Population in Benin compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	DR Congo	Benin	DR Congo
1960	2,517,286	15,264,846	-	-
1961	2,559,223	15,662,374	1.67%	2.6%
1962	2,604,659	16,075,724	1.78%	2.64%
1963	2,652,908	16,507,599	1.85%	2.69%
1964	2,704,003	16,955,327	1.93%	2.71%
1965	2,757,936	17,427,802	1.99%	2.79%
1966	2,814,317	17,931,929	2.04%	2.89%
1967	2,872,997	18,462,782	2.09%	2.96%
1968	2,934,257	19,012,189	2.13%	2.98%
1969	2,998,222	19,570,445	2.18%	2.94%
1970	3,065,057	20,137,436	2.23%	2.9%
1971	3,134,767	20,695,569	2.27%	2.77%
1972	3,207,543	21,251,160	2.32%	2.68%
1973	3,283,496	21,827,665	2.37%	2.71%
1974	3,362,633	22,418,878	2.41%	2.71%
1975	3,445,407	23,021,101	2.46%	2.69%
1976	3,532,196	23,624,031	2.52%	2.62%
1977	3,623,202	24,229,061	2.58%	2.56%
1978	3,718,305	24,992,689	2.62%	3.15%
1979	3,818,528	25,886,782	2.7%	3.58%
1980	3,925,251	26,711,099	2.79%	3.18%
1981	4,038,307	27,500,515	2.88%	2.96%
1982	4,156,596	28,338,190	2.93%	3.05%
1983	4,278,978	29,250,963	2.94%	3.22%
1984	4,405,895	30,245,081	2.97%	3.4%
1985	4,538,012	31,264,816	3%	3.37%
1986	4,675,420	32,265,196	3.03%	3.2%
1987	4,818,486	33,298,904	3.06%	3.2%
1988	4,967,341	34,382,752	3.09%	3.25%
1989	5,121,657	35,486,866	3.11%	3.21%
1990	5,281,479	36,684,063	3.12%	3.37%
1991	5,446,932	37,925,817	3.13%	3.38%
1992	5,617,844	39,228,910	3.14%	3.44%
1993	5,872,706	40,656,336	4.54%	3.64%
1994	6,096,506	42,626,876	3.81%	4.85%
1995	6,226,773	44,433,704	2.14%	4.24%
1996	6,391,858	45,296,124	2.65%	1.94%
1997	6,583,365	46,029,902	3%	1.62%
1998	6,789,489	47,297,600	3.13%	2.75%
1999	7,002,818	48,912,971	3.14%	3.42%
2000	7,221,619	50,507,442	3.12%	3.26%
2001	7,445,596	52,132,646	3.1%	3.22%
2002	7,675,426	53,750,524	3.09%	3.1%
2003	7,913,070	55,343,867	3.1%	2.96%
2004	8,159,094	56,997,741	3.11%	2.99%
2005	8,426,144	58,775,724	3.27%	3.12%
2006	8,693,242	60,615,908	3.17%	3.13%
2007	8,953,969	62,477,752	3%	3.07%
2008	9,228,466	64,390,664	3.07%	3.06%
2009	9,509,423	66,412,044	3.04%	3.14%
2010	9,797,484	68,563,038	3.03%	3.24%
2011	10,093,623	70,849,311	3.02%	3.33%
2012	10,397,657	73,254,618	3.01%	3.39%
2013	10,708,834	75,789,395	2.99%	3.46%
2014	11,030,004	78,403,242	3%	3.45%
2015	11,360,681	81,035,531	3%	3.36%
2016	11,697,842	83,956,415	2.97%	3.6%
2017	12,039,780	87,083,398	2.92%	3.72%
2018	12,383,347	90,047,644	2.85%	3.4%
2019	12,726,755	92,947,442	2.77%	3.22%
2020	13,070,169	95,989,998	2.7%	3.27%
2021	13,413,417	99,148,932	2.63%	3.29%
2022	13,759,501	102,396,968	2.58%	3.28%
2023	14,111,034	105,789,731	2.55%	3.31%
2024	14,462,724	109,276,265	2.49%	3.3%
2025	14,814,463	112,832,475	2.43%	3.25%
2026	15,170,422	116,452,162	2.4%	3.21%
2027	15,529,420	120,129,744	2.37%	3.16%
2028	15,890,289	123,871,555	2.32%	3.11%
2029	16,253,927	127,674,141	2.29%	3.07%
2030	16,618,827	131,532,201	2.24%	3.02%
2031	16,985,939	135,447,495	2.21%	2.98%
2032	17,357,069	139,408,613	2.18%	2.92%
2033	17,731,448	143,414,031	2.16%	2.87%
2034	18,109,922	147,468,142	2.13%	2.83%
2035	18,492,634	151,560,102	2.11%	2.77%
2036	18,878,049	155,689,453	2.08%	2.72%
2037	19,264,504	159,848,574	2.05%	2.67%
2038	19,655,285	164,045,610	2.03%	2.63%
2039	20,049,973	168,296,695	2.01%	2.59%
2040	20,445,765	172,595,578	1.97%	2.55%
2041	20,843,268	176,946,261	1.94%	2.52%
2042	21,242,984	181,350,407	1.92%	2.49%
2043	21,643,647	185,805,168	1.89%	2.46%
2044	22,042,581	190,312,004	1.84%	2.43%
2045	22,443,653	194,865,386	1.82%	2.39%
2046	22,846,199	199,464,487	1.79%	2.36%
2047	23,245,147	204,105,925	1.75%	2.33%
2048	23,642,198	208,783,692	1.71%	2.29%
2049	24,038,614	213,497,692	1.68%	2.26%
2050	24,433,817	218,246,073	1.64%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.