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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Guyana	Benin	Guyana
1960	2,517,286	569,143	-	-
1961	2,559,223	582,568	1.67%	2.36%
1962	2,604,659	595,461	1.78%	2.21%
1963	2,652,908	608,537	1.85%	2.2%
1964	2,704,003	621,764	1.93%	2.17%
1965	2,757,936	635,128	1.99%	2.15%
1966	2,814,317	648,646	2.04%	2.13%
1967	2,872,997	662,311	2.09%	2.11%
1968	2,934,257	676,160	2.13%	2.09%
1969	2,998,222	690,223	2.18%	2.08%
1970	3,065,057	702,705	2.23%	1.81%
1971	3,134,767	712,662	2.27%	1.42%
1972	3,207,543	721,617	2.32%	1.26%
1973	3,283,496	730,138	2.37%	1.18%
1974	3,362,633	738,057	2.41%	1.08%
1975	3,445,407	745,393	2.46%	0.99%
1976	3,532,196	752,253	2.52%	0.92%
1977	3,623,202	758,654	2.58%	0.85%
1978	3,718,305	764,586	2.62%	0.78%
1979	3,818,528	770,062	2.7%	0.72%
1980	3,925,251	774,367	2.79%	0.56%
1981	4,038,307	776,453	2.88%	0.27%
1982	4,156,596	776,712	2.93%	0.03%
1983	4,278,978	775,891	2.94%	-0.11%
1984	4,405,895	774,111	2.97%	-0.23%
1985	4,538,012	771,477	3%	-0.34%
1986	4,675,420	768,098	3.03%	-0.44%
1987	4,818,486	764,120	3.06%	-0.52%
1988	4,967,341	759,663	3.09%	-0.58%
1989	5,121,657	754,865	3.11%	-0.63%
1990	5,281,479	749,894	3.12%	-0.66%
1991	5,446,932	747,861	3.13%	-0.27%
1992	5,617,844	749,911	3.14%	0.27%
1993	5,872,706	752,965	4.54%	0.41%
1994	6,096,506	755,822	3.81%	0.38%
1995	6,226,773	758,388	2.14%	0.34%
1996	6,391,858	760,526	2.65%	0.28%
1997	6,583,365	762,245	3%	0.23%
1998	6,789,489	763,586	3.13%	0.18%
1999	7,002,818	764,483	3.14%	0.12%
2000	7,221,619	764,832	3.12%	0.05%
2001	7,445,596	764,477	3.1%	-0.05%
2002	7,675,426	763,652	3.09%	-0.11%
2003	7,913,070	763,101	3.1%	-0.07%
2004	8,159,094	762,418	3.11%	-0.09%
2005	8,426,144	760,914	3.27%	-0.2%
2006	8,693,242	758,966	3.17%	-0.26%
2007	8,953,969	756,861	3%	-0.28%
2008	9,228,466	754,606	3.07%	-0.3%
2009	9,509,423	752,094	3.04%	-0.33%
2010	9,797,484	749,256	3.03%	-0.38%
2011	10,093,623	746,153	3.02%	-0.41%
2012	10,397,657	746,288	3.01%	0.02%
2013	10,708,834	750,021	2.99%	0.5%
2014	11,030,004	754,229	3%	0.56%
2015	11,360,681	758,781	3%	0.6%
2016	11,697,842	763,548	2.97%	0.63%
2017	12,039,780	768,479	2.92%	0.65%
2018	12,383,347	791,556	2.85%	3%
2019	12,726,755	807,665	2.77%	2.04%
2020	13,070,169	807,481	2.7%	-0.02%
2021	13,413,417	815,482	2.63%	0.99%
2022	13,759,501	821,637	2.58%	0.75%
2023	14,111,034	826,353	2.55%	0.57%
2024	14,462,724	831,087	2.49%	0.57%
2025	14,814,463	835,986	2.43%	0.59%
2026	15,170,422	840,883	2.4%	0.59%
2027	15,529,420	846,019	2.37%	0.61%
2028	15,890,289	851,161	2.32%	0.61%
2029	16,253,927	856,040	2.29%	0.57%
2030	16,618,827	861,037	2.24%	0.58%
2031	16,985,939	866,080	2.21%	0.59%
2032	17,357,069	871,237	2.18%	0.6%
2033	17,731,448	876,346	2.16%	0.59%
2034	18,109,922	881,223	2.13%	0.56%
2035	18,492,634	885,935	2.11%	0.53%
2036	18,878,049	890,320	2.08%	0.49%
2037	19,264,504	894,649	2.05%	0.49%
2038	19,655,285	899,021	2.03%	0.49%
2039	20,049,973	903,316	2.01%	0.48%
2040	20,445,765	907,506	1.97%	0.46%
2041	20,843,268	911,723	1.94%	0.46%
2042	21,242,984	915,811	1.92%	0.45%
2043	21,643,647	919,575	1.89%	0.41%
2044	22,042,581	923,121	1.84%	0.39%
2045	22,443,653	926,355	1.82%	0.35%
2046	22,846,199	929,478	1.79%	0.34%
2047	23,245,147	932,483	1.75%	0.32%
2048	23,642,198	935,329	1.71%	0.31%
2049	24,038,614	938,062	1.68%	0.29%
2050	24,433,817	940,601	1.64%	0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.