The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 3,164,253 people in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 3,140,094 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 4.81 times bigger than Bosnia and Herzegovina's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is the 135th.
- The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.04% for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs -1.19% in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Bosnia and Herzegovina has declined from 4.1M to 3.14M (23.3% decline).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people, while Bosnia and Herzegovina's population already peaked in 1991 at 4.46M people and is projected to decrease to 1.37M people by 2100.
Benin vs Bosnia and Herzegovina: live population counter
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| Current population |
15100397
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3140094
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 135/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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25.2 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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21.4 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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12.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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1.95 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -4,497 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | -57 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | -20,820 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | -0.65% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | 188/197 |
Benin and Bosnia and Herzegovina: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 3,281,381 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 3,348,035 | 1.67% | 2.03% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 3,407,532 | 1.78% | 1.78% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 3,461,942 | 1.85% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 3,513,441 | 1.93% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 3,562,834 | 1.99% | 1.41% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 3,610,562 | 2.04% | 1.34% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 3,656,223 | 2.09% | 1.26% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 3,698,794 | 2.13% | 1.16% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 3,737,765 | 2.18% | 1.05% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 3,773,247 | 2.23% | 0.95% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 3,809,376 | 2.27% | 0.96% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 3,848,271 | 2.32% | 1.02% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 3,887,376 | 2.37% | 1.02% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 3,926,472 | 2.41% | 1.01% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 3,965,743 | 2.46% | 1% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 4,004,552 | 2.52% | 0.98% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 4,042,124 | 2.58% | 0.94% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 4,078,240 | 2.62% | 0.89% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 4,113,300 | 2.7% | 0.86% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 4,148,426 | 2.79% | 0.85% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 4,184,217 | 2.88% | 0.86% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 4,221,100 | 2.93% | 0.88% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 4,258,728 | 2.94% | 0.89% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 4,295,536 | 2.97% | 0.86% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 4,330,364 | 3% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 4,362,115 | 3.03% | 0.73% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 4,390,246 | 3.06% | 0.64% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 4,414,404 | 3.09% | 0.55% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 4,433,983 | 3.11% | 0.44% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 4,448,652 | 3.12% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 4,458,343 | 3.13% | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 4,234,616 | 3.14% | -5.02% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 3,904,482 | 4.54% | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 3,725,412 | 3.81% | -4.59% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 3,715,564 | 2.14% | -0.26% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 3,875,246 | 2.65% | 4.3% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 4,018,227 | 3% | 3.69% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 4,089,356 | 3.13% | 1.77% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 4,130,305 | 3.14% | 1% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 4,159,771 | 3.12% | 0.71% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 4,179,438 | 3.1% | 0.47% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 4,188,002 | 3.09% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 4,178,523 | 3.1% | -0.23% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 4,140,987 | 3.11% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 4,096,493 | 3.27% | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 4,063,272 | 3.17% | -0.81% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 4,013,424 | 3% | -1.23% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 3,947,544 | 3.07% | -1.64% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 3,879,794 | 3.04% | -1.72% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 3,811,472 | 3.03% | -1.76% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 3,741,798 | 3.02% | -1.83% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 3,670,113 | 3.01% | -1.92% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 3,610,859 | 2.99% | -1.61% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 3,564,829 | 3% | -1.27% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 3,518,541 | 3% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 3,473,003 | 2.97% | -1.29% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 3,428,682 | 2.92% | -1.28% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 3,387,000 | 2.85% | -1.22% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 3,345,533 | 2.77% | -1.22% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 3,299,349 | 2.7% | -1.38% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 3,244,907 | 2.63% | -1.65% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 3,204,802 | 2.58% | -1.24% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 3,185,073 | 2.55% | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 3,164,253 | 2.49% | -0.65% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 3,140,094 | 2.43% | -0.76% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 3,114,242 | 2.4% | -0.82% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 3,088,090 | 2.37% | -0.84% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 3,062,434 | 2.32% | -0.83% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 3,037,868 | 2.29% | -0.8% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 3,013,973 | 2.24% | -0.79% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 2,990,094 | 2.21% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 2,964,774 | 2.18% | -0.85% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 2,937,841 | 2.16% | -0.91% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 2,909,781 | 2.13% | -0.96% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 2,881,541 | 2.11% | -0.97% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 2,854,431 | 2.08% | -0.94% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 2,827,715 | 2.05% | -0.94% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 2,801,180 | 2.03% | -0.94% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 2,773,788 | 2.01% | -0.98% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 2,745,008 | 1.97% | -1.04% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 2,715,219 | 1.94% | -1.09% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 2,685,730 | 1.92% | -1.09% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 2,656,998 | 1.89% | -1.07% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 2,628,409 | 1.84% | -1.08% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 2,599,923 | 1.82% | -1.08% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 2,570,920 | 1.79% | -1.12% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 2,541,510 | 1.75% | -1.14% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 2,512,786 | 1.71% | -1.13% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 2,484,040 | 1.68% | -1.14% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 2,455,167 | 1.64% | -1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 577,952 people (a 14.1% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Bosnia and Herzegovina's population decreased by -378,447 (a 10.8% decline).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Bosnia and Herzegovina was ranked 123rd in 2005 and ranked 135th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Benin's population will grow by 61.8% to 24,433,817 people with a rank change from 76th to 68th. The population of Bosnia and Herzegovina will decrease by 21.8% to 2,455,167 people and rank change from 135th to 143rd.
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Population differences between Benin and Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 78.2 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 44.7 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 47.6:52.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 160.1 ppl/mi² |
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