The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 3,866,300 people in Croatia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 3,839,202 in Croatia.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 3.93 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Croatia is the 129th.
- The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.05% for Croatia.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs -0.82% in Croatia.
- Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Croatia has declined from 4.31M to 3.84M (10.9% decline).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Benin vs Croatia: live population counter
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| Current population |
15100397
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3839202
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 129/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.05% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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1.32 hours
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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16.4 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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10.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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1.69 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -5,186 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +18 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +6,614 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +0.17% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | 155/197 |
Benin and Croatia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 4,140,181 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 4,167,292 | 1.67% | 0.65% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 4,196,712 | 1.78% | 0.71% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 4,225,675 | 1.85% | 0.69% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 4,252,876 | 1.93% | 0.64% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 4,280,923 | 1.99% | 0.66% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 4,310,701 | 2.04% | 0.7% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 4,338,683 | 2.09% | 0.65% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 4,365,628 | 2.13% | 0.62% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 4,391,490 | 2.18% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 4,412,252 | 2.23% | 0.47% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 4,431,275 | 2.27% | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 4,450,564 | 2.32% | 0.44% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 4,470,161 | 2.37% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 4,490,660 | 2.41% | 0.46% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 4,512,082 | 2.46% | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 4,535,934 | 2.52% | 0.53% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 4,559,571 | 2.58% | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 4,581,085 | 2.62% | 0.47% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 4,594,778 | 2.7% | 0.3% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 4,599,782 | 2.79% | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 4,611,509 | 2.88% | 0.25% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 4,634,234 | 2.93% | 0.49% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 4,658,254 | 2.94% | 0.52% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 4,680,285 | 2.97% | 0.47% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 4,701,417 | 3% | 0.45% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 4,721,446 | 3.03% | 0.43% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 4,739,745 | 3.06% | 0.39% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 4,755,207 | 3.09% | 0.33% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 4,767,260 | 3.11% | 0.25% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 4,777,368 | 3.12% | 0.21% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 4,689,022 | 3.13% | -1.85% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 4,575,818 | 3.14% | -2.41% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 4,600,463 | 4.54% | 0.54% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 4,652,024 | 3.81% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 4,620,030 | 2.14% | -0.69% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 4,557,097 | 2.65% | -1.36% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 4,534,920 | 3% | -0.49% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 4,532,135 | 3.13% | -0.06% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 4,512,597 | 3.14% | -0.43% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 4,468,302 | 3.12% | -0.98% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 4,299,642 | 3.1% | -3.77% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 4,302,174 | 3.09% | 0.06% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 4,303,399 | 3.1% | 0.03% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 4,304,600 | 3.11% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 4,310,145 | 3.27% | 0.13% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 4,311,159 | 3.17% | 0.02% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 4,310,217 | 3% | -0.02% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 4,309,705 | 3.07% | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 4,305,181 | 3.04% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 4,295,427 | 3.03% | -0.23% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 4,280,622 | 3.02% | -0.34% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 4,260,368 | 3.01% | -0.47% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 4,233,922 | 2.99% | -0.62% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 4,201,598 | 3% | -0.76% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 4,151,725 | 3% | -1.19% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 4,106,867 | 2.97% | -1.08% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 4,041,407 | 2.92% | -1.59% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 3,988,775 | 2.85% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 3,949,390 | 2.77% | -0.99% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 3,914,206 | 2.7% | -0.89% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 3,878,981 | 2.63% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 3,855,641 | 2.58% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 3,859,686 | 2.55% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 3,866,300 | 2.49% | 0.17% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 3,839,202 | 2.43% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 3,813,444 | 2.4% | -0.67% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 3,788,509 | 2.37% | -0.65% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 3,764,509 | 2.32% | -0.63% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 3,740,864 | 2.29% | -0.63% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 3,717,091 | 2.24% | -0.64% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 3,693,060 | 2.21% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 3,668,891 | 2.18% | -0.65% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 3,645,252 | 2.16% | -0.64% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 3,621,822 | 2.13% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 3,598,817 | 2.11% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 3,576,022 | 2.08% | -0.63% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 3,552,470 | 2.05% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 3,528,382 | 2.03% | -0.68% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 3,504,319 | 2.01% | -0.68% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 3,480,182 | 1.97% | -0.69% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 3,455,709 | 1.94% | -0.7% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 3,430,926 | 1.92% | -0.72% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 3,406,019 | 1.89% | -0.73% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 3,380,680 | 1.84% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 3,355,131 | 1.82% | -0.76% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 3,329,736 | 1.79% | -0.76% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 3,304,173 | 1.75% | -0.77% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 3,278,352 | 1.71% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 3,252,533 | 1.68% | -0.79% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 3,226,623 | 1.64% | -0.8% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Croatia lost 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -312,523 (a 7.53% decline).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Croatia was ranked 117th in 2005 and ranked 129th 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 Croatia will decrease by 16% to 3,226,623 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.
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Population differences between Benin and Croatia
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 78.9 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 44.6 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 46 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 48.2:51.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 178.9 ppl/mi² |
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