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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Gabon	Benin	Gabon
1960	2,517,286	512,316	-	-
1961	2,559,223	518,266	1.67%	1.16%
1962	2,604,659	524,649	1.78%	1.23%
1963	2,652,908	531,452	1.85%	1.3%
1964	2,704,003	538,657	1.93%	1.36%
1965	2,757,936	546,308	1.99%	1.42%
1966	2,814,317	554,463	2.04%	1.49%
1967	2,872,997	563,108	2.09%	1.56%
1968	2,934,257	572,257	2.13%	1.62%
1969	2,998,222	583,276	2.18%	1.93%
1970	3,065,057	595,846	2.23%	2.16%
1971	3,134,767	608,348	2.27%	2.1%
1972	3,207,543	620,960	2.32%	2.07%
1973	3,283,496	633,995	2.37%	2.1%
1974	3,362,633	647,691	2.41%	2.16%
1975	3,445,407	662,197	2.46%	2.24%
1976	3,532,196	677,628	2.52%	2.33%
1977	3,623,202	693,984	2.58%	2.41%
1978	3,718,305	711,245	2.62%	2.49%
1979	3,818,528	729,375	2.7%	2.55%
1980	3,925,251	748,389	2.79%	2.61%
1981	4,038,307	768,385	2.88%	2.67%
1982	4,156,596	789,286	2.93%	2.72%
1983	4,278,978	811,005	2.94%	2.75%
1984	4,405,895	833,501	2.97%	2.77%
1985	4,538,012	856,726	3%	2.79%
1986	4,675,420	880,705	3.03%	2.8%
1987	4,818,486	905,479	3.06%	2.81%
1988	4,967,341	931,020	3.09%	2.82%
1989	5,121,657	957,138	3.11%	2.81%
1990	5,281,479	983,734	3.12%	2.78%
1991	5,446,932	1,010,818	3.13%	2.75%
1992	5,617,844	1,038,380	3.14%	2.73%
1993	5,872,706	1,066,405	4.54%	2.7%
1994	6,096,506	1,094,720	3.81%	2.66%
1995	6,226,773	1,123,213	2.14%	2.6%
1996	6,391,858	1,152,015	2.65%	2.56%
1997	6,583,365	1,181,439	3%	2.55%
1998	6,789,489	1,211,736	3.13%	2.56%
1999	7,002,818	1,243,016	3.14%	2.58%
2000	7,221,619	1,275,572	3.12%	2.62%
2001	7,445,596	1,309,589	3.1%	2.67%
2002	7,675,426	1,345,135	3.09%	2.71%
2003	7,913,070	1,382,350	3.1%	2.77%
2004	8,159,094	1,421,609	3.11%	2.84%
2005	8,426,144	1,463,495	3.27%	2.95%
2006	8,693,242	1,508,337	3.17%	3.06%
2007	8,953,969	1,556,237	3%	3.18%
2008	9,228,466	1,607,175	3.07%	3.27%
2009	9,509,423	1,661,556	3.04%	3.38%
2010	9,797,484	1,719,879	3.03%	3.51%
2011	10,093,623	1,781,985	3.02%	3.61%
2012	10,397,657	1,846,889	3.01%	3.64%
2013	10,708,834	1,913,059	2.99%	3.58%
2014	11,030,004	1,978,399	3%	3.42%
2015	11,360,681	2,040,989	3%	3.16%
2016	11,697,842	2,100,306	2.97%	2.91%
2017	12,039,780	2,156,900	2.92%	2.69%
2018	12,383,347	2,212,318	2.85%	2.57%
2019	12,726,755	2,267,706	2.77%	2.5%
2020	13,070,169	2,322,539	2.7%	2.42%
2021	13,413,417	2,376,722	2.63%	2.33%
2022	13,759,501	2,430,747	2.58%	2.27%
2023	14,111,034	2,484,789	2.55%	2.22%
2024	14,462,724	2,538,952	2.49%	2.18%
2025	14,814,463	2,593,130	2.43%	2.13%
2026	15,170,422	2,647,397	2.4%	2.09%
2027	15,529,420	2,701,860	2.37%	2.06%
2028	15,890,289	2,756,474	2.32%	2.02%
2029	16,253,927	2,811,348	2.29%	1.99%
2030	16,618,827	2,866,668	2.24%	1.97%
2031	16,985,939	2,922,503	2.21%	1.95%
2032	17,357,069	2,978,812	2.18%	1.93%
2033	17,731,448	3,035,711	2.16%	1.91%
2034	18,109,922	3,093,221	2.13%	1.89%
2035	18,492,634	3,151,467	2.11%	1.88%
2036	18,878,049	3,210,584	2.08%	1.88%
2037	19,264,504	3,270,304	2.05%	1.86%
2038	19,655,285	3,330,507	2.03%	1.84%
2039	20,049,973	3,391,378	2.01%	1.83%
2040	20,445,765	3,452,985	1.97%	1.82%
2041	20,843,268	3,515,218	1.94%	1.8%
2042	21,242,984	3,577,745	1.92%	1.78%
2043	21,643,647	3,640,570	1.89%	1.76%
2044	22,042,581	3,703,794	1.84%	1.74%
2045	22,443,653	3,767,430	1.82%	1.72%
2046	22,846,199	3,831,211	1.79%	1.69%
2047	23,245,147	3,894,840	1.75%	1.66%
2048	23,642,198	3,958,294	1.71%	1.63%
2049	24,038,614	4,021,470	1.68%	1.6%
2050	24,433,817	4,084,535	1.64%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Gabon gained 591,969 people (a 39.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Gabon's population increased by 547,686 (a 26.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Gabon was ranked 147th in 2006 and ranked 141st 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 Gabon will increase by 54.3% to 4,084,535 people and rank change from 141st to 133rd.