Benin vs Guinea-Bissau statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 2.2M in Guinea-Bissau (ranked 146/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 10,857 sq mi for Guinea-Bissau (ranked 99th vs. 139th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Guinea-Bissau ranks 178/197 ($2.12B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Guinea-Bissau ranks 181/197 ($963).

Benin and Guinea-Bissau: Comparison Charts

Benin and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP

Benin

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
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	$204,670,551
1971	$335,073,028	$204,167,297
1972	$410,331,857	$227,986,203
1973	$504,376,074	$232,331,281
1974	$554,654,861	$256,769,730
1975	$676,870,140	$283,311,997
1976	$698,408,262	$292,152,321
1977	$750,049,779	$298,871,675
1978	$928,843,469	$318,876,550
1979	$1,186,231,020	$308,143,183
1980	$1,405,251,847	$287,648,258
1981	$1,291,120,188	$402,230,865
1982	$1,267,778,670	$430,284,022
1983	$1,095,348,199	$425,225,177
1984	$1,051,134,009	$359,980,491
1985	$1,045,712,789	$373,959,151
1986	$1,336,102,025	$338,524,233
1987	$1,562,412,228	$451,893,375
1988	$1,620,246,084	$427,514,322
1989	$1,502,294,416	$554,072,303
1990	$1,959,965,330	$634,187,269
1991	$1,986,437,797	$668,470,891
1992	$1,695,315,306	$588,309,271
1993	$2,274,558,083	$615,779,519
1994	$1,598,075,944	$612,502,085
1995	$2,169,627,138	$660,195,402
1996	$2,361,116,449	$702,965,148
1997	$2,268,301,646	$698,107,222
1998	$2,455,092,686	$591,034,143
1999	$3,677,393,999	$579,365,780
2000	$3,519,991,440	$391,345,597
2001	$3,666,222,635	$412,610,872
2002	$4,194,342,686	$466,773,711
2003	$5,349,258,094	$553,614,800
2004	$6,190,270,380	$582,169,841
2005	$6,567,654,954	$639,776,041
2006	$7,034,111,315	$634,781,901
2007	$8,169,048,383	$753,162,998
2008	$9,787,734,526	$952,667,544
2009	$9,738,626,517	$890,167,833
2010	$9,535,345,016	$940,112,539
2011	$10,693,321,364	$1,157,074,319
2012	$11,141,358,116	$1,049,412,177
2013	$12,517,845,124	$1,109,682,824
2014	$13,284,527,847	$1,135,250,721
2015	$11,388,160,997	$1,152,384,167
2016	$11,821,065,853	$1,245,074,264
2017	$12,701,655,837	$1,469,978,606
2018	$14,262,408,090	$1,554,133,594
2019	$14,391,686,313	$1,588,767,976
2020	$15,686,741,894	$1,683,619,352
2021	$17,687,623,535	$1,878,659,687
2022	$17,425,405,084	$1,839,048,748
2023	$19,673,290,996	$2,077,816,135
2024	$21,482,643,720	$2,119,865,935

Benin and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
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	$350
1971	$106.9	$348
1972	$127.9	$389
1973	$153.6	$392
1974	$164.9	$419
1975	$196.5	$435
1976	$197.7	$421
1977	$207	$403
1978	$249.8	$403
1979	$311	$376
1980	$358	$347
1981	$320	$477
1982	$305	$503
1983	$256	$489
1984	$238.6	$407
1985	$230.4	$417
1986	$285.8	$371
1987	$324	$488
1988	$326	$454
1989	$293.3	$578
1990	$371	$651
1991	$365	$672
1992	$302	$574
1993	$387	$582
1994	$262.1	$561
1995	$348	$589
1996	$369	$615
1997	$345	$599
1998	$362	$498
1999	$525	$479
2000	$487	$317
2001	$492	$327
2002	$546	$362
2003	$676	$420
2004	$759	$431
2005	$779	$463
2006	$809	$449
2007	$912	$519
2008	$1,061	$640
2009	$1,024	$583
2010	$973	$600
2011	$1,059	$720
2012	$1,072	$635
2013	$1,169	$654
2014	$1,204	$652
2015	$1,002	$645
2016	$1,011	$680
2017	$1,055	$783
2018	$1,152	$809
2019	$1,131	$807
2020	$1,200	$836
2021	$1,319	$912
2022	$1,266	$873
2023	$1,394	$965
2024	$1,485	$963

Benin vs. Guinea-Bissau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
1950	35.4	35.7
1951	35.7	35.9
1952	36	36.1
1953	36.3	36.3
1954	36.7	36.4
1955	37	36.6
1956	37.3	36.8
1957	37.6	37
1958	38	37.1
1959	38.4	37.3
1960	38.8	37.6
1961	39.2	37.8
1962	39.6	38
1963	40.1	35.6
1964	40.5	35.8
1965	41	35.9
1966	41.3	36.1
1967	41.8	36.3
1968	42.2	36.7
1969	42.6	37
1970	43	37.3
1971	43.4	37.5
1972	43.9	37.8
1973	44.4	38.2
1974	44.9	41.6
1975	45.4	41.9
1976	46	42.3
1977	46.5	42.6
1978	46.9	42.9
1979	47.4	43.2
1980	47.7	43.6
1981	48.1	43.9
1982	48.5	44.3
1983	48.8	44.6
1984	49.4	44.9
1985	50	45.3
1986	50.6	45.5
1987	51.3	45.8
1988	52	46.3
1989	52.5	46.6
1990	53	46.9
1991	53.4	47.2
1992	54.1	47.5
1993	54.6	47.8
1994	55	47.8
1995	55.4	48.5
1996	55.6	48.8
1997	56	48
1998	56.2	48.1
1999	56.3	48.5
2000	56.6	50.6
2001	56.7	51.1
2002	56.9	51.6
2003	57.1	52.2
2004	57.3	52.8
2005	57.7	52.9
2006	58	54.1
2007	58.2	54.9
2008	58.1	55.3
2009	58.3	56.3
2010	58.4	57
2011	58.5	57.7
2012	58.6	58.3
2013	58.9	58.9
2014	59	59.5
2015	59.1	60.1
2016	59.3	60.6
2017	59.5	61.1
2018	59.7	61.7
2019	59.9	62.2
2020	60.2	61.3
2021	59.6	61.7
2022	60.5	63.6
2023	60.8	64.1
2024	61	64.3
2025	61.1	64.4

Benin and Guinea-Bissau population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2,517,286	577,633
1961	2,559,223	582,532
1962	2,604,659	589,474
1963	2,652,908	594,418
1964	2,704,003	588,543
1965	2,757,936	575,005
1966	2,814,317	566,908
1967	2,872,997	569,011
1968	2,934,257	578,170
1969	2,998,222	581,610
1970	3,065,057	584,403
1971	3,134,767	586,221
1972	3,207,543	586,620
1973	3,283,496	592,808
1974	3,362,633	613,338
1975	3,445,407	650,966
1976	3,532,196	694,191
1977	3,623,202	741,789
1978	3,718,305	791,694
1979	3,818,528	819,867
1980	3,925,251	829,303
1981	4,038,307	842,432
1982	4,156,596	855,891
1983	4,278,978	869,592
1984	4,405,895	883,519
1985	4,538,012	897,697
1986	4,675,420	912,126
1987	4,818,486	926,862
1988	4,967,341	942,061
1989	5,121,657	957,789
1990	5,281,479	973,669
1991	5,446,932	994,639
1992	5,617,844	1,024,356
1993	5,872,706	1,058,745
1994	6,096,506	1,092,031
1995	6,226,773	1,119,949
1996	6,391,858	1,143,535
1997	6,583,365	1,165,545
1998	6,789,489	1,187,473
1999	7,002,818	1,210,206
2000	7,221,619	1,234,741
2001	7,445,596	1,261,273
2002	7,675,426	1,289,307
2003	7,913,070	1,318,806
2004	8,159,094	1,349,563
2005	8,426,144	1,381,585
2006	8,693,242	1,415,303
2007	8,953,969	1,450,986
2008	9,228,466	1,488,054
2009	9,509,423	1,526,377
2010	9,797,484	1,566,347
2011	10,093,623	1,608,076
2012	10,397,657	1,651,417
2013	10,708,834	1,695,973
2014	11,030,004	1,741,122
2015	11,360,681	1,786,457
2016	11,697,842	1,831,893
2017	12,039,780	1,877,072
2018	12,383,347	1,922,168
2019	12,726,755	1,967,696
2020	13,070,169	2,013,255
2021	13,413,417	2,058,841
2022	13,759,501	2,105,529
2023	14,111,034	2,153,339
2024	14,462,724	2,201,352

Fertility rates in Benin and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate

Benin

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.28	5.92
1961	6.4	5.93
1962	6.46	5.94
1963	6.51	5.95
1964	6.57	5.96
1965	6.61	5.97
1966	6.63	5.98
1967	6.64	5.99
1968	6.67	6.01
1969	6.71	6.02
1970	6.74	6.04
1971	6.77	6.06
1972	6.8	6.08
1973	6.81	6.1
1974	6.82	6.12
1975	6.83	6.15
1976	6.83	6.19
1977	6.83	6.25
1978	6.82	6.32
1979	6.91	6.4
1980	6.99	6.49
1981	7.06	6.57
1982	7.06	6.64
1983	7.05	6.69
1984	7.03	6.73
1985	7	6.74
1986	6.96	6.73
1987	6.92	6.72
1988	6.87	6.69
1989	6.82	6.66
1990	6.74	6.5
1991	6.67	6.47
1992	6.59	6.44
1993	6.51	6.37
1994	6.42	6.3
1995	6.33	6.22
1996	6.28	6.14
1997	6.23	6.06
1998	6.14	5.97
1999	6.03	5.87
2000	5.94	5.79
2001	5.85	5.69
2002	5.79	5.63
2003	5.76	5.58
2004	5.72	5.5
2005	5.69	5.46
2006	5.67	5.41
2007	5.63	5.37
2008	5.55	5.27
2009	5.49	5.18
2010	5.45	5.11
2011	5.44	5.07
2012	5.43	5
2013	5.41	4.93
2014	5.37	4.79
2015	5.32	4.66
2016	5.25	4.52
2017	5.16	4.35
2018	5.03	4.24
2019	4.9	4.15
2020	4.8	4.08
2021	4.71	4
2022	4.63	3.91
2023	4.56	3.84

Benin and Guinea-Bissau demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Guinea-Bissau
1960	20.8	22.9
1961	20.6	22.9
1962	20.3	22.6
1963	20.1	22.3
1964	19.9	21.7
1965	19.7	20.7
1966	19.5	19.9
1967	19.3	19.6
1968	19	19.5
1969	18.8	19.3
1970	18.6	19.1
1971	18.4	19
1972	18.3	18.8
1973	18.1	18.9
1974	17.9	18.9
1975	17.8	18.8
1976	17.7	18.5
1977	17.6	18.2
1978	17.5	17.8
1979	17.4	17.6
1980	17.3	17.7
1981	17.3	17.6
1982	17.2	17.5
1983	17.1	17.3
1984	17.1	17.2
1985	17	17.2
1986	17	17.1
1987	16.9	17.1
1988	16.9	17
1989	16.9	17
1990	16.9	17.1
1991	16.9	17.1
1992	16.9	17.1
1993	17.1	17.1
1994	17.2	17.1
1995	17	17.2
1996	16.9	17.2
1997	17	17.3
1998	17	17.3
1999	17.1	17.4
2000	17.1	17.4
2001	17.2	17.5
2002	17.3	17.6
2003	17.4	17.6
2004	17.4	17.7
2005	17.5	17.8
2006	17.6	17.9
2007	17.6	17.9
2008	17.7	18
2009	17.8	18.1
2010	17.8	18.2
2011	17.9	18.3
2012	18	18.3
2013	18	18.4
2014	18.1	18.5
2015	18.1	18.6
2016	18.2	18.8
2017	18.3	18.9
2018	18.3	19.1
2019	18.4	19.2
2020	18.5	19.4
2021	18.6	19.6
2022	18.7	19.8
2023	18.8	19.9
2024	19	20.2

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