Population in Benin compared to Cape Verde: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Cape Verde: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Cape Verde	Benin	Cape Verde
1960	2,517,286	210,024	-	-
1961	2,559,223	215,087	1.67%	2.41%
1962	2,604,659	221,919	1.78%	3.18%
1963	2,652,908	229,373	1.85%	3.36%
1964	2,704,003	237,006	1.93%	3.33%
1965	2,757,936	244,856	1.99%	3.31%
1966	2,814,317	252,976	2.04%	3.32%
1967	2,872,997	261,404	2.09%	3.33%
1968	2,934,257	270,164	2.13%	3.35%
1969	2,998,222	279,248	2.18%	3.36%
1970	3,065,057	287,885	2.23%	3.09%
1971	3,134,767	294,046	2.27%	2.14%
1972	3,207,543	297,386	2.32%	1.14%
1973	3,283,496	299,881	2.37%	0.84%
1974	3,362,633	302,570	2.41%	0.9%
1975	3,445,407	305,847	2.46%	1.08%
1976	3,532,196	309,455	2.52%	1.18%
1977	3,623,202	312,834	2.58%	1.09%
1978	3,718,305	316,147	2.62%	1.06%
1979	3,818,528	319,480	2.7%	1.05%
1980	3,925,251	323,301	2.79%	1.2%
1981	4,038,307	327,846	2.88%	1.41%
1982	4,156,596	332,724	2.93%	1.49%
1983	4,278,978	337,654	2.94%	1.48%
1984	4,405,895	342,505	2.97%	1.44%
1985	4,538,012	347,365	3%	1.42%
1986	4,675,420	352,312	3.03%	1.42%
1987	4,818,486	357,302	3.06%	1.42%
1988	4,967,341	362,329	3.09%	1.41%
1989	5,121,657	367,803	3.11%	1.51%
1990	5,281,479	375,428	3.12%	2.07%
1991	5,446,932	384,586	3.13%	2.44%
1992	5,617,844	393,415	3.14%	2.3%
1993	5,872,706	401,965	4.54%	2.17%
1994	6,096,506	410,228	3.81%	2.06%
1995	6,226,773	418,104	2.14%	1.92%
1996	6,391,858	425,581	2.65%	1.79%
1997	6,583,365	432,798	3%	1.7%
1998	6,789,489	439,784	3.13%	1.61%
1999	7,002,818	446,519	3.14%	1.53%
2000	7,221,619	453,317	3.12%	1.52%
2001	7,445,596	460,293	3.1%	1.54%
2002	7,675,426	467,046	3.09%	1.47%
2003	7,913,070	473,383	3.1%	1.36%
2004	8,159,094	479,370	3.11%	1.26%
2005	8,426,144	485,115	3.27%	1.2%
2006	8,693,242	490,728	3.17%	1.16%
2007	8,953,969	496,190	3%	1.11%
2008	9,228,466	501,355	3.07%	1.04%
2009	9,509,423	506,141	3.04%	0.95%
2010	9,797,484	509,784	3.03%	0.72%
2011	10,093,623	511,447	3.02%	0.33%
2012	10,397,657	511,955	3.01%	0.1%
2013	10,708,834	512,225	2.99%	0.05%
2014	11,030,004	512,326	3%	0.02%
2015	11,360,681	512,394	3%	0.01%
2016	11,697,842	512,554	2.97%	0.03%
2017	12,039,780	512,893	2.92%	0.07%
2018	12,383,347	513,415	2.85%	0.1%
2019	12,726,755	514,104	2.77%	0.13%
2020	13,070,169	514,679	2.7%	0.11%
2021	13,413,417	516,649	2.63%	0.38%
2022	13,759,501	519,741	2.58%	0.6%
2023	14,111,034	522,331	2.55%	0.5%
2024	14,462,724	524,877	2.49%	0.49%
2025	14,814,463	527,331	2.43%	0.47%
2026	15,170,422	529,641	2.4%	0.44%
2027	15,529,420	531,874	2.37%	0.42%
2028	15,890,289	534,119	2.32%	0.42%
2029	16,253,927	536,345	2.29%	0.42%
2030	16,618,827	538,617	2.24%	0.42%
2031	16,985,939	540,769	2.21%	0.4%
2032	17,357,069	542,801	2.18%	0.38%
2033	17,731,448	544,769	2.16%	0.36%
2034	18,109,922	546,653	2.13%	0.35%
2035	18,492,634	548,594	2.11%	0.36%
2036	18,878,049	550,481	2.08%	0.34%
2037	19,264,504	552,294	2.05%	0.33%
2038	19,655,285	554,085	2.03%	0.32%
2039	20,049,973	555,802	2.01%	0.31%
2040	20,445,765	557,378	1.97%	0.28%
2041	20,843,268	558,819	1.94%	0.26%
2042	21,242,984	560,139	1.92%	0.24%
2043	21,643,647	561,350	1.89%	0.22%
2044	22,042,581	562,468	1.84%	0.2%
2045	22,443,653	563,484	1.82%	0.18%
2046	22,846,199	564,357	1.79%	0.15%
2047	23,245,147	565,018	1.75%	0.12%
2048	23,642,198	565,511	1.71%	0.09%
2049	24,038,614	565,896	1.68%	0.07%
2050	24,433,817	566,140	1.64%	0.04%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Cape Verde gained 27,279 people (a 5.62% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Cape Verde's population increased by 16,792 (a 3.28% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Cape Verde was ranked 165th in 2005 and ranked 169th 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 Cape Verde will increase by 6.98% to 566,140 people and rank change from 169th to 168th.