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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Cambodia	Benin	Cambodia
1960	2,517,286	5,449,966	-	-
1961	2,559,223	5,571,168	1.67%	2.22%
1962	2,604,659	5,697,558	1.78%	2.27%
1963	2,652,908	5,823,010	1.85%	2.2%
1964	2,704,003	5,946,178	1.93%	2.12%
1965	2,757,936	6,072,289	1.99%	2.12%
1966	2,814,317	6,201,232	2.04%	2.12%
1967	2,872,997	6,332,944	2.09%	2.12%
1968	2,934,257	6,467,324	2.13%	2.12%
1969	2,998,222	6,604,725	2.18%	2.12%
1970	3,065,057	6,639,182	2.23%	0.52%
1971	3,134,767	6,620,880	2.27%	-0.28%
1972	3,207,543	6,673,886	2.32%	0.8%
1973	3,283,496	6,739,726	2.37%	0.99%
1974	3,362,633	6,783,240	2.41%	0.65%
1975	3,445,407	6,581,371	2.46%	-2.98%
1976	3,532,196	6,134,991	2.52%	-6.78%
1977	3,623,202	5,668,551	2.58%	-7.6%
1978	3,718,305	5,211,653	2.62%	-8.06%
1979	3,818,528	5,088,808	2.7%	-2.36%
1980	3,925,251	5,199,872	2.79%	2.18%
1981	4,038,307	5,284,495	2.88%	1.63%
1982	4,156,596	5,436,432	2.93%	2.88%
1983	4,278,978	5,636,203	2.94%	3.67%
1984	4,405,895	5,845,117	2.97%	3.71%
1985	4,538,012	6,043,783	3%	3.4%
1986	4,675,420	6,285,693	3.03%	4%
1987	4,818,486	6,557,970	3.06%	4.33%
1988	4,967,341	6,812,014	3.09%	3.87%
1989	5,121,657	7,073,473	3.11%	3.84%
1990	5,281,479	7,374,752	3.12%	4.26%
1991	5,446,932	7,686,850	3.13%	4.23%
1992	5,617,844	8,113,083	3.14%	5.54%
1993	5,872,706	8,616,381	4.54%	6.2%
1994	6,096,506	9,239,162	3.81%	7.23%
1995	6,226,773	10,018,497	2.14%	8.44%
1996	6,391,858	10,801,270	2.65%	7.81%
1997	6,583,365	11,570,982	3%	7.13%
1998	6,789,489	12,058,173	3.13%	4.21%
1999	7,002,818	12,265,731	3.14%	1.72%
2000	7,221,619	12,462,336	3.12%	1.6%
2001	7,445,596	12,658,484	3.1%	1.57%
2002	7,675,426	12,855,241	3.09%	1.55%
2003	7,913,070	13,050,968	3.1%	1.52%
2004	8,159,094	13,244,731	3.11%	1.48%
2005	8,426,144	13,439,202	3.27%	1.47%
2006	8,693,242	13,639,028	3.17%	1.49%
2007	8,953,969	13,841,770	3%	1.49%
2008	9,228,466	14,053,479	3.07%	1.53%
2009	9,509,423	14,276,810	3.04%	1.59%
2010	9,797,484	14,500,726	3.03%	1.57%
2011	10,093,623	14,722,584	3.02%	1.53%
2012	10,397,657	14,945,085	3.01%	1.51%
2013	10,708,834	15,170,208	2.99%	1.51%
2014	11,030,004	15,396,772	3%	1.49%
2015	11,360,681	15,623,251	3%	1.47%
2016	11,697,842	15,852,803	2.97%	1.47%
2017	12,039,780	16,073,372	2.92%	1.39%
2018	12,383,347	16,274,522	2.85%	1.25%
2019	12,726,755	16,481,304	2.77%	1.27%
2020	13,070,169	16,725,474	2.7%	1.48%
2021	13,413,417	16,974,305	2.63%	1.49%
2022	13,759,501	17,201,724	2.58%	1.34%
2023	14,111,034	17,423,880	2.55%	1.29%
2024	14,462,724	17,638,801	2.49%	1.23%
2025	14,814,463	17,847,976	2.43%	1.19%
2026	15,170,422	18,051,214	2.4%	1.14%
2027	15,529,420	18,250,137	2.37%	1.1%
2028	15,890,289	18,446,768	2.32%	1.08%
2029	16,253,927	18,639,395	2.29%	1.04%
2030	16,618,827	18,827,380	2.24%	1.01%
2031	16,985,939	19,012,049	2.21%	0.98%
2032	17,357,069	19,193,347	2.18%	0.95%
2033	17,731,448	19,371,575	2.16%	0.93%
2034	18,109,922	19,546,868	2.13%	0.9%
2035	18,492,634	19,720,135	2.11%	0.89%
2036	18,878,049	19,889,525	2.08%	0.86%
2037	19,264,504	20,055,496	2.05%	0.83%
2038	19,655,285	20,220,797	2.03%	0.82%
2039	20,049,973	20,382,857	2.01%	0.8%
2040	20,445,765	20,540,677	1.97%	0.77%
2041	20,843,268	20,695,378	1.94%	0.75%
2042	21,242,984	20,848,368	1.92%	0.74%
2043	21,643,647	20,998,535	1.89%	0.72%
2044	22,042,581	21,144,573	1.84%	0.7%
2045	22,443,653	21,286,229	1.82%	0.67%
2046	22,846,199	21,424,338	1.79%	0.65%
2047	23,245,147	21,558,214	1.75%	0.62%
2048	23,642,198	21,687,184	1.71%	0.6%
2049	24,038,614	21,812,182	1.68%	0.58%
2050	24,433,817	21,931,449	1.64%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Cambodia gained 2,184,049 people (a 16.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Cambodia's population increased by 2,387,981 (a 15.3% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Cambodia was ranked 67th in 2005 and ranked 73rd 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 Cambodia will increase by 21.8% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd.