The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 5,170,484 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 2.92 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.26M to 5.17M (21.3% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 5.38M people in 2044 for Costa Rica.
Benin vs Costa Rica: live population counter
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| Current population |
15100397
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5170484
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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9.06 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | 138/197 |
Benin and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 1,377,920 | 1.67% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 1,429,445 | 1.78% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 1,481,604 | 1.85% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 1,533,960 | 1.93% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 1,586,208 | 1.99% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 1,638,116 | 2.04% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 1,689,523 | 2.09% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 1,739,731 | 2.13% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 1,789,276 | 2.18% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 1,838,949 | 2.23% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 1,888,539 | 2.27% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 1,938,248 | 2.32% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 1,988,343 | 2.37% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 2,039,643 | 2.41% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 2,092,719 | 2.46% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 2,147,774 | 2.52% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 2,205,025 | 2.58% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 2,264,510 | 2.62% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 2,326,490 | 2.7% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 2,390,633 | 2.79% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 2,456,637 | 2.88% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 2,524,806 | 2.93% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 2,595,153 | 2.94% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 2,667,595 | 2.97% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 2,741,894 | 3% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 2,817,216 | 3.03% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 2,892,699 | 3.06% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 2,968,103 | 3.09% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 3,043,827 | 3.11% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 3,121,706 | 3.12% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 3,202,176 | 3.13% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 3,284,258 | 3.14% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 3,367,434 | 4.54% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 3,451,122 | 3.81% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 3,535,176 | 2.14% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 3,619,013 | 2.65% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 3,701,711 | 3% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 3,782,838 | 3.13% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 3,862,101 | 3.14% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 3,937,739 | 3.12% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 4,008,947 | 3.1% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 4,075,705 | 3.09% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 4,138,784 | 3.1% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 4,200,078 | 3.11% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 4,261,240 | 3.27% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 4,321,340 | 3.17% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 4,380,248 | 3% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 4,440,056 | 3.07% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 4,499,791 | 3.04% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 4,555,962 | 3.03% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 4,609,833 | 3.02% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 4,663,934 | 3.01% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 4,716,147 | 2.99% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 4,767,119 | 3% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 4,818,038 | 3% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 4,866,998 | 2.97% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 4,913,177 | 2.92% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 4,957,818 | 2.85% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 4,999,553 | 2.77% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 5,034,320 | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 5,059,988 | 2.63% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 5,081,765 | 2.58% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 5,105,525 | 2.55% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 5,129,910 | 2.49% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 5,152,946 | 2.43% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 5,174,780 | 2.4% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 5,195,555 | 2.37% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 5,215,247 | 2.32% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 5,233,877 | 2.29% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 5,251,495 | 2.24% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 5,268,137 | 2.21% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 5,283,807 | 2.18% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 5,298,514 | 2.16% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 5,312,162 | 2.13% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 5,324,698 | 2.11% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 5,336,133 | 2.08% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 5,346,408 | 2.05% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 5,355,519 | 2.03% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 5,363,363 | 2.01% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 5,369,806 | 1.97% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 5,374,934 | 1.94% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 5,378,670 | 1.92% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 5,380,915 | 1.89% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 5,381,720 | 1.84% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 5,381,014 | 1.82% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 5,378,757 | 1.79% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 5,374,945 | 1.75% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 5,369,577 | 1.71% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 5,362,651 | 1.68% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 5,354,148 | 1.64% | -0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Costa Rica was ranked 120th in 2005 and ranked 126th 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 Costa Rica will increase by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people and rank change from 126th to 127th.
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 |
| San Jose | 342K |
| Limon | 71.5K |
| Liberia | 65.9K |
| Alajuela | 44.4K |
| Puntarenas | 41.5K |
| Cartago | 22.8K |
| Heredia | 16.7K |
| Tamarindo | 7.13K |
| Santa Teresa | 3K |
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Population differences between Benin and Costa Rica
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 81.2 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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