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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Finland	Benin	Finland
1960	2,517,286	4,429,634	-	-
1961	2,559,223	4,461,005	1.67%	0.71%
1962	2,604,659	4,491,443	1.78%	0.68%
1963	2,652,908	4,523,309	1.85%	0.71%
1964	2,704,003	4,548,543	1.93%	0.56%
1965	2,757,936	4,563,732	1.99%	0.33%
1966	2,814,317	4,580,869	2.04%	0.38%
1967	2,872,997	4,605,744	2.09%	0.54%
1968	2,934,257	4,626,469	2.13%	0.45%
1969	2,998,222	4,623,785	2.18%	-0.06%
1970	3,065,057	4,606,307	2.23%	-0.38%
1971	3,134,767	4,612,124	2.27%	0.13%
1972	3,207,543	4,639,657	2.32%	0.6%
1973	3,283,496	4,666,081	2.37%	0.57%
1974	3,362,633	4,690,574	2.41%	0.52%
1975	3,445,407	4,711,440	2.46%	0.44%
1976	3,532,196	4,725,664	2.52%	0.3%
1977	3,623,202	4,738,902	2.58%	0.28%
1978	3,718,305	4,752,528	2.62%	0.29%
1979	3,818,528	4,764,690	2.7%	0.26%
1980	3,925,251	4,779,535	2.79%	0.31%
1981	4,038,307	4,799,964	2.88%	0.43%
1982	4,156,596	4,826,933	2.93%	0.56%
1983	4,278,978	4,855,787	2.94%	0.6%
1984	4,405,895	4,881,803	2.97%	0.54%
1985	4,538,012	4,902,206	3%	0.42%
1986	4,675,420	4,918,154	3.03%	0.33%
1987	4,818,486	4,932,123	3.06%	0.28%
1988	4,967,341	4,946,481	3.09%	0.29%
1989	5,121,657	4,964,371	3.11%	0.36%
1990	5,281,479	4,986,431	3.12%	0.44%
1991	5,446,932	5,013,740	3.13%	0.55%
1992	5,617,844	5,041,992	3.14%	0.56%
1993	5,872,706	5,066,447	4.54%	0.49%
1994	6,096,506	5,088,333	3.81%	0.43%
1995	6,226,773	5,107,790	2.14%	0.38%
1996	6,391,858	5,124,573	2.65%	0.33%
1997	6,583,365	5,139,835	3%	0.3%
1998	6,789,489	5,153,498	3.13%	0.27%
1999	7,002,818	5,165,474	3.14%	0.23%
2000	7,221,619	5,176,209	3.12%	0.21%
2001	7,445,596	5,188,008	3.1%	0.23%
2002	7,675,426	5,200,598	3.09%	0.24%
2003	7,913,070	5,213,014	3.1%	0.24%
2004	8,159,094	5,228,172	3.11%	0.29%
2005	8,426,144	5,246,096	3.27%	0.34%
2006	8,693,242	5,266,268	3.17%	0.38%
2007	8,953,969	5,288,720	3%	0.43%
2008	9,228,466	5,313,399	3.07%	0.47%
2009	9,509,423	5,338,871	3.04%	0.48%
2010	9,797,484	5,363,352	3.03%	0.46%
2011	10,093,623	5,388,272	3.02%	0.46%
2012	10,397,657	5,413,971	3.01%	0.48%
2013	10,708,834	5,438,972	2.99%	0.46%
2014	11,030,004	5,461,512	3%	0.41%
2015	11,360,681	5,479,531	3%	0.33%
2016	11,697,842	5,495,303	2.97%	0.29%
2017	12,039,780	5,508,214	2.92%	0.23%
2018	12,383,347	5,515,525	2.85%	0.13%
2019	12,726,755	5,521,606	2.77%	0.11%
2020	13,070,169	5,529,543	2.7%	0.14%
2021	13,413,417	5,541,017	2.63%	0.21%
2022	13,759,501	5,556,106	2.58%	0.27%
2023	14,111,034	5,583,911	2.55%	0.5%
2024	14,462,724	5,637,214	2.49%	0.95%
2025	14,814,463	5,643,254	2.43%	0.11%
2026	15,170,422	5,641,649	2.4%	-0.03%
2027	15,529,420	5,635,897	2.37%	-0.1%
2028	15,890,289	5,628,676	2.32%	-0.13%
2029	16,253,927	5,620,617	2.29%	-0.14%
2030	16,618,827	5,611,856	2.24%	-0.16%
2031	16,985,939	5,602,498	2.21%	-0.17%
2032	17,357,069	5,592,622	2.18%	-0.18%
2033	17,731,448	5,582,339	2.16%	-0.18%
2034	18,109,922	5,571,550	2.13%	-0.19%
2035	18,492,634	5,560,286	2.11%	-0.2%
2036	18,878,049	5,548,634	2.08%	-0.21%
2037	19,264,504	5,536,663	2.05%	-0.22%
2038	19,655,285	5,524,493	2.03%	-0.22%
2039	20,049,973	5,512,215	2.01%	-0.22%
2040	20,445,765	5,499,935	1.97%	-0.22%
2041	20,843,268	5,487,678	1.94%	-0.22%
2042	21,242,984	5,475,338	1.92%	-0.22%
2043	21,643,647	5,462,854	1.89%	-0.23%
2044	22,042,581	5,450,242	1.84%	-0.23%
2045	22,443,653	5,437,548	1.82%	-0.23%
2046	22,846,199	5,424,719	1.79%	-0.24%
2047	23,245,147	5,411,708	1.75%	-0.24%
2048	23,642,198	5,398,346	1.71%	-0.25%
2049	24,038,614	5,384,653	1.68%	-0.25%
2050	24,433,817	5,370,605	1.64%	-0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Finland gained 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Finland's population increased by 163,723 (a 2.99% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Finland was ranked 111th in 2005 and ranked 118th 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 Finland will decrease by 4.83% to 5,370,605 people and rank change from 118th to 126th.