Population in Benin compared to the Central African Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the Central African Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	CAR	Benin	CAR
1960	2,517,286	1,702,346	-	-
1961	2,559,223	1,734,580	1.67%	1.89%
1962	2,604,659	1,768,115	1.78%	1.93%
1963	2,652,908	1,803,063	1.85%	1.98%
1964	2,704,003	1,839,583	1.93%	2.03%
1965	2,757,936	1,877,854	1.99%	2.08%
1966	2,814,317	1,918,082	2.04%	2.14%
1967	2,872,997	1,960,444	2.09%	2.21%
1968	2,934,257	2,005,100	2.13%	2.28%
1969	2,998,222	2,051,515	2.18%	2.31%
1970	3,065,057	2,097,505	2.23%	2.24%
1971	3,134,767	2,141,450	2.27%	2.1%
1972	3,207,543	2,183,769	2.32%	1.98%
1973	3,283,496	2,226,008	2.37%	1.93%
1974	3,362,633	2,269,338	2.41%	1.95%
1975	3,445,407	2,313,916	2.46%	1.96%
1976	3,532,196	2,348,566	2.52%	1.5%
1977	3,623,202	2,372,930	2.58%	1.04%
1978	3,718,305	2,397,961	2.62%	1.05%
1979	3,818,528	2,423,794	2.7%	1.08%
1980	3,925,251	2,450,535	2.79%	1.1%
1981	4,038,307	2,478,402	2.88%	1.14%
1982	4,156,596	2,507,375	2.93%	1.17%
1983	4,278,978	2,537,399	2.94%	1.2%
1984	4,405,895	2,568,610	2.97%	1.23%
1985	4,538,012	2,600,932	3%	1.26%
1986	4,675,420	2,634,258	3.03%	1.28%
1987	4,818,486	2,669,155	3.06%	1.32%
1988	4,967,341	2,713,965	3.09%	1.68%
1989	5,121,657	2,783,970	3.11%	2.58%
1990	5,281,479	2,871,910	3.12%	3.16%
1991	5,446,932	2,963,191	3.13%	3.18%
1992	5,617,844	3,058,831	3.14%	3.23%
1993	5,872,706	3,157,839	4.54%	3.24%
1994	6,096,506	3,257,954	3.81%	3.17%
1995	6,226,773	3,348,052	2.14%	2.77%
1996	6,391,858	3,435,965	2.65%	2.63%
1997	6,583,365	3,531,700	3%	2.79%
1998	6,789,489	3,628,827	3.13%	2.75%
1999	7,002,818	3,729,450	3.14%	2.77%
2000	7,221,619	3,833,416	3.12%	2.79%
2001	7,445,596	3,919,487	3.1%	2.25%
2002	7,675,426	4,006,077	3.09%	2.21%
2003	7,913,070	4,103,086	3.1%	2.42%
2004	8,159,094	4,192,826	3.11%	2.19%
2005	8,426,144	4,288,810	3.27%	2.29%
2006	8,693,242	4,377,579	3.17%	2.07%
2007	8,953,969	4,462,770	3%	1.95%
2008	9,228,466	4,558,984	3.07%	2.16%
2009	9,509,423	4,529,047	3.04%	-0.66%
2010	9,797,484	4,492,995	3.03%	-0.8%
2011	10,093,623	4,565,021	3.02%	1.6%
2012	10,397,657	4,610,848	3.01%	1%
2013	10,708,834	4,642,419	2.99%	0.68%
2014	11,030,004	4,623,182	3%	-0.41%
2015	11,360,681	4,629,320	3%	0.13%
2016	11,697,842	4,713,663	2.97%	1.82%
2017	12,039,780	4,793,511	2.92%	1.69%
2018	12,383,347	4,878,657	2.85%	1.78%
2019	12,726,755	4,944,703	2.77%	1.35%
2020	13,070,169	5,026,628	2.7%	1.66%
2021	13,413,417	5,112,100	2.63%	1.7%
2022	13,759,501	5,098,039	2.58%	-0.28%
2023	14,111,034	5,152,421	2.55%	1.07%
2024	14,462,724	5,330,690	2.49%	3.46%
2025	14,814,463	5,513,285	2.43%	3.43%
2026	15,170,422	5,698,988	2.4%	3.37%
2027	15,529,420	5,888,126	2.37%	3.32%
2028	15,890,289	6,082,465	2.32%	3.3%
2029	16,253,927	6,279,729	2.29%	3.24%
2030	16,618,827	6,478,251	2.24%	3.16%
2031	16,985,939	6,680,052	2.21%	3.12%
2032	17,357,069	6,884,143	2.18%	3.06%
2033	17,731,448	7,089,444	2.16%	2.98%
2034	18,109,922	7,296,249	2.13%	2.92%
2035	18,492,634	7,502,585	2.11%	2.83%
2036	18,878,049	7,707,565	2.08%	2.73%
2037	19,264,504	7,911,635	2.05%	2.65%
2038	19,655,285	8,115,865	2.03%	2.58%
2039	20,049,973	8,321,550	2.01%	2.53%
2040	20,445,765	8,526,454	1.97%	2.46%
2041	20,843,268	8,729,074	1.94%	2.38%
2042	21,242,984	8,931,165	1.92%	2.32%
2043	21,643,647	9,134,993	1.89%	2.28%
2044	22,042,581	9,341,761	1.84%	2.26%
2045	22,443,653	9,550,893	1.82%	2.24%
2046	22,846,199	9,761,447	1.79%	2.2%
2047	23,245,147	9,972,759	1.75%	2.16%
2048	23,642,198	10,186,021	1.71%	2.14%
2049	24,038,614	10,400,624	1.68%	2.11%
2050	24,433,817	10,616,749	1.64%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while the Central African Republic gained 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while the Central African Republic's population increased by 987,392 (a 20.9% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. The Central African Republic was ranked 118th in 2006 and ranked 117th 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 the Central African Republic will increase by 86.2% to 10,616,749 people and rank change from 117th to 96th.