Benin vs Senegal statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 99th vs. 85th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Benin and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Benin and Senegal economies compared

GDP

Benin

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Senegal
1960	$226,195,578	$1,003,692,370
1961	$235,668,221	$1,058,975,257
1962	$236,434,954	$1,085,475,791
1963	$253,927,697	$1,122,139,862
1964	$269,819,006	$1,188,930,645
1965	$289,908,680	$1,210,058,228
1966	$302,925,235	$1,246,908,186
1967	$306,221,953	$1,246,480,766
1968	$326,323,105	$1,309,384,862
1969	$330,748,245	$1,245,234,931
1970	$333,627,713	$1,297,407,655
1971	$335,073,028	$1,339,549,033
1972	$410,331,857	$1,620,857,104
1973	$504,376,074	$1,863,398,590
1974	$554,654,861	$2,099,325,229
1975	$676,870,140	$2,830,388,405
1976	$698,408,262	$2,869,777,884
1977	$750,049,779	$2,938,046,463
1978	$928,843,469	$3,280,354,921
1979	$1,186,231,020	$4,084,877,823
1980	$1,405,251,847	$4,510,108,291
1981	$1,291,120,188	$4,095,892,781
1982	$1,267,778,670	$4,013,951,443
1983	$1,095,348,199	$3,569,356,125
1984	$1,051,134,009	$3,485,165,432
1985	$1,045,712,789	$3,818,944,918
1986	$1,336,102,025	$5,392,093,446
1987	$1,562,412,228	$6,487,353,103
1988	$1,620,246,084	$6,418,419,389
1989	$1,502,294,416	$6,366,039,373
1990	$1,959,965,330	$7,390,967,360
1991	$1,986,437,797	$7,255,210,470
1992	$1,695,315,306	$7,769,817,840
1993	$2,274,558,083	$7,367,986,241
1994	$1,598,075,944	$5,034,588,196
1995	$2,169,627,138	$6,326,342,633
1996	$2,361,116,449	$6,559,712,166
1997	$2,268,301,646	$6,041,478,726
1998	$2,455,092,686	$6,505,607,909
1999	$3,677,393,999	$6,592,834,933
2000	$3,519,991,440	$6,013,185,004
2001	$3,666,222,635	$6,507,824,829
2002	$4,194,342,686	$7,006,402,320
2003	$5,349,258,094	$8,768,721,563
2004	$6,190,270,380	$10,076,816,667
2005	$6,567,654,954	$11,009,033,438
2006	$7,034,111,315	$11,697,918,243
2007	$8,169,048,383	$13,994,218,413
2008	$9,787,734,526	$16,853,989,628
2009	$9,738,626,517	$16,145,867,495
2010	$9,535,345,016	$16,121,315,909
2011	$10,693,321,364	$17,814,283,639
2012	$11,141,358,116	$17,660,870,412
2013	$12,517,845,124	$18,918,667,725
2014	$13,284,527,847	$19,797,253,440
2015	$11,388,160,997	$17,774,766,696
2016	$11,821,065,853	$19,040,312,333
2017	$12,701,655,837	$20,996,562,944
2018	$14,262,408,090	$23,116,701,556
2019	$14,391,686,313	$23,403,995,992
2020	$15,686,741,894	$24,530,513,038
2021	$17,687,623,535	$27,520,784,130
2022	$17,425,405,084	$27,783,332,223
2023	$19,673,290,996	$30,696,331,296
2024	$21,482,643,720	$32,267,254,425

Benin and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Senegal
1960	$89.9	$300
1961	$92.1	$308
1962	$90.8	$307
1963	$95.7	$309
1964	$99.8	$318
1965	$105.1	$314
1966	$107.6	$315
1967	$106.6	$305
1968	$111.2	$311
1969	$110.3	$287.3
1970	$108.8	$290.5
1971	$106.9	$291.1
1972	$127.9	$342
1973	$153.6	$381
1974	$164.9	$417
1975	$196.5	$547
1976	$197.7	$541
1977	$207	$540
1978	$249.8	$589
1979	$311	$716
1980	$358	$772
1981	$320	$683
1982	$305	$652
1983	$256	$564
1984	$238.6	$536
1985	$230.4	$571
1986	$285.8	$784
1987	$324	$916
1988	$326	$880
1989	$293.3	$849
1990	$371	$957
1991	$365	$913
1992	$302	$951
1993	$387	$878
1994	$262.1	$584
1995	$348	$715
1996	$369	$723
1997	$345	$651
1998	$362	$685
1999	$525	$678
2000	$487	$603
2001	$492	$637
2002	$546	$669
2003	$676	$818
2004	$759	$918
2005	$779	$980
2006	$809	$1,017
2007	$912	$1,189
2008	$1,061	$1,399
2009	$1,024	$1,309
2010	$973	$1,276
2011	$1,059	$1,375
2012	$1,072	$1,327
2013	$1,169	$1,380
2014	$1,204	$1,399
2015	$1,002	$1,218
2016	$1,011	$1,266
2017	$1,055	$1,357
2018	$1,152	$1,453
2019	$1,131	$1,431
2020	$1,200	$1,461
2021	$1,319	$1,598
2022	$1,266	$1,574
2023	$1,394	$1,698
2024	$1,485	$1,744

Benin vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Senegal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Senegal
1950	35.4	36.5
1951	35.7	36.9
1952	36	37.4
1953	36.3	37.8
1954	36.7	38.2
1955	37	38.5
1956	37.3	38.9
1957	37.6	39.1
1958	38	39.4
1959	38.4	39.5
1960	38.8	39.7
1961	39.2	39.7
1962	39.6	39.7
1963	40.1	39.7
1964	40.5	39.8
1965	41	39.8
1966	41.3	39.8
1967	41.8	40
1968	42.2	40.1
1969	42.6	40.4
1970	43	40.8
1971	43.4	41.2
1972	43.9	41.8
1973	44.4	42.4
1974	44.9	43.1
1975	45.4	43.9
1976	46	44.8
1977	46.5	45.7
1978	46.9	46.6
1979	47.4	47.5
1980	47.7	48.3
1981	48.1	49.1
1982	48.5	49.9
1983	48.8	50.8
1984	49.4	51.7
1985	50	52.6
1986	50.6	53.7
1987	51.3	54.6
1988	52	55.5
1989	52.5	56.2
1990	53	56.7
1991	53.4	57
1992	54.1	57.3
1993	54.6	57.3
1994	55	57.5
1995	55.4	57.3
1996	55.6	57.1
1997	56	57.1
1998	56.2	57.1
1999	56.3	57.3
2000	56.6	57.6
2001	56.7	58.2
2002	56.9	58.9
2003	57.1	59.5
2004	57.3	60.3
2005	57.7	61
2006	58	61.8
2007	58.2	62.7
2008	58.1	63.2
2009	58.3	63.8
2010	58.4	64.2
2011	58.5	64.8
2012	58.6	65.2
2013	58.9	65.6
2014	59	66
2015	59.1	66.5
2016	59.3	66.7
2017	59.5	67.1
2018	59.7	67.4
2019	59.9	67.7
2020	60.2	67.5
2021	59.6	66.9
2022	60.5	67.8
2023	60.8	68.7
2024	61	68.9
2025	61.1	69.2

Benin and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Senegal

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Senegal
1960	2,517,286	3,340,907
1961	2,559,223	3,436,375
1962	2,604,659	3,534,686
1963	2,652,908	3,635,876
1964	2,704,003	3,740,535
1965	2,757,936	3,849,788
1966	2,814,317	3,964,299
1967	2,872,997	4,083,870
1968	2,934,257	4,207,587
1969	2,998,222	4,334,974
1970	3,065,057	4,466,328
1971	3,134,767	4,601,864
1972	3,207,543	4,741,631
1973	3,283,496	4,885,181
1974	3,362,633	5,029,437
1975	3,445,407	5,170,810
1976	3,532,196	5,308,564
1977	3,623,202	5,439,549
1978	3,718,305	5,568,096
1979	3,818,528	5,702,895
1980	3,925,251	5,845,638
1981	4,038,307	5,997,160
1982	4,156,596	6,156,961
1983	4,278,978	6,324,504
1984	4,405,895	6,499,364
1985	4,538,012	6,683,287
1986	4,675,420	6,878,192
1987	4,818,486	7,081,530
1988	4,967,341	7,289,618
1989	5,121,657	7,502,207
1990	5,281,479	7,720,523
1991	5,446,932	7,943,085
1992	5,617,844	8,168,395
1993	5,872,706	8,396,288
1994	6,096,506	8,624,078
1995	6,226,773	8,848,101
1996	6,391,858	9,067,014
1997	6,583,365	9,283,495
1998	6,789,489	9,502,952
1999	7,002,818	9,730,887
2000	7,221,619	9,968,260
2001	7,445,596	10,212,942
2002	7,675,426	10,466,214
2003	7,913,070	10,721,176
2004	8,159,094	10,975,704
2005	8,426,144	11,235,472
2006	8,693,242	11,500,094
2007	8,953,969	11,770,344
2008	9,228,466	12,048,959
2009	9,509,423	12,337,389
2010	9,797,484	12,635,413
2011	10,093,623	12,958,897
2012	10,397,657	13,310,495
2013	10,708,834	13,710,849
2014	11,030,004	14,152,102
2015	11,360,681	14,593,331
2016	11,697,842	15,034,521
2017	12,039,780	15,475,002
2018	12,383,347	15,914,498
2019	12,726,755	16,352,922
2020	13,070,169	16,789,219
2021	13,413,417	17,220,867
2022	13,759,501	17,651,103
2023	14,111,034	18,077,573
2024	14,462,724	18,501,984

Fertility rates in Benin and Senegal

Fertility rate

Benin

Senegal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Senegal
1960	6.28	7
1961	6.4	7.04
1962	6.46	7.08
1963	6.51	7.12
1964	6.57	7.16
1965	6.61	7.19
1966	6.63	7.22
1967	6.64	7.24
1968	6.67	7.25
1969	6.71	7.26
1970	6.74	7.26
1971	6.77	7.26
1972	6.8	7.26
1973	6.81	7.26
1974	6.82	7.25
1975	6.83	7.25
1976	6.83	7.26
1977	6.83	7.27
1978	6.82	7.28
1979	6.91	7.29
1980	6.99	7.29
1981	7.06	7.28
1982	7.06	7.25
1983	7.05	7.19
1984	7.03	7.11
1985	7	7.01
1986	6.96	6.9
1987	6.92	6.79
1988	6.87	6.58
1989	6.82	6.48
1990	6.74	6.4
1991	6.67	6.27
1992	6.59	6.15
1993	6.51	6.05
1994	6.42	5.92
1995	6.33	5.82
1996	6.28	5.72
1997	6.23	5.64
1998	6.14	5.58
1999	6.03	5.57
2000	5.94	5.5
2001	5.85	5.4
2002	5.79	5.3
2003	5.76	5.25
2004	5.72	5.19
2005	5.69	5.13
2006	5.67	5.06
2007	5.63	5.02
2008	5.55	5.02
2009	5.49	5.03
2010	5.45	5.06
2011	5.44	5.1
2012	5.43	5.13
2013	5.41	5.05
2014	5.37	4.88
2015	5.32	4.75
2016	5.25	4.65
2017	5.16	4.49
2018	5.03	4.29
2019	4.9	4.1
2020	4.8	4
2021	4.71	3.94
2022	4.63	3.86
2023	4.56	3.82

Benin and Senegal demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Senegal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Senegal
1960	20.8	18.1
1961	20.6	18
1962	20.3	18
1963	20.1	17.9
1964	19.9	17.9
1965	19.7	17.9
1966	19.5	17.8
1967	19.3	17.9
1968	19	17.9
1969	18.8	17.9
1970	18.6	17.9
1971	18.4	17.9
1972	18.3	17.9
1973	18.1	17.9
1974	17.9	17.8
1975	17.8	17.7
1976	17.7	17.6
1977	17.6	17.4
1978	17.5	17.2
1979	17.4	17
1980	17.3	16.8
1981	17.3	16.7
1982	17.2	16.5
1983	17.1	16.4
1984	17.1	16.3
1985	17	16.3
1986	17	16.3
1987	16.9	16.3
1988	16.9	16.4
1989	16.9	16.5
1990	16.9	16.6
1991	16.9	16.7
1992	16.9	16.8
1993	17.1	16.9
1994	17.2	17
1995	17	17.1
1996	16.9	17.2
1997	17	17.3
1998	17	17.4
1999	17.1	17.5
2000	17.1	17.6
2001	17.2	17.7
2002	17.3	17.8
2003	17.4	18
2004	17.4	18.1
2005	17.5	18.2
2006	17.6	18.2
2007	17.6	18.3
2008	17.7	18.4
2009	17.8	18.4
2010	17.8	18.5
2011	17.9	18.5
2012	18	18.5
2013	18	18.5
2014	18.1	18.6
2015	18.1	18.6
2016	18.2	18.7
2017	18.3	18.9
2018	18.3	19
2019	18.4	19.2
2020	18.5	19.4
2021	18.6	19.7
2022	18.7	19.9
2023	18.8	20.1
2024	19	20.4

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