Benin vs Japan statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 99th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

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Benin and Japan economies compared

GDP

Benin

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Japan
1960	$226,195,578	$47,419,238,274
1961	$235,668,221	$57,266,758,180
1962	$236,434,954	$64,987,857,542
1963	$253,927,697	$74,379,284,603
1964	$269,819,006	$87,490,590,818
1965	$289,908,680	$97,338,107,606
1966	$302,925,235	$113,046,784,179
1967	$306,221,953	$132,475,614,227
1968	$326,323,105	$156,897,496,759
1969	$330,748,245	$184,298,841,305
1970	$333,627,713	$217,223,652,719
1971	$335,073,028	$245,364,056,622
1972	$410,331,857	$324,933,841,269
1973	$504,376,074	$441,460,582,536
1974	$554,654,861	$490,035,789,970
1975	$676,870,140	$532,861,438,885
1976	$698,408,262	$598,883,902,156
1977	$750,049,779	$737,069,290,928
1978	$928,843,469	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$1,186,231,020	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$1,405,251,847	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$1,291,120,188	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$1,267,778,670	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$1,095,348,199	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$1,045,712,789	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$1,336,102,025	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$1,562,412,228	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$1,620,246,084	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$1,502,294,416	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$1,959,965,330	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$2,274,558,083	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$1,598,075,944	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$2,169,627,138	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$2,361,116,449	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$2,268,301,646	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$2,455,092,686	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$3,677,393,999	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$3,519,991,440	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$3,666,222,635	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$4,194,342,686	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$5,349,258,094	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$6,190,270,380	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$6,567,654,954	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$7,034,111,315	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$8,169,048,383	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$9,787,734,526	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$9,738,626,517	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$9,535,345,016	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$10,693,321,364	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$11,141,358,116	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$12,517,845,124	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$13,284,527,847	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$11,388,160,997	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$11,821,065,853	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$12,701,655,837	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$14,262,408,090	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$14,391,686,313	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$15,686,741,894	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$17,687,623,535	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$17,425,405,084	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$19,673,290,996	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$21,482,643,720	$4,026,210,821,147

Benin and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Japan
1960	$89.9	$509
1961	$92.1	$609
1962	$90.8	$685
1963	$95.7	$776
1964	$99.8	$903
1965	$105.1	$994
1966	$107.6	$1,144
1967	$106.6	$1,326
1968	$111.2	$1,553
1969	$110.3	$1,803
1970	$108.8	$2,101
1971	$106.9	$2,321
1972	$127.9	$3,031
1973	$153.6	$4,061
1974	$164.9	$4,448
1975	$196.5	$4,776
1976	$197.7	$5,310
1977	$207	$6,473
1978	$249.8	$9,012
1979	$311	$9,301
1980	$358	$9,669
1981	$320	$10,583
1982	$305	$9,780
1983	$256	$10,652
1984	$238.6	$11,207
1985	$230.4	$11,809
1986	$285.8	$17,452
1987	$324	$21,142
1988	$326	$25,500
1989	$293.3	$25,266
1990	$371	$25,801
1991	$365	$29,428
1992	$302	$31,993
1993	$387	$36,345
1994	$262.1	$39,934
1995	$348	$44,198
1996	$369	$39,150
1997	$345	$35,638
1998	$362	$32,424
1999	$525	$36,610
2000	$487	$39,169
2001	$492	$34,406
2002	$546	$32,821
2003	$676	$35,387
2004	$759	$38,299
2005	$779	$37,813
2006	$809	$35,992
2007	$912	$35,779
2008	$1,061	$39,876
2009	$1,024	$41,309
2010	$973	$44,968
2011	$1,059	$48,760
2012	$1,072	$49,145
2013	$1,169	$40,899
2014	$1,204	$38,475
2015	$1,002	$34,961
2016	$1,011	$39,375
2017	$1,055	$38,834
2018	$1,152	$39,751
2019	$1,131	$40,416
2020	$1,200	$40,029
2021	$1,319	$40,095
2022	$1,266	$34,066
2023	$1,394	$33,836
2024	$1,485	$32,476

Benin vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Japan
1950	35.4	59.3
1951	35.7	61
1952	36	63
1953	36.3	63.3
1954	36.7	64.5
1955	37	65.7
1956	37.3	65.6
1957	37.6	65.4
1958	38	67
1959	38.4	67.5
1960	38.8	67.7
1961	39.2	68.4
1962	39.6	68.7
1963	40.1	69.7
1964	40.5	70.2
1965	41	70.3
1966	41.3	71.1
1967	41.8	71.4
1968	42.2	71.7
1969	42.6	71.9
1970	43	72
1971	43.4	72.8
1972	43.9	73.3
1973	44.4	73.4
1974	44.9	73.8
1975	45.4	74.4
1976	46	74.8
1977	46.5	75.3
1978	46.9	75.7
1979	47.4	76.2
1980	47.7	76.1
1981	48.1	76.6
1982	48.5	77.1
1983	48.8	77.1
1984	49.4	77.5
1985	50	77.8
1986	50.6	78.2
1987	51.3	78.6
1988	52	78.5
1989	52.5	79
1990	53	79
1991	53.4	79.3
1992	54.1	79.3
1993	54.6	79.4
1994	55	79.8
1995	55.4	79.7
1996	55.6	80.4
1997	56	80.6
1998	56.2	80.6
1999	56.3	80.6
2000	56.6	81.2
2001	56.7	81.5
2002	56.9	81.8
2003	57.1	81.9
2004	57.3	82.1
2005	57.7	82
2006	58	82.4
2007	58.2	82.5
2008	58.1	82.6
2009	58.3	83
2010	58.4	82.9
2011	58.5	82.7
2012	58.6	83.2
2013	58.9	83.4
2014	59	83.6
2015	59.1	83.9
2016	59.3	84.1
2017	59.5	84.2
2018	59.7	84.3
2019	59.9	84.4
2020	60.2	84.7
2021	59.6	84.6
2022	60.5	84.1
2023	60.8	84.7
2024	61	84.9
2025	61.1	85

Benin and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Japan
1960	2,517,286	93,216,000
1961	2,559,223	94,055,000
1962	2,604,659	94,933,000
1963	2,652,908	95,900,000
1964	2,704,003	96,903,000
1965	2,757,936	97,952,000
1966	2,814,317	98,851,000
1967	2,872,997	99,879,000
1968	2,934,257	101,011,000
1969	2,998,222	102,219,000
1970	3,065,057	103,403,000
1971	3,134,767	105,697,000
1972	3,207,543	107,188,000
1973	3,283,496	108,707,000
1974	3,362,633	110,162,000
1975	3,445,407	111,573,000
1976	3,532,196	112,775,000
1977	3,623,202	113,872,000
1978	3,718,305	114,913,000
1979	3,818,528	115,890,000
1980	3,925,251	116,807,000
1981	4,038,307	117,661,000
1982	4,156,596	118,480,000
1983	4,278,978	119,307,000
1984	4,405,895	120,083,000
1985	4,538,012	120,837,000
1986	4,675,420	121,482,000
1987	4,818,486	122,069,000
1988	4,967,341	122,578,000
1989	5,121,657	123,069,000
1990	5,281,479	123,478,000
1991	5,446,932	123,964,000
1992	5,617,844	124,425,000
1993	5,872,706	124,829,000
1994	6,096,506	125,178,000
1995	6,226,773	125,472,000
1996	6,391,858	125,757,000
1997	6,583,365	126,057,000
1998	6,789,489	126,400,000
1999	7,002,818	126,631,000
2000	7,221,619	126,843,000
2001	7,445,596	127,149,000
2002	7,675,426	127,445,000
2003	7,913,070	127,718,000
2004	8,159,094	127,761,000
2005	8,426,144	127,773,000
2006	8,693,242	127,854,000
2007	8,953,969	128,001,000
2008	9,228,466	128,063,000
2009	9,509,423	128,047,000
2010	9,797,484	128,070,000
2011	10,093,623	127,833,000
2012	10,397,657	127,629,000
2013	10,708,834	127,445,000
2014	11,030,004	127,276,000
2015	11,360,681	127,141,000
2016	11,697,842	127,076,000
2017	12,039,780	126,972,000
2018	12,383,347	126,811,000
2019	12,726,755	126,633,000
2020	13,070,169	126,261,000
2021	13,413,417	125,681,593
2022	13,759,501	125,124,989
2023	14,111,034	124,516,650
2024	14,462,724	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Benin and Japan

Fertility rate

Benin

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Japan
1960	6.28	2
1961	6.4	1.96
1962	6.46	1.98
1963	6.51	2
1964	6.57	2.05
1965	6.61	2.14
1966	6.63	1.58
1967	6.64	2.23
1968	6.67	2.13
1969	6.71	2.13
1970	6.74	2.13
1971	6.77	2.16
1972	6.8	2.14
1973	6.81	2.14
1974	6.82	2.05
1975	6.83	1.91
1976	6.83	1.85
1977	6.83	1.8
1978	6.82	1.79
1979	6.91	1.77
1980	6.99	1.75
1981	7.06	1.74
1982	7.06	1.77
1983	7.05	1.8
1984	7.03	1.81
1985	7	1.76
1986	6.96	1.72
1987	6.92	1.69
1988	6.87	1.66
1989	6.82	1.57
1990	6.74	1.54
1991	6.67	1.53
1992	6.59	1.5
1993	6.51	1.46
1994	6.42	1.5
1995	6.33	1.42
1996	6.28	1.43
1997	6.23	1.39
1998	6.14	1.38
1999	6.03	1.34
2000	5.94	1.36
2001	5.85	1.33
2002	5.79	1.32
2003	5.76	1.29
2004	5.72	1.29
2005	5.69	1.26
2006	5.67	1.32
2007	5.63	1.34
2008	5.55	1.37
2009	5.49	1.37
2010	5.45	1.39
2011	5.44	1.39
2012	5.43	1.41
2013	5.41	1.43
2014	5.37	1.42
2015	5.32	1.45
2016	5.25	1.44
2017	5.16	1.43
2018	5.03	1.42
2019	4.9	1.36
2020	4.8	1.33
2021	4.71	1.3
2022	4.63	1.26
2023	4.56	1.2

Benin and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Japan
1960	20.8	25.8
1961	20.6	26.2
1962	20.3	26.5
1963	20.1	26.9
1964	19.9	27.2
1965	19.7	27.6
1966	19.5	28
1967	19.3	28.4
1968	19	28.6
1969	18.8	28.9
1970	18.6	29.2
1971	18.4	29.6
1972	18.3	29.9
1973	18.1	30.2
1974	17.9	30.4
1975	17.8	30.6
1976	17.7	30.9
1977	17.6	31.5
1978	17.5	32
1979	17.4	32.4
1980	17.3	32.8
1981	17.3	33.1
1982	17.2	33.7
1983	17.1	34.3
1984	17.1	34.9
1985	17	35.4
1986	17	35.9
1987	16.9	36.3
1988	16.9	36.8
1989	16.9	37.2
1990	16.9	37.7
1991	16.9	38.2
1992	16.9	38.7
1993	17.1	39.2
1994	17.2	39.6
1995	17	40
1996	16.9	40.3
1997	17	40.7
1998	17	41
1999	17.1	41.4
2000	17.1	41.8
2001	17.2	42.1
2002	17.3	42.5
2003	17.4	42.8
2004	17.4	43.2
2005	17.5	43.6
2006	17.6	43.9
2007	17.6	44.2
2008	17.7	44.6
2009	17.8	44.9
2010	17.8	45.2
2011	17.9	45.5
2012	18	45.8
2013	18	46.2
2014	18.1	46.6
2015	18.1	47
2016	18.2	47.3
2017	18.3	47.6
2018	18.3	48
2019	18.4	48.3
2020	18.5	48.7
2021	18.6	49.1
2022	18.7	49.5
2023	18.8	50
2024	19	50.4

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