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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	France	Benin	France
1960	2,517,286	47,412,964	-	-
1961	2,559,223	47,905,982	1.67%	1.04%
1962	2,604,659	48,389,516	1.78%	1.01%
1963	2,652,908	48,877,567	1.85%	1.01%
1964	2,704,003	49,401,492	1.93%	1.07%
1965	2,757,936	49,877,725	1.99%	0.96%
1966	2,814,317	50,311,637	2.04%	0.87%
1967	2,872,997	50,722,791	2.09%	0.82%
1968	2,934,257	51,112,980	2.13%	0.77%
1969	2,998,222	51,536,014	2.18%	0.83%
1970	3,065,057	52,007,169	2.23%	0.91%
1971	3,134,767	52,499,553	2.27%	0.95%
1972	3,207,543	52,962,356	2.32%	0.88%
1973	3,283,496	53,392,161	2.37%	0.81%
1974	3,362,633	53,746,571	2.41%	0.66%
1975	3,445,407	54,002,853	2.46%	0.48%
1976	3,532,196	54,232,383	2.52%	0.43%
1977	3,623,202	54,486,467	2.58%	0.47%
1978	3,718,305	54,734,030	2.62%	0.45%
1979	3,818,528	54,979,851	2.7%	0.45%
1980	3,925,251	55,274,184	2.79%	0.54%
1981	4,038,307	55,603,353	2.88%	0.6%
1982	4,156,596	55,806,789	2.93%	0.37%
1983	4,278,978	56,108,330	2.94%	0.54%
1984	4,405,895	56,383,085	2.97%	0.49%
1985	4,538,012	56,665,619	3%	0.5%
1986	4,675,420	56,956,002	3.03%	0.51%
1987	4,818,486	57,266,167	3.06%	0.54%
1988	4,967,341	57,598,186	3.09%	0.58%
1989	5,121,657	57,943,062	3.11%	0.6%
1990	5,281,479	58,261,012	3.12%	0.55%
1991	5,446,932	58,554,242	3.13%	0.5%
1992	5,617,844	58,846,584	3.14%	0.5%
1993	5,872,706	59,103,094	4.54%	0.44%
1994	6,096,506	59,324,863	3.81%	0.38%
1995	6,226,773	59,541,294	2.14%	0.36%
1996	6,391,858	59,754,504	2.65%	0.36%
1997	6,583,365	59,968,066	3%	0.36%
1998	6,789,489	60,190,684	3.13%	0.37%
1999	7,002,818	60,501,986	3.14%	0.52%
2000	7,221,619	60,918,661	3.12%	0.69%
2001	7,445,596	61,364,377	3.1%	0.73%
2002	7,675,426	61,812,142	3.09%	0.73%
2003	7,913,070	62,249,855	3.1%	0.71%
2004	8,159,094	62,707,588	3.11%	0.74%
2005	8,426,144	63,180,854	3.27%	0.75%
2006	8,693,242	63,622,342	3.17%	0.7%
2007	8,953,969	64,016,890	3%	0.62%
2008	9,228,466	64,375,116	3.07%	0.56%
2009	9,509,423	64,706,436	3.04%	0.51%
2010	9,797,484	65,026,211	3.03%	0.49%
2011	10,093,623	65,340,830	3.02%	0.48%
2012	10,397,657	65,657,659	3.01%	0.48%
2013	10,708,834	65,997,932	2.99%	0.52%
2014	11,030,004	66,312,067	3%	0.48%
2015	11,360,681	66,548,272	3%	0.36%
2016	11,697,842	66,724,104	2.97%	0.26%
2017	12,039,780	66,918,020	2.92%	0.29%
2018	12,383,347	67,158,348	2.85%	0.36%
2019	12,726,755	67,382,061	2.77%	0.33%
2020	13,070,169	67,601,110	2.7%	0.33%
2021	13,413,417	67,842,811	2.63%	0.36%
2022	13,759,501	68,184,457	2.58%	0.5%
2023	14,111,034	68,372,286	2.55%	0.28%
2024	14,462,724	68,551,653	2.49%	0.26%
2025	14,814,463	68,657,003	2.43%	0.15%
2026	15,170,422	68,755,474	2.4%	0.14%
2027	15,529,420	68,850,103	2.37%	0.14%
2028	15,890,289	68,943,198	2.32%	0.14%
2029	16,253,927	69,035,594	2.29%	0.13%
2030	16,618,827	69,127,642	2.24%	0.13%
2031	16,985,939	69,217,432	2.21%	0.13%
2032	17,357,069	69,307,184	2.18%	0.13%
2033	17,731,448	69,397,148	2.16%	0.13%
2034	18,109,922	69,488,653	2.13%	0.13%
2035	18,492,634	69,581,145	2.11%	0.13%
2036	18,878,049	69,671,156	2.08%	0.13%
2037	19,264,504	69,759,529	2.05%	0.13%
2038	19,655,285	69,842,775	2.03%	0.12%
2039	20,049,973	69,916,407	2.01%	0.11%
2040	20,445,765	69,983,876	1.97%	0.1%
2041	20,843,268	70,049,466	1.94%	0.09%
2042	21,242,984	70,112,592	1.92%	0.09%
2043	21,643,647	70,166,082	1.89%	0.08%
2044	22,042,581	70,208,621	1.84%	0.06%
2045	22,443,653	70,243,515	1.82%	0.05%
2046	22,846,199	70,267,943	1.79%	0.03%
2047	23,245,147	70,282,782	1.75%	0.02%
2048	23,642,198	70,289,191	1.71%	0.009%
2049	24,038,614	70,285,150	1.68%	-0.006%
2050	24,433,817	70,273,103	1.64%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.