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Population in Benin compared to East Timor: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 1,400,638 people in East Timor in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 1,433,311 in East Timor.

Population statistics:

  • Benin's population is 10.5 times bigger than East Timor's.
  • Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while East Timor is the 152nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.2% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.02% for East Timor.
  • For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +1.74% in East Timor.
  • Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while East Timor has grown from 948K to 1.43M (51.1% growth).
  • Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 2.09M people in 2076 for East Timor.

Benin vs East Timor: live population counter

Benin East Timor
Current population
15100397
1433311
Population rank 76/197 152/197
Percent of world population 0.18% 0.02%
One net population change
1.49 minutes
32.1 minutes
One birth every
1.1 minutes
17.2 minutes
One death every
4.23 minutes
52.2 minutes
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
3.43 hours
Annual migration change -7,725 -2,552
Daily growth/decline +964 +45
Annual growth/decline +351,690 +16,352
Annual growth/decline rate +2.49% +1.18%
Population growth rate rank 28/197 93/197

Benin and East Timor: population history and growth rate by year chart

Benin
Population

Growth rate
East Timor
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Benin East Timor Benin East Timor
1960 2,517,286 468,118 - -
1961 2,559,223 475,291 1.67% 1.53%
1962 2,604,659 482,774 1.78% 1.57%
1963 2,652,908 490,564 1.85% 1.61%
1964 2,704,003 498,659 1.93% 1.65%
1965 2,757,936 507,034 1.99% 1.68%
1966 2,814,317 515,696 2.04% 1.71%
1967 2,872,997 524,648 2.09% 1.74%
1968 2,934,257 533,875 2.13% 1.76%
1969 2,998,222 543,356 2.18% 1.78%
1970 3,065,057 553,069 2.23% 1.79%
1971 3,134,767 562,966 2.27% 1.79%
1972 3,207,543 572,962 2.32% 1.78%
1973 3,283,496 582,855 2.37% 1.73%
1974 3,362,633 590,827 2.41% 1.37%
1975 3,445,407 598,158 2.46% 1.24%
1976 3,532,196 607,620 2.52% 1.58%
1977 3,623,202 618,315 2.58% 1.76%
1978 3,718,305 628,775 2.62% 1.69%
1979 3,818,528 638,719 2.7% 1.58%
1980 3,925,251 649,871 2.79% 1.75%
1981 4,038,307 660,493 2.88% 1.63%
1982 4,156,596 669,149 2.93% 1.31%
1983 4,278,978 677,707 2.94% 1.28%
1984 4,405,895 686,777 2.97% 1.34%
1985 4,538,012 696,665 3% 1.44%
1986 4,675,420 707,185 3.03% 1.51%
1987 4,818,486 718,476 3.06% 1.6%
1988 4,967,341 730,745 3.09% 1.71%
1989 5,121,657 744,856 3.11% 1.93%
1990 5,281,479 760,345 3.12% 2.08%
1991 5,446,932 778,278 3.13% 2.36%
1992 5,617,844 799,318 3.14% 2.7%
1993 5,872,706 821,437 4.54% 2.77%
1994 6,096,506 844,493 3.81% 2.81%
1995 6,226,773 868,146 2.14% 2.8%
1996 6,391,858 892,282 2.65% 2.78%
1997 6,583,365 917,184 3% 2.79%
1998 6,789,489 942,530 3.13% 2.76%
1999 7,002,818 834,697 3.14% -11.4%
2000 7,221,619 745,088 3.12% -10.7%
2001 7,445,596 812,249 3.1% 9.01%
2002 7,675,426 879,159 3.09% 8.24%
2003 7,913,070 916,878 3.1% 4.29%
2004 8,159,094 929,074 3.11% 1.33%
2005 8,426,144 948,311 3.27% 2.07%
2006 8,693,242 976,597 3.17% 2.98%
2007 8,953,969 1,004,889 3% 2.9%
2008 9,228,466 1,032,429 3.07% 2.74%
2009 9,509,423 1,058,782 3.04% 2.55%
2010 9,797,484 1,084,679 3.03% 2.45%
2011 10,093,623 1,110,207 3.02% 2.35%
2012 10,397,657 1,134,885 3.01% 2.22%
2013 10,708,834 1,158,695 2.99% 2.1%
2014 11,030,004 1,181,903 3% 2%
2015 11,360,681 1,205,131 3% 1.97%
2016 11,697,842 1,228,312 2.97% 1.92%
2017 12,039,780 1,251,703 2.92% 1.9%
2018 12,383,347 1,275,959 2.85% 1.94%
2019 12,726,755 1,300,945 2.77% 1.96%
2020 13,070,169 1,326,053 2.7% 1.93%
2021 13,413,417 1,350,139 2.63% 1.82%
2022 13,759,501 1,369,295 2.58% 1.42%
2023 14,111,034 1,384,286 2.55% 1.09%
2024 14,462,724 1,400,638 2.49% 1.18%
2025 14,814,463 1,418,519 2.43% 1.28%
2026 15,170,422 1,436,934 2.4% 1.3%
2027 15,529,420 1,456,334 2.37% 1.35%
2028 15,890,289 1,476,850 2.32% 1.41%
2029 16,253,927 1,498,119 2.29% 1.44%
2030 16,618,827 1,519,802 2.24% 1.45%
2031 16,985,939 1,540,659 2.21% 1.37%
2032 17,357,069 1,559,710 2.18% 1.24%
2033 17,731,448 1,578,114 2.16% 1.18%
2034 18,109,922 1,597,444 2.13% 1.22%
2035 18,492,634 1,618,799 2.11% 1.34%
2036 18,878,049 1,639,721 2.08% 1.29%
2037 19,264,504 1,659,327 2.05% 1.2%
2038 19,655,285 1,678,953 2.03% 1.18%
2039 20,049,973 1,698,891 2.01% 1.19%
2040 20,445,765 1,718,249 1.97% 1.14%
2041 20,843,268 1,736,476 1.94% 1.06%
2042 21,242,984 1,755,847 1.92% 1.12%
2043 21,643,647 1,776,066 1.89% 1.15%
2044 22,042,581 1,793,758 1.84% 1%
2045 22,443,653 1,809,637 1.82% 0.89%
2046 22,846,199 1,825,551 1.79% 0.88%
2047 23,245,147 1,841,558 1.75% 0.88%
2048 23,642,198 1,858,311 1.71% 0.91%
2049 24,038,614 1,873,846 1.68% 0.84%
2050 24,433,817 1,889,246 1.64% 0.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while East Timor gained 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while East Timor's population increased by 228,180 (a 18.9% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. East Timor was ranked 154th in 2005 and ranked 152nd 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 East Timor will increase by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people and rank change from 152nd to 149th.

Biggest cities by population

Benin
City Population
Cotonou 679K
Porto-Novo 264K
Abomey 90.2K
Save 31.4K
East Timor
City Population
Dili 222K
Maliana 15.8K
Baucau 15K
Ainaro 5.45K

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