The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 117,207 people in Grenada in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 117,349 in Grenada.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 128.7 times bigger than Grenada's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Grenada is the 182nd.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.001% for Grenada.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +0.29% in Grenada.
- Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Grenada has grown from 110K to 117K (6.94% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 117K people in 2031 for Grenada.
Benin vs Grenada: live population counter
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| Current population |
15100397
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117349
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 182/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.001% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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2.9 days
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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6.39 hours
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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8.45 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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1.9 days
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -192 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +126 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +0.11% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | 158/197 |
Benin and Grenada: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 94,058 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 95,335 | 1.67% | 1.36% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 96,375 | 1.78% | 1.09% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 97,195 | 1.85% | 0.85% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 97,760 | 1.93% | 0.58% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 98,067 | 1.99% | 0.31% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 98,121 | 2.04% | 0.06% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 98,066 | 2.09% | -0.06% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 98,078 | 2.13% | 0.01% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 98,204 | 2.18% | 0.13% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 98,414 | 2.23% | 0.21% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 98,648 | 2.27% | 0.24% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 98,777 | 2.32% | 0.13% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 98,709 | 2.37% | -0.07% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 98,486 | 2.41% | -0.23% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 98,126 | 2.46% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 97,632 | 2.52% | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 97,017 | 2.58% | -0.63% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 96,305 | 2.62% | -0.73% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 95,490 | 2.7% | -0.85% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 94,538 | 2.79% | -1% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 94,052 | 2.88% | -0.51% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 94,383 | 2.93% | 0.35% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 94,948 | 2.94% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 95,498 | 2.97% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 96,111 | 3% | 0.64% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 96,790 | 3.03% | 0.71% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 97,526 | 3.06% | 0.76% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 98,308 | 3.09% | 0.8% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 99,121 | 3.11% | 0.83% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 99,957 | 3.12% | 0.84% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 100,793 | 3.13% | 0.84% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 101,602 | 3.14% | 0.8% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 102,382 | 4.54% | 0.77% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 103,138 | 3.81% | 0.74% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 103,869 | 2.14% | 0.71% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 104,584 | 2.65% | 0.69% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 105,293 | 3% | 0.68% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 106,009 | 3.13% | 0.68% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 106,727 | 3.14% | 0.68% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 107,451 | 3.12% | 0.68% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 107,987 | 3.1% | 0.5% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 108,404 | 3.09% | 0.39% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 108,884 | 3.1% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 109,323 | 3.11% | 0.4% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 109,734 | 3.27% | 0.38% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 110,135 | 3.17% | 0.37% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 110,522 | 3% | 0.35% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 110,896 | 3.07% | 0.34% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 111,254 | 3.04% | 0.32% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 111,586 | 3.03% | 0.3% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 112,079 | 3.02% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 112,775 | 3.01% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 113,487 | 2.99% | 0.63% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 114,132 | 3% | 0.57% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 114,676 | 3% | 0.48% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 115,130 | 2.97% | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 115,438 | 2.92% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 115,691 | 2.85% | 0.22% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 115,981 | 2.77% | 0.25% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 116,341 | 2.7% | 0.31% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 116,688 | 2.63% | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 116,913 | 2.58% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 117,081 | 2.55% | 0.14% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 117,207 | 2.49% | 0.11% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 117,304 | 2.43% | 0.08% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 117,361 | 2.4% | 0.05% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 117,400 | 2.37% | 0.03% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 117,430 | 2.32% | 0.03% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 117,446 | 2.29% | 0.01% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 117,465 | 2.24% | 0.02% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 117,475 | 2.21% | 0.009% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 117,456 | 2.18% | -0.02% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 117,406 | 2.16% | -0.04% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 117,334 | 2.13% | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 117,245 | 2.11% | -0.08% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 117,141 | 2.08% | -0.09% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 117,001 | 2.05% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 116,869 | 2.03% | -0.11% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 116,702 | 2.01% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 116,496 | 1.97% | -0.18% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 116,265 | 1.94% | -0.2% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 116,015 | 1.92% | -0.22% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 115,730 | 1.89% | -0.25% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 115,443 | 1.84% | -0.25% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 115,122 | 1.82% | -0.28% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 114,771 | 1.79% | -0.3% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 114,407 | 1.75% | -0.32% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 114,032 | 1.71% | -0.33% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 113,654 | 1.68% | -0.33% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 113,245 | 1.64% | -0.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Grenada gained 4,942 people (a 4.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Grenada's population increased by 2,673 (a 2.33% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Grenada was ranked 181st in 2005 and ranked 182nd 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 Grenada will decrease by 3.5% to 113,245 people and will still be ranked 182nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Cotonou | 679K |
| Porto-Novo | 264K |
| Abomey | 90.2K |
| Save | 31.4K |
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| City | Population |
| St. George's | 4.32K |
| Grenville | 2.48K |
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Population differences between Benin and Grenada
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| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 75.5 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 36.5 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 34.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 893 ppl/mi² |
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