Population in Benin compared to Burundi: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Burundi: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Burundi	Benin	Burundi
1960	2,517,286	2,764,258	-	-
1961	2,559,223	2,835,119	1.67%	2.56%
1962	2,604,659	2,907,943	1.78%	2.57%
1963	2,652,908	2,969,841	1.85%	2.13%
1964	2,704,003	3,055,650	1.93%	2.89%
1965	2,757,936	3,141,367	1.99%	2.81%
1966	2,814,317	3,217,960	2.04%	2.44%
1967	2,872,997	3,300,690	2.09%	2.57%
1968	2,934,257	3,380,387	2.13%	2.41%
1969	2,998,222	3,454,590	2.18%	2.2%
1970	3,065,057	3,530,432	2.23%	2.2%
1971	3,134,767	3,617,289	2.27%	2.46%
1972	3,207,543	3,617,128	2.32%	-0.004%
1973	3,283,496	3,611,991	2.37%	-0.14%
1974	3,362,633	3,703,590	2.41%	2.54%
1975	3,445,407	3,796,612	2.46%	2.51%
1976	3,532,196	3,882,626	2.52%	2.27%
1977	3,623,202	3,983,582	2.58%	2.6%
1978	3,718,305	4,100,338	2.62%	2.93%
1979	3,818,528	4,203,530	2.7%	2.52%
1980	3,925,251	4,383,706	2.79%	4.29%
1981	4,038,307	4,566,014	2.88%	4.16%
1982	4,156,596	4,681,390	2.93%	2.53%
1983	4,278,978	4,808,528	2.94%	2.72%
1984	4,405,895	4,926,465	2.97%	2.45%
1985	4,538,012	5,034,042	3%	2.18%
1986	4,675,420	5,129,414	3.03%	1.89%
1987	4,818,486	5,247,787	3.06%	2.31%
1988	4,967,341	5,365,327	3.09%	2.24%
1989	5,121,657	5,471,706	3.11%	1.98%
1990	5,281,479	5,587,052	3.12%	2.11%
1991	5,446,932	5,703,857	3.13%	2.09%
1992	5,617,844	5,858,407	3.14%	2.71%
1993	5,872,706	5,676,843	4.54%	-3.1%
1994	6,096,506	5,713,854	3.81%	0.65%
1995	6,226,773	6,066,316	2.14%	6.17%
1996	6,391,858	6,070,506	2.65%	0.07%
1997	6,583,365	6,070,042	3%	-0.008%
1998	6,789,489	6,187,108	3.13%	1.93%
1999	7,002,818	6,337,155	3.14%	2.43%
2000	7,221,619	6,470,194	3.12%	2.1%
2001	7,445,596	6,634,365	3.1%	2.54%
2002	7,675,426	6,824,132	3.09%	2.86%
2003	7,913,070	7,043,154	3.1%	3.21%
2004	8,159,094	7,310,656	3.11%	3.8%
2005	8,426,144	7,587,299	3.27%	3.78%
2006	8,693,242	7,865,547	3.17%	3.67%
2007	8,953,969	8,161,874	3%	3.77%
2008	9,228,466	8,505,637	3.07%	4.21%
2009	9,509,423	8,947,646	3.04%	5.2%
2010	9,797,484	9,376,444	3.03%	4.79%
2011	10,093,623	9,717,978	3.02%	3.64%
2012	10,397,657	10,071,028	3.01%	3.63%
2013	10,708,834	10,439,341	2.99%	3.66%
2014	11,030,004	10,799,785	3%	3.45%
2015	11,360,681	11,047,580	3%	2.29%
2016	11,697,842	11,239,451	2.97%	1.74%
2017	12,039,780	11,506,762	2.92%	2.38%
2018	12,383,347	11,859,446	2.85%	3.07%
2019	12,726,755	12,255,336	2.77%	3.34%
2020	13,070,169	12,617,036	2.7%	2.95%
2021	13,413,417	12,965,481	2.63%	2.76%
2022	13,759,501	13,321,097	2.58%	2.74%
2023	14,111,034	13,689,450	2.55%	2.77%
2024	14,462,724	14,047,786	2.49%	2.62%
2025	14,814,463	14,390,012	2.43%	2.44%
2026	15,170,422	14,729,161	2.4%	2.36%
2027	15,529,420	15,076,977	2.37%	2.36%
2028	15,890,289	15,444,020	2.32%	2.43%
2029	16,253,927	15,815,855	2.29%	2.41%
2030	16,618,827	16,182,014	2.24%	2.32%
2031	16,985,939	16,555,033	2.21%	2.31%
2032	17,357,069	16,935,232	2.18%	2.3%
2033	17,731,448	17,317,635	2.16%	2.26%
2034	18,109,922	17,700,808	2.13%	2.21%
2035	18,492,634	18,085,838	2.11%	2.18%
2036	18,878,049	18,483,051	2.08%	2.2%
2037	19,264,504	18,893,262	2.05%	2.22%
2038	19,655,285	19,305,532	2.03%	2.18%
2039	20,049,973	19,718,523	2.01%	2.14%
2040	20,445,765	20,131,319	1.97%	2.09%
2041	20,843,268	20,537,559	1.94%	2.02%
2042	21,242,984	20,951,561	1.92%	2.02%
2043	21,643,647	21,370,845	1.89%	2%
2044	22,042,581	21,785,696	1.84%	1.94%
2045	22,443,653	22,197,888	1.82%	1.89%
2046	22,846,199	22,586,212	1.79%	1.75%
2047	23,245,147	22,970,055	1.75%	1.7%
2048	23,642,198	23,358,499	1.71%	1.69%
2049	24,038,614	23,748,950	1.68%	1.67%
2050	24,433,817	24,131,717	1.64%	1.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Burundi gained 3,373,904 people (a 42.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Burundi's population increased by 3,493,511 (a 31.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Burundi was ranked 93rd in 2006 and ranked 78th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Benin's population will grow by 61% to 24,433,817 people with a rank change from 76th to 68th. The population of Burundi will increase by 63.8% to 24,131,717 people and rank change from 78th to 69th.