Population in Benin compared to Curacao: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Curacao: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Curacao	Benin	Curacao
1960	2,517,286	124,826	-	-
1961	2,559,223	126,125	1.67%	1.04%
1962	2,604,659	128,414	1.78%	1.81%
1963	2,652,908	130,860	1.85%	1.9%
1964	2,704,003	133,148	1.93%	1.75%
1965	2,757,936	135,266	1.99%	1.59%
1966	2,814,317	136,682	2.04%	1.05%
1967	2,872,997	138,140	2.09%	1.07%
1968	2,934,257	140,298	2.13%	1.56%
1969	2,998,222	142,581	2.18%	1.63%
1970	3,065,057	144,739	2.23%	1.51%
1971	3,134,767	147,389	2.27%	1.83%
1972	3,207,543	147,710	2.32%	0.22%
1973	3,283,496	146,912	2.37%	-0.54%
1974	3,362,633	148,351	2.41%	0.98%
1975	3,445,407	149,129	2.46%	0.52%
1976	3,532,196	149,399	2.52%	0.18%
1977	3,623,202	149,459	2.58%	0.04%
1978	3,718,305	148,341	2.62%	-0.75%
1979	3,818,528	147,851	2.7%	-0.33%
1980	3,925,251	148,041	2.79%	0.13%
1981	4,038,307	148,629	2.88%	0.4%
1982	4,156,596	150,101	2.93%	0.99%
1983	4,278,978	151,159	2.94%	0.7%
1984	4,405,895	151,940	2.97%	0.52%
1985	4,538,012	152,711	3%	0.51%
1986	4,675,420	152,662	3.03%	-0.03%
1987	4,818,486	151,456	3.06%	-0.79%
1988	4,967,341	149,254	3.09%	-1.45%
1989	5,121,657	146,937	3.11%	-1.55%
1990	5,281,479	145,400	3.12%	-1.05%
1991	5,446,932	144,403	3.13%	-0.69%
1992	5,617,844	143,912	3.14%	-0.34%
1993	5,872,706	144,299	4.54%	0.27%
1994	6,096,506	144,630	3.81%	0.23%
1995	6,226,773	145,139	2.14%	0.35%
1996	6,391,858	146,306	2.65%	0.8%
1997	6,583,365	146,956	3%	0.44%
1998	6,789,489	144,472	3.13%	-1.69%
1999	7,002,818	139,428	3.14%	-3.49%
2000	7,221,619	133,860	3.12%	-3.99%
2001	7,445,596	129,047	3.1%	-3.6%
2002	7,675,426	129,205	3.09%	0.12%
2003	7,913,070	131,897	3.1%	2.08%
2004	8,159,094	134,192	3.11%	1.74%
2005	8,426,144	137,658	3.27%	2.58%
2006	8,693,242	141,239	3.17%	2.6%
2007	8,953,969	144,056	3%	1.99%
2008	9,228,466	145,880	3.07%	1.27%
2009	9,509,423	146,833	3.04%	0.65%
2010	9,797,484	148,703	3.03%	1.27%
2011	10,093,623	150,831	3.02%	1.43%
2012	10,397,657	152,088	3.01%	0.83%
2013	10,708,834	153,822	2.99%	1.14%
2014	11,030,004	155,909	3%	1.36%
2015	11,360,681	157,980	3%	1.33%
2016	11,697,842	159,664	2.97%	1.07%
2017	12,039,780	160,175	2.92%	0.32%
2018	12,383,347	159,336	2.85%	-0.52%
2019	12,726,755	157,441	2.77%	-1.19%
2020	13,070,169	154,947	2.7%	-1.58%
2021	13,413,417	152,369	2.63%	-1.66%
2022	13,759,501	149,996	2.58%	-1.56%
2023	14,111,034	155,800	2.55%	3.87%
2024	14,462,724	155,900	2.49%	0.06%
2025	14,814,463	155,910	2.43%	0.007%
2026	15,170,422	155,878	2.4%	-0.02%
2027	15,529,420	155,806	2.37%	-0.05%
2028	15,890,289	155,710	2.32%	-0.06%
2029	16,253,927	155,558	2.29%	-0.1%
2030	16,618,827	155,356	2.24%	-0.13%
2031	16,985,939	155,112	2.21%	-0.16%
2032	17,357,069	154,845	2.18%	-0.17%
2033	17,731,448	154,546	2.16%	-0.19%
2034	18,109,922	154,200	2.13%	-0.22%
2035	18,492,634	153,844	2.11%	-0.23%
2036	18,878,049	153,444	2.08%	-0.26%
2037	19,264,504	153,028	2.05%	-0.27%
2038	19,655,285	152,600	2.03%	-0.28%
2039	20,049,973	152,140	2.01%	-0.3%
2040	20,445,765	151,635	1.97%	-0.33%
2041	20,843,268	151,130	1.94%	-0.33%
2042	21,242,984	150,608	1.92%	-0.35%
2043	21,643,647	150,071	1.89%	-0.36%
2044	22,042,581	149,519	1.84%	-0.37%
2045	22,443,653	148,941	1.82%	-0.39%
2046	22,846,199	148,367	1.79%	-0.39%
2047	23,245,147	147,763	1.75%	-0.41%
2048	23,642,198	147,130	1.71%	-0.43%
2049	24,038,614	146,495	1.68%	-0.43%
2050	24,433,817	145,829	1.64%	-0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th 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 Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.