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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Ethiopia	Benin	Ethiopia
1960	2,517,286	21,376,693	-	-
1961	2,559,223	21,906,102	1.67%	2.48%
1962	2,604,659	22,465,126	1.78%	2.55%
1963	2,652,908	23,051,637	1.85%	2.61%
1964	2,704,003	23,666,548	1.93%	2.67%
1965	2,757,936	24,310,612	1.99%	2.72%
1966	2,814,317	24,952,689	2.04%	2.64%
1967	2,872,997	25,620,276	2.09%	2.68%
1968	2,934,257	26,337,930	2.13%	2.8%
1969	2,998,222	27,072,571	2.18%	2.79%
1970	3,065,057	27,829,128	2.23%	2.79%
1971	3,134,767	28,600,106	2.27%	2.77%
1972	3,207,543	29,374,608	2.32%	2.71%
1973	3,283,496	30,166,785	2.37%	2.7%
1974	3,362,633	30,957,273	2.41%	2.62%
1975	3,445,407	31,723,252	2.46%	2.47%
1976	3,532,196	32,534,418	2.52%	2.56%
1977	3,623,202	33,167,272	2.58%	1.95%
1978	3,718,305	33,734,592	2.62%	1.71%
1979	3,818,528	34,238,652	2.7%	1.49%
1980	3,925,251	34,428,514	2.79%	0.55%
1981	4,038,307	35,304,012	2.88%	2.54%
1982	4,156,596	36,701,290	2.93%	3.96%
1983	4,278,978	37,740,817	2.94%	2.83%
1984	4,405,895	38,735,722	2.97%	2.64%
1985	4,538,012	39,842,136	3%	2.86%
1986	4,675,420	41,037,656	3.03%	3%
1987	4,818,486	42,460,039	3.06%	3.47%
1988	4,967,341	44,150,825	3.09%	3.98%
1989	5,121,657	45,879,690	3.11%	3.92%
1990	5,281,479	47,609,755	3.12%	3.77%
1991	5,446,932	49,717,198	3.13%	4.43%
1992	5,617,844	51,853,747	3.14%	4.3%
1993	5,872,706	53,708,891	4.54%	3.58%
1994	6,096,506	55,611,508	3.81%	3.54%
1995	6,226,773	57,537,335	2.14%	3.46%
1996	6,391,858	59,467,635	2.65%	3.35%
1997	6,583,365	61,404,539	3%	3.26%
1998	6,789,489	63,363,524	3.13%	3.19%
1999	7,002,818	65,374,561	3.14%	3.17%
2000	7,221,619	67,411,494	3.12%	3.12%
2001	7,445,596	69,487,762	3.1%	3.08%
2002	7,675,426	71,635,517	3.09%	3.09%
2003	7,913,070	73,832,663	3.1%	3.07%
2004	8,159,094	76,077,206	3.11%	3.04%
2005	8,426,144	78,367,470	3.27%	3.01%
2006	8,693,242	80,703,490	3.17%	2.98%
2007	8,953,969	83,103,217	3%	2.97%
2008	9,228,466	85,543,668	3.07%	2.94%
2009	9,509,423	88,007,636	3.04%	2.88%
2010	9,797,484	90,538,514	3.03%	2.88%
2011	10,093,623	93,149,970	3.02%	2.88%
2012	10,397,657	95,798,767	3.01%	2.84%
2013	10,708,834	98,438,751	2.99%	2.76%
2014	11,030,004	101,115,610	3%	2.72%
2015	11,360,681	103,867,135	3%	2.72%
2016	11,697,842	106,718,162	2.97%	2.74%
2017	12,039,780	109,666,481	2.92%	2.76%
2018	12,383,347	112,664,152	2.85%	2.73%
2019	12,726,755	115,737,383	2.77%	2.73%
2020	13,070,169	118,917,671	2.7%	2.75%
2021	13,413,417	122,138,588	2.63%	2.71%
2022	13,759,501	125,384,287	2.58%	2.66%
2023	14,111,034	128,691,692	2.55%	2.64%
2024	14,462,724	132,059,767	2.49%	2.62%
2025	14,814,463	135,472,043	2.43%	2.58%
2026	15,170,422	138,902,180	2.4%	2.53%
2027	15,529,420	142,364,798	2.37%	2.49%
2028	15,890,289	145,841,255	2.32%	2.44%
2029	16,253,927	149,336,056	2.29%	2.4%
2030	16,618,827	152,855,352	2.24%	2.36%
2031	16,985,939	156,382,425	2.21%	2.31%
2032	17,357,069	159,923,895	2.18%	2.26%
2033	17,731,448	163,453,311	2.16%	2.21%
2034	18,109,922	166,978,790	2.13%	2.16%
2035	18,492,634	170,532,952	2.11%	2.13%
2036	18,878,049	174,097,772	2.08%	2.09%
2037	19,264,504	177,661,132	2.05%	2.05%
2038	19,655,285	181,235,892	2.03%	2.01%
2039	20,049,973	184,835,102	2.01%	1.99%
2040	20,445,765	188,450,900	1.97%	1.96%
2041	20,843,268	192,068,629	1.94%	1.92%
2042	21,242,984	195,695,295	1.92%	1.89%
2043	21,643,647	199,347,978	1.89%	1.87%
2044	22,042,581	203,014,368	1.84%	1.84%
2045	22,443,653	206,673,625	1.82%	1.8%
2046	22,846,199	210,337,847	1.79%	1.77%
2047	23,245,147	214,023,504	1.75%	1.75%
2048	23,642,198	217,710,204	1.71%	1.72%
2049	24,038,614	221,377,329	1.68%	1.68%
2050	24,433,817	225,021,865	1.64%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.