Benin vs Iceland statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 99th vs. 104th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

Benin and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Benin and Iceland economies compared

GDP

Benin

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Iceland
1960	$226,195,578	$252,169,712
1961	$235,668,221	$257,703,245
1962	$236,434,954	$289,200,704
1963	$253,927,697	$345,175,036
1964	$269,819,006	$440,797,869
1965	$289,908,680	$531,569,564
1966	$302,925,235	$638,349,755
1967	$306,221,953	$630,567,116
1968	$326,323,105	$481,532,848
1969	$330,748,245	$420,945,148
1970	$333,627,713	$526,704,545
1971	$335,073,028	$670,251,136
1972	$410,331,857	$839,652,164
1973	$504,376,074	$1,154,440,253
1974	$554,654,861	$1,515,190,595
1975	$676,870,140	$1,406,875,081
1976	$698,408,262	$1,669,488,390
1977	$750,049,779	$2,208,509,076
1978	$928,843,469	$2,511,826,196
1979	$1,186,231,020	$2,853,435,054
1980	$1,405,251,847	$3,381,419,251
1981	$1,291,120,188	$3,492,997,010
1982	$1,267,778,670	$3,206,626,645
1983	$1,095,348,199	$2,765,950,336
1984	$1,051,134,009	$2,864,441,387
1985	$1,045,712,789	$2,984,052,357
1986	$1,336,102,025	$3,989,622,739
1987	$1,562,412,228	$5,520,318,405
1988	$1,620,246,084	$6,106,635,816
1989	$1,502,294,416	$5,672,569,449
1990	$1,959,965,330	$6,468,736,356
1991	$1,986,437,797	$6,909,730,288
1992	$1,695,315,306	$7,080,981,738
1993	$2,274,558,083	$6,218,581,532
1994	$1,598,075,944	$6,389,460,343
1995	$2,169,627,138	$7,123,633,418
1996	$2,361,116,449	$7,426,082,271
1997	$2,268,301,646	$7,569,672,925
1998	$2,455,092,686	$8,503,746,468
1999	$3,677,393,999	$8,982,047,589
2000	$3,519,991,440	$9,025,660,362
2001	$3,666,222,635	$8,234,846,805
2002	$4,194,342,686	$9,318,395,055
2003	$5,349,258,094	$11,429,333,038
2004	$6,190,270,380	$13,825,302,536
2005	$6,567,654,954	$16,852,963,067
2006	$7,034,111,315	$17,465,318,552
2007	$8,169,048,383	$21,652,505,597
2008	$9,787,734,526	$18,074,622,987
2009	$9,738,626,517	$13,154,414,219
2010	$9,535,345,016	$13,751,161,918
2011	$10,693,321,364	$15,221,622,926
2012	$11,141,358,116	$14,751,508,134
2013	$12,517,845,124	$16,125,060,515
2014	$13,284,527,847	$17,867,662,178
2015	$11,388,160,997	$17,517,210,519
2016	$11,821,065,853	$20,793,168,031
2017	$12,701,655,837	$24,728,285,177
2018	$14,262,408,090	$26,260,850,582
2019	$14,391,686,313	$24,681,343,649
2020	$15,686,741,894	$21,629,953,194
2021	$17,687,623,535	$25,770,339,317
2022	$17,425,405,084	$28,696,453,180
2023	$19,673,290,996	$31,452,223,862
2024	$21,482,643,720	$33,462,807,983

Benin and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Iceland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Iceland
1960	$89.9	$1,436
1961	$92.1	$1,439
1962	$90.8	$1,586
1963	$95.7	$1,859
1964	$99.8	$2,332
1965	$105.1	$2,764
1966	$107.6	$3,264
1967	$106.6	$3,173
1968	$111.2	$2,390
1969	$110.3	$2,070
1970	$108.8	$2,576
1971	$106.9	$3,252
1972	$127.9	$4,015
1973	$153.6	$5,437
1974	$164.9	$7,041
1975	$196.5	$6,454
1976	$197.7	$7,583
1977	$207	$9,957
1978	$249.8	$11,237
1979	$311	$12,641
1980	$358	$14,822
1981	$320	$15,137
1982	$305	$13,712
1983	$256	$11,672
1984	$238.6	$11,960
1985	$230.4	$12,361
1986	$285.8	$16,406
1987	$324	$22,453
1988	$326	$24,452
1989	$293.3	$22,434
1990	$371	$25,385
1991	$365	$26,803
1992	$302	$27,124
1993	$387	$23,580
1994	$262.1	$24,019
1995	$348	$26,634
1996	$369	$27,615
1997	$345	$27,919
1998	$362	$31,030
1999	$525	$32,382
2000	$487	$32,096
2001	$492	$28,897
2002	$546	$32,409
2003	$676	$39,477
2004	$759	$47,335
2005	$779	$56,795
2006	$809	$57,493
2007	$912	$69,496
2008	$1,061	$56,943
2009	$1,024	$41,301
2010	$973	$43,237
2011	$1,059	$47,715
2012	$1,072	$45,996
2013	$1,169	$49,805
2014	$1,204	$54,577
2015	$1,002	$52,952
2016	$1,011	$61,988
2017	$1,055	$72,010
2018	$1,152	$74,452
2019	$1,131	$68,452
2020	$1,200	$59,024
2021	$1,319	$69,178
2022	$1,266	$75,121
2023	$1,394	$79,960
2024	$1,485	$82,704

Benin vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Iceland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Iceland
1950	35.4	71
1951	35.7	71
1952	36	72.4
1953	36.3	72.3
1954	36.7	73.3
1955	37	73.3
1956	37.3	72.9
1957	37.6	73.4
1958	38	73.3
1959	38.4	72.6
1960	38.8	74
1961	39.2	73.4
1962	39.6	73.6
1963	40.1	72.9
1964	40.5	73.5
1965	41	73.8
1966	41.3	73.1
1967	41.8	73.7
1968	42.2	73.9
1969	42.6	73.7
1970	43	73.8
1971	43.4	73.5
1972	43.9	74.4
1973	44.4	74.3
1974	44.9	74.1
1975	45.4	75.3
1976	46	76.6
1977	46.5	76.1
1978	46.9	76.4
1979	47.4	76.5
1980	47.7	76.6
1981	48.1	76.2
1982	48.5	76.8
1983	48.8	76.4
1984	49.4	77.3
1985	50	77.4
1986	50.6	77.9
1987	51.3	77.1
1988	52	76.9
1989	52.5	77.9
1990	53	77.7
1991	53.4	77.8
1992	54.1	78.6
1993	54.6	78.8
1994	55	79
1995	55.4	77.5
1996	55.6	78.6
1997	56	78.7
1998	56.2	79.4
1999	56.3	79.2
2000	56.6	79.5
2001	56.7	80.4
2002	56.9	80.3
2003	57.1	80.8
2004	57.3	80.7
2005	57.7	81.2
2006	58	80.9
2007	58.2	81.1
2008	58.1	81.2
2009	58.3	81.4
2010	58.4	81.6
2011	58.5	82
2012	58.6	82.3
2013	58.9	81.7
2014	59	82.4
2015	59.1	82.2
2016	59.3	81.8
2017	59.5	82.2
2018	59.7	82.5
2019	59.9	82.8
2020	60.2	82.7
2021	59.6	82.8
2022	60.5	81.6
2023	60.8	82.7
2024	61	83
2025	61.1	83.2

Benin and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Iceland

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Iceland
1960	2,517,286	175,574
1961	2,559,223	179,029
1962	2,604,659	182,378
1963	2,652,908	185,653
1964	2,704,003	188,983
1965	2,757,936	192,286
1966	2,814,317	195,570
1967	2,872,997	198,751
1968	2,934,257	201,488
1969	2,998,222	203,369
1970	3,065,057	204,438
1971	3,134,767	206,098
1972	3,207,543	209,137
1973	3,283,496	212,317
1974	3,362,633	215,209
1975	3,445,407	217,979
1976	3,532,196	220,154
1977	3,623,202	221,799
1978	3,718,305	223,537
1979	3,818,528	225,735
1980	3,925,251	228,138
1981	4,038,307	230,755
1982	4,156,596	233,860
1983	4,278,978	236,977
1984	4,405,895	239,511
1985	4,538,012	241,405
1986	4,675,420	243,180
1987	4,818,486	245,859
1988	4,967,341	249,740
1989	5,121,657	252,852
1990	5,281,479	254,826
1991	5,446,932	257,797
1992	5,617,844	261,057
1993	5,872,706	263,725
1994	6,096,506	266,021
1995	6,226,773	267,468
1996	6,391,858	268,916
1997	6,583,365	271,128
1998	6,789,489	274,047
1999	7,002,818	277,381
2000	7,221,619	281,205
2001	7,445,596	284,968
2002	7,675,426	287,523
2003	7,913,070	289,521
2004	8,159,094	292,074
2005	8,426,144	296,734
2006	8,693,242	303,782
2007	8,953,969	311,566
2008	9,228,466	317,414
2009	9,509,423	318,499
2010	9,797,484	318,041
2011	10,093,623	319,014
2012	10,397,657	320,716
2013	10,708,834	323,764
2014	11,030,004	327,386
2015	11,360,681	330,815
2016	11,697,842	335,439
2017	12,039,780	343,400
2018	12,383,347	352,721
2019	12,726,755	360,563
2020	13,070,169	366,463
2021	13,413,417	372,520
2022	13,759,501	382,003
2023	14,111,034	393,349
2024	14,462,724	404,610

Fertility rates in Benin and Iceland

Fertility rate

Benin

Iceland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Iceland
1960	6.28	4.29
1961	6.4	3.88
1962	6.46	3.98
1963	6.51	3.99
1964	6.57	3.88
1965	6.61	3.73
1966	6.63	3.59
1967	6.64	3.28
1968	6.67	3.06
1969	6.71	2.99
1970	6.74	2.81
1971	6.77	2.92
1972	6.8	3.09
1973	6.81	2.94
1974	6.82	2.66
1975	6.83	2.65
1976	6.83	2.52
1977	6.83	2.31
1978	6.82	2.35
1979	6.91	2.49
1980	6.99	2.48
1981	7.06	2.33
1982	7.06	2.27
1983	7.05	2.24
1984	7.03	2.08
1985	7	1.93
1986	6.96	1.92
1987	6.92	2.06
1988	6.87	2.26
1989	6.82	2.19
1990	6.74	2.3
1991	6.67	2.18
1992	6.59	2.21
1993	6.51	2.22
1994	6.42	2.14
1995	6.33	2.08
1996	6.28	2.12
1997	6.23	2.04
1998	6.14	2.05
1999	6.03	1.99
2000	5.94	2.08
2001	5.85	1.95
2002	5.79	1.93
2003	5.76	1.99
2004	5.72	2.04
2005	5.69	2.05
2006	5.67	2.08
2007	5.63	2.09
2008	5.55	2.15
2009	5.49	2.23
2010	5.45	2.2
2011	5.44	2.02
2012	5.43	2.04
2013	5.41	1.93
2014	5.37	1.93
2015	5.32	1.8
2016	5.25	1.74
2017	5.16	1.71
2018	5.03	1.71
2019	4.9	1.74
2020	4.8	1.72
2021	4.71	1.82
2022	4.63	1.59
2023	4.56	1.59

Benin and Iceland demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Iceland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Iceland
1960	20.8	25.4
1961	20.6	25.2
1962	20.3	24.9
1963	20.1	24.7
1964	19.9	24.4
1965	19.7	24.2
1966	19.5	24.1
1967	19.3	24.1
1968	19	24.2
1969	18.8	24.3
1970	18.6	24.5
1971	18.4	24.7
1972	18.3	24.8
1973	18.1	24.9
1974	17.9	25.1
1975	17.8	25.4
1976	17.7	25.7
1977	17.6	26
1978	17.5	26.4
1979	17.4	26.7
1980	17.3	26.9
1981	17.3	27.2
1982	17.2	27.5
1983	17.1	27.7
1984	17.1	28
1985	17	28.4
1986	17	28.8
1987	16.9	29.1
1988	16.9	29.3
1989	16.9	29.6
1990	16.9	30
1991	16.9	30.2
1992	16.9	30.5
1993	17.1	30.8
1994	17.2	31.1
1995	17	31.5
1996	16.9	31.8
1997	17	32.1
1998	17	32.4
1999	17.1	32.6
2000	17.1	32.8
2001	17.2	33
2002	17.3	33.4
2003	17.4	33.7
2004	17.4	34
2005	17.5	34.2
2006	17.6	34.5
2007	17.6	34.6
2008	17.7	34.5
2009	17.8	34.6
2010	17.8	34.9
2011	17.9	35.1
2012	18	35.4
2013	18	35.5
2014	18.1	35.7
2015	18.1	36
2016	18.2	36.2
2017	18.3	36.3
2018	18.3	36.4
2019	18.4	36.5
2020	18.5	36.6
2021	18.6	36.7
2022	18.7	36.7
2023	18.8	36.9
2024	19	37.1

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