Benin vs Iran statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 99th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Benin and Iran: Comparison Charts

Benin and Iran economies compared

GDP

Benin

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Iran
1960	$226,195,578	$4,199,134,390
1961	$235,668,221	$4,426,949,095
1962	$236,434,954	$4,693,566,416
1963	$253,927,697	$4,928,628,018
1964	$269,819,006	$5,379,845,648
1965	$289,908,680	$6,197,319,929
1966	$302,925,235	$6,789,938,672
1967	$306,221,953	$7,555,383,690
1968	$326,323,105	$8,623,172,960
1969	$330,748,245	$9,743,089,607
1970	$333,627,713	$10,976,245,154
1971	$335,073,028	$13,731,802,833
1972	$410,331,857	$17,153,463,263
1973	$504,376,074	$27,081,698,250
1974	$554,654,861	$46,209,092,072
1975	$676,870,140	$51,776,222,350
1976	$698,408,262	$68,055,295,081
1977	$750,049,779	$80,600,122,702
1978	$928,843,469	$77,994,316,621
1979	$1,186,231,020	$90,391,877,326
1980	$1,405,251,847	$94,362,275,580
1981	$1,291,120,188	$100,499,312,750
1982	$1,267,778,670	$125,948,756,439
1983	$1,095,348,199	$156,365,156,618
1984	$1,051,134,009	$162,276,728,620
1985	$1,045,712,789	$180,183,629,600
1986	$1,336,102,025	$209,094,561,833
1987	$1,562,412,228	$134,009,995,923
1988	$1,620,246,084	$123,057,861,334
1989	$1,502,294,416	$120,496,362,916
1990	$1,959,965,330	$124,813,263,926
1991	$1,986,437,797	$131,637,664,958
1992	$1,695,315,306	$119,768,691,217
1993	$2,274,558,083	$63,743,623,231
1994	$1,598,075,944	$71,841,461,172
1995	$2,169,627,138	$96,419,225,745
1996	$2,361,116,449	$120,403,931,883
1997	$2,268,301,646	$113,919,163,421
1998	$2,455,092,686	$110,276,913,362
1999	$3,677,393,999	$113,848,450,089
2000	$3,519,991,440	$109,591,707,801
2001	$3,666,222,635	$126,878,750,296
2002	$4,194,342,686	$128,626,917,504
2003	$5,349,258,094	$151,911,222,120
2004	$6,190,270,380	$187,754,571,247
2005	$6,567,654,954	$224,970,371,329
2006	$7,034,111,315	$265,602,187,406
2007	$8,169,048,383	$349,736,591,836
2008	$9,787,734,526	$406,070,949,551
2009	$9,738,626,517	$414,059,094,950
2010	$9,535,345,016	$487,069,570,461
2011	$10,693,321,364	$629,082,257,472
2012	$11,141,358,116	$644,019,315,004
2013	$12,517,845,124	$500,399,839,840
2014	$13,284,527,847	$462,284,793,281
2015	$11,388,160,997	$409,191,686,497
2016	$11,821,065,853	$459,042,684,193
2017	$12,701,655,837	$489,168,731,811
2018	$14,262,408,090	$398,880,231,367
2019	$14,391,686,313	$333,519,146,339
2020	$15,686,741,894	$262,186,179,356
2021	$17,687,623,535	$383,436,202,447
2022	$17,425,405,084	$394,362,621,793
2023	$19,673,290,996	$404,625,655,076
2024	$21,482,643,720	$436,906,331,672

Benin and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Iran
1960	$89.9	$195.6
1961	$92.1	$200.1
1962	$90.8	$205.8
1963	$95.7	$209.6
1964	$99.8	$221.7
1965	$105.1	$247.5
1966	$107.6	$262.9
1967	$106.6	$283.7
1968	$111.2	$314
1969	$110.3	$345
1970	$108.8	$377
1971	$106.9	$457
1972	$127.9	$555
1973	$153.6	$851
1974	$164.9	$1,409
1975	$196.5	$1,532
1976	$197.7	$1,954
1977	$207	$2,243
1978	$249.8	$2,101
1979	$311	$2,352
1980	$358	$2,368
1981	$320	$2,393
1982	$305	$2,845
1983	$256	$3,397
1984	$238.6	$3,395
1985	$230.4	$3,634
1986	$285.8	$4,064
1987	$324	$2,513
1988	$326	$2,234
1989	$293.3	$2,125
1990	$371	$2,138
1991	$365	$2,194
1992	$302	$1,957
1993	$387	$1,038
1994	$262.1	$1,168
1995	$348	$1,550
1996	$369	$1,915
1997	$345	$1,790
1998	$362	$1,709
1999	$525	$1,740
2000	$487	$1,650
2001	$492	$1,881
2002	$546	$1,891
2003	$676	$2,209
2004	$759	$2,672
2005	$779	$3,132
2006	$809	$3,619
2007	$912	$4,688
2008	$1,061	$5,377
2009	$1,024	$5,416
2010	$973	$6,291
2011	$1,059	$8,026
2012	$1,072	$8,114
2013	$1,169	$6,223
2014	$1,204	$5,672
2015	$1,002	$4,953
2016	$1,011	$5,477
2017	$1,055	$5,753
2018	$1,152	$4,632
2019	$1,131	$3,831
2020	$1,200	$2,989
2021	$1,319	$4,335
2022	$1,266	$4,405
2023	$1,394	$4,466
2024	$1,485	$4,771

Benin vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Iran
1950	35.4	38.2
1951	35.7	38.7
1952	36	39.2
1953	36.3	39.5
1954	36.7	40
1955	37	40.6
1956	37.3	41.1
1957	37.6	41.3
1958	38	42.2
1959	38.4	42.8
1960	38.8	43.3
1961	39.2	43.9
1962	39.6	43.8
1963	40.1	45.1
1964	40.5	45.7
1965	41	46.4
1966	41.3	47.1
1967	41.8	47.8
1968	42.2	47.9
1969	42.6	49.4
1970	43	50.2
1971	43.4	51.1
1972	43.9	51.7
1973	44.4	52.9
1974	44.9	53.9
1975	45.4	54.8
1976	46	55.8
1977	46.5	56.7
1978	46.9	56
1979	47.4	58.5
1980	47.7	58.4
1981	48.1	56.6
1982	48.5	57.6
1983	48.8	58.5
1984	49.4	60.9
1985	50	61.5
1986	50.6	62.1
1987	51.3	62.7
1988	52	63.3
1989	52.5	65.3
1990	53	64.1
1991	53.4	66.2
1992	54.1	66.7
1993	54.6	67
1994	55	67.5
1995	55.4	67.9
1996	55.6	68.3
1997	56	68.6
1998	56.2	69.2
1999	56.3	69.7
2000	56.6	70.2
2001	56.7	70.6
2002	56.9	71.1
2003	57.1	70.5
2004	57.3	72
2005	57.7	72.4
2006	58	72.9
2007	58.2	73.3
2008	58.1	73.7
2009	58.3	74
2010	58.4	74.4
2011	58.5	74.7
2012	58.6	75
2013	58.9	75.3
2014	59	75.6
2015	59.1	75.9
2016	59.3	76.2
2017	59.5	76.4
2018	59.7	76.6
2019	59.9	76.9
2020	60.2	74.1
2021	59.6	73.8
2022	60.5	76.8
2023	60.8	77.7
2024	61	77.9
2025	61.1	78.1

Benin and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Iran
1960	2,517,286	21,470,434
1961	2,559,223	22,125,726
1962	2,604,659	22,807,907
1963	2,652,908	23,519,005
1964	2,704,003	24,262,859
1965	2,757,936	25,036,978
1966	2,814,317	25,829,270
1967	2,872,997	26,628,432
1968	2,934,257	27,437,391
1969	2,998,222	28,273,482
1970	3,065,057	29,145,100
1971	3,134,767	30,029,071
1972	3,207,543	30,921,179
1973	3,283,496	31,839,838
1974	3,362,633	32,796,463
1975	3,445,407	33,802,973
1976	3,532,196	34,837,271
1977	3,623,202	35,933,181
1978	3,718,305	37,126,535
1979	3,818,528	38,424,952
1980	3,925,251	39,842,324
1981	4,038,307	41,989,312
1982	4,156,596	44,272,141
1983	4,278,978	46,029,535
1984	4,405,895	47,793,998
1985	4,538,012	49,582,289
1986	4,675,420	51,446,045
1987	4,818,486	53,323,493
1988	4,967,341	55,072,694
1989	5,121,657	56,704,914
1990	5,281,479	58,380,092
1991	5,446,932	59,986,931
1992	5,617,844	61,184,983
1993	5,872,706	61,403,543
1994	6,096,506	61,520,598
1995	6,226,773	62,205,567
1996	6,391,858	62,881,300
1997	6,583,365	63,639,638
1998	6,789,489	64,519,859
1999	7,002,818	65,445,391
2000	7,221,619	66,418,659
2001	7,445,596	67,452,005
2002	7,675,426	68,011,317
2003	7,913,070	68,769,340
2004	8,159,094	70,256,316
2005	8,426,144	71,828,455
2006	8,693,242	73,392,747
2007	8,953,969	74,602,648
2008	9,228,466	75,514,204
2009	9,509,423	76,457,825
2010	9,797,484	77,420,842
2011	10,093,623	78,383,598
2012	10,397,657	79,370,580
2013	10,708,834	80,414,686
2014	11,030,004	81,502,045
2015	11,360,681	82,619,362
2016	11,697,842	83,812,228
2017	12,039,780	85,026,754
2018	12,383,347	86,117,998
2019	12,726,755	87,051,648
2020	13,070,169	87,723,443
2021	13,413,417	88,455,488
2022	13,759,501	89,524,246
2023	14,111,034	90,608,707
2024	14,462,724	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Benin and Iran

Fertility rate

Benin

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Iran
1960	6.28	7.52
1961	6.4	7.46
1962	6.46	7.4
1963	6.51	7.32
1964	6.57	7.24
1965	6.61	7.22
1966	6.63	7.21
1967	6.64	7.19
1968	6.67	7.12
1969	6.71	7.01
1970	6.74	6.8
1971	6.77	6.55
1972	6.8	6.26
1973	6.81	6.06
1974	6.82	5.97
1975	6.83	5.95
1976	6.83	6.07
1977	6.83	6.18
1978	6.82	6.34
1979	6.91	6.55
1980	6.99	6.63
1981	7.06	6.62
1982	7.06	6.59
1983	7.05	6.53
1984	7.03	6.43
1985	7	6.24
1986	6.96	6.01
1987	6.92	5.72
1988	6.87	5.43
1989	6.82	5.17
1990	6.74	4.93
1991	6.67	4.57
1992	6.59	4.1
1993	6.51	3.67
1994	6.42	3.24
1995	6.33	2.85
1996	6.28	2.54
1997	6.23	2.32
1998	6.14	2.19
1999	6.03	2.09
2000	5.94	2
2001	5.85	1.92
2002	5.79	1.84
2003	5.76	1.8
2004	5.72	1.78
2005	5.69	1.76
2006	5.67	1.76
2007	5.63	1.75
2008	5.55	1.74
2009	5.49	1.74
2010	5.45	1.75
2011	5.44	1.79
2012	5.43	1.85
2013	5.41	1.91
2014	5.37	1.98
2015	5.32	2.02
2016	5.25	2.05
2017	5.16	2.02
2018	5.03	1.92
2019	4.9	1.77
2020	4.8	1.7
2021	4.71	1.71
2022	4.63	1.7
2023	4.56	1.7

Benin and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Iran
1960	20.8	19.1
1961	20.6	18.7
1962	20.3	18.4
1963	20.1	18.1
1964	19.9	17.9
1965	19.7	17.8
1966	19.5	17.7
1967	19.3	17.7
1968	19	17.6
1969	18.8	17.6
1970	18.6	17.6
1971	18.4	17.7
1972	18.3	17.8
1973	18.1	17.9
1974	17.9	18
1975	17.8	18.1
1976	17.7	18.2
1977	17.6	18.3
1978	17.5	18.3
1979	17.4	18.3
1980	17.3	18.2
1981	17.3	18.4
1982	17.2	18.6
1983	17.1	18.5
1984	17.1	18.4
1985	17	18.3
1986	17	18.2
1987	16.9	18.2
1988	16.9	18.2
1989	16.9	18.1
1990	16.9	18.2
1991	16.9	18.3
1992	16.9	18.4
1993	17.1	18.3
1994	17.2	18.4
1995	17	18.7
1996	16.9	19.1
1997	17	19.5
1998	17	20
1999	17.1	20.7
2000	17.1	21.4
2001	17.2	22
2002	17.3	22.6
2003	17.4	23.1
2004	17.4	23.7
2005	17.5	24.3
2006	17.6	24.8
2007	17.6	25.5
2008	17.7	26.1
2009	17.8	26.6
2010	17.8	27.2
2011	17.9	27.7
2012	18	28.2
2013	18	28.7
2014	18.1	29.2
2015	18.1	29.7
2016	18.2	30.2
2017	18.3	30.7
2018	18.3	31.2
2019	18.4	31.7
2020	18.5	32.3
2021	18.6	32.8
2022	18.7	33.3
2023	18.8	33.8
2024	19	34.3

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