Benin vs Mali statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 24.5M in Mali (ranked 58/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 471,118 sq mi for Mali (ranked 99th vs. 23rd).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.6B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Mali ranks 171/197 ($1,086).

Benin and Mali: Comparison Charts

Benin and Mali economies compared

GDP

Benin

Mali

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Mali
1960	$226,195,578	-
1961	$235,668,221	-
1962	$236,434,954	-
1963	$253,927,697	-
1964	$269,819,006	-
1965	$289,908,680	-
1966	$302,925,235	-
1967	$306,221,953	$275,494,478
1968	$326,323,105	$343,771,973
1969	$330,748,245	$339,913,867
1970	$333,627,713	$359,772,315
1971	$335,073,028	$395,218,629
1972	$410,331,857	$486,617,280
1973	$504,376,074	$563,683,703
1974	$554,654,861	$538,747,340
1975	$676,870,140	$830,710,615
1976	$698,408,262	$939,228,017
1977	$750,049,779	$1,049,838,548
1978	$928,843,469	$1,222,702,573
1979	$1,186,231,020	$1,595,422,956
1980	$1,405,251,847	$1,759,691,186
1981	$1,291,120,188	$1,538,972,424
1982	$1,267,778,670	$1,333,754,225
1983	$1,095,348,199	$1,297,765,326
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,232,932,104
1985	$1,045,712,789	$1,392,196,048
1986	$1,336,102,025	$1,852,163,453
1987	$1,562,412,228	$2,090,629,987
1988	$1,620,246,084	$2,169,040,603
1989	$1,502,294,416	$2,181,821,909
1990	$1,959,965,330	$2,681,912,149
1991	$1,986,437,797	$2,724,131,458
1992	$1,695,315,306	$2,830,673,378
1993	$2,274,558,083	$2,818,281,085
1994	$1,598,075,944	$2,081,846,498
1995	$2,169,627,138	$2,706,425,157
1996	$2,361,116,449	$2,780,422,049
1997	$2,268,301,646	$2,697,105,823
1998	$2,455,092,686	$2,920,358,711
1999	$3,677,393,999	$3,440,724,710
2000	$3,519,991,440	$2,961,484,954
2001	$3,666,222,635	$3,468,337,942
2002	$4,194,342,686	$3,908,121,307
2003	$5,349,258,094	$4,714,071,980
2004	$6,190,270,380	$7,113,132,070
2005	$6,567,654,954	$8,009,875,052
2006	$7,034,111,315	$8,858,863,053
2007	$8,169,048,383	$10,289,243,720
2008	$9,787,734,526	$12,262,134,441
2009	$9,738,626,517	$12,592,138,109
2010	$9,535,345,016	$13,196,527,458
2011	$10,693,321,364	$15,506,843,902
2012	$11,141,358,116	$14,891,957,623
2013	$12,517,845,124	$15,769,357,573
2014	$13,284,527,847	$16,943,434,591
2015	$11,388,160,997	$15,583,181,170
2016	$11,821,065,853	$16,743,796,800
2017	$12,701,655,837	$18,308,362,040
2018	$14,262,408,090	$20,368,015,381
2019	$14,391,686,313	$20,477,421,885
2020	$15,686,741,894	$20,698,560,939
2021	$17,687,623,535	$22,999,245,263
2022	$17,425,405,084	$22,374,051,350
2023	$19,673,290,996	$24,621,545,565
2024	$21,482,643,720	$26,588,067,731

Benin and Mali economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Mali

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Mali
1960	$89.9	-
1961	$92.1	-
1962	$90.8	-
1963	$95.7	-
1964	$99.8	-
1965	$105.1	-
1966	$107.6	-
1967	$106.6	$46
1968	$111.2	$56.5
1969	$110.3	$55
1970	$108.8	$57.3
1971	$106.9	$62
1972	$127.9	$75.1
1973	$153.6	$85.4
1974	$164.9	$80.2
1975	$196.5	$121.5
1976	$197.7	$134.9
1977	$207	$148.1
1978	$249.8	$169.1
1979	$311	$216.3
1980	$358	$233.7
1981	$320	$200.1
1982	$305	$169.7
1983	$256	$161.5
1984	$238.6	$150.2
1985	$230.4	$166.2
1986	$285.8	$217.1
1987	$324	$240.8
1988	$326	$245.5
1989	$293.3	$242.4
1990	$371	$292.2
1991	$365	$290.9
1992	$302	$296.3
1993	$387	$288.9
1994	$262.1	$208.9
1995	$348	$265.7
1996	$369	$267.2
1997	$345	$253.3
1998	$362	$267.4
1999	$525	$306
2000	$487	$256.2
2001	$492	$291.2
2002	$546	$318
2003	$676	$372
2004	$759	$543
2005	$779	$592
2006	$809	$633
2007	$912	$712
2008	$1,061	$821
2009	$1,024	$816
2010	$973	$828
2011	$1,059	$942
2012	$1,072	$878
2013	$1,169	$903
2014	$1,204	$940
2015	$1,002	$838
2016	$1,011	$872
2017	$1,055	$924
2018	$1,152	$996
2019	$1,131	$972
2020	$1,200	$953
2021	$1,319	$1,027
2022	$1,266	$970
2023	$1,394	$1,036
2024	$1,485	$1,086

Benin vs. Mali life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Mali

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Mali
1950	35.4	28.7
1951	35.7	28.9
1952	36	29.1
1953	36.3	29.4
1954	36.7	29.5
1955	37	29.7
1956	37.3	29.9
1957	37.6	30.1
1958	38	30.2
1959	38.4	30.3
1960	38.8	30.5
1961	39.2	30.6
1962	39.6	30.8
1963	40.1	31
1964	40.5	31.2
1965	41	31.5
1966	41.3	31.8
1967	41.8	32.2
1968	42.2	32.6
1969	42.6	32.9
1970	43	33.4
1971	43.4	33.8
1972	43.9	34.5
1973	44.4	35.1
1974	44.9	35.7
1975	45.4	36.5
1976	46	37.2
1977	46.5	38
1978	46.9	38.8
1979	47.4	39.5
1980	47.7	40.3
1981	48.1	41
1982	48.5	41.8
1983	48.8	42.7
1984	49.4	43.4
1985	50	43.9
1986	50.6	44.6
1987	51.3	45.2
1988	52	45.7
1989	52.5	46.2
1990	53	46.5
1991	53.4	46.9
1992	54.1	47.2
1993	54.6	47.6
1994	55	47.9
1995	55.4	48.3
1996	55.6	48.5
1997	56	49.1
1998	56.2	49.6
1999	56.3	50.1
2000	56.6	50.6
2001	56.7	51.3
2002	56.9	52
2003	57.1	52.6
2004	57.3	53.3
2005	57.7	53.8
2006	58	54.3
2007	58.2	54.8
2008	58.1	55.2
2009	58.3	55.6
2010	58.4	56
2011	58.5	56.4
2012	58.6	56.7
2013	58.9	57.1
2014	59	57.5
2015	59.1	57.9
2016	59.3	58.3
2017	59.5	58.6
2018	59.7	58.9
2019	59.9	59.2
2020	60.2	58.9
2021	59.6	59.1
2022	60.5	60
2023	60.8	60.4
2024	61	60.7
2025	61.1	60.9

Benin and Mali population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Mali

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Mali
1960	2,517,286	5,402,550
1961	2,559,223	5,482,283
1962	2,604,659	5,563,917
1963	2,652,908	5,646,605
1964	2,704,003	5,730,125
1965	2,757,936	5,815,487
1966	2,814,317	5,902,204
1967	2,872,997	5,990,906
1968	2,934,257	6,082,979
1969	2,998,222	6,177,704
1970	3,065,057	6,276,472
1971	3,134,767	6,377,944
1972	3,207,543	6,483,726
1973	3,283,496	6,597,106
1974	3,362,633	6,715,436
1975	3,445,407	6,837,261
1976	3,532,196	6,960,979
1977	3,623,202	7,090,979
1978	3,718,305	7,229,651
1979	3,818,528	7,375,266
1980	3,925,251	7,530,515
1981	4,038,307	7,692,766
1982	4,156,596	7,860,194
1983	4,278,978	8,034,400
1984	4,405,895	8,208,599
1985	4,538,012	8,374,663
1986	4,675,420	8,531,277
1987	4,818,486	8,681,164
1988	4,967,341	8,833,996
1989	5,121,657	8,999,938
1990	5,281,479	9,178,830
1991	5,446,932	9,362,888
1992	5,617,844	9,553,540
1993	5,872,706	9,754,786
1994	6,096,506	9,967,031
1995	6,226,773	10,185,365
1996	6,391,858	10,407,278
1997	6,583,365	10,646,495
1998	6,789,489	10,919,573
1999	7,002,818	11,227,415
2000	7,221,619	11,559,290
2001	7,445,596	11,912,158
2002	7,675,426	12,288,050
2003	7,913,070	12,684,955
2004	8,159,094	13,102,409
2005	8,426,144	13,538,647
2006	8,693,242	13,990,139
2007	8,953,969	14,457,775
2008	9,228,466	14,940,782
2009	9,509,423	15,435,539
2010	9,797,484	15,945,198
2011	10,093,623	16,469,049
2012	10,397,657	16,957,033
2013	10,708,834	17,459,615
2014	11,030,004	18,020,267
2015	11,360,681	18,593,022
2016	11,697,842	19,191,289
2017	12,039,780	19,813,011
2018	12,383,347	20,442,030
2019	12,726,755	21,068,405
2020	13,070,169	21,713,836
2021	13,413,417	22,388,630
2022	13,759,501	23,072,640
2023	14,111,034	23,769,127
2024	14,462,724	24,478,595

Fertility rates in Benin and Mali

Fertility rate

Benin

Mali

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Mali
1960	6.28	7.02
1961	6.4	7.03
1962	6.46	7.04
1963	6.51	7.05
1964	6.57	7.06
1965	6.61	7.08
1966	6.63	7.11
1967	6.64	7.14
1968	6.67	7.16
1969	6.71	7.18
1970	6.74	7.18
1971	6.77	7.2
1972	6.8	7.22
1973	6.81	7.22
1974	6.82	7.23
1975	6.83	7.25
1976	6.83	7.27
1977	6.83	7.3
1978	6.82	7.32
1979	6.91	7.35
1980	6.99	7.37
1981	7.06	7.37
1982	7.06	7.32
1983	7.05	7.28
1984	7.03	7.26
1985	7	7.26
1986	6.96	7.31
1987	6.92	7.31
1988	6.87	7.32
1989	6.82	7.33
1990	6.74	7.31
1991	6.67	7.28
1992	6.59	7.24
1993	6.51	7.18
1994	6.42	7.12
1995	6.33	7.05
1996	6.28	7.01
1997	6.23	6.97
1998	6.14	6.94
1999	6.03	6.91
2000	5.94	6.89
2001	5.85	6.85
2002	5.79	6.82
2003	5.76	6.78
2004	5.72	6.74
2005	5.69	6.71
2006	5.67	6.68
2007	5.63	6.65
2008	5.55	6.62
2009	5.49	6.59
2010	5.45	6.58
2011	5.44	6.55
2012	5.43	6.52
2013	5.41	6.49
2014	5.37	6.44
2015	5.32	6.39
2016	5.25	6.32
2017	5.16	6.25
2018	5.03	6.12
2019	4.9	5.89
2020	4.8	5.85
2021	4.71	5.78
2022	4.63	5.69
2023	4.56	5.61

Benin and Mali demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Mali

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Mali
1960	20.8	19.8
1961	20.6	19.8
1962	20.3	19.8
1963	20.1	19.8
1964	19.9	19.8
1965	19.7	19.8
1966	19.5	19.7
1967	19.3	19.6
1968	19	19.6
1969	18.8	19.5
1970	18.6	19.4
1971	18.4	19.3
1972	18.3	19.2
1973	18.1	19.1
1974	17.9	19
1975	17.8	18.9
1976	17.7	18.7
1977	17.6	18.6
1978	17.5	18.4
1979	17.4	18.3
1980	17.3	18.1
1981	17.3	17.9
1982	17.2	17.8
1983	17.1	17.6
1984	17.1	17.5
1985	17	17.3
1986	17	17.1
1987	16.9	16.9
1988	16.9	16.8
1989	16.9	16.6
1990	16.9	16.5
1991	16.9	16.4
1992	16.9	16.4
1993	17.1	16.3
1994	17.2	16.3
1995	17	16.3
1996	16.9	16.3
1997	17	16.3
1998	17	16.4
1999	17.1	16.4
2000	17.1	16.5
2001	17.2	16.5
2002	17.3	16.6
2003	17.4	16.6
2004	17.4	16.6
2005	17.5	16.6
2006	17.6	16.6
2007	17.6	16.6
2008	17.7	16.5
2009	17.8	16.4
2010	17.8	16.4
2011	17.9	16.3
2012	18	16.1
2013	18	16
2014	18.1	16
2015	18.1	16
2016	18.2	16
2017	18.3	16
2018	18.3	16
2019	18.4	16.1
2020	18.5	16.2
2021	18.6	16.3
2022	18.7	16.5
2023	18.8	16.6
2024	19	16.7

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