Population in Benin compared to Burkina Faso: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Burkina Faso: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Burkina Faso	Benin	Burkina Faso
1960	2,517,286	4,778,621	-	-
1961	2,559,223	4,848,224	1.67%	1.46%
1962	2,604,659	4,919,672	1.78%	1.47%
1963	2,652,908	4,993,623	1.85%	1.5%
1964	2,704,003	5,071,034	1.93%	1.55%
1965	2,757,936	5,152,833	1.99%	1.61%
1966	2,814,317	5,237,933	2.04%	1.65%
1967	2,872,997	5,326,348	2.09%	1.69%
1968	2,934,257	5,418,644	2.13%	1.73%
1969	2,998,222	5,513,177	2.18%	1.74%
1970	3,065,057	5,610,304	2.23%	1.76%
1971	3,134,767	5,707,999	2.27%	1.74%
1972	3,207,543	5,807,234	2.32%	1.74%
1973	3,283,496	5,911,927	2.37%	1.8%
1974	3,362,633	6,024,904	2.41%	1.91%
1975	3,445,407	6,147,569	2.46%	2.04%
1976	3,532,196	6,280,635	2.52%	2.16%
1977	3,623,202	6,428,734	2.58%	2.36%
1978	3,718,305	6,590,984	2.62%	2.52%
1979	3,818,528	6,763,903	2.7%	2.62%
1980	3,925,251	6,947,900	2.79%	2.72%
1981	4,038,307	7,140,271	2.88%	2.77%
1982	4,156,596	7,340,197	2.93%	2.8%
1983	4,278,978	7,551,129	2.94%	2.87%
1984	4,405,895	7,772,256	2.97%	2.93%
1985	4,538,012	7,999,935	3%	2.93%
1986	4,675,420	8,228,847	3.03%	2.86%
1987	4,818,486	8,457,109	3.06%	2.77%
1988	4,967,341	8,687,435	3.09%	2.72%
1989	5,121,657	8,921,175	3.11%	2.69%
1990	5,281,479	9,159,356	3.12%	2.67%
1991	5,446,932	9,394,632	3.13%	2.57%
1992	5,617,844	9,629,275	3.14%	2.5%
1993	5,872,706	9,871,713	4.54%	2.52%
1994	6,096,506	10,123,798	3.81%	2.55%
1995	6,226,773	10,386,722	2.14%	2.6%
1996	6,391,858	10,655,942	2.65%	2.59%
1997	6,583,365	10,934,223	3%	2.61%
1998	6,789,489	11,240,664	3.13%	2.8%
1999	7,002,818	11,574,928	3.14%	2.97%
2000	7,221,619	11,925,546	3.12%	3.03%
2001	7,445,596	12,295,001	3.1%	3.1%
2002	7,675,426	12,680,897	3.09%	3.14%
2003	7,913,070	13,082,532	3.1%	3.17%
2004	8,159,094	13,500,533	3.11%	3.2%
2005	8,426,144	13,932,123	3.27%	3.2%
2006	8,693,242	14,373,707	3.17%	3.17%
2007	8,953,969	14,816,307	3%	3.08%
2008	9,228,466	15,258,093	3.07%	2.98%
2009	9,509,423	15,710,066	3.04%	2.96%
2010	9,797,484	16,176,498	3.03%	2.97%
2011	10,093,623	16,661,908	3.02%	3%
2012	10,397,657	17,172,287	3.01%	3.06%
2013	10,708,834	17,695,409	2.99%	3.05%
2014	11,030,004	18,229,461	3%	3.02%
2015	11,360,681	18,777,487	3%	3.01%
2016	11,697,842	19,334,856	2.97%	2.97%
2017	12,039,780	19,894,407	2.92%	2.89%
2018	12,383,347	20,438,288	2.85%	2.73%
2019	12,726,755	20,961,952	2.77%	2.56%
2020	13,070,169	21,478,690	2.7%	2.47%
2021	13,413,417	21,995,243	2.63%	2.4%
2022	13,759,501	22,509,038	2.58%	2.34%
2023	14,111,034	23,025,776	2.55%	2.3%
2024	14,462,724	23,548,781	2.49%	2.27%
2025	14,814,463	24,074,578	2.43%	2.23%
2026	15,170,422	24,601,695	2.4%	2.19%
2027	15,529,420	25,130,909	2.37%	2.15%
2028	15,890,289	25,661,935	2.32%	2.11%
2029	16,253,927	26,194,607	2.29%	2.08%
2030	16,618,827	26,730,315	2.24%	2.05%
2031	16,985,939	27,270,863	2.21%	2.02%
2032	17,357,069	27,815,172	2.18%	2%
2033	17,731,448	28,363,848	2.16%	1.97%
2034	18,109,922	28,916,943	2.13%	1.95%
2035	18,492,634	29,469,748	2.11%	1.91%
2036	18,878,049	30,019,874	2.08%	1.87%
2037	19,264,504	30,567,561	2.05%	1.82%
2038	19,655,285	31,112,525	2.03%	1.78%
2039	20,049,973	31,654,867	2.01%	1.74%
2040	20,445,765	32,193,641	1.97%	1.7%
2041	20,843,268	32,728,834	1.94%	1.66%
2042	21,242,984	33,260,944	1.92%	1.63%
2043	21,643,647	33,788,597	1.89%	1.59%
2044	22,042,581	34,311,733	1.84%	1.55%
2045	22,443,653	34,829,690	1.82%	1.51%
2046	22,846,199	35,339,501	1.79%	1.46%
2047	23,245,147	35,842,178	1.75%	1.42%
2048	23,642,198	36,336,700	1.71%	1.38%
2049	24,038,614	36,823,426	1.68%	1.34%
2050	24,433,817	37,304,383	1.64%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Burkina Faso gained 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Burkina Faso's population increased by 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd in 2005 and ranked 59th 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 Burkina Faso will increase by 52.3% to 37,304,383 people and rank change from 59th to 56th.