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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Guatemala	Benin	Guatemala
1960	2,517,286	4,063,655	-	-
1961	2,559,223	4,186,201	1.67%	3.02%
1962	2,604,659	4,312,044	1.78%	3.01%
1963	2,652,908	4,440,264	1.85%	2.97%
1964	2,704,003	4,571,109	1.93%	2.95%
1965	2,757,936	4,704,965	1.99%	2.93%
1966	2,814,317	4,840,958	2.04%	2.89%
1967	2,872,997	4,978,862	2.09%	2.85%
1968	2,934,257	5,118,111	2.13%	2.8%
1969	2,998,222	5,257,081	2.18%	2.72%
1970	3,065,057	5,396,966	2.23%	2.66%
1971	3,134,767	5,538,355	2.27%	2.62%
1972	3,207,543	5,682,833	2.32%	2.61%
1973	3,283,496	5,831,631	2.37%	2.62%
1974	3,362,633	5,981,197	2.41%	2.56%
1975	3,445,407	6,128,731	2.46%	2.47%
1976	3,532,196	6,262,404	2.52%	2.18%
1977	3,623,202	6,401,515	2.58%	2.22%
1978	3,718,305	6,561,534	2.62%	2.5%
1979	3,818,528	6,727,797	2.7%	2.53%
1980	3,925,251	6,900,212	2.79%	2.56%
1981	4,038,307	7,075,648	2.88%	2.54%
1982	4,156,596	7,240,241	2.93%	2.33%
1983	4,278,978	7,419,642	2.94%	2.48%
1984	4,405,895	7,630,682	2.97%	2.84%
1985	4,538,012	7,849,693	3%	2.87%
1986	4,675,420	8,070,818	3.03%	2.82%
1987	4,818,486	8,296,485	3.06%	2.8%
1988	4,967,341	8,532,099	3.09%	2.84%
1989	5,121,657	8,775,546	3.11%	2.85%
1990	5,281,479	9,024,773	3.12%	2.84%
1991	5,446,932	9,272,584	3.13%	2.75%
1992	5,617,844	9,522,266	3.14%	2.69%
1993	5,872,706	9,779,761	4.54%	2.7%
1994	6,096,506	10,043,718	3.81%	2.7%
1995	6,226,773	10,312,996	2.14%	2.68%
1996	6,391,858	10,583,526	2.65%	2.62%
1997	6,583,365	10,857,754	3%	2.59%
1998	6,789,489	11,139,145	3.13%	2.59%
1999	7,002,818	11,422,965	3.14%	2.55%
2000	7,221,619	11,697,592	3.12%	2.4%
2001	7,445,596	11,969,422	3.1%	2.32%
2002	7,675,426	12,246,915	3.09%	2.32%
2003	7,913,070	12,525,842	3.1%	2.28%
2004	8,159,094	12,807,402	3.11%	2.25%
2005	8,426,144	13,087,629	3.27%	2.19%
2006	8,693,242	13,367,459	3.17%	2.14%
2007	8,953,969	13,652,040	3%	2.13%
2008	9,228,466	13,935,174	3.07%	2.07%
2009	9,509,423	14,215,611	3.04%	2.01%
2010	9,797,484	14,500,112	3.03%	2%
2011	10,093,623	14,792,126	3.02%	2.01%
2012	10,397,657	15,089,647	3.01%	2.01%
2013	10,708,834	15,387,337	2.99%	1.97%
2014	11,030,004	15,681,725	3%	1.91%
2015	11,360,681	15,971,743	3%	1.85%
2016	11,697,842	16,268,760	2.97%	1.86%
2017	12,039,780	16,567,357	2.92%	1.84%
2018	12,383,347	16,845,685	2.85%	1.68%
2019	12,726,755	17,103,803	2.77%	1.53%
2020	13,070,169	17,357,325	2.7%	1.48%
2021	13,413,417	17,598,650	2.63%	1.39%
2022	13,759,501	17,847,877	2.58%	1.42%
2023	14,111,034	18,124,838	2.55%	1.55%
2024	14,462,724	18,406,359	2.49%	1.55%
2025	14,814,463	18,687,873	2.43%	1.53%
2026	15,170,422	18,967,974	2.4%	1.5%
2027	15,529,420	19,246,005	2.37%	1.47%
2028	15,890,289	19,521,501	2.32%	1.43%
2029	16,253,927	19,795,168	2.29%	1.4%
2030	16,618,827	20,067,252	2.24%	1.37%
2031	16,985,939	20,337,369	2.21%	1.35%
2032	17,357,069	20,605,385	2.18%	1.32%
2033	17,731,448	20,871,083	2.16%	1.29%
2034	18,109,922	21,134,167	2.13%	1.26%
2035	18,492,634	21,394,231	2.11%	1.23%
2036	18,878,049	21,650,331	2.08%	1.2%
2037	19,264,504	21,901,955	2.05%	1.16%
2038	19,655,285	22,149,197	2.03%	1.13%
2039	20,049,973	22,391,079	2.01%	1.09%
2040	20,445,765	22,626,859	1.97%	1.05%
2041	20,843,268	22,856,760	1.94%	1.02%
2042	21,242,984	23,080,838	1.92%	0.98%
2043	21,643,647	23,299,226	1.89%	0.95%
2044	22,042,581	23,512,005	1.84%	0.91%
2045	22,443,653	23,719,080	1.82%	0.88%
2046	22,846,199	23,920,450	1.79%	0.85%
2047	23,245,147	24,115,734	1.75%	0.82%
2048	23,642,198	24,305,641	1.71%	0.79%
2049	24,038,614	24,491,000	1.68%	0.76%
2050	24,433,817	24,670,850	1.64%	0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.