Population in Benin compared to Equatorial Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Equatorial Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Equatorial Guinea	Benin	Equatorial Guinea
1960	2,517,286	269,807	-	-
1961	2,559,223	274,896	1.67%	1.89%
1962	2,604,659	280,286	1.78%	1.96%
1963	2,652,908	285,965	1.85%	2.03%
1964	2,704,003	291,942	1.93%	2.09%
1965	2,757,936	298,238	1.99%	2.16%
1966	2,814,317	304,859	2.04%	2.22%
1967	2,872,997	311,805	2.09%	2.28%
1968	2,934,257	318,849	2.13%	2.26%
1969	2,998,222	322,517	2.18%	1.15%
1970	3,065,057	320,803	2.23%	-0.53%
1971	3,134,767	315,940	2.27%	-1.52%
1972	3,207,543	309,468	2.32%	-2.05%
1973	3,283,496	302,281	2.37%	-2.32%
1974	3,362,633	294,953	2.41%	-2.42%
1975	3,445,407	287,901	2.46%	-2.39%
1976	3,532,196	281,031	2.52%	-2.39%
1977	3,623,202	276,779	2.58%	-1.51%
1978	3,718,305	276,531	2.62%	-0.09%
1979	3,818,528	279,846	2.7%	1.2%
1980	3,925,251	288,644	2.79%	3.14%
1981	4,038,307	303,252	2.88%	5.06%
1982	4,156,596	322,216	2.93%	6.25%
1983	4,278,978	343,421	2.94%	6.58%
1984	4,405,895	364,899	2.97%	6.25%
1985	4,538,012	385,547	3%	5.66%
1986	4,675,420	404,728	3.03%	4.98%
1987	4,818,486	422,522	3.06%	4.4%
1988	4,967,341	439,651	3.09%	4.05%
1989	5,121,657	456,808	3.11%	3.9%
1990	5,281,479	474,274	3.12%	3.82%
1991	5,446,932	492,217	3.13%	3.78%
1992	5,617,844	510,770	3.14%	3.77%
1993	5,872,706	530,023	4.54%	3.77%
1994	6,096,506	550,138	3.81%	3.8%
1995	6,226,773	571,264	2.14%	3.84%
1996	6,391,858	593,492	2.65%	3.89%
1997	6,583,365	616,893	3%	3.94%
1998	6,789,489	641,474	3.13%	3.98%
1999	7,002,818	667,214	3.14%	4.01%
2000	7,221,619	703,279	3.12%	5.41%
2001	7,445,596	749,836	3.1%	6.62%
2002	7,675,426	797,957	3.09%	6.42%
2003	7,913,070	847,862	3.1%	6.25%
2004	8,159,094	899,917	3.11%	6.14%
2005	8,426,144	947,367	3.27%	5.27%
2006	8,693,242	990,343	3.17%	4.54%
2007	8,953,969	1,036,044	3%	4.61%
2008	9,228,466	1,084,530	3.07%	4.68%
2009	9,509,423	1,135,673	3.04%	4.72%
2010	9,797,484	1,189,085	3.03%	4.7%
2011	10,093,623	1,241,835	3.02%	4.44%
2012	10,397,657	1,293,483	3.01%	4.16%
2013	10,708,834	1,346,218	2.99%	4.08%
2014	11,030,004	1,399,828	3%	3.98%
2015	11,360,681	1,453,923	3%	3.86%
2016	11,697,842	1,508,186	2.97%	3.73%
2017	12,039,780	1,562,396	2.92%	3.59%
2018	12,383,347	1,616,422	2.85%	3.46%
2019	12,726,755	1,670,177	2.77%	3.33%
2020	13,070,169	1,716,468	2.7%	2.77%
2021	13,413,417	1,758,786	2.63%	2.47%
2022	13,759,501	1,803,545	2.58%	2.54%
2023	14,111,034	1,847,549	2.55%	2.44%
2024	14,462,724	1,892,516	2.49%	2.43%
2025	14,814,463	1,938,427	2.43%	2.43%
2026	15,170,422	1,984,463	2.4%	2.37%
2027	15,529,420	2,030,749	2.37%	2.33%
2028	15,890,289	2,077,253	2.32%	2.29%
2029	16,253,927	2,123,699	2.29%	2.24%
2030	16,618,827	2,170,434	2.24%	2.2%
2031	16,985,939	2,218,077	2.21%	2.2%
2032	17,357,069	2,267,025	2.18%	2.21%
2033	17,731,448	2,315,991	2.16%	2.16%
2034	18,109,922	2,364,847	2.13%	2.11%
2035	18,492,634	2,414,263	2.11%	2.09%
2036	18,878,049	2,463,880	2.08%	2.06%
2037	19,264,504	2,513,955	2.05%	2.03%
2038	19,655,285	2,564,843	2.03%	2.02%
2039	20,049,973	2,615,417	2.01%	1.97%
2040	20,445,765	2,665,575	1.97%	1.92%
2041	20,843,268	2,715,477	1.94%	1.87%
2042	21,242,984	2,764,764	1.92%	1.82%
2043	21,643,647	2,813,769	1.89%	1.77%
2044	22,042,581	2,862,511	1.84%	1.73%
2045	22,443,653	2,911,227	1.82%	1.7%
2046	22,846,199	2,959,088	1.79%	1.64%
2047	23,245,147	3,005,551	1.75%	1.57%
2048	23,642,198	3,051,480	1.71%	1.53%
2049	24,038,614	3,097,625	1.68%	1.51%
2050	24,433,817	3,143,719	1.64%	1.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Equatorial Guinea gained 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Equatorial Guinea's population increased by 521,483 (a 35.9% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th in 2005 and ranked 148th 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 Equatorial Guinea will increase by 59.1% to 3,143,719 people and rank change from 148th to 140th.