Benin vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 99th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Benin and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Benin and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Benin

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Sierra Leone
1960	$226,195,578	$322,151,961
1961	$235,668,221	$327,978,758
1962	$236,434,954	$342,872,549
1963	$253,927,697	$348,700,980
1964	$269,819,006	$372,011,438
1965	$289,908,680	$359,523,810
1966	$302,925,235	$375,630,252
1967	$306,221,953	$348,895,028
1968	$326,323,105	$329,991,597
1969	$330,748,245	$408,853,541
1970	$333,627,713	$434,584,634
1971	$335,073,028	$419,495,788
1972	$410,331,857	$465,254,682
1973	$504,376,074	$575,471,814
1974	$554,654,861	$648,940,351
1975	$676,870,140	$679,352,876
1976	$698,408,262	$594,810,422
1977	$750,049,779	$692,079,407
1978	$928,843,469	$960,765,043
1979	$1,186,231,020	$1,109,343,425
1980	$1,405,251,847	$1,100,476,190
1981	$1,291,120,188	$1,114,926,661
1982	$1,267,778,670	$1,294,995,964
1983	$1,095,348,199	$995,278,515
1984	$1,051,134,009	$1,087,450,199
1985	$1,045,712,789	$856,890,459
1986	$1,336,102,025	$490,181,457
1987	$1,562,412,228	$660,106,336
1988	$1,620,246,084	$1,055,083,933
1989	$1,502,294,416	$932,974,420
1990	$1,959,965,330	$649,644,098
1991	$1,986,437,797	$779,981,987
1992	$1,695,315,306	$679,940,814
1993	$2,274,558,083	$768,867,883
1994	$1,598,075,944	$911,853,802
1995	$2,169,627,138	$870,740,292
1996	$2,361,116,449	$941,709,423
1997	$2,268,301,646	$850,232,760
1998	$2,455,092,686	$672,368,187
1999	$3,677,393,999	$669,386,624
2000	$3,519,991,440	$635,866,404
2001	$3,666,222,635	$1,681,473,894
2002	$4,194,342,686	$1,933,863,911
2003	$5,349,258,094	$2,142,618,046
2004	$6,190,270,380	$2,237,350,687
2005	$6,567,654,954	$2,545,275,313
2006	$7,034,111,315	$3,263,697,467
2007	$8,169,048,383	$3,632,957,611
2008	$9,787,734,526	$4,157,895,298
2009	$9,738,626,517	$3,953,403,098
2010	$9,535,345,016	$4,262,805,967
2011	$10,693,321,364	$4,861,632,885
2012	$11,141,358,116	$6,141,666,509
2013	$12,517,845,124	$7,502,762,863
2014	$13,284,527,847	$7,686,138,791
2015	$11,388,160,997	$6,788,352,975
2016	$11,821,065,853	$6,084,297,211
2017	$12,701,655,837	$5,749,846,528
2018	$14,262,408,090	$6,390,514,689
2019	$14,391,686,313	$6,526,183,564
2020	$15,686,741,894	$6,693,888,876
2021	$17,687,623,535	$7,173,379,137
2022	$17,425,405,084	$7,124,465,160
2023	$19,673,290,996	$6,411,787,856
2024	$21,482,643,720	$7,547,843,281

Benin and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Sierra Leone
1960	$89.9	$142
1961	$92.1	$142.3
1962	$90.8	$146.4
1963	$95.7	$146.4
1964	$99.8	$153.4
1965	$105.1	$145.6
1966	$107.6	$149.4
1967	$106.6	$136.2
1968	$111.2	$126.4
1969	$110.3	$153.6
1970	$108.8	$160.2
1971	$106.9	$151.8
1972	$127.9	$165.3
1973	$153.6	$200.7
1974	$164.9	$222.2
1975	$196.5	$228.4
1976	$197.7	$196.4
1977	$207	$224.3
1978	$249.8	$305
1979	$311	$346
1980	$358	$336
1981	$320	$334
1982	$305	$380
1983	$256	$285.9
1984	$238.6	$306
1985	$230.4	$235.5
1986	$285.8	$131.5
1987	$324	$172.4
1988	$326	$268.2
1989	$293.3	$231.3
1990	$371	$154.8
1991	$365	$183.7
1992	$302	$163.2
1993	$387	$185
1994	$262.1	$218.5
1995	$348	$208.4
1996	$369	$224.3
1997	$345	$199.9
1998	$362	$156.5
1999	$525	$155
2000	$487	$143.7
2001	$492	$358
2002	$546	$389
2003	$676	$414
2004	$759	$418
2005	$779	$463
2006	$809	$580
2007	$912	$632
2008	$1,061	$705
2009	$1,024	$653
2010	$973	$685
2011	$1,059	$761
2012	$1,072	$938
2013	$1,169	$1,117
2014	$1,204	$1,118
2015	$1,002	$965
2016	$1,011	$844
2017	$1,055	$779
2018	$1,152	$846
2019	$1,131	$844
2020	$1,200	$846
2021	$1,319	$886
2022	$1,266	$861
2023	$1,394	$758
2024	$1,485	$873

Benin vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Sierra Leone
1950	35.4	28.9
1951	35.7	29.3
1952	36	29.7
1953	36.3	30.1
1954	36.7	30.5
1955	37	30.9
1956	37.3	31.3
1957	37.6	31.8
1958	38	32.1
1959	38.4	32.6
1960	38.8	33.1
1961	39.2	33.6
1962	39.6	34.2
1963	40.1	34.7
1964	40.5	35.3
1965	41	35.9
1966	41.3	36.6
1967	41.8	37.3
1968	42.2	37.8
1969	42.6	38.2
1970	43	38.6
1971	43.4	39.1
1972	43.9	39.5
1973	44.4	40
1974	44.9	40.4
1975	45.4	41
1976	46	41.4
1977	46.5	41.8
1978	46.9	42.2
1979	47.4	42.5
1980	47.7	42.8
1981	48.1	43.1
1982	48.5	43.3
1983	48.8	43.5
1984	49.4	43.6
1985	50	43.6
1986	50.6	43.5
1987	51.3	43.7
1988	52	43.8
1989	52.5	43.7
1990	53	43.7
1991	53.4	43.3
1992	54.1	43.5
1993	54.6	43.4
1994	55	42.8
1995	55.4	42.6
1996	55.6	43.5
1997	56	43.6
1998	56.2	42.7
1999	56.3	42
2000	56.6	44.8
2001	56.7	45.4
2002	56.9	46.2
2003	57.1	46.8
2004	57.3	47.5
2005	57.7	48.3
2006	58	49.5
2007	58.2	50
2008	58.1	50.7
2009	58.3	51.3
2010	58.4	51.9
2011	58.5	52.6
2012	58.6	53.2
2013	58.9	54.1
2014	59	54.3
2015	59.1	55.5
2016	59.3	56.9
2017	59.5	57.8
2018	59.7	59.1
2019	59.9	59.6
2020	60.2	59.7
2021	59.6	60.3
2022	60.5	61.3
2023	60.8	61.8
2024	61	62
2025	61.1	62.2

Benin and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Sierra Leone
1960	2,517,286	2,268,356
1961	2,559,223	2,304,227
1962	2,604,659	2,342,242
1963	2,652,908	2,382,258
1964	2,704,003	2,424,390
1965	2,757,936	2,468,666
1966	2,814,317	2,514,638
1967	2,872,997	2,562,384
1968	2,934,257	2,611,532
1969	2,998,222	2,661,365
1970	3,065,057	2,712,286
1971	3,134,767	2,763,222
1972	3,207,543	2,814,388
1973	3,283,496	2,866,955
1974	3,362,633	2,920,459
1975	3,445,407	2,974,657
1976	3,532,196	3,028,820
1977	3,623,202	3,085,354
1978	3,718,305	3,145,517
1979	3,818,528	3,207,499
1980	3,925,251	3,272,089
1981	4,038,307	3,338,940
1982	4,156,596	3,408,183
1983	4,278,978	3,481,646
1984	4,405,895	3,558,758
1985	4,538,012	3,638,438
1986	4,675,420	3,728,380
1987	4,818,486	3,829,718
1988	4,967,341	3,934,517
1989	5,121,657	4,034,037
1990	5,281,479	4,196,828
1991	5,446,932	4,246,267
1992	5,617,844	4,166,366
1993	5,872,706	4,157,130
1994	6,096,506	4,173,105
1995	6,226,773	4,179,179
1996	6,391,858	4,199,210
1997	6,583,365	4,253,716
1998	6,789,489	4,295,785
1999	7,002,818	4,318,043
2000	7,221,619	4,423,611
2001	7,445,596	4,692,716
2002	7,675,426	4,971,435
2003	7,913,070	5,177,687
2004	8,159,094	5,355,717
2005	8,426,144	5,501,712
2006	8,693,242	5,624,466
2007	8,953,969	5,749,352
2008	9,228,466	5,894,722
2009	9,509,423	6,055,646
2010	9,797,484	6,222,714
2011	10,093,623	6,387,251
2012	10,397,657	6,551,080
2013	10,708,834	6,714,051
2014	11,030,004	6,876,385
2015	11,360,681	7,037,655
2016	11,697,842	7,205,328
2017	12,039,780	7,379,299
2018	12,383,347	7,554,563
2019	12,726,755	7,731,991
2020	13,070,169	7,912,558
2021	13,413,417	8,094,602
2022	13,759,501	8,276,807
2023	14,111,034	8,460,512
2024	14,462,724	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Benin and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Benin

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Sierra Leone
1960	6.28	6.18
1961	6.4	6.21
1962	6.46	6.22
1963	6.51	6.26
1964	6.57	6.29
1965	6.61	6.31
1966	6.63	6.35
1967	6.64	6.38
1968	6.67	6.39
1969	6.71	6.39
1970	6.74	6.41
1971	6.77	6.43
1972	6.8	6.45
1973	6.81	6.47
1974	6.82	6.53
1975	6.83	6.55
1976	6.83	6.55
1977	6.83	6.57
1978	6.82	6.59
1979	6.91	6.58
1980	6.99	6.56
1981	7.06	6.55
1982	7.06	6.56
1983	7.05	6.57
1984	7.03	6.59
1985	7	6.59
1986	6.96	6.6
1987	6.92	6.61
1988	6.87	6.59
1989	6.82	6.57
1990	6.74	6.57
1991	6.67	6.55
1992	6.59	6.56
1993	6.51	6.57
1994	6.42	6.56
1995	6.33	6.56
1996	6.28	6.55
1997	6.23	6.53
1998	6.14	6.5
1999	6.03	6.42
2000	5.94	6.36
2001	5.85	6.31
2002	5.79	6.23
2003	5.76	6.09
2004	5.72	5.92
2005	5.69	5.81
2006	5.67	5.74
2007	5.63	5.64
2008	5.55	5.56
2009	5.49	5.45
2010	5.45	5.33
2011	5.44	5.21
2012	5.43	5.06
2013	5.41	4.87
2014	5.37	4.7
2015	5.32	4.55
2016	5.25	4.47
2017	5.16	4.39
2018	5.03	4.29
2019	4.9	4.19
2020	4.8	4.08
2021	4.71	3.98
2022	4.63	3.88
2023	4.56	3.79

Benin and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Sierra Leone
1960	20.8	21.1
1961	20.6	21.1
1962	20.3	21.1
1963	20.1	21
1964	19.9	21
1965	19.7	20.9
1966	19.5	20.9
1967	19.3	20.8
1968	19	20.7
1969	18.8	20.6
1970	18.6	20.4
1971	18.4	20.2
1972	18.3	20.1
1973	18.1	19.9
1974	17.9	19.8
1975	17.8	19.6
1976	17.7	19.5
1977	17.6	19.4
1978	17.5	19.3
1979	17.4	19.2
1980	17.3	19.1
1981	17.3	19.1
1982	17.2	19
1983	17.1	18.9
1984	17.1	18.9
1985	17	18.8
1986	17	18.7
1987	16.9	18.7
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	16.9	18.6
1990	16.9	18.5
1991	16.9	18.5
1992	16.9	18.4
1993	17.1	18.4
1994	17.2	18.3
1995	17	18.2
1996	16.9	18.2
1997	17	18.1
1998	17	18.1
1999	17.1	18
2000	17.1	18
2001	17.2	18
2002	17.3	17.9
2003	17.4	17.9
2004	17.4	17.9
2005	17.5	18
2006	17.6	18
2007	17.6	18
2008	17.7	18.1
2009	17.8	18.1
2010	17.8	18.2
2011	17.9	18.3
2012	18	18.4
2013	18	18.5
2014	18.1	18.6
2015	18.1	18.7
2016	18.2	18.9
2017	18.3	19.1
2018	18.3	19.2
2019	18.4	19.4
2020	18.5	19.6
2021	18.6	19.8
2022	18.7	20
2023	18.8	20.3
2024	19	20.5

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