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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Germany	Benin	Germany
1960	2,517,286	72,814,900	-	-
1961	2,559,223	73,377,632	1.67%	0.77%
1962	2,604,659	74,025,784	1.78%	0.88%
1963	2,652,908	74,714,353	1.85%	0.93%
1964	2,704,003	75,318,337	1.93%	0.81%
1965	2,757,936	75,963,695	1.99%	0.86%
1966	2,814,317	76,600,311	2.04%	0.84%
1967	2,872,997	76,951,336	2.09%	0.46%
1968	2,934,257	77,294,314	2.13%	0.45%
1969	2,998,222	77,909,682	2.18%	0.8%
1970	3,065,057	78,169,289	2.23%	0.33%
1971	3,134,767	78,312,842	2.27%	0.18%
1972	3,207,543	78,688,452	2.32%	0.48%
1973	3,283,496	78,936,666	2.37%	0.32%
1974	3,362,633	78,967,433	2.41%	0.04%
1975	3,445,407	78,673,554	2.46%	-0.37%
1976	3,532,196	78,336,950	2.52%	-0.43%
1977	3,623,202	78,159,814	2.58%	-0.23%
1978	3,718,305	78,091,820	2.62%	-0.09%
1979	3,818,528	78,126,350	2.7%	0.04%
1980	3,925,251	78,288,576	2.79%	0.21%
1981	4,038,307	78,407,907	2.88%	0.15%
1982	4,156,596	78,333,366	2.93%	-0.1%
1983	4,278,978	78,128,282	2.94%	-0.26%
1984	4,405,895	77,858,685	2.97%	-0.35%
1985	4,538,012	77,684,873	3%	-0.22%
1986	4,675,420	77,720,436	3.03%	0.05%
1987	4,818,486	77,839,920	3.06%	0.15%
1988	4,967,341	78,144,619	3.09%	0.39%
1989	5,121,657	78,751,283	3.11%	0.78%
1990	5,281,479	79,433,029	3.12%	0.87%
1991	5,446,932	80,013,896	3.13%	0.73%
1992	5,617,844	80,624,598	3.14%	0.76%
1993	5,872,706	81,156,363	4.54%	0.66%
1994	6,096,506	81,438,348	3.81%	0.35%
1995	6,226,773	81,678,051	2.14%	0.29%
1996	6,391,858	81,914,831	2.65%	0.29%
1997	6,583,365	82,034,771	3%	0.15%
1998	6,789,489	82,047,195	3.13%	0.02%
1999	7,002,818	82,100,243	3.14%	0.06%
2000	7,221,619	82,211,508	3.12%	0.14%
2001	7,445,596	82,349,925	3.1%	0.17%
2002	7,675,426	82,488,495	3.09%	0.17%
2003	7,913,070	82,534,176	3.1%	0.06%
2004	8,159,094	82,516,260	3.11%	-0.02%
2005	8,426,144	82,469,422	3.27%	-0.06%
2006	8,693,242	82,376,451	3.17%	-0.11%
2007	8,953,969	82,266,372	3%	-0.13%
2008	9,228,466	82,110,097	3.07%	-0.19%
2009	9,509,423	81,902,307	3.04%	-0.25%
2010	9,797,484	81,776,930	3.03%	-0.15%
2011	10,093,623	80,274,983	3.02%	-1.84%
2012	10,397,657	80,425,823	3.01%	0.19%
2013	10,708,834	80,645,605	2.99%	0.27%
2014	11,030,004	80,982,500	3%	0.42%
2015	11,360,681	81,686,611	3%	0.87%
2016	11,697,842	82,348,669	2.97%	0.81%
2017	12,039,780	82,657,002	2.92%	0.37%
2018	12,383,347	82,905,782	2.85%	0.3%
2019	12,726,755	83,092,962	2.77%	0.23%
2020	13,070,169	83,160,871	2.7%	0.08%
2021	13,413,417	83,196,078	2.63%	0.04%
2022	13,759,501	83,797,985	2.58%	0.72%
2023	14,111,034	83,901,923	2.55%	0.12%
2024	14,462,724	83,510,950	2.49%	-0.47%
2025	14,814,463	83,039,665	2.43%	-0.56%
2026	15,170,422	82,614,154	2.4%	-0.51%
2027	15,529,420	82,415,087	2.37%	-0.24%
2028	15,890,289	82,204,095	2.32%	-0.26%
2029	16,253,927	81,983,207	2.29%	-0.27%
2030	16,618,827	81,761,486	2.24%	-0.27%
2031	16,985,939	81,535,782	2.21%	-0.28%
2032	17,357,069	81,309,833	2.18%	-0.28%
2033	17,731,448	81,088,671	2.16%	-0.27%
2034	18,109,922	80,874,239	2.13%	-0.26%
2035	18,492,634	80,664,119	2.11%	-0.26%
2036	18,878,049	80,440,400	2.08%	-0.28%
2037	19,264,504	80,216,687	2.05%	-0.28%
2038	19,655,285	79,996,530	2.03%	-0.27%
2039	20,049,973	79,775,309	2.01%	-0.28%
2040	20,445,765	79,559,716	1.97%	-0.27%
2041	20,843,268	79,356,179	1.94%	-0.26%
2042	21,242,984	79,162,051	1.92%	-0.24%
2043	21,643,647	78,957,628	1.89%	-0.26%
2044	22,042,581	78,737,840	1.84%	-0.28%
2045	22,443,653	78,512,825	1.82%	-0.29%
2046	22,846,199	78,288,289	1.79%	-0.29%
2047	23,245,147	78,060,952	1.75%	-0.29%
2048	23,642,198	77,820,753	1.71%	-0.31%
2049	24,038,614	77,573,634	1.68%	-0.32%
2050	24,433,817	77,330,385	1.64%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.