Benin vs Ireland statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 99th vs. 119th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

Benin and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Benin and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Benin

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Ireland
1960	$226,195,578	$1,998,550,222
1961	$235,668,221	$2,151,772,980
1962	$236,434,954	$2,329,372,972
1963	$253,927,697	$2,505,073,358
1964	$269,819,006	$2,851,091,646
1965	$289,908,680	$3,035,655,794
1966	$302,925,235	$3,198,820,904
1967	$306,221,953	$3,445,739,915
1968	$326,323,105	$3,378,701,147
1969	$330,748,245	$3,902,721,632
1970	$333,627,713	$4,395,995,086
1971	$335,073,028	$5,098,250,287
1972	$410,331,857	$6,318,060,582
1973	$504,376,074	$7,481,173,066
1974	$554,654,861	$7,896,860,615
1975	$676,870,140	$9,483,808,362
1976	$698,408,262	$9,453,756,015
1977	$750,049,779	$11,248,340,431
1978	$928,843,469	$14,647,996,074
1979	$1,186,231,020	$18,319,334,300
1980	$1,405,251,847	$21,747,855,640
1981	$1,291,120,188	$20,670,190,138
1982	$1,267,778,670	$21,474,754,080
1983	$1,095,348,199	$20,766,047,764
1984	$1,051,134,009	$20,106,648,455
1985	$1,045,712,789	$21,270,013,326
1986	$1,336,102,025	$28,714,571,852
1987	$1,562,412,228	$33,920,518,493
1988	$1,620,246,084	$37,772,897,421
1989	$1,502,294,416	$39,238,392,678
1990	$1,959,965,330	$49,305,632,408
1991	$1,986,437,797	$49,787,502,852
1992	$1,695,315,306	$55,918,538,121
1993	$2,274,558,083	$52,417,477,614
1994	$1,598,075,944	$57,097,656,066
1995	$2,169,627,138	$69,139,823,232
1996	$2,361,116,449	$75,790,785,030
1997	$2,268,301,646	$82,856,648,758
1998	$2,455,092,686	$90,199,410,116
1999	$3,677,393,999	$98,893,958,263
2000	$3,519,991,440	$100,207,610,430
2001	$3,666,222,635	$109,346,669,230
2002	$4,194,342,686	$128,596,035,288
2003	$5,349,258,094	$164,670,771,260
2004	$6,190,270,380	$194,372,115,041
2005	$6,567,654,954	$211,876,989,656
2006	$7,034,111,315	$232,180,617,162
2007	$8,169,048,383	$270,079,279,420
2008	$9,787,734,526	$275,447,471,451
2009	$9,738,626,517	$236,443,117,248
2010	$9,535,345,016	$221,985,621,538
2011	$10,693,321,364	$241,337,364,610
2012	$11,141,358,116	$227,270,922,957
2013	$12,517,845,124	$243,301,556,085
2014	$13,284,527,847	$266,787,238,499
2015	$11,388,160,997	$302,391,428,540
2016	$11,821,065,853	$305,733,136,181
2017	$12,701,655,837	$348,532,394,024
2018	$14,262,408,090	$395,461,216,460
2019	$14,391,686,313	$407,124,824,065
2020	$15,686,741,894	$436,555,518,400
2021	$17,687,623,535	$531,306,516,908
2022	$17,425,405,084	$548,570,250,342
2023	$19,673,290,996	$551,394,889,340
2024	$21,482,643,720	$577,389,475,010

Benin and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Ireland
1960	$89.9	$707
1961	$92.1	$762
1962	$90.8	$821
1963	$95.7	$878
1964	$99.8	$995
1965	$105.1	$1,055
1966	$107.6	$1,107
1967	$106.6	$1,187
1968	$111.2	$1,159
1969	$110.3	$1,331
1970	$108.8	$1,487
1971	$106.9	$1,704
1972	$127.9	$2,080
1973	$153.6	$2,424
1974	$164.9	$2,517
1975	$196.5	$2,973
1976	$197.7	$2,920
1977	$207	$3,427
1978	$249.8	$4,400
1979	$311	$5,430
1980	$358	$6,372
1981	$320	$5,986
1982	$305	$6,161
1983	$256	$5,915
1984	$238.6	$5,692
1985	$230.4	$6,012
1986	$285.8	$8,112
1987	$324	$9,582
1988	$326	$10,716
1989	$293.3	$11,176
1990	$371	$14,031
1991	$365	$14,087
1992	$302	$15,714
1993	$387	$14,657
1994	$262.1	$15,903
1995	$348	$19,158
1996	$369	$20,836
1997	$345	$22,551
1998	$362	$24,295
1999	$525	$26,338
2000	$487	$26,335
2001	$492	$28,282
2002	$546	$32,705
2003	$676	$41,204
2004	$759	$47,754
2005	$779	$50,933
2006	$809	$54,329
2007	$912	$61,396
2008	$1,061	$61,353
2009	$1,024	$52,133
2010	$973	$48,679
2011	$1,059	$52,693
2012	$1,072	$49,412
2013	$1,169	$52,619
2014	$1,204	$57,278
2015	$1,002	$64,312
2016	$1,011	$64,193
2017	$1,055	$72,198
2018	$1,152	$80,739
2019	$1,131	$81,810
2020	$1,200	$86,623
2021	$1,319	$103,962
2022	$1,266	$105,235
2023	$1,394	$103,888
2024	$1,485	$107,316

Benin vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Ireland
1950	35.4	65.6
1951	35.7	64.8
1952	36	67.2
1953	36.3	67.9
1954	36.7	68
1955	37	68
1956	37.3	69
1957	37.6	69
1958	38	69.3
1959	38.4	69.4
1960	38.8	70.2
1961	39.2	69.6
1962	39.6	69.9
1963	40.1	70.2
1964	40.5	70.4
1965	41	70.6
1966	41.3	70.2
1967	41.8	71.2
1968	42.2	70.9
1969	42.6	70.8
1970	43	70.8
1971	43.4	71.6
1972	43.9	71
1973	44.4	71.2
1974	44.9	71.1
1975	45.4	71.7
1976	46	71.8
1977	46.5	71.9
1978	46.9	71.9
1979	47.4	72.2
1980	47.7	72.5
1981	48.1	72.9
1982	48.5	73.2
1983	48.8	73.2
1984	49.4	73.6
1985	50	73.6
1986	50.6	73.6
1987	51.3	74.4
1988	52	74.4
1989	52.5	74.5
1990	53	74.8
1991	53.4	75
1992	54.1	75.4
1993	54.6	75.3
1994	55	75.8
1995	55.4	75.5
1996	55.6	75.8
1997	56	76
1998	56.2	76.2
1999	56.3	76.1
2000	56.6	76.5
2001	56.7	77.1
2002	56.9	77.6
2003	57.1	78.1
2004	57.3	78.5
2005	57.7	78.9
2006	58	79.2
2007	58.2	79.6
2008	58.1	79.8
2009	58.3	80.1
2010	58.4	80.6
2011	58.5	80.7
2012	58.6	80.9
2013	58.9	81.1
2014	59	81.4
2015	59.1	81.5
2016	59.3	81.7
2017	59.5	82.1
2018	59.7	82.1
2019	59.9	82.4
2020	60.2	82.4
2021	59.6	81.9
2022	60.5	82.1
2023	60.8	82.4
2024	61	82.6
2025	61.1	82.7

Benin and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Ireland
1960	2,517,286	2,828,600
1961	2,559,223	2,824,400
1962	2,604,659	2,836,050
1963	2,652,908	2,852,650
1964	2,704,003	2,866,550
1965	2,757,936	2,877,300
1966	2,814,317	2,888,800
1967	2,872,997	2,902,450
1968	2,934,257	2,915,550
1969	2,998,222	2,932,650
1970	3,065,057	2,957,250
1971	3,134,767	2,992,050
1972	3,207,543	3,036,850
1973	3,283,496	3,085,950
1974	3,362,633	3,137,500
1975	3,445,407	3,189,550
1976	3,532,196	3,238,050
1977	3,623,202	3,282,200
1978	3,718,305	3,329,100
1979	3,818,528	3,373,750
1980	3,925,251	3,412,800
1981	4,038,307	3,453,000
1982	4,156,596	3,485,800
1983	4,278,978	3,510,600
1984	4,405,895	3,532,423
1985	4,538,012	3,538,082
1986	4,675,420	3,539,690
1987	4,818,486	3,540,057
1988	4,967,341	3,524,949
1989	5,121,657	3,511,009
1990	5,281,479	3,513,974
1991	5,446,932	3,534,235
1992	5,617,844	3,558,430
1993	5,872,706	3,576,261
1994	6,096,506	3,590,386
1995	6,226,773	3,608,841
1996	6,391,858	3,637,510
1997	6,583,365	3,674,171
1998	6,789,489	3,712,696
1999	7,002,818	3,754,786
2000	7,221,619	3,805,174
2001	7,445,596	3,866,243
2002	7,675,426	3,931,947
2003	7,913,070	3,996,521
2004	8,159,094	4,070,262
2005	8,426,144	4,159,914
2006	8,693,242	4,273,591
2007	8,953,969	4,398,942
2008	9,228,466	4,489,544
2009	9,509,423	4,535,375
2010	9,797,484	4,560,155
2011	10,093,623	4,580,084
2012	10,397,657	4,599,533
2013	10,708,834	4,623,816
2014	11,030,004	4,657,740
2015	11,360,681	4,701,957
2016	11,697,842	4,762,722
2017	12,039,780	4,827,445
2018	12,383,347	4,898,022
2019	12,726,755	4,976,456
2020	13,070,169	5,039,747
2021	13,413,417	5,110,585
2022	13,759,501	5,212,836
2023	14,111,034	5,307,600
2024	14,462,724	5,380,257

Fertility rates in Benin and Ireland

Fertility rate

Benin

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Ireland
1960	6.28	3.78
1961	6.4	3.78
1962	6.46	3.92
1963	6.51	4.01
1964	6.57	4.07
1965	6.61	4.04
1966	6.63	3.94
1967	6.64	3.84
1968	6.67	3.77
1969	6.71	3.83
1970	6.74	3.85
1971	6.77	3.93
1972	6.8	3.84
1973	6.81	3.71
1974	6.82	3.59
1975	6.83	3.37
1976	6.83	3.29
1977	6.83	3.24
1978	6.82	3.21
1979	6.91	3.21
1980	6.99	3.21
1981	7.06	3.05
1982	7.06	2.94
1983	7.05	2.74
1984	7.03	2.58
1985	7	2.48
1986	6.96	2.44
1987	6.92	2.32
1988	6.87	2.17
1989	6.82	2.08
1990	6.74	2.11
1991	6.67	2.08
1992	6.59	1.99
1993	6.51	1.9
1994	6.42	1.85
1995	6.33	1.84
1996	6.28	1.88
1997	6.23	1.93
1998	6.14	1.94
1999	6.03	1.9
2000	5.94	1.89
2001	5.85	1.94
2002	5.79	1.97
2003	5.76	1.96
2004	5.72	1.93
2005	5.69	1.86
2006	5.67	1.91
2007	5.63	2.01
2008	5.55	2.06
2009	5.49	2.06
2010	5.45	2.05
2011	5.44	2.03
2012	5.43	1.98
2013	5.41	1.93
2014	5.37	1.89
2015	5.32	1.85
2016	5.25	1.81
2017	5.16	1.77
2018	5.03	1.75
2019	4.9	1.71
2020	4.8	1.63
2021	4.71	1.78
2022	4.63	1.54
2023	4.56	1.5

Benin and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Ireland
1960	20.8	30.1
1961	20.6	29.8
1962	20.3	29.5
1963	20.1	29.2
1964	19.9	28.9
1965	19.7	28.6
1966	19.5	28.2
1967	19.3	28
1968	19	27.8
1969	18.8	27.6
1970	18.6	27.4
1971	18.4	27.1
1972	18.3	26.9
1973	18.1	26.7
1974	17.9	26.5
1975	17.8	26.5
1976	17.7	26.4
1977	17.6	26.5
1978	17.5	26.5
1979	17.4	26.5
1980	17.3	26.5
1981	17.3	26.6
1982	17.2	26.7
1983	17.1	26.9
1984	17.1	27.1
1985	17	27.3
1986	17	27.6
1987	16.9	27.9
1988	16.9	28.4
1989	16.9	28.8
1990	16.9	29.2
1991	16.9	29.6
1992	16.9	29.9
1993	17.1	30.2
1994	17.2	30.6
1995	17	30.9
1996	16.9	31.3
1997	17	31.6
1998	17	31.9
1999	17.1	32.2
2000	17.1	32.5
2001	17.2	32.7
2002	17.3	33
2003	17.4	33.2
2004	17.4	33.4
2005	17.5	33.4
2006	17.6	33.4
2007	17.6	33.4
2008	17.7	33.5
2009	17.8	33.9
2010	17.8	34.3
2011	17.9	34.8
2012	18	35.2
2013	18	35.6
2014	18.1	36
2015	18.1	36.4
2016	18.2	36.8
2017	18.3	37.1
2018	18.3	37.4
2019	18.4	37.8
2020	18.5	38.2
2021	18.6	38.6
2022	18.7	38.9
2023	18.8	39.4
2024	19	39.7

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