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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Egypt	Benin	Egypt
1960	2,517,286	26,896,479	-	-
1961	2,559,223	27,600,898	1.67%	2.62%
1962	2,604,659	28,337,013	1.78%	2.67%
1963	2,652,908	29,091,869	1.85%	2.66%
1964	2,704,003	29,858,922	1.93%	2.64%
1965	2,757,936	30,629,174	1.99%	2.58%
1966	2,814,317	31,406,541	2.04%	2.54%
1967	2,872,997	32,196,360	2.09%	2.51%
1968	2,934,257	32,998,319	2.13%	2.49%
1969	2,998,222	33,811,615	2.18%	2.46%
1970	3,065,057	34,623,990	2.23%	2.4%
1971	3,134,767	35,433,368	2.27%	2.34%
1972	3,207,543	36,258,328	2.32%	2.33%
1973	3,283,496	37,102,043	2.37%	2.33%
1974	3,362,633	37,969,667	2.41%	2.34%
1975	3,445,407	38,875,327	2.46%	2.39%
1976	3,532,196	39,795,557	2.52%	2.37%
1977	3,623,202	40,748,870	2.58%	2.4%
1978	3,718,305	41,761,431	2.62%	2.48%
1979	3,818,528	42,818,628	2.7%	2.53%
1980	3,925,251	43,950,413	2.79%	2.64%
1981	4,038,307	45,147,224	2.88%	2.72%
1982	4,156,596	46,407,611	2.93%	2.79%
1983	4,278,978	47,786,402	2.94%	2.97%
1984	4,405,895	49,247,334	2.97%	3.06%
1985	4,538,012	50,734,968	3%	3.02%
1986	4,675,420	52,206,295	3.03%	2.9%
1987	4,818,486	53,674,435	3.06%	2.81%
1988	4,967,341	55,187,681	3.09%	2.82%
1989	5,121,657	56,710,642	3.11%	2.76%
1990	5,281,479	58,396,618	3.12%	2.97%
1991	5,446,932	60,028,997	3.13%	2.8%
1992	5,617,844	61,480,660	3.14%	2.42%
1993	5,872,706	62,915,681	4.54%	2.33%
1994	6,096,506	64,285,589	3.81%	2.18%
1995	6,226,773	65,652,622	2.14%	2.13%
1996	6,391,858	67,028,048	2.65%	2.1%
1997	6,583,365	68,431,740	3%	2.09%
1998	6,789,489	69,943,294	3.13%	2.21%
1999	7,002,818	71,520,954	3.14%	2.26%
2000	7,221,619	73,083,284	3.12%	2.18%
2001	7,445,596	74,652,029	3.1%	2.15%
2002	7,675,426	76,239,137	3.09%	2.13%
2003	7,913,070	77,853,548	3.1%	2.12%
2004	8,159,094	79,477,443	3.11%	2.09%
2005	8,426,144	81,101,004	3.27%	2.04%
2006	8,693,242	82,700,403	3.17%	1.97%
2007	8,953,969	84,276,225	3%	1.91%
2008	9,228,466	85,864,789	3.07%	1.88%
2009	9,509,423	87,501,636	3.04%	1.91%
2010	9,797,484	89,196,072	3.03%	1.94%
2011	10,093,623	91,093,059	3.02%	2.13%
2012	10,397,657	93,161,001	3.01%	2.27%
2013	10,708,834	95,333,553	2.99%	2.33%
2014	11,030,004	97,528,654	3%	2.3%
2015	11,360,681	99,597,342	3%	2.12%
2016	11,697,842	101,644,589	2.97%	2.06%
2017	12,039,780	103,696,057	2.92%	2.02%
2018	12,383,347	105,682,094	2.85%	1.92%
2019	12,726,755	107,553,158	2.77%	1.77%
2020	13,070,169	109,315,124	2.7%	1.64%
2021	13,413,417	110,957,008	2.63%	1.5%
2022	13,759,501	112,618,250	2.58%	1.5%
2023	14,111,034	114,535,772	2.55%	1.7%
2024	14,462,724	116,538,258	2.49%	1.75%
2025	14,814,463	118,365,997	2.43%	1.57%
2026	15,170,422	120,101,181	2.4%	1.47%
2027	15,529,420	121,847,622	2.37%	1.45%
2028	15,890,289	123,608,457	2.32%	1.45%
2029	16,253,927	125,373,058	2.29%	1.43%
2030	16,618,827	127,139,323	2.24%	1.41%
2031	16,985,939	128,912,256	2.21%	1.39%
2032	17,357,069	130,695,084	2.18%	1.38%
2033	17,731,448	132,485,612	2.16%	1.37%
2034	18,109,922	134,287,838	2.13%	1.36%
2035	18,492,634	136,097,214	2.11%	1.35%
2036	18,878,049	137,913,263	2.08%	1.33%
2037	19,264,504	139,738,699	2.05%	1.32%
2038	19,655,285	141,565,835	2.03%	1.31%
2039	20,049,973	143,393,267	2.01%	1.29%
2040	20,445,765	145,213,662	1.97%	1.27%
2041	20,843,268	147,018,554	1.94%	1.24%
2042	21,242,984	148,800,785	1.92%	1.21%
2043	21,643,647	150,547,655	1.89%	1.17%
2044	22,042,581	152,255,332	1.84%	1.13%
2045	22,443,653	153,919,190	1.82%	1.09%
2046	22,846,199	155,535,951	1.79%	1.05%
2047	23,245,147	157,114,404	1.75%	1.01%
2048	23,642,198	158,657,392	1.71%	0.98%
2049	24,038,614	160,161,615	1.68%	0.95%
2050	24,433,817	161,630,197	1.64%	0.92%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Benin's population will grow by 61% to 24,433,817 people with a rank change from 76th to 68th. The population of Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.