Benin vs Zambia statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 99th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Benin and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Benin and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Benin

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Zambia
1960	$226,195,578	$698,739,721
1961	$235,668,221	$682,359,727
1962	$236,434,954	$679,279,729
1963	$253,927,697	$704,339,719
1964	$269,819,006	$822,639,671
1965	$289,908,680	$1,061,199,576
1966	$302,925,235	$1,238,999,505
1967	$306,221,953	$1,340,639,464
1968	$326,323,105	$1,573,739,371
1969	$330,748,245	$1,926,399,230
1970	$333,627,713	$1,788,779,285
1971	$335,073,028	$1,653,259,341
1972	$410,331,857	$1,872,416,680
1973	$504,376,074	$2,434,255,237
1974	$554,654,861	$2,910,981,262
1975	$676,870,140	$2,442,672,141
1976	$698,408,262	$2,742,859,263
1977	$750,049,779	$2,515,296,940
1978	$928,843,469	$2,811,032,473
1979	$1,186,231,020	$3,353,445,378
1980	$1,405,251,847	$3,884,530,854
1981	$1,291,120,188	$4,008,126,497
1982	$1,267,778,670	$3,871,117,093
1983	$1,095,348,199	$3,321,048,451
1984	$1,051,134,009	$2,719,518,933
1985	$1,045,712,789	$2,252,454,500
1986	$1,336,102,025	$1,664,413,508
1987	$1,562,412,228	$2,265,250,972
1988	$1,620,246,084	$3,728,878,149
1989	$1,502,294,416	$3,994,673,161
1990	$1,959,965,330	$3,288,381,797
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,376,806,697
1992	$1,695,315,306	$3,182,810,841
1993	$2,274,558,083	$3,273,505,344
1994	$1,598,075,944	$3,656,806,166
1995	$2,169,627,138	$3,806,983,413
1996	$2,361,116,449	$3,597,220,962
1997	$2,268,301,646	$4,303,288,480
1998	$2,455,092,686	$3,537,741,942
1999	$3,677,393,999	$3,404,284,891
2000	$3,519,991,440	$3,600,632,111
2001	$3,666,222,635	$4,094,441,301
2002	$4,194,342,686	$4,193,850,445
2003	$5,349,258,094	$4,901,869,764
2004	$6,190,270,380	$6,221,110,219
2005	$6,567,654,954	$8,331,870,169
2006	$7,034,111,315	$12,756,858,899
2007	$8,169,048,383	$14,056,957,976
2008	$9,787,734,526	$17,910,858,638
2009	$9,738,626,517	$15,328,342,304
2010	$9,535,345,016	$20,265,559,484
2011	$10,693,321,364	$23,459,515,276
2012	$11,141,358,116	$25,503,060,420
2013	$12,517,845,124	$28,037,239,463
2014	$13,284,527,847	$27,141,023,558
2015	$11,388,160,997	$21,251,216,799
2016	$11,821,065,853	$20,958,412,538
2017	$12,701,655,837	$25,873,601,261
2018	$14,262,408,090	$26,311,507,274
2019	$14,391,686,313	$23,308,667,781
2020	$15,686,741,894	$18,137,764,931
2021	$17,687,623,535	$22,096,416,932
2022	$17,425,405,084	$29,163,782,140
2023	$19,673,290,996	$27,577,956,471
2024	$21,482,643,720	$26,325,775,287

Benin and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Zambia
1960	$89.9	$221.6
1961	$92.1	$209.7
1962	$90.8	$202.3
1963	$95.7	$203.2
1964	$99.8	$230
1965	$105.1	$287.4
1966	$107.6	$325
1967	$106.6	$341
1968	$111.2	$387
1969	$110.3	$459
1970	$108.8	$414
1971	$106.9	$372
1972	$127.9	$410
1973	$153.6	$518
1974	$164.9	$601
1975	$196.5	$490
1976	$197.7	$533
1977	$207	$474
1978	$249.8	$514
1979	$311	$595
1980	$358	$669
1981	$320	$670
1982	$305	$627
1983	$256	$520
1984	$238.6	$413
1985	$230.4	$332
1986	$285.8	$238.2
1987	$324	$315
1988	$326	$504
1989	$293.3	$526
1990	$371	$422
1991	$365	$423
1992	$302	$389
1993	$387	$391
1994	$262.1	$426
1995	$348	$433
1996	$369	$400
1997	$345	$466
1998	$362	$373
1999	$525	$350
2000	$487	$359
2001	$492	$397
2002	$546	$394
2003	$676	$446
2004	$759	$549
2005	$779	$711
2006	$809	$1,052
2007	$912	$1,119
2008	$1,061	$1,376
2009	$1,024	$1,136
2010	$973	$1,451
2011	$1,059	$1,625
2012	$1,072	$1,710
2013	$1,169	$1,821
2014	$1,204	$1,707
2015	$1,002	$1,296
2016	$1,011	$1,239
2017	$1,055	$1,483
2018	$1,152	$1,464
2019	$1,131	$1,259
2020	$1,200	$952
2021	$1,319	$1,127
2022	$1,266	$1,447
2023	$1,394	$1,331
2024	$1,485	$1,235

Benin vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Zambia
1950	35.4	46.8
1951	35.7	47.2
1952	36	47.6
1953	36.3	48
1954	36.7	48.4
1955	37	48.8
1956	37.3	49.1
1957	37.6	49.5
1958	38	49.9
1959	38.4	50.3
1960	38.8	50.6
1961	39.2	51
1962	39.6	51.3
1963	40.1	51.6
1964	40.5	51.2
1965	41	52.1
1966	41.3	52.3
1967	41.8	52.5
1968	42.2	52.7
1969	42.6	53
1970	43	53.4
1971	43.4	53.9
1972	43.9	54.4
1973	44.4	54.9
1974	44.9	55.4
1975	45.4	55.7
1976	46	56.1
1977	46.5	56.3
1978	46.9	56.3
1979	47.4	56
1980	47.7	55.5
1981	48.1	55
1982	48.5	54.4
1983	48.8	53.7
1984	49.4	52.9
1985	50	52
1986	50.6	51.1
1987	51.3	50.4
1988	52	49.7
1989	52.5	48.9
1990	53	48.2
1991	53.4	47.4
1992	54.1	47
1993	54.6	46.7
1994	55	46.3
1995	55.4	46.1
1996	55.6	45.8
1997	56	45.7
1998	56.2	45.7
1999	56.3	45.9
2000	56.6	46.6
2001	56.7	47.4
2002	56.9	48.5
2003	57.1	49.6
2004	57.3	50.5
2005	57.7	51.6
2006	58	52.7
2007	58.2	53.7
2008	58.1	54.8
2009	58.3	55.9
2010	58.4	56.9
2011	58.5	57.8
2012	58.6	58.7
2013	58.9	59.4
2014	59	60.1
2015	59.1	60.7
2016	59.3	61.1
2017	59.5	61.6
2018	59.7	62.1
2019	59.9	62.9
2020	60.2	63.4
2021	59.6	62.4
2022	60.5	65.3
2023	60.8	66.3
2024	61	66.5
2025	61.1	66.7

Benin and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Zambia
1960	2,517,286	3,153,729
1961	2,559,223	3,254,086
1962	2,604,659	3,358,099
1963	2,652,908	3,465,907
1964	2,704,003	3,577,017
1965	2,757,936	3,692,086
1966	2,814,317	3,812,003
1967	2,872,997	3,936,343
1968	2,934,257	4,065,593
1969	2,998,222	4,197,116
1970	3,065,057	4,321,718
1971	3,134,767	4,442,525
1972	3,207,543	4,569,309
1973	3,283,496	4,702,693
1974	3,362,633	4,842,746
1975	3,445,407	4,990,086
1976	3,532,196	5,143,842
1977	3,623,202	5,302,480
1978	3,718,305	5,465,374
1979	3,818,528	5,631,728
1980	3,925,251	5,802,833
1981	4,038,307	5,983,289
1982	4,156,596	6,178,637
1983	4,278,978	6,381,038
1984	4,405,895	6,580,490
1985	4,538,012	6,780,953
1986	4,675,420	6,986,471
1987	4,818,486	7,191,282
1988	4,967,341	7,391,440
1989	5,121,657	7,589,216
1990	5,281,479	7,786,169
1991	5,446,932	7,981,650
1992	5,617,844	8,176,680
1993	5,872,706	8,373,921
1994	6,096,506	8,576,269
1995	6,226,773	8,785,763
1996	6,391,858	9,004,053
1997	6,583,365	9,237,063
1998	6,789,489	9,482,408
1999	7,002,818	9,740,005
2000	7,221,619	10,017,631
2001	7,445,596	10,325,185
2002	7,675,426	10,647,949
2003	7,913,070	10,983,595
2004	8,159,094	11,338,198
2005	8,426,144	11,718,819
2006	8,693,242	12,129,553
2007	8,953,969	12,565,085
2008	9,228,466	13,021,324
2009	9,509,423	13,490,389
2010	9,797,484	13,965,594
2011	10,093,623	14,437,796
2012	10,397,657	14,913,629
2013	10,708,834	15,398,997
2014	11,030,004	15,895,315
2015	11,360,681	16,399,089
2016	11,697,842	16,914,423
2017	12,039,780	17,441,320
2018	12,383,347	17,973,569
2019	12,726,755	18,513,839
2020	13,070,169	19,059,395
2021	13,413,417	19,603,607
2022	13,759,501	20,152,938
2023	14,111,034	20,723,965
2024	14,462,724	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Benin and Zambia

Fertility rate

Benin

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Zambia
1960	6.28	6.95
1961	6.4	6.98
1962	6.46	7.01
1963	6.51	7.06
1964	6.57	7.09
1965	6.61	7.12
1966	6.63	7.14
1967	6.64	7.15
1968	6.67	7.18
1969	6.71	7.18
1970	6.74	7.22
1971	6.77	7.26
1972	6.8	7.3
1973	6.81	7.34
1974	6.82	7.36
1975	6.83	7.42
1976	6.83	7.39
1977	6.83	7.35
1978	6.82	7.29
1979	6.91	7.22
1980	6.99	7.14
1981	7.06	7.07
1982	7.06	7.04
1983	7.05	7.01
1984	7.03	6.97
1985	7	6.93
1986	6.96	6.87
1987	6.92	6.8
1988	6.87	6.7
1989	6.82	6.64
1990	6.74	6.57
1991	6.67	6.46
1992	6.59	6.35
1993	6.51	6.3
1994	6.42	6.26
1995	6.33	6.23
1996	6.28	6.18
1997	6.23	6.12
1998	6.14	6.07
1999	6.03	6
2000	5.94	5.92
2001	5.85	5.85
2002	5.79	5.77
2003	5.76	5.71
2004	5.72	5.7
2005	5.69	5.7
2006	5.67	5.68
2007	5.63	5.61
2008	5.55	5.53
2009	5.49	5.45
2010	5.45	5.36
2011	5.44	5.26
2012	5.43	5.14
2013	5.41	5.01
2014	5.37	4.89
2015	5.32	4.78
2016	5.25	4.67
2017	5.16	4.57
2018	5.03	4.49
2019	4.9	4.42
2020	4.8	4.32
2021	4.71	4.25
2022	4.63	4.18
2023	4.56	4.1

Benin and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Zambia
1960	20.8	17
1961	20.6	16.9
1962	20.3	16.8
1963	20.1	16.7
1964	19.9	16.6
1965	19.7	16.6
1966	19.5	16.5
1967	19.3	16.5
1968	19	16.4
1969	18.8	16.4
1970	18.6	16.2
1971	18.4	16.1
1972	18.3	15.9
1973	18.1	15.8
1974	17.9	15.7
1975	17.8	15.5
1976	17.7	15.4
1977	17.6	15.4
1978	17.5	15.3
1979	17.4	15.3
1980	17.3	15.2
1981	17.3	15.3
1982	17.2	15.3
1983	17.1	15.4
1984	17.1	15.4
1985	17	15.5
1986	17	15.5
1987	16.9	15.6
1988	16.9	15.6
1989	16.9	15.7
1990	16.9	15.7
1991	16.9	15.7
1992	16.9	15.8
1993	17.1	15.8
1994	17.2	15.8
1995	17	15.8
1996	16.9	15.8
1997	17	15.8
1998	17	15.8
1999	17.1	15.8
2000	17.1	15.9
2001	17.2	15.9
2002	17.3	16
2003	17.4	16.1
2004	17.4	16.2
2005	17.5	16.3
2006	17.6	16.3
2007	17.6	16.4
2008	17.7	16.5
2009	17.8	16.6
2010	17.8	16.7
2011	17.9	16.8
2012	18	16.9
2013	18	17
2014	18.1	17.1
2015	18.1	17.2
2016	18.2	17.4
2017	18.3	17.5
2018	18.3	17.7
2019	18.4	17.9
2020	18.5	18
2021	18.6	18.2
2022	18.7	18.4
2023	18.8	18.6
2024	19	18.8

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