Benin vs Kenya statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 99th vs. 45th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

Benin and Kenya: Comparison Charts

Benin and Kenya economies compared

GDP

Benin

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Kenya
1960	$226,195,578	$791,265,459
1961	$235,668,221	$792,959,473
1962	$236,434,954	$868,111,401
1963	$253,927,697	$926,589,349
1964	$269,819,006	$998,759,334
1965	$289,908,680	$997,919,321
1966	$302,925,235	$1,164,519,674
1967	$306,221,953	$1,232,559,507
1968	$326,323,105	$1,353,295,459
1969	$330,748,245	$1,458,379,417
1970	$333,627,713	$1,603,447,359
1971	$335,073,028	$1,778,391,289
1972	$410,331,857	$2,107,279,157
1973	$504,376,074	$2,509,001,324
1974	$554,654,861	$2,969,958,812
1975	$676,870,140	$3,259,345,083
1976	$698,408,262	$3,474,542,392
1977	$750,049,779	$4,494,378,764
1978	$928,843,469	$5,303,735,111
1979	$1,186,231,020	$6,234,391,113
1980	$1,405,251,847	$7,265,315,820
1981	$1,291,120,188	$6,854,491,706
1982	$1,267,778,670	$6,431,579,357
1983	$1,095,348,199	$5,979,198,314
1984	$1,051,134,009	$6,191,437,070
1985	$1,045,712,789	$6,135,034,214
1986	$1,336,102,025	$7,239,126,568
1987	$1,562,412,228	$7,970,820,369
1988	$1,620,246,084	$8,355,380,879
1989	$1,502,294,416	$8,283,114,514
1990	$1,959,965,330	$8,572,359,038
1991	$1,986,437,797	$8,151,488,783
1992	$1,695,315,306	$8,209,120,763
1993	$2,274,558,083	$5,751,786,643
1994	$1,598,075,944	$7,148,148,564
1995	$2,169,627,138	$9,046,320,255
1996	$2,361,116,449	$12,045,865,396
1997	$2,268,301,646	$13,115,764,358
1998	$2,455,092,686	$14,093,998,844
1999	$3,677,393,999	$12,896,010,459
2000	$3,519,991,440	$12,705,350,098
2001	$3,666,222,635	$12,986,007,426
2002	$4,194,342,686	$13,147,736,899
2003	$5,349,258,094	$14,904,517,650
2004	$6,190,270,380	$16,095,337,094
2005	$6,567,654,954	$18,737,895,513
2006	$7,034,111,315	$25,825,512,284
2007	$8,169,048,383	$31,958,195,182
2008	$9,787,734,526	$35,895,153,328
2009	$9,738,626,517	$42,347,217,913
2010	$9,535,345,016	$45,405,615,064
2011	$10,693,321,364	$46,869,473,151
2012	$11,141,358,116	$56,396,704,672
2013	$12,517,845,124	$61,671,440,408
2014	$13,284,527,847	$68,285,796,514
2015	$11,388,160,997	$70,120,446,897
2016	$11,821,065,853	$74,815,144,164
2017	$12,701,655,837	$82,036,510,877
2018	$14,262,408,090	$92,202,979,985
2019	$14,391,686,313	$100,378,436,207
2020	$15,686,741,894	$100,657,505,751
2021	$17,687,623,535	$109,703,658,905
2022	$17,425,405,084	$114,448,978,153
2023	$19,673,290,996	$108,038,588,971
2024	$21,482,643,720	$124,498,691,699

Benin and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Kenya
1960	$89.9	$102.8
1961	$92.1	$99.3
1962	$90.8	$104.6
1963	$95.7	$107.4
1964	$99.8	$111.3
1965	$105.1	$106.9
1966	$107.6	$119.8
1967	$106.6	$121.9
1968	$111.2	$128.7
1969	$110.3	$133.3
1970	$108.8	$141
1971	$106.9	$150.9
1972	$127.9	$172.6
1973	$153.6	$198.6
1974	$164.9	$227.2
1975	$196.5	$241.2
1976	$197.7	$248.9
1977	$207	$311
1978	$249.8	$355
1979	$311	$403
1980	$358	$454
1981	$320	$413
1982	$305	$374
1983	$256	$335
1984	$238.6	$334
1985	$230.4	$320
1986	$285.8	$364
1987	$324	$387
1988	$326	$391
1989	$293.3	$374
1990	$371	$374
1991	$365	$345
1992	$302	$337
1993	$387	$229
1994	$262.1	$276.4
1995	$348	$340
1996	$369	$441
1997	$345	$467
1998	$362	$488
1999	$525	$434
2000	$487	$415
2001	$492	$411
2002	$546	$403
2003	$676	$443
2004	$759	$464
2005	$779	$523
2006	$809	$700
2007	$912	$840
2008	$1,061	$916
2009	$1,024	$1,048
2010	$973	$1,092
2011	$1,059	$1,096
2012	$1,072	$1,285
2013	$1,169	$1,371
2014	$1,204	$1,483
2015	$1,002	$1,489
2016	$1,011	$1,554
2017	$1,055	$1,667
2018	$1,152	$1,836
2019	$1,131	$1,960
2020	$1,200	$1,928
2021	$1,319	$2,061
2022	$1,266	$2,110
2023	$1,394	$1,952
2024	$1,485	$2,206

Benin vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Kenya
1950	35.4	36.9
1951	35.7	38
1952	36	38.6
1953	36.3	39.8
1954	36.7	41
1955	37	42.3
1956	37.3	43.5
1957	37.6	45.3
1958	38	46.5
1959	38.4	47.5
1960	38.8	48.5
1961	39.2	49.3
1962	39.6	50.1
1963	40.1	50.8
1964	40.5	51.3
1965	41	51.9
1966	41.3	52.4
1967	41.8	52.8
1968	42.2	53.3
1969	42.6	53.7
1970	43	54.1
1971	43.4	54.5
1972	43.9	55
1973	44.4	55.5
1974	44.9	56
1975	45.4	56.6
1976	46	57.2
1977	46.5	57.7
1978	46.9	58.2
1979	47.4	58.7
1980	47.7	59.2
1981	48.1	59.6
1982	48.5	59.9
1983	48.8	60.3
1984	49.4	60.6
1985	50	60.9
1986	50.6	60.8
1987	51.3	60.7
1988	52	60.3
1989	52.5	60
1990	53	58.3
1991	53.4	57.8
1992	54.1	57.1
1993	54.6	56.7
1994	55	56.1
1995	55.4	55.9
1996	55.6	55.6
1997	56	55.5
1998	56.2	55.6
1999	56.3	55.9
2000	56.6	56.1
2001	56.7	56.5
2002	56.9	56.8
2003	57.1	57.4
2004	57.3	57.9
2005	57.7	58.5
2006	58	59.1
2007	58.2	59.4
2008	58.1	60
2009	58.3	60.5
2010	58.4	60.9
2011	58.5	61.3
2012	58.6	61.5
2013	58.9	61.7
2014	59	62
2015	59.1	62.3
2016	59.3	62.5
2017	59.5	62.7
2018	59.7	62.8
2019	59.9	62.9
2020	60.2	61.6
2021	59.6	61.2
2022	60.5	63.5
2023	60.8	63.6
2024	61	63.8
2025	61.1	64

Benin and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Kenya
1960	2,517,286	7,695,307
1961	2,559,223	7,987,770
1962	2,604,659	8,299,308
1963	2,652,908	8,627,971
1964	2,704,003	8,973,535
1965	2,757,936	9,338,078
1966	2,814,317	9,717,816
1967	2,872,997	10,111,057
1968	2,934,257	10,518,823
1969	2,998,222	10,939,695
1970	3,065,057	11,368,791
1971	3,134,767	11,788,904
1972	3,207,543	12,206,060
1973	3,283,496	12,634,835
1974	3,362,633	13,070,078
1975	3,445,407	13,511,671
1976	3,532,196	13,957,623
1977	3,623,202	14,428,819
1978	3,718,305	14,934,126
1979	3,818,528	15,460,666
1980	3,925,251	16,018,459
1981	4,038,307	16,601,507
1982	4,156,596	17,206,175
1983	4,278,978	17,846,374
1984	4,405,895	18,514,906
1985	4,538,012	19,201,768
1986	4,675,420	19,901,646
1987	4,818,486	20,616,096
1988	4,967,341	21,356,219
1989	5,121,657	22,118,434
1990	5,281,479	22,892,651
1991	5,446,932	23,646,514
1992	5,617,844	24,382,460
1993	5,872,706	25,117,188
1994	6,096,506	25,857,130
1995	6,226,773	26,601,751
1996	6,391,858	27,344,211
1997	6,583,365	28,101,768
1998	6,789,489	28,888,057
1999	7,002,818	29,733,408
2000	7,221,619	30,642,890
2001	7,445,596	31,619,170
2002	7,675,426	32,629,808
2003	7,913,070	33,652,223
2004	8,159,094	34,713,455
2005	8,426,144	35,796,484
2006	8,693,242	36,904,008
2007	8,953,969	38,036,349
2008	9,228,466	39,206,351
2009	9,509,423	40,408,891
2010	9,797,484	41,598,567
2011	10,093,623	42,758,461
2012	10,397,657	43,888,303
2013	10,708,834	44,986,791
2014	11,030,004	46,051,440
2015	11,360,681	47,088,526
2016	11,697,842	48,139,687
2017	12,039,780	49,197,766
2018	12,383,347	50,207,107
2019	12,726,755	51,202,827
2020	13,070,169	52,217,334
2021	13,413,417	53,219,166
2022	13,759,501	54,252,461
2023	14,111,034	55,339,003
2024	14,462,724	56,432,944

Fertility rates in Benin and Kenya

Fertility rate

Benin

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Kenya
1960	6.28	7.65
1961	6.4	7.72
1962	6.46	7.77
1963	6.51	7.82
1964	6.57	7.87
1965	6.61	7.92
1966	6.63	7.96
1967	6.64	7.95
1968	6.67	7.95
1969	6.71	7.95
1970	6.74	7.94
1971	6.77	7.92
1972	6.8	7.89
1973	6.81	7.86
1974	6.82	7.82
1975	6.83	7.8
1976	6.83	7.77
1977	6.83	7.73
1978	6.82	7.67
1979	6.91	7.6
1980	6.99	7.53
1981	7.06	7.45
1982	7.06	7.35
1983	7.05	7.22
1984	7.03	7.08
1985	7	6.96
1986	6.96	6.84
1987	6.92	6.69
1988	6.87	6.52
1989	6.82	6.33
1990	6.74	6.14
1991	6.67	5.94
1992	6.59	5.74
1993	6.51	5.57
1994	6.42	5.44
1995	6.33	5.37
1996	6.28	5.31
1997	6.23	5.27
1998	6.14	5.24
1999	6.03	5.18
2000	5.94	5.14
2001	5.85	5.09
2002	5.79	5.03
2003	5.76	4.94
2004	5.72	4.86
2005	5.69	4.8
2006	5.67	4.75
2007	5.63	4.72
2008	5.55	4.66
2009	5.49	4.57
2010	5.45	4.45
2011	5.44	4.28
2012	5.43	4.12
2013	5.41	3.96
2014	5.37	3.84
2015	5.32	3.77
2016	5.25	3.69
2017	5.16	3.61
2018	5.03	3.54
2019	4.9	3.43
2020	4.8	3.36
2021	4.71	3.31
2022	4.63	3.26
2023	4.56	3.21

Benin and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Kenya
1960	20.8	15.7
1961	20.6	15.5
1962	20.3	15.3
1963	20.1	15.2
1964	19.9	15.1
1965	19.7	14.9
1966	19.5	14.8
1967	19.3	14.6
1968	19	14.5
1969	18.8	14.5
1970	18.6	14.4
1971	18.4	14.4
1972	18.3	14.3
1973	18.1	14.3
1974	17.9	14.3
1975	17.8	14.3
1976	17.7	14.3
1977	17.6	14.3
1978	17.5	14.3
1979	17.4	14.4
1980	17.3	14.5
1981	17.3	14.5
1982	17.2	14.6
1983	17.1	14.7
1984	17.1	14.8
1985	17	14.9
1986	17	15
1987	16.9	15
1988	16.9	15.1
1989	16.9	15.2
1990	16.9	15.3
1991	16.9	15.5
1992	16.9	15.6
1993	17.1	15.7
1994	17.2	15.9
1995	17	16
1996	16.9	16.1
1997	17	16.2
1998	17	16.4
1999	17.1	16.5
2000	17.1	16.7
2001	17.2	16.8
2002	17.3	17
2003	17.4	17.1
2004	17.4	17.3
2005	17.5	17.4
2006	17.6	17.5
2007	17.6	17.6
2008	17.7	17.7
2009	17.8	17.8
2010	17.8	17.9
2011	17.9	18.1
2012	18	18.2
2013	18	18.4
2014	18.1	18.5
2015	18.1	18.7
2016	18.2	18.9
2017	18.3	19.1
2018	18.3	19.3
2019	18.4	19.6
2020	18.5	19.8
2021	18.6	20
2022	18.7	20.3
2023	18.8	20.6
2024	19	20.8

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