Benin vs Madagascar statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 32M in Madagascar (ranked 49/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 224,634 sq mi for Madagascar (ranked 99th vs. 44th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545).

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Benin and Madagascar economies compared

GDP

Benin

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Madagascar
1960	$226,195,578	$673,081,725
1961	$235,668,221	$699,161,945
1962	$236,434,954	$739,286,908
1963	$253,927,697	$759,345,864
1964	$269,819,006	$802,482,184
1965	$289,908,680	$833,563,473
1966	$302,925,235	$900,264,585
1967	$306,221,953	$956,436,932
1968	$326,323,105	$1,031,669,637
1969	$330,748,245	$1,056,391,056
1970	$333,627,713	$1,111,859,571
1971	$335,073,028	$1,199,507,631
1972	$410,331,857	$1,341,590,690
1973	$504,376,074	$1,653,062,335
1974	$554,654,861	$1,917,508,190
1975	$676,870,140	$2,283,049,215
1976	$698,408,262	$2,181,844,179
1977	$750,049,779	$2,358,930,406
1978	$928,843,469	$2,669,755,115
1979	$1,186,231,020	$3,463,565,854
1980	$1,405,251,847	$5,201,818,348
1981	$1,291,120,188	$4,759,333,998
1982	$1,267,778,670	$4,784,977,326
1983	$1,095,348,199	$4,686,457,031
1984	$1,051,134,009	$3,905,938,481
1985	$1,045,712,789	$3,802,557,895
1986	$1,336,102,025	$4,347,989,788
1987	$1,562,412,228	$3,212,900,556
1988	$1,620,246,084	$3,189,456,965
1989	$1,502,294,416	$3,175,638,333
1990	$1,959,965,330	$3,931,334,875
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,254,713,056
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,714,966,678
1993	$2,274,558,083	$4,063,298,919
1994	$1,598,075,944	$3,522,227,092
1995	$2,169,627,138	$3,838,100,904
1996	$2,361,116,449	$4,931,861,039
1997	$2,268,301,646	$4,262,965,420
1998	$2,455,092,686	$4,401,967,633
1999	$3,677,393,999	$4,277,903,780
2000	$3,519,991,440	$4,629,247,204
2001	$3,666,222,635	$5,438,332,602
2002	$4,194,342,686	$5,351,701,663
2003	$5,349,258,094	$6,372,498,890
2004	$6,190,270,380	$5,064,732,626
2005	$6,567,654,954	$5,859,269,753
2006	$7,034,111,315	$6,395,712,491
2007	$8,169,048,383	$8,524,620,890
2008	$9,787,734,526	$10,725,137,724
2009	$9,738,626,517	$9,616,879,409
2010	$9,535,345,016	$9,982,711,338
2011	$10,693,321,364	$11,551,819,618
2012	$11,141,358,116	$11,578,975,062
2013	$12,517,845,124	$12,423,555,455
2014	$13,284,527,847	$12,522,957,399
2015	$11,388,160,997	$11,323,020,701
2016	$11,821,065,853	$11,848,613,858
2017	$12,701,655,837	$13,176,313,594
2018	$14,262,408,090	$13,760,033,282
2019	$14,391,686,313	$14,104,664,679
2020	$15,686,741,894	$13,051,441,204
2021	$17,687,623,535	$14,354,731,964
2022	$17,425,405,084	$15,325,603,273
2023	$19,673,290,996	$15,869,945,478
2024	$21,482,643,720	$17,420,814,801

Benin and Madagascar economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Madagascar
1960	$89.9	$131.7
1961	$92.1	$133.3
1962	$90.8	$137.3
1963	$95.7	$137.4
1964	$99.8	$141.5
1965	$105.1	$143.2
1966	$107.6	$150.7
1967	$106.6	$155.9
1968	$111.2	$163.6
1969	$110.3	$162.9
1970	$108.8	$166.6
1971	$106.9	$174.6
1972	$127.9	$189.6
1973	$153.6	$226.8
1974	$164.9	$255.3
1975	$196.5	$295
1976	$197.7	$273.5
1977	$207	$286.9
1978	$249.8	$315
1979	$311	$396
1980	$358	$578
1981	$320	$513
1982	$305	$501
1983	$256	$476
1984	$238.6	$385
1985	$230.4	$364
1986	$285.8	$405
1987	$324	$290.8
1988	$326	$280.5
1989	$293.3	$271.3
1990	$371	$326
1991	$365	$262
1992	$302	$290.2
1993	$387	$308
1994	$262.1	$258.7
1995	$348	$273.1
1996	$369	$340
1997	$345	$284.4
1998	$362	$284.2
1999	$525	$267.4
2000	$487	$280.3
2001	$492	$319
2002	$546	$305
2003	$676	$353
2004	$759	$272.2
2005	$779	$306
2006	$809	$324
2007	$912	$420
2008	$1,061	$513
2009	$1,024	$446
2010	$973	$450
2011	$1,059	$506
2012	$1,072	$494
2013	$1,169	$515
2014	$1,204	$506
2015	$1,002	$445
2016	$1,011	$454
2017	$1,055	$492
2018	$1,152	$500
2019	$1,131	$500
2020	$1,200	$451
2021	$1,319	$483
2022	$1,266	$504
2023	$1,394	$509
2024	$1,485	$545

Benin vs. Madagascar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Madagascar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Madagascar
1950	35.4	39.7
1951	35.7	39.9
1952	36	40.3
1953	36.3	40.7
1954	36.7	40.9
1955	37	41.3
1956	37.3	41.7
1957	37.6	42.1
1958	38	42.5
1959	38.4	43
1960	38.8	43.3
1961	39.2	43.8
1962	39.6	44.2
1963	40.1	44.6
1964	40.5	45
1965	41	45.4
1966	41.3	46
1967	41.8	46.5
1968	42.2	46.9
1969	42.6	47.3
1970	43	47.9
1971	43.4	48.2
1972	43.9	48.5
1973	44.4	48.9
1974	44.9	49.3
1975	45.4	49.6
1976	46	49.8
1977	46.5	49.9
1978	46.9	50
1979	47.4	50.1
1980	47.7	50
1981	48.1	49.8
1982	48.5	50
1983	48.8	50.1
1984	49.4	50.2
1985	50	50.4
1986	50.6	50.7
1987	51.3	51.1
1988	52	51.4
1989	52.5	51.8
1990	53	52.1
1991	53.4	52.6
1992	54.1	52.9
1993	54.6	53.7
1994	55	54.2
1995	55.4	54.8
1996	55.6	55.5
1997	56	56.1
1998	56.2	56.8
1999	56.3	57.4
2000	56.6	58
2001	56.7	58.7
2002	56.9	59.2
2003	57.1	59.7
2004	57.3	60.2
2005	57.7	60.7
2006	58	61.1
2007	58.2	61.5
2008	58.1	62
2009	58.3	62.3
2010	58.4	62.6
2011	58.5	62.9
2012	58.6	63
2013	58.9	63.2
2014	59	63.3
2015	59.1	63.4
2016	59.3	63.4
2017	59.5	63.4
2018	59.7	63.5
2019	59.9	63.5
2020	60.2	62.7
2021	59.6	62.5
2022	60.5	63.1
2023	60.8	63.6
2024	61	63.8
2025	61.1	64

Benin and Madagascar population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Madagascar

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Madagascar
1960	2,517,286	5,111,029
1961	2,559,223	5,246,158
1962	2,604,659	5,384,150
1963	2,652,908	5,525,185
1964	2,704,003	5,669,863
1965	2,757,936	5,819,116
1966	2,814,317	5,974,279
1967	2,872,997	6,136,486
1968	2,934,257	6,306,493
1969	2,998,222	6,484,716
1970	3,065,057	6,672,003
1971	3,134,767	6,868,868
1972	3,207,543	7,074,398
1973	3,283,496	7,288,048
1974	3,362,633	7,509,726
1975	3,445,407	7,739,336
1976	3,532,196	7,976,831
1977	3,623,202	8,222,240
1978	3,718,305	8,475,864
1979	3,818,528	8,737,581
1980	3,925,251	9,006,032
1981	4,038,307	9,279,011
1982	4,156,596	9,557,671
1983	4,278,978	9,843,044
1984	4,405,895	10,134,550
1985	4,538,012	10,433,142
1986	4,675,420	10,736,857
1987	4,818,486	11,047,291
1988	4,967,341	11,369,462
1989	5,121,657	11,704,998
1990	5,281,479	12,055,639
1991	5,446,932	12,421,412
1992	5,617,844	12,800,870
1993	5,872,706	13,197,345
1994	6,096,506	13,613,850
1995	6,226,773	14,051,275
1996	6,391,858	14,510,711
1997	6,583,365	14,990,814
1998	6,789,489	15,489,364
1999	7,002,818	16,000,506
2000	7,221,619	16,516,338
2001	7,445,596	17,032,939
2002	7,675,426	17,549,913
2003	7,913,070	18,071,854
2004	8,159,094	18,606,608
2005	8,426,144	19,159,707
2006	8,693,242	19,730,909
2007	8,953,969	20,318,583
2008	9,228,466	20,923,840
2009	9,509,423	21,547,280
2010	9,797,484	22,183,340
2011	10,093,623	22,822,300
2012	10,397,657	23,462,438
2013	10,708,834	24,109,290
2014	11,030,004	24,764,348
2015	11,360,681	25,426,702
2016	11,697,842	26,099,952
2017	12,039,780	26,788,375
2018	12,383,347	27,494,926
2019	12,726,755	28,219,554
2020	13,070,169	28,953,556
2021	13,413,417	29,691,083
2022	13,759,501	30,437,261
2023	14,111,034	31,195,932
2024	14,462,724	31,964,956

Fertility rates in Benin and Madagascar

Fertility rate

Benin

Madagascar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Madagascar
1960	6.28	7.34
1961	6.4	7.3
1962	6.46	7.26
1963	6.51	7.21
1964	6.57	7.19
1965	6.61	7.17
1966	6.63	7.16
1967	6.64	7.14
1968	6.67	7.13
1969	6.71	7.12
1970	6.74	7.1
1971	6.77	7.07
1972	6.8	7.04
1973	6.81	7.01
1974	6.82	6.99
1975	6.83	6.97
1976	6.83	6.95
1977	6.83	6.93
1978	6.82	6.9
1979	6.91	6.87
1980	6.99	6.84
1981	7.06	6.77
1982	7.06	6.7
1983	7.05	6.63
1984	7.03	6.55
1985	7	6.46
1986	6.96	6.34
1987	6.92	6.24
1988	6.87	6.18
1989	6.82	6.15
1990	6.74	6.14
1991	6.67	6.12
1992	6.59	6.08
1993	6.51	6.06
1994	6.42	6.04
1995	6.33	6.04
1996	6.28	6.03
1997	6.23	6.02
1998	6.14	5.99
1999	6.03	5.84
2000	5.94	5.67
2001	5.85	5.53
2002	5.79	5.41
2003	5.76	5.33
2004	5.72	5.26
2005	5.69	5.2
2006	5.67	5.13
2007	5.63	5.08
2008	5.55	5.04
2009	5.49	5
2010	5.45	4.9
2011	5.44	4.74
2012	5.43	4.61
2013	5.41	4.53
2014	5.37	4.42
2015	5.32	4.34
2016	5.25	4.29
2017	5.16	4.26
2018	5.03	4.25
2019	4.9	4.22
2020	4.8	4.17
2021	4.71	4.1
2022	4.63	4.04
2023	4.56	3.97

Benin and Madagascar demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Madagascar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Madagascar
1960	20.8	17.9
1961	20.6	17.5
1962	20.3	17.2
1963	20.1	17
1964	19.9	16.8
1965	19.7	16.8
1966	19.5	16.7
1967	19.3	16.7
1968	19	16.7
1969	18.8	16.6
1970	18.6	16.7
1971	18.4	16.7
1972	18.3	16.6
1973	18.1	16.6
1974	17.9	16.6
1975	17.8	16.6
1976	17.7	16.6
1977	17.6	16.5
1978	17.5	16.5
1979	17.4	16.5
1980	17.3	16.4
1981	17.3	16.4
1982	17.2	16.4
1983	17.1	16.4
1984	17.1	16.5
1985	17	16.5
1986	17	16.6
1987	16.9	16.6
1988	16.9	16.7
1989	16.9	16.8
1990	16.9	16.9
1991	16.9	16.9
1992	16.9	17
1993	17.1	17
1994	17.2	17.1
1995	17	17.1
1996	16.9	17.1
1997	17	17.1
1998	17	17.2
1999	17.1	17.2
2000	17.1	17.2
2001	17.2	17.2
2002	17.3	17.2
2003	17.4	17.2
2004	17.4	17.3
2005	17.5	17.3
2006	17.6	17.4
2007	17.6	17.5
2008	17.7	17.6
2009	17.8	17.7
2010	17.8	17.8
2011	17.9	17.9
2012	18	18.1
2013	18	18.2
2014	18.1	18.4
2015	18.1	18.6
2016	18.2	18.7
2017	18.3	18.9
2018	18.3	19.1
2019	18.4	19.3
2020	18.5	19.4
2021	18.6	19.6
2022	18.7	19.7
2023	18.8	19.9
2024	19	20

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