The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 74,457 people in the Cayman Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 76,930 in the Cayman Islands.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 196.3 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while the Cayman Islands is the 187th.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +2.19% in the Cayman Islands.
- Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while the Cayman Islands has grown from 46.8K to 76.9K (64.4% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 118K people in 2097 for the Cayman Islands.
Benin vs Cayman Islands: live population counter
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| Current population |
15100397
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76930
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 187/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.0009% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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6.17 hours
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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10.1 hours
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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1.04 days
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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9.78 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +896 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +1,419 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | 56/197 |
Benin and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 8,428 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 8,601 | 1.67% | 2.05% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 8,781 | 1.78% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 8,970 | 1.85% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 9,166 | 1.93% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 9,361 | 1.99% | 2.13% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 9,560 | 2.04% | 2.13% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 9,769 | 2.09% | 2.19% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 9,971 | 2.13% | 2.07% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 10,165 | 2.18% | 1.95% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 10,517 | 2.23% | 3.46% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 11,098 | 2.27% | 5.52% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 11,764 | 2.32% | 6% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 12,438 | 2.37% | 5.73% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 13,114 | 2.41% | 5.43% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 13,788 | 2.46% | 5.14% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 14,454 | 2.52% | 4.83% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 15,105 | 2.58% | 4.5% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 15,727 | 2.62% | 4.12% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 16,351 | 2.7% | 3.97% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 17,079 | 2.79% | 4.45% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 17,905 | 2.88% | 4.84% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 18,750 | 2.93% | 4.72% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 19,598 | 2.94% | 4.52% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 20,454 | 2.97% | 4.37% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 21,324 | 3% | 4.25% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 22,197 | 3.03% | 4.09% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 23,073 | 3.06% | 3.95% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 23,951 | 3.09% | 3.81% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 24,874 | 3.11% | 3.85% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 25,999 | 3.12% | 4.52% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 27,294 | 3.13% | 4.98% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 28,621 | 3.14% | 4.86% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 29,976 | 4.54% | 4.73% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 31,352 | 3.81% | 4.59% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 32,743 | 2.14% | 4.44% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 34,143 | 2.65% | 4.28% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 35,543 | 3% | 4.1% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 36,922 | 3.13% | 3.88% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 38,284 | 3.14% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 39,674 | 3.12% | 3.63% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 41,089 | 3.1% | 3.57% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 42,514 | 3.09% | 3.47% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 43,934 | 3.1% | 3.34% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 45,352 | 3.11% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 46,788 | 3.27% | 3.17% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 48,232 | 3.17% | 3.09% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 49,687 | 3% | 3.02% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 51,151 | 3.07% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 52,618 | 3.04% | 2.87% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 54,099 | 3.03% | 2.81% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 55,606 | 3.02% | 2.79% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 57,136 | 3.01% | 2.75% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 58,655 | 2.99% | 2.66% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 60,160 | 3% | 2.57% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 61,642 | 3% | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 63,100 | 2.97% | 2.37% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 64,535 | 2.92% | 2.27% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 65,941 | 2.85% | 2.18% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 67,327 | 2.77% | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 68,684 | 2.7% | 2.02% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 70,108 | 2.63% | 2.07% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 71,591 | 2.58% | 2.12% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 73,038 | 2.55% | 2.02% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 74,457 | 2.49% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 75,842 | 2.43% | 1.86% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 77,197 | 2.4% | 1.79% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 78,532 | 2.37% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 79,852 | 2.32% | 1.68% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 81,146 | 2.29% | 1.62% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 82,412 | 2.24% | 1.56% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 83,676 | 2.21% | 1.53% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 84,915 | 2.18% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 86,125 | 2.16% | 1.42% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 87,319 | 2.13% | 1.39% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 88,457 | 2.11% | 1.3% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 89,597 | 2.08% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 90,741 | 2.05% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 91,867 | 2.03% | 1.24% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 92,983 | 2.01% | 1.21% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 94,101 | 1.97% | 1.2% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 95,206 | 1.94% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 96,287 | 1.92% | 1.14% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 97,352 | 1.89% | 1.11% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 98,386 | 1.84% | 1.06% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 99,371 | 1.82% | 1% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 100,330 | 1.79% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 101,257 | 1.75% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 102,188 | 1.71% | 0.92% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 103,075 | 1.68% | 0.87% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 103,943 | 1.64% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th 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 the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Cotonou | 679K |
| Porto-Novo | 264K |
| Abomey | 90.2K |
| Save | 31.4K |
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| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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Population differences between Benin and the Cayman Islands
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 80.7 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 38.4 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 39.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 804 ppl/mi² |
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