Benin vs Niger statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 27M in Niger (ranked 55/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 489,076 sq mi for Niger (ranked 99th vs. 20th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Niger ranks 187/197 ($723).

Benin and Niger: Comparison Charts

Benin and Niger economies compared

GDP

Benin

Niger

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Niger
1960	$226,195,578	$449,526,873
1961	$235,668,221	$485,785,231
1962	$236,434,954	$531,736,599
1963	$253,927,697	$586,294,879
1964	$269,819,006	$582,816,396
1965	$289,908,680	$673,383,511
1966	$302,925,235	$702,296,079
1967	$306,221,953	$665,586,872
1968	$326,323,105	$641,214,226
1969	$330,748,245	$625,867,985
1970	$333,627,713	$649,916,621
1971	$335,073,028	$693,573,704
1972	$410,331,857	$742,779,661
1973	$504,376,074	$946,385,105
1974	$554,654,861	$1,026,137,111
1975	$676,870,140	$1,048,690,933
1976	$698,408,262	$1,064,517,601
1977	$750,049,779	$1,291,458,041
1978	$928,843,469	$1,774,365,590
1979	$1,186,231,020	$2,109,277,666
1980	$1,405,251,847	$2,508,524,721
1981	$1,291,120,188	$2,170,893,414
1982	$1,267,778,670	$2,017,612,216
1983	$1,095,348,199	$1,803,099,561
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,461,243,326
1985	$1,045,712,789	$1,440,581,652
1986	$1,336,102,025	$1,904,096,998
1987	$1,562,412,228	$2,233,006,105
1988	$1,620,246,084	$2,280,356,193
1989	$1,502,294,416	$2,179,567,114
1990	$1,959,965,330	$3,512,356,508
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,285,796,875
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,386,232,579
1993	$2,274,558,083	$3,052,673,849
1994	$1,598,075,944	$1,938,058,175
1995	$2,169,627,138	$2,302,537,562
1996	$2,361,116,449	$2,405,686,940
1997	$2,268,301,646	$2,290,318,910
1998	$2,455,092,686	$2,643,363,519
1999	$3,677,393,999	$2,537,789,821
2000	$3,519,991,440	$2,241,753,193
2001	$3,666,222,635	$2,448,714,704
2002	$4,194,342,686	$2,782,192,879
2003	$5,349,258,094	$3,394,084,732
2004	$6,190,270,380	$3,760,443,738
2005	$6,567,654,954	$4,383,315,965
2006	$7,034,111,315	$4,756,361,252
2007	$8,169,048,383	$5,731,485,052
2008	$9,787,734,526	$7,297,600,226
2009	$9,738,626,517	$7,352,131,310
2010	$9,535,345,016	$7,851,192,502
2011	$10,693,321,364	$8,772,950,778
2012	$11,141,358,116	$9,426,912,648
2013	$12,517,845,124	$10,224,897,438
2014	$13,284,527,847	$10,862,943,544
2015	$11,388,160,997	$9,683,867,926
2016	$11,821,065,853	$10,398,861,982
2017	$12,701,655,837	$11,185,104,252
2018	$14,262,408,090	$12,837,307,497
2019	$14,391,686,313	$12,889,555,561
2020	$15,686,741,894	$13,744,653,103
2021	$17,687,623,535	$14,915,002,436
2022	$17,425,405,084	$15,433,852,714
2023	$19,673,290,996	$16,698,786,973
2024	$21,482,643,720	$19,537,639,288

Benin and Niger economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Niger

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Niger
1960	$89.9	$128.3
1961	$92.1	$134.6
1962	$90.8	$143.2
1963	$95.7	$153.3
1964	$99.8	$148.1
1965	$105.1	$166.3
1966	$107.6	$168.6
1967	$106.6	$155.4
1968	$111.2	$145.6
1969	$110.3	$138.3
1970	$108.8	$139.8
1971	$106.9	$145.2
1972	$127.9	$151.4
1973	$153.6	$187.9
1974	$164.9	$198.3
1975	$196.5	$197.2
1976	$197.7	$194.8
1977	$207	$229.8
1978	$249.8	$307
1979	$311	$354
1980	$358	$409
1981	$320	$343
1982	$305	$310
1983	$256	$268.8
1984	$238.6	$211.5
1985	$230.4	$202.4
1986	$285.8	$259.6
1987	$324	$295.3
1988	$326	$292.6
1989	$293.3	$271.3
1990	$371	$424
1991	$365	$384
1992	$302	$384
1993	$387	$335
1994	$262.1	$206.2
1995	$348	$237
1996	$369	$239.5
1997	$345	$220.6
1998	$362	$246.1
1999	$525	$228.3
2000	$487	$194.8
2001	$492	$205.4
2002	$546	$225.3
2003	$676	$265.2
2004	$759	$283.5
2005	$779	$319
2006	$809	$333
2007	$912	$387
2008	$1,061	$475
2009	$1,024	$461
2010	$973	$474
2011	$1,059	$511
2012	$1,072	$529
2013	$1,169	$552
2014	$1,204	$565
2015	$1,002	$486
2016	$1,011	$503
2017	$1,055	$522
2018	$1,152	$579
2019	$1,131	$562
2020	$1,200	$580
2021	$1,319	$609
2022	$1,266	$610
2023	$1,394	$638
2024	$1,485	$723

Benin vs. Niger life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Niger

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Niger
1950	35.4	35.9
1951	35.7	35.9
1952	36	35.9
1953	36.3	35.9
1954	36.7	36
1955	37	36
1956	37.3	36
1957	37.6	36.1
1958	38	36.1
1959	38.4	36.1
1960	38.8	36.2
1961	39.2	36.3
1962	39.6	36.3
1963	40.1	36.4
1964	40.5	36.5
1965	41	36.4
1966	41.3	36.3
1967	41.8	36.2
1968	42.2	36.1
1969	42.6	36
1970	43	35.9
1971	43.4	35.3
1972	43.9	35.8
1973	44.4	35.9
1974	44.9	36.2
1975	45.4	36.6
1976	46	37.1
1977	46.5	37.7
1978	46.9	38.3
1979	47.4	38.9
1980	47.7	39.3
1981	48.1	39.6
1982	48.5	39.8
1983	48.8	40
1984	49.4	40
1985	50	40.1
1986	50.6	40.3
1987	51.3	40.5
1988	52	40.8
1989	52.5	41.2
1990	53	41.7
1991	53.4	42.3
1992	54.1	43.1
1993	54.6	43.8
1994	55	44.6
1995	55.4	45.5
1996	55.6	46.3
1997	56	47.1
1998	56.2	47.8
1999	56.3	48.5
2000	56.6	49.2
2001	56.7	49.9
2002	56.9	50.6
2003	57.1	51.5
2004	57.3	52.4
2005	57.7	53.3
2006	58	54.2
2007	58.2	55.1
2008	58.1	55.9
2009	58.3	56.5
2010	58.4	57.1
2011	58.5	57.6
2012	58.6	58
2013	58.9	58.4
2014	59	58.7
2015	59.1	58.8
2016	59.3	59.2
2017	59.5	59.5
2018	59.7	59.8
2019	59.9	60
2020	60.2	59.9
2021	59.6	59.5
2022	60.5	60.4
2023	60.8	61.2
2024	61	61.4
2025	61.1	61.7

Benin and Niger population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Niger

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Niger
1960	2,517,286	3,505,050
1961	2,559,223	3,608,162
1962	2,604,659	3,714,520
1963	2,652,908	3,823,873
1964	2,704,003	3,935,814
1965	2,757,936	4,049,695
1966	2,814,317	4,165,544
1967	2,872,997	4,283,590
1968	2,934,257	4,403,637
1969	2,998,222	4,525,725
1970	3,065,057	4,650,275
1971	3,134,767	4,776,225
1972	3,207,543	4,904,845
1973	3,283,496	5,037,865
1974	3,362,633	5,174,953
1975	3,445,407	5,317,019
1976	3,532,196	5,464,962
1977	3,623,202	5,619,716
1978	3,718,305	5,782,932
1979	3,818,528	5,955,556
1980	3,925,251	6,135,971
1981	4,038,307	6,322,006
1982	4,156,596	6,512,732
1983	4,278,978	6,708,644
1984	4,405,895	6,909,971
1985	4,538,012	7,118,457
1986	4,675,420	7,335,811
1987	4,818,486	7,561,150
1988	4,967,341	7,793,748
1989	5,121,657	8,034,780
1990	5,281,479	8,286,059
1991	5,446,932	8,546,900
1992	5,617,844	8,817,633
1993	5,872,706	9,100,789
1994	6,096,506	9,398,258
1995	6,226,773	9,714,529
1996	6,391,858	10,044,852
1997	6,583,365	10,383,969
1998	6,789,489	10,741,413
1999	7,002,818	11,117,411
2000	7,221,619	11,509,630
2001	7,445,596	11,920,647
2002	7,675,426	12,349,144
2003	7,913,070	12,796,984
2004	8,159,094	13,265,836
2005	8,426,144	13,756,192
2006	8,693,242	14,268,581
2007	8,953,969	14,803,610
2008	9,228,466	15,361,915
2009	9,509,423	15,943,675
2010	9,797,484	16,548,835
2011	10,093,623	17,176,283
2012	10,397,657	17,836,769
2013	10,708,834	18,519,898
2014	11,030,004	19,215,909
2015	11,360,681	19,939,498
2016	11,697,842	20,685,753
2017	12,039,780	21,435,446
2018	12,383,347	22,188,069
2019	12,726,755	22,947,757
2020	13,070,169	23,717,613
2021	13,413,417	24,502,140
2022	13,759,501	25,311,973
2023	14,111,034	26,159,867
2024	14,462,724	27,032,412

Fertility rates in Benin and Niger

Fertility rate

Benin

Niger

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Niger
1960	6.28	7.53
1961	6.4	7.51
1962	6.46	7.5
1963	6.51	7.49
1964	6.57	7.48
1965	6.61	7.47
1966	6.63	7.48
1967	6.64	7.49
1968	6.67	7.5
1969	6.71	7.51
1970	6.74	7.51
1971	6.77	7.52
1972	6.8	7.52
1973	6.81	7.53
1974	6.82	7.54
1975	6.83	7.54
1976	6.83	7.56
1977	6.83	7.6
1978	6.82	7.66
1979	6.91	7.72
1980	6.99	7.78
1981	7.06	7.82
1982	7.06	7.86
1983	7.05	7.9
1984	7.03	7.92
1985	7	7.93
1986	6.96	7.9
1987	6.92	7.87
1988	6.87	7.84
1989	6.82	7.82
1990	6.74	7.81
1991	6.67	7.8
1992	6.59	7.8
1993	6.51	7.79
1994	6.42	7.79
1995	6.33	7.78
1996	6.28	7.78
1997	6.23	7.8
1998	6.14	7.84
1999	6.03	7.84
2000	5.94	7.83
2001	5.85	7.81
2002	5.79	7.8
2003	5.76	7.79
2004	5.72	7.78
2005	5.69	7.77
2006	5.67	7.74
2007	5.63	7.73
2008	5.55	7.7
2009	5.49	7.68
2010	5.45	7.64
2011	5.44	7.59
2012	5.43	7.53
2013	5.41	7.45
2014	5.37	7.34
2015	5.32	7.22
2016	5.25	7.04
2017	5.16	6.87
2018	5.03	6.71
2019	4.9	6.54
2020	4.8	6.37
2021	4.71	6.2
2022	4.63	6.14
2023	4.56	6.06

Benin and Niger demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Niger

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Niger
1960	20.8	15.5
1961	20.6	15.5
1962	20.3	15.5
1963	20.1	15.5
1964	19.9	15.6
1965	19.7	15.6
1966	19.5	15.6
1967	19.3	15.7
1968	19	15.7
1969	18.8	15.8
1970	18.6	15.9
1971	18.4	15.9
1972	18.3	16
1973	18.1	16.1
1974	17.9	16.1
1975	17.8	16.2
1976	17.7	16.3
1977	17.6	16.3
1978	17.5	16.4
1979	17.4	16.4
1980	17.3	16.4
1981	17.3	16.4
1982	17.2	16.4
1983	17.1	16.4
1984	17.1	16.4
1985	17	16.4
1986	17	16.4
1987	16.9	16.4
1988	16.9	16.5
1989	16.9	16.5
1990	16.9	16.5
1991	16.9	16.6
1992	16.9	16.6
1993	17.1	16.6
1994	17.2	16.6
1995	17	16.6
1996	16.9	16.6
1997	17	16.5
1998	17	16.5
1999	17.1	16.4
2000	17.1	16.3
2001	17.2	16.2
2002	17.3	16.1
2003	17.4	16
2004	17.4	15.9
2005	17.5	15.8
2006	17.6	15.7
2007	17.6	15.5
2008	17.7	15.5
2009	17.8	15.4
2010	17.8	15.3
2011	17.9	15.3
2012	18	15.3
2013	18	15.3
2014	18.1	15.3
2015	18.1	15.4
2016	18.2	15.5
2017	18.3	15.6
2018	18.3	15.7
2019	18.4	15.8
2020	18.5	15.9
2021	18.6	16
2022	18.7	16.2
2023	18.8	16.3
2024	19	16.5

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