Benin vs Jamaica statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 2.84M in Jamaica (ranked 139/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica (ranked 99th vs. 159th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020).

Benin and Jamaica: Comparison Charts

Benin and Jamaica economies compared

GDP

Benin

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Jamaica
1960	$226,195,578	$699,064,380
1961	$235,668,221	$748,043,501
1962	$236,434,954	$777,727,689
1963	$253,927,697	$826,706,669
1964	$269,819,006	$897,949,001
1965	$289,908,680	$972,159,611
1966	$302,925,235	$1,096,759,561
1967	$306,221,953	$1,148,014,311
1968	$326,323,105	$1,083,839,133
1969	$330,748,245	$1,191,239,047
1970	$333,627,713	$1,404,720,442
1971	$335,073,028	$1,539,861,816
1972	$410,331,857	$1,875,146,587
1973	$504,376,074	$1,905,917,553
1974	$554,654,861	$2,375,122,375
1975	$676,870,140	$2,860,442,750
1976	$698,408,262	$2,966,042,856
1977	$750,049,779	$3,249,733,140
1978	$928,843,469	$2,644,527,822
1979	$1,186,231,020	$2,425,064,229
1980	$1,405,251,847	$2,679,379,372
1981	$1,291,120,188	$2,979,027,966
1982	$1,267,778,670	$3,293,496,312
1983	$1,095,348,199	$3,619,262,277
1984	$1,051,134,009	$2,373,564,549
1985	$1,045,712,789	$2,100,239,019
1986	$1,336,102,025	$2,754,549,582
1987	$1,562,412,228	$3,287,007,322
1988	$1,620,246,084	$3,828,342,820
1989	$1,502,294,416	$4,404,937,853
1990	$1,959,965,330	$4,592,208,087
1991	$1,986,437,797	$4,106,207,649
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,535,460,090
1993	$2,274,558,083	$5,440,075,676
1994	$1,598,075,944	$5,452,558,947
1995	$2,169,627,138	$6,577,520,643
1996	$2,361,116,449	$7,393,891,921
1997	$2,268,301,646	$8,400,041,724
1998	$2,455,092,686	$8,787,195,622
1999	$3,677,393,999	$8,887,057,997
2000	$3,519,991,440	$9,005,064,475
2001	$3,666,222,635	$9,194,727,831
2002	$4,194,342,686	$9,719,009,495
2003	$5,349,258,094	$9,430,234,811
2004	$6,190,270,380	$10,174,664,854
2005	$6,567,654,954	$11,243,865,778
2006	$7,034,111,315	$11,930,179,090
2007	$8,169,048,383	$12,799,600,047
2008	$9,787,734,526	$13,709,401,520
2009	$9,738,626,517	$12,120,458,115
2010	$9,535,345,016	$13,220,549,908
2011	$10,693,321,364	$14,444,661,522
2012	$11,141,358,116	$14,807,086,556
2013	$12,517,845,124	$14,264,205,153
2014	$13,284,527,847	$13,899,217,680
2015	$11,388,160,997	$14,188,936,918
2016	$11,821,065,853	$14,077,096,677
2017	$12,701,655,837	$14,808,985,133
2018	$14,262,408,090	$15,730,792,876
2019	$14,391,686,313	$15,830,766,531
2020	$15,686,741,894	$13,812,421,836
2021	$17,687,623,535	$14,657,586,159
2022	$17,425,405,084	$17,097,760,687
2023	$19,673,290,996	$19,423,355,367
2024	$21,482,643,720	$19,930,288,337

Benin and Jamaica economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Jamaica
1960	$89.9	$424
1961	$92.1	$447
1962	$90.8	$458
1963	$95.7	$480
1964	$99.8	$514
1965	$105.1	$549
1966	$107.6	$612
1967	$106.6	$633
1968	$111.2	$591
1969	$110.3	$642
1970	$108.8	$748
1971	$106.9	$809
1972	$127.9	$971
1973	$153.6	$972
1974	$164.9	$1,193
1975	$196.5	$1,417
1976	$197.7	$1,450
1977	$207	$1,569
1978	$249.8	$1,262
1979	$311	$1,144
1980	$358	$1,249
1981	$320	$1,370
1982	$305	$1,494
1983	$256	$1,619
1984	$238.6	$1,048
1985	$230.4	$917
1986	$285.8	$1,191
1987	$324	$1,411
1988	$326	$1,632
1989	$293.3	$1,865
1990	$371	$1,930
1991	$365	$1,710
1992	$302	$1,458
1993	$387	$2,221
1994	$262.1	$2,203
1995	$348	$2,631
1996	$369	$2,929
1997	$345	$3,297
1998	$362	$3,419
1999	$525	$3,432
2000	$487	$3,453
2001	$492	$3,504
2002	$546	$3,681
2003	$676	$3,550
2004	$759	$3,808
2005	$779	$4,184
2006	$809	$4,417
2007	$912	$4,716
2008	$1,061	$5,030
2009	$1,024	$4,428
2010	$973	$4,810
2011	$1,059	$5,233
2012	$1,072	$5,341
2013	$1,169	$5,124
2014	$1,204	$4,975
2015	$1,002	$5,063
2016	$1,011	$5,010
2017	$1,055	$5,259
2018	$1,152	$5,578
2019	$1,131	$5,607
2020	$1,200	$4,879
2021	$1,319	$5,165
2022	$1,266	$6,022
2023	$1,394	$6,840
2024	$1,485	$7,020

Benin vs. Jamaica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Jamaica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Jamaica
1950	35.4	56.6
1951	35.7	57.1
1952	36	58.1
1953	36.3	58.9
1954	36.7	59.6
1955	37	60.4
1956	37.3	61.2
1957	37.6	61.9
1958	38	62.6
1959	38.4	63.2
1960	38.8	63.8
1961	39.2	64.3
1962	39.6	64.6
1963	40.1	65
1964	40.5	65.3
1965	41	65.7
1966	41.3	65.9
1967	41.8	66.1
1968	42.2	66.3
1969	42.6	66.5
1970	43	66.7
1971	43.4	67
1972	43.9	67.3
1973	44.4	67.6
1974	44.9	67.9
1975	45.4	68.2
1976	46	68.4
1977	46.5	68.6
1978	46.9	68.7
1979	47.4	68.8
1980	47.7	69
1981	48.1	69.1
1982	48.5	69.3
1983	48.8	69.5
1984	49.4	69.8
1985	50	70.1
1986	50.6	70.4
1987	51.3	70.9
1988	52	71.2
1989	52.5	71.5
1990	53	71.7
1991	53.4	71.8
1992	54.1	71.8
1993	54.6	71.8
1994	55	71.6
1995	55.4	71.5
1996	55.6	71.3
1997	56	71.2
1998	56.2	71.2
1999	56.3	71.2
2000	56.6	71.3
2001	56.7	71.3
2002	56.9	71.5
2003	57.1	71.6
2004	57.3	71.5
2005	57.7	71.5
2006	58	71.4
2007	58.2	71.4
2008	58.1	71.5
2009	58.3	71.7
2010	58.4	72
2011	58.5	72.2
2012	58.6	72.4
2013	58.9	72.4
2014	59	72.4
2015	59.1	72.2
2016	59.3	72.1
2017	59.5	71.9
2018	59.7	71.6
2019	59.9	71.5
2020	60.2	71.5
2021	59.6	69.1
2022	60.5	71.5
2023	60.8	71.5
2024	61	71.6
2025	61.1	71.7

Benin and Jamaica population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Jamaica

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Jamaica
1960	2,517,286	1,650,005
1961	2,559,223	1,673,261
1962	2,604,659	1,696,932
1963	2,652,908	1,721,099
1964	2,704,003	1,745,568
1965	2,757,936	1,769,192
1966	2,814,317	1,791,475
1967	2,872,997	1,812,865
1968	2,934,257	1,833,765
1969	2,998,222	1,855,127
1970	3,065,057	1,878,196
1971	3,134,767	1,903,728
1972	3,207,543	1,931,542
1973	3,283,496	1,961,219
1974	3,362,633	1,990,906
1975	3,445,407	2,018,981
1976	3,532,196	2,045,578
1977	3,623,202	2,070,657
1978	3,718,305	2,094,836
1979	3,818,528	2,119,486
1980	3,925,251	2,145,658
1981	4,038,307	2,173,818
1982	4,156,596	2,203,889
1983	4,278,978	2,234,832
1984	4,405,895	2,264,562
1985	4,538,012	2,290,656
1986	4,675,420	2,312,125
1987	4,818,486	2,329,813
1988	4,967,341	2,345,777
1989	5,121,657	2,361,916
1990	5,281,479	2,379,877
1991	5,446,932	2,400,869
1992	5,617,844	2,424,701
1993	5,872,706	2,449,916
1994	6,096,506	2,475,220
1995	6,226,773	2,500,151
1996	6,391,858	2,524,463
1997	6,583,365	2,547,848
1998	6,789,489	2,569,736
1999	7,002,818	2,589,795
2000	7,221,619	2,607,826
2001	7,445,596	2,624,403
2002	7,675,426	2,640,572
2003	7,913,070	2,656,623
2004	8,159,094	2,672,225
2005	8,426,144	2,687,066
2006	8,693,242	2,700,968
2007	8,953,969	2,713,800
2008	9,228,466	2,725,635
2009	9,509,423	2,736,995
2010	9,797,484	2,748,568
2011	10,093,623	2,760,494
2012	10,397,657	2,772,430
2013	10,708,834	2,783,687
2014	11,030,004	2,793,749
2015	11,360,681	2,802,534
2016	11,697,842	2,809,915
2017	12,039,780	2,815,764
2018	12,383,347	2,820,097
2019	12,726,755	2,823,271
2020	13,070,169	2,830,739
2021	13,413,417	2,837,682
2022	13,759,501	2,839,144
2023	14,111,034	2,839,786
2024	14,462,724	2,839,175

Fertility rates in Benin and Jamaica

Fertility rate

Benin

Jamaica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Jamaica
1960	6.28	5.54
1961	6.4	5.6
1962	6.46	5.64
1963	6.51	5.73
1964	6.57	5.79
1965	6.61	5.72
1966	6.63	5.69
1967	6.64	5.67
1968	6.67	5.58
1969	6.71	5.47
1970	6.74	5.35
1971	6.77	5.21
1972	6.8	5.06
1973	6.81	5
1974	6.82	4.67
1975	6.83	4.44
1976	6.83	4.21
1977	6.83	4
1978	6.82	3.84
1979	6.91	3.72
1980	6.99	3.59
1981	7.06	3.51
1982	7.06	3.46
1983	7.05	3.41
1984	7.03	3.32
1985	7	3.21
1986	6.96	3.11
1987	6.92	3.02
1988	6.87	2.98
1989	6.82	2.93
1990	6.74	2.96
1991	6.67	3
1992	6.59	3.03
1993	6.51	2.99
1994	6.42	2.93
1995	6.33	2.85
1996	6.28	2.77
1997	6.23	2.68
1998	6.14	2.57
1999	6.03	2.47
2000	5.94	2.35
2001	5.85	2.3
2002	5.79	2.27
2003	5.76	2.24
2004	5.72	2.2
2005	5.69	2.15
2006	5.67	2.09
2007	5.63	2.02
2008	5.55	1.95
2009	5.49	1.88
2010	5.45	1.8
2011	5.44	1.72
2012	5.43	1.65
2013	5.41	1.59
2014	5.37	1.54
2015	5.32	1.51
2016	5.25	1.46
2017	5.16	1.43
2018	5.03	1.4
2019	4.9	1.39
2020	4.8	1.38
2021	4.71	1.38
2022	4.63	1.37
2023	4.56	1.36

Benin and Jamaica demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Jamaica
1960	20.8	19.8
1961	20.6	19.5
1962	20.3	19.3
1963	20.1	19
1964	19.9	18.8
1965	19.7	18.5
1966	19.5	18.3
1967	19.3	18.1
1968	19	17.9
1969	18.8	17.8
1970	18.6	17.7
1971	18.4	17.7
1972	18.3	17.8
1973	18.1	17.9
1974	17.9	18
1975	17.8	18.2
1976	17.7	18.4
1977	17.6	18.6
1978	17.5	18.9
1979	17.4	19.1
1980	17.3	19.4
1981	17.3	19.6
1982	17.2	19.9
1983	17.1	20.1
1984	17.1	20.4
1985	17	20.6
1986	17	20.8
1987	16.9	21.1
1988	16.9	21.3
1989	16.9	21.6
1990	16.9	21.8
1991	16.9	22
1992	16.9	22.2
1993	17.1	22.3
1994	17.2	22.4
1995	17	22.5
1996	16.9	22.6
1997	17	22.7
1998	17	22.9
1999	17.1	23.1
2000	17.1	23.3
2001	17.2	23.6
2002	17.3	23.8
2003	17.4	24.1
2004	17.4	24.4
2005	17.5	24.6
2006	17.6	24.9
2007	17.6	25.3
2008	17.7	25.7
2009	17.8	26.1
2010	17.8	26.5
2011	17.9	27
2012	18	27.4
2013	18	27.9
2014	18.1	28.3
2015	18.1	28.8
2016	18.2	29.3
2017	18.3	29.8
2018	18.3	30.3
2019	18.4	30.8
2020	18.5	31.3
2021	18.6	31.7
2022	18.7	32.2
2023	18.8	32.8
2024	19	33.3

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