1,054,112,488
2007	$8,169,048,383	$1,279,703,047
2008	$9,787,734,526	$1,561,766,956
2009	$9,738,626,517	$1,450,142,509
2010	$9,535,345,016	$1,543,294,927
2011	$10,693,321,364	$1,409,693,597
2012	$11,141,358,116	$1,415,004,738
2013	$12,517,845,124	$1,375,609,453
2014	$13,284,527,847	$1,229,461,721
2015	$11,388,160,997	$1,378,176,609
2016	$11,821,065,853	$1,484,578,886
2017	$12,701,655,837	$1,504,909,463
2018	$14,262,408,090	$1,670,671,328
2019	$14,391,686,313	$1,813,609,692
2020	$15,686,741,894	$1,812,170,891
2021	$17,687,623,535	$2,014,158,842
2022	$17,425,405,084	$2,204,734,527
2023	$19,673,290,996	$2,396,111,021
2024	$21,482,643,720	$2,507,519,958

Benin and Gambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Gambia
1960	$89.9	-
1961	$92.1	-
1962	$90.8	-
1963	$95.7	-
1964	$99.8	-
1965	$105.1	-
1966	$107.6	$94.4
1967	$106.6	$97
1968	$111.2	$83.1
1969	$110.3	$88.7
1970	$108.8	$99.8
1971	$106.9	$103.3
1972	$127.9	$106.5
1973	$153.6	$131.4
1974	$164.9	$162.6
1975	$196.5	$189.8
1976	$197.7	$179.3
1977	$207	$213.8
1978	$249.8	$257.6
1979	$311	$300
1980	$358	$338
1981	$320	$296
1982	$305	$282.1
1983	$256	$268.6
1984	$238.6	$214.8
1985	$230.4	$262.8
1986	$285.8	$207.7
1987	$324	$237
1988	$326	$274.9
1989	$293.3	$280.9
1990	$371	$301
1991	$365	$628
1992	$302	$623
1993	$387	$635
1994	$262.1	$608
1995	$348	$622
1996	$369	$652
1997	$345	$600
1998	$362	$610
1999	$525	$575
2000	$487	$538
2001	$492	$460
2002	$546	$377
2003	$676	$309
2004	$759	$593
2005	$779	$616
2006	$809	$615
2007	$912	$725
2008	$1,061	$859
2009	$1,024	$775
2010	$973	$801
2011	$1,059	$711
2012	$1,072	$693
2013	$1,169	$654
2014	$1,204	$568
2015	$1,002	$620
2016	$1,011	$650
2017	$1,055	$643
2018	$1,152	$696
2019	$1,131	$738
2020	$1,200	$720
2021	$1,319	$782
2022	$1,266	$836
2023	$1,394	$888
2024	$1,485	$909

Benin vs. Gambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Gambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Gambia
1950	35.4	31.2
1951	35.7	31.5
1952	36	31.7
1953	36.3	31.9
1954	36.7	32.2
1955	37	32.4
1956	37.3	32.8
1957	37.6	33.1
1958	38	33.6
1959	38.4	34.1
1960	38.8	34.6
1961	39.2	35.1
1962	39.6	35.6
1963	40.1	36.1
1964	40.5	36.6
1965	41	37.1
1966	41.3	37.6
1967	41.8	38.1
1968	42.2	38.5
1969	42.6	39
1970	43	39.5
1971	43.4	40
1972	43.9	40.5
1973	44.4	41.1
1974	44.9	41.7
1975	45.4	42.2
1976	46	42.9
1977	46.5	43.4
1978	46.9	43.6
1979	47.4	44.5
1980	47.7	45
1981	48.1	44.5
1982	48.5	46.3
1983	48.8	46.9
1984	49.4	47.5
1985	50	48.2
1986	50.6	48.8
1987	51.3	49.4
1988	52	50.1
1989	52.5	50.7
1990	53	51.3
1991	53.4	51.9
1992	54.1	52.5
1993	54.6	53.2
1994	55	53.8
1995	55.4	54.3
1996	55.6	54.8
1997	56	55.2
1998	56.2	56
1999	56.3	56.5
2000	56.6	56.9
2001	56.7	57.3
2002	56.9	57.7
2003	57.1	58.2
2004	57.3	58.7
2005	57.7	59.1
2006	58	59.7
2007	58.2	60
2008	58.1	60.5
2009	58.3	60.7
2010	58.4	61.2
2011	58.5	61.6
2012	58.6	61.9
2013	58.9	62.3
2014	59	62.6
2015	59.1	63
2016	59.3	63.4
2017	59.5	63.7
2018	59.7	64
2019	59.9	64.4
2020	60.2	64.4
2021	59.6	63.8
2022	60.5	64.9
2023	60.8	65.9
2024	61	66.1
2025	61.1	66.3

Benin and Gambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Gambia

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Gambia
1960	2,517,286	398,060
1961	2,559,223	408,930
1962	2,604,659	420,163
1963	2,652,908	431,757
1964	2,704,003	443,687
1965	2,757,936	455,952
1966	2,814,317	468,516
1967	2,872,997	481,588
1968	2,934,257	495,269
1969	2,998,222	509,440
1970	3,065,057	524,105
1971	3,134,767	539,388
1972	3,207,543	555,370
1973	3,283,496	571,991
1974	3,362,633	589,085
1975	3,445,407	606,821
1976	3,532,196	625,667
1977	3,623,202	645,770
1978	3,718,305	667,103
1979	3,818,528	689,781
1980	3,925,251	713,913
1981	4,038,307	739,125
1982	4,156,596	765,753
1983	4,278,978	794,525
1984	4,405,895	825,631
1985	4,538,012	858,874
1986	4,675,420	894,019
1987	4,818,486	931,091
1988	4,967,341	970,160
1989	5,121,657	1,011,357
1990	5,281,479	1,054,696
1991	5,446,932	1,099,959
1992	5,617,844	1,145,582
1993	5,872,706	1,188,365
1994	6,096,506	1,227,226
1995	6,226,773	1,264,313
1996	6,391,858	1,301,410
1997	6,583,365	1,338,889
1998	6,789,489	1,376,987
1999	7,002,818	1,415,779
2000	7,221,619	1,455,084
2001	7,445,596	1,495,011
2002	7,675,426	1,535,691
2003	7,913,070	1,577,611
2004	8,159,094	1,621,312
2005	8,426,144	1,667,037
2006	8,693,242	1,715,275
2007	8,953,969	1,765,774
2008	9,228,466	1,817,852
2009	9,509,423	1,871,422
2010	9,797,484	1,926,630
2011	10,093,623	1,983,784
2012	10,397,657	2,043,094
2013	10,708,834	2,103,820
2014	11,030,004	2,164,528
2015	11,360,681	2,224,529
2016	11,697,842	2,283,769
2017	12,039,780	2,342,189
2018	12,383,347	2,399,632
2019	12,726,755	2,456,844
2020	13,070,169	2,515,733
2021	13,413,417	2,576,010
2022	13,759,501	2,636,470
2023	14,111,034	2,697,845
2024	14,462,724	2,759,988

Fertility rates in Benin and Gambia

Fertility rate

Benin

Gambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Gambia
1960	6.28	6.25
1961	6.4	6.23
1962	6.46	6.21
1963	6.51	6.2
1964	6.57	6.2
1965	6.61	6.19
1966	6.63	6.18
1967	6.64	6.21
1968	6.67	6.22
1969	6.71	6.25
1970	6.74	6.26
1971	6.77	6.33
1972	6.8	6.37
1973	6.81	6.41
1974	6.82	6.42
1975	6.83	6.43
1976	6.83	6.43
1977	6.83	6.43
1978	6.82	6.42
1979	6.91	6.41
1980	6.99	6.41
1981	7.06	6.4
1982	7.06	6.4
1983	7.05	6.39
1984	7.03	6.39
1985	7	6.36
1986	6.96	6.34
1987	6.92	6.3
1988	6.87	6.26
1989	6.82	6.25
1990	6.74	6.25
1991	6.67	6.19
1992	6.59	6.11
1993	6.51	6.03
1994	6.42	6.04
1995	6.33	5.99
1996	6.28	5.93
1997	6.23	5.85
1998	6.14	5.82
1999	6.03	5.77
2000	5.94	5.72
2001	5.85	5.67
2002	5.79	5.66
2003	5.76	5.66
2004	5.72	5.68
2005	5.69	5.71
2006	5.67	5.74
2007	5.63	5.69
2008	5.55	5.63
2009	5.49	5.57
2010	5.45	5.56
2011	5.44	5.54
2012	5.43	5.52
2013	5.41	5.39
2014	5.37	5.2
2015	5.32	5
2016	5.25	4.81
2017	5.16	4.61
2018	5.03	4.42
2019	4.9	4.33
2020	4.8	4.25
2021	4.71	4.17
2022	4.63	4.08
2023	4.56	4.01

Benin and Gambia demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Gambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Gambia
1960	20.8	19.4
1961	20.6	19.4
1962	20.3	19.5
1963	20.1	19.6
1964	19.9	19.6
1965	19.7	19.7
1966	19.5	19.7
1967	19.3	19.8
1968	19	19.7
1969	18.8	19.6
1970	18.6	19.5
1971	18.4	19.4
1972	18.3	19.3
1973	18.1	19.2
1974	17.9	19.1
1975	17.8	18.9
1976	17.7	18.8
1977	17.6	18.6
1978	17.5	18.5
1979	17.4	18.4
1980	17.3	18.2
1981	17.3	18.1
1982	17.2	17.9
1983	17.1	17.8
1984	17.1	17.6
1985	17	17.5
1986	17	17.4
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.3
1989	16.9	17.2
1990	16.9	17.2
1991	16.9	17.1
1992	16.9	17.1
1993	17.1	17
1994	17.2	16.9
1995	17	16.8
1996	16.9	16.7
1997	17	16.6
1998	17	16.5
1999	17.1	16.5
2000	17.1	16.5
2001	17.2	16.6
2002	17.3	16.6
2003	17.4	16.7
2004	17.4	16.8
2005	17.5	16.9
2006	17.6	17
2007	17.6	17.1
2008	17.7	17.2
2009	17.8	17.3
2010	17.8	17.4
2011	17.9	17.5
2012	18	17.6
2013	18	17.7
2014	18.1	17.8
2015	18.1	17.9
2016	18.2	18.1
2017	18.3	18.2
2018	18.3	18.4
2019	18.4	18.5
2020	18.5	18.7
2021	18.6	18.9
2022	18.7	19.1
2023	18.8	19.2
2024	19	19.4

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