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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Greece	Benin	Greece
1960	2,517,286	8,331,725	-	-
1961	2,559,223	8,398,050	1.67%	0.8%
1962	2,604,659	8,448,233	1.78%	0.6%
1963	2,652,908	8,479,625	1.85%	0.37%
1964	2,704,003	8,510,429	1.93%	0.36%
1965	2,757,936	8,550,333	1.99%	0.47%
1966	2,814,317	8,613,651	2.04%	0.74%
1967	2,872,997	8,684,088	2.09%	0.82%
1968	2,934,257	8,740,765	2.13%	0.65%
1969	2,998,222	8,772,764	2.18%	0.37%
1970	3,065,057	8,792,806	2.23%	0.23%
1971	3,134,767	8,831,036	2.27%	0.43%
1972	3,207,543	8,888,628	2.32%	0.65%
1973	3,283,496	8,929,086	2.37%	0.46%
1974	3,362,633	8,962,022	2.41%	0.37%
1975	3,445,407	9,046,541	2.46%	0.94%
1976	3,532,196	9,188,150	2.52%	1.57%
1977	3,623,202	9,308,479	2.58%	1.31%
1978	3,718,305	9,429,959	2.62%	1.31%
1979	3,818,528	9,548,258	2.7%	1.25%
1980	3,925,251	9,642,505	2.79%	0.99%
1981	4,038,307	9,729,350	2.88%	0.9%
1982	4,156,596	9,789,513	2.93%	0.62%
1983	4,278,978	9,846,627	2.94%	0.58%
1984	4,405,895	9,895,801	2.97%	0.5%
1985	4,538,012	9,934,300	3%	0.39%
1986	4,675,420	9,967,213	3.03%	0.33%
1987	4,818,486	10,000,595	3.06%	0.33%
1988	4,967,341	10,036,983	3.09%	0.36%
1989	5,121,657	10,089,498	3.11%	0.52%
1990	5,281,479	10,196,792	3.12%	1.06%
1991	5,446,932	10,319,927	3.13%	1.21%
1992	5,617,844	10,399,061	3.14%	0.77%
1993	5,872,706	10,460,415	4.54%	0.59%
1994	6,096,506	10,512,922	3.81%	0.5%
1995	6,226,773	10,562,153	2.14%	0.47%
1996	6,391,858	10,608,800	2.65%	0.44%
1997	6,583,365	10,661,259	3%	0.49%
1998	6,789,489	10,720,509	3.13%	0.56%
1999	7,002,818	10,761,698	3.14%	0.38%
2000	7,221,619	10,805,808	3.12%	0.41%
2001	7,445,596	10,862,132	3.1%	0.52%
2002	7,675,426	10,902,022	3.09%	0.37%
2003	7,913,070	10,928,070	3.1%	0.24%
2004	8,159,094	10,955,141	3.11%	0.25%
2005	8,426,144	10,987,314	3.27%	0.29%
2006	8,693,242	11,020,362	3.17%	0.3%
2007	8,953,969	11,048,473	3%	0.26%
2008	9,228,466	11,077,841	3.07%	0.27%
2009	9,509,423	11,107,017	3.04%	0.26%
2010	9,797,484	11,121,341	3.03%	0.13%
2011	10,093,623	11,104,899	3.02%	-0.15%
2012	10,397,657	11,045,011	3.01%	-0.54%
2013	10,708,834	10,965,211	2.99%	-0.72%
2014	11,030,004	10,892,413	3%	-0.66%
2015	11,360,681	10,820,883	3%	-0.66%
2016	11,697,842	10,775,971	2.97%	-0.42%
2017	12,039,780	10,754,679	2.92%	-0.2%
2018	12,383,347	10,732,882	2.85%	-0.2%
2019	12,726,755	10,721,582	2.77%	-0.11%
2020	13,070,169	10,698,599	2.7%	-0.21%
2021	13,413,417	10,569,207	2.63%	-1.21%
2022	13,759,501	10,436,882	2.58%	-1.25%
2023	14,111,034	10,407,351	2.55%	-0.28%
2024	14,462,724	10,405,134	2.49%	-0.02%
2025	14,814,463	10,292,291	2.43%	-1.08%
2026	15,170,422	10,249,082	2.4%	-0.42%
2027	15,529,420	10,204,400	2.37%	-0.44%
2028	15,890,289	10,159,146	2.32%	-0.44%
2029	16,253,927	10,113,475	2.29%	-0.45%
2030	16,618,827	10,067,720	2.24%	-0.45%
2031	16,985,939	10,021,773	2.21%	-0.46%
2032	17,357,069	9,974,701	2.18%	-0.47%
2033	17,731,448	9,927,344	2.16%	-0.47%
2034	18,109,922	9,880,848	2.13%	-0.47%
2035	18,492,634	9,834,216	2.11%	-0.47%
2036	18,878,049	9,787,786	2.08%	-0.47%
2037	19,264,504	9,741,790	2.05%	-0.47%
2038	19,655,285	9,695,855	2.03%	-0.47%
2039	20,049,973	9,650,459	2.01%	-0.47%
2040	20,445,765	9,605,475	1.97%	-0.47%
2041	20,843,268	9,560,641	1.94%	-0.47%
2042	21,242,984	9,516,502	1.92%	-0.46%
2043	21,643,647	9,472,263	1.89%	-0.46%
2044	22,042,581	9,426,737	1.84%	-0.48%
2045	22,443,653	9,380,458	1.82%	-0.49%
2046	22,846,199	9,333,671	1.79%	-0.5%
2047	23,245,147	9,284,541	1.75%	-0.53%
2048	23,642,198	9,233,189	1.71%	-0.55%
2049	24,038,614	9,180,074	1.68%	-0.58%
2050	24,433,817	9,125,443	1.64%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th 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 Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.