Benin vs Namibia statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 3.03M in Namibia (ranked 136/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 317,874 sq mi for Namibia (ranked 99th vs. 33rd).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413).

Benin and Namibia: Comparison Charts

Benin and Namibia economies compared

GDP

Benin

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Namibia
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	-
1968	$326,323,105	-
1969	$330,748,245	-
1970	$333,627,713	-
1971	$335,073,028	-
1972	$410,331,857	-
1973	$504,376,074	-
1974	$554,654,861	-
1975	$676,870,140	-
1976	$698,408,262	-
1977	$750,049,779	-
1978	$928,843,469	-
1979	$1,186,231,020	-
1980	$1,405,251,847	$2,421,990,338
1981	$1,291,120,188	$2,249,908,578
1982	$1,267,778,670	$2,118,710,248
1983	$1,095,348,199	$2,297,400,688
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,951,260,038
1985	$1,045,712,789	$1,608,237,350
1986	$1,336,102,025	$1,809,048,527
1987	$1,562,412,228	$2,300,068,217
1988	$1,620,246,084	$2,495,094,746
1989	$1,502,294,416	$2,535,135,798
1990	$1,959,965,330	$2,789,921,854
1991	$1,986,437,797	$2,996,869,281
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,429,521,699
1993	$2,274,558,083	$3,251,188,833
1994	$1,598,075,944	$3,666,503,530
1995	$2,169,627,138	$3,978,514,206
1996	$2,361,116,449	$3,989,163,197
1997	$2,268,301,646	$4,154,989,950
1998	$2,455,092,686	$3,873,109,866
1999	$3,677,393,999	$3,868,551,730
2000	$3,519,991,440	$3,922,232,165
2001	$3,666,222,635	$3,557,341,215
2002	$4,194,342,686	$3,349,169,826
2003	$5,349,258,094	$4,926,439,384
2004	$6,190,270,380	$6,609,205,995
2005	$6,567,654,954	$7,248,374,838
2006	$7,034,111,315	$8,001,779,551
2007	$8,169,048,383	$8,839,536,476
2008	$9,787,734,526	$8,607,431,497
2009	$9,738,626,517	$8,938,847,189
2010	$9,535,345,016	$11,431,412,421
2011	$10,693,321,364	$12,523,359,441
2012	$11,141,358,116	$13,042,053,592
2013	$12,517,845,124	$12,043,307,277
2014	$13,284,527,847	$12,435,430,970
2015	$11,388,160,997	$11,335,161,084
2016	$11,821,065,853	$10,722,018,732
2017	$12,701,655,837	$12,895,153,371
2018	$14,262,408,090	$13,682,019,076
2019	$14,391,686,313	$12,541,928,303
2020	$15,686,741,894	$10,583,748,542
2021	$17,687,623,535	$12,402,486,184
2022	$17,425,405,084	$12,569,449,123
2023	$19,673,290,996	$12,408,271,448
2024	$21,482,643,720	$13,372,354,269

Benin and Namibia economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Namibia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Namibia
1960	$89.9	-
1961	$92.1	-
1962	$90.8	-
1963	$95.7	-
1964	$99.8	-
1965	$105.1	-
1966	$107.6	-
1967	$106.6	-
1968	$111.2	-
1969	$110.3	-
1970	$108.8	-
1971	$106.9	-
1972	$127.9	-
1973	$153.6	-
1974	$164.9	-
1975	$196.5	-
1976	$197.7	-
1977	$207	-
1978	$249.8	-
1979	$311	-
1980	$358	$2,468
1981	$320	$2,267
1982	$305	$2,097
1983	$256	$2,214
1984	$238.6	$1,830
1985	$230.4	$1,466
1986	$285.8	$1,599
1987	$324	$1,969
1988	$326	$2,063
1989	$293.3	$1,967
1990	$371	$2,037
1991	$365	$2,117
1992	$302	$2,347
1993	$387	$2,155
1994	$262.1	$2,356
1995	$348	$2,483
1996	$369	$2,423
1997	$345	$2,460
1998	$362	$2,235
1999	$525	$2,178
2000	$487	$2,157
2001	$492	$1,916
2002	$546	$1,772
2003	$676	$2,569
2004	$759	$3,403
2005	$779	$3,686
2006	$809	$4,017
2007	$912	$4,379
2008	$1,061	$4,205
2009	$1,024	$4,303
2010	$973	$5,418
2011	$1,059	$5,835
2012	$1,072	$5,943
2013	$1,169	$5,347
2014	$1,204	$5,378
2015	$1,002	$4,774
2016	$1,011	$4,396
2017	$1,055	$5,144
2018	$1,152	$5,309
2019	$1,131	$4,732
2020	$1,200	$3,879
2021	$1,319	$4,413
2022	$1,266	$4,350
2023	$1,394	$4,188
2024	$1,485	$4,413

Benin vs. Namibia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Namibia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Namibia
1950	35.4	41.9
1951	35.7	42.5
1952	36	43.1
1953	36.3	43.8
1954	36.7	44.4
1955	37	45
1956	37.3	45.7
1957	37.6	46.4
1958	38	47.1
1959	38.4	47.8
1960	38.8	48.5
1961	39.2	49.2
1962	39.6	50
1963	40.1	50.6
1964	40.5	51.3
1965	41	52
1966	41.3	52.3
1967	41.8	52.9
1968	42.2	53.6
1969	42.6	54.1
1970	43	54.7
1971	43.4	55.3
1972	43.9	55.8
1973	44.4	56.4
1974	44.9	56.9
1975	45.4	57.6
1976	46	58
1977	46.5	58.6
1978	46.9	59.1
1979	47.4	59.5
1980	47.7	56.6
1981	48.1	56.9
1982	48.5	57.3
1983	48.8	57.6
1984	49.4	58.1
1985	50	58.5
1986	50.6	58.7
1987	51.3	59.1
1988	52	59
1989	52.5	60.8
1990	53	61.4
1991	53.4	60.8
1992	54.1	60.2
1993	54.6	59.3
1994	55	58.4
1995	55.4	57.5
1996	55.6	56.6
1997	56	55.8
1998	56.2	54.8
1999	56.3	54
2000	56.6	52.9
2001	56.7	52
2002	56.9	52
2003	57.1	51.9
2004	57.3	52.2
2005	57.7	52.6
2006	58	53.2
2007	58.2	54
2008	58.1	54.7
2009	58.3	55.3
2010	58.4	56.1
2011	58.5	56.6
2012	58.6	57.7
2013	58.9	58.5
2014	59	59.3
2015	59.1	60
2016	59.3	60.8
2017	59.5	61.7
2018	59.7	62.6
2019	59.9	63.5
2020	60.2	64.1
2021	59.6	60.8
2022	60.5	64.2
2023	60.8	67.4
2024	61	67.5
2025	61.1	67.7

Benin and Namibia population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Namibia

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Namibia
1960	2,517,286	591,465
1961	2,559,223	603,067
1962	2,604,659	615,759
1963	2,652,908	629,589
1964	2,704,003	644,530
1965	2,757,936	660,558
1966	2,814,317	677,655
1967	2,872,997	696,045
1968	2,934,257	715,542
1969	2,998,222	736,120
1970	3,065,057	757,868
1971	3,134,767	780,584
1972	3,207,543	804,399
1973	3,283,496	828,928
1974	3,362,633	854,320
1975	3,445,407	881,032
1976	3,532,196	906,566
1977	3,623,202	931,104
1978	3,718,305	947,269
1979	3,818,528	962,825
1980	3,925,251	981,434
1981	4,038,307	992,500
1982	4,156,596	1,010,308
1983	4,278,978	1,037,511
1984	4,405,895	1,065,989
1985	4,538,012	1,096,890
1986	4,675,420	1,131,081
1987	4,818,486	1,167,889
1988	4,967,341	1,209,696
1989	5,121,657	1,288,947
1990	5,281,479	1,369,303
1991	5,446,932	1,415,684
1992	5,617,844	1,461,322
1993	5,872,706	1,508,697
1994	6,096,506	1,556,304
1995	6,226,773	1,602,170
1996	6,391,858	1,646,103
1997	6,583,365	1,689,264
1998	6,789,489	1,732,745
1999	7,002,818	1,776,368
2000	7,221,619	1,818,647
2001	7,445,596	1,857,048
2002	7,675,426	1,889,970
2003	7,913,070	1,917,464
2004	8,159,094	1,942,082
2005	8,426,144	1,966,582
2006	8,693,242	1,991,888
2007	8,953,969	2,018,600
2008	9,228,466	2,047,056
2009	9,509,423	2,077,394
2010	9,797,484	2,109,811
2011	10,093,623	2,146,325
2012	10,397,657	2,194,654
2013	10,708,834	2,252,508
2014	11,030,004	2,312,139
2015	11,360,681	2,374,300
2016	11,697,842	2,439,213
2017	12,039,780	2,506,853
2018	12,383,347	2,577,327
2019	12,726,755	2,650,494
2020	13,070,169	2,728,762
2021	13,413,417	2,810,548
2022	13,759,501	2,889,662
2023	14,111,034	2,963,095
2024	14,462,724	3,030,131

Fertility rates in Benin and Namibia

Fertility rate

Benin

Namibia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Namibia
1960	6.28	6.24
1961	6.4	6.29
1962	6.46	6.35
1963	6.51	6.41
1964	6.57	6.43
1965	6.61	6.45
1966	6.63	6.47
1967	6.64	6.49
1968	6.67	6.5
1969	6.71	6.51
1970	6.74	6.52
1971	6.77	6.52
1972	6.8	6.53
1973	6.81	6.54
1974	6.82	6.55
1975	6.83	6.53
1976	6.83	6.49
1977	6.83	6.44
1978	6.82	6.38
1979	6.91	6.31
1980	6.99	6.24
1981	7.06	6.16
1982	7.06	6.08
1983	7.05	6
1984	7.03	5.94
1985	7	5.88
1986	6.96	5.79
1987	6.92	5.7
1988	6.87	5.61
1989	6.82	5.52
1990	6.74	5.4
1991	6.67	5.29
1992	6.59	5.11
1993	6.51	4.91
1994	6.42	4.68
1995	6.33	4.42
1996	6.28	4.2
1997	6.23	4.17
1998	6.14	4.18
1999	6.03	4.14
2000	5.94	3.99
2001	5.85	3.83
2002	5.79	3.69
2003	5.76	3.58
2004	5.72	3.55
2005	5.69	3.57
2006	5.67	3.6
2007	5.63	3.61
2008	5.55	3.62
2009	5.49	3.63
2010	5.45	3.66
2011	5.44	3.66
2012	5.43	3.68
2013	5.41	3.65
2014	5.37	3.64
2015	5.32	3.6
2016	5.25	3.57
2017	5.16	3.51
2018	5.03	3.46
2019	4.9	3.4
2020	4.8	3.35
2021	4.71	3.3
2022	4.63	3.25
2023	4.56	3.21

Benin and Namibia demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Namibia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Namibia
1960	20.8	18.9
1961	20.6	18.7
1962	20.3	18.6
1963	20.1	18.5
1964	19.9	18.4
1965	19.7	18.4
1966	19.5	18.3
1967	19.3	18.3
1968	19	18.2
1969	18.8	18.1
1970	18.6	18.1
1971	18.4	18
1972	18.3	17.9
1973	18.1	17.8
1974	17.9	17.7
1975	17.8	17.6
1976	17.7	17.5
1977	17.6	17.3
1978	17.5	17
1979	17.4	16.8
1980	17.3	16.6
1981	17.3	16.4
1982	17.2	16.3
1983	17.1	16.4
1984	17.1	16.5
1985	17	16.7
1986	17	16.9
1987	16.9	17
1988	16.9	17.3
1989	16.9	17.8
1990	16.9	18.3
1991	16.9	18.4
1992	16.9	18.4
1993	17.1	18.5
1994	17.2	18.5
1995	17	18.6
1996	16.9	18.7
1997	17	18.8
1998	17	18.9
1999	17.1	18.9
2000	17.1	19
2001	17.2	19.1
2002	17.3	19.2
2003	17.4	19.3
2004	17.4	19.4
2005	17.5	19.6
2006	17.6	19.7
2007	17.6	19.9
2008	17.7	20
2009	17.8	20.3
2010	17.8	20.5
2011	17.9	20.7
2012	18	20.9
2013	18	21.1
2014	18.1	21.3
2015	18.1	21.4
2016	18.2	21.5
2017	18.3	21.6
2018	18.3	21.7
2019	18.4	21.8
2020	18.5	21.8
2021	18.6	21.8
2022	18.7	21.8
2023	18.8	21.9
2024	19	22.1

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