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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Iceland	Benin	Iceland
1960	2,517,286	175,574	-	-
1961	2,559,223	179,029	1.67%	1.97%
1962	2,604,659	182,378	1.78%	1.87%
1963	2,652,908	185,653	1.85%	1.8%
1964	2,704,003	188,983	1.93%	1.79%
1965	2,757,936	192,286	1.99%	1.75%
1966	2,814,317	195,570	2.04%	1.71%
1967	2,872,997	198,751	2.09%	1.63%
1968	2,934,257	201,488	2.13%	1.38%
1969	2,998,222	203,369	2.18%	0.93%
1970	3,065,057	204,438	2.23%	0.53%
1971	3,134,767	206,098	2.27%	0.81%
1972	3,207,543	209,137	2.32%	1.47%
1973	3,283,496	212,317	2.37%	1.52%
1974	3,362,633	215,209	2.41%	1.36%
1975	3,445,407	217,979	2.46%	1.29%
1976	3,532,196	220,154	2.52%	1%
1977	3,623,202	221,799	2.58%	0.75%
1978	3,718,305	223,537	2.62%	0.78%
1979	3,818,528	225,735	2.7%	0.98%
1980	3,925,251	228,138	2.79%	1.06%
1981	4,038,307	230,755	2.88%	1.15%
1982	4,156,596	233,860	2.93%	1.35%
1983	4,278,978	236,977	2.94%	1.33%
1984	4,405,895	239,511	2.97%	1.07%
1985	4,538,012	241,405	3%	0.79%
1986	4,675,420	243,180	3.03%	0.74%
1987	4,818,486	245,859	3.06%	1.1%
1988	4,967,341	249,740	3.09%	1.58%
1989	5,121,657	252,852	3.11%	1.25%
1990	5,281,479	254,826	3.12%	0.78%
1991	5,446,932	257,797	3.13%	1.17%
1992	5,617,844	261,057	3.14%	1.26%
1993	5,872,706	263,725	4.54%	1.02%
1994	6,096,506	266,021	3.81%	0.87%
1995	6,226,773	267,468	2.14%	0.54%
1996	6,391,858	268,916	2.65%	0.54%
1997	6,583,365	271,128	3%	0.82%
1998	6,789,489	274,047	3.13%	1.08%
1999	7,002,818	277,381	3.14%	1.22%
2000	7,221,619	281,205	3.12%	1.38%
2001	7,445,596	284,968	3.1%	1.34%
2002	7,675,426	287,523	3.09%	0.9%
2003	7,913,070	289,521	3.1%	0.69%
2004	8,159,094	292,074	3.11%	0.88%
2005	8,426,144	296,734	3.27%	1.6%
2006	8,693,242	303,782	3.17%	2.38%
2007	8,953,969	311,566	3%	2.56%
2008	9,228,466	317,414	3.07%	1.88%
2009	9,509,423	318,499	3.04%	0.34%
2010	9,797,484	318,041	3.03%	-0.14%
2011	10,093,623	319,014	3.02%	0.31%
2012	10,397,657	320,716	3.01%	0.53%
2013	10,708,834	323,764	2.99%	0.95%
2014	11,030,004	327,386	3%	1.12%
2015	11,360,681	330,815	3%	1.05%
2016	11,697,842	335,439	2.97%	1.4%
2017	12,039,780	343,400	2.92%	2.37%
2018	12,383,347	352,721	2.85%	2.71%
2019	12,726,755	360,563	2.77%	2.22%
2020	13,070,169	366,463	2.7%	1.64%
2021	13,413,417	372,520	2.63%	1.65%
2022	13,759,501	382,003	2.58%	2.55%
2023	14,111,034	393,349	2.55%	2.97%
2024	14,462,724	404,610	2.49%	2.86%
2025	14,814,463	409,614	2.43%	1.24%
2026	15,170,422	413,792	2.4%	1.02%
2027	15,529,420	417,406	2.37%	0.87%
2028	15,890,289	420,691	2.32%	0.79%
2029	16,253,927	423,592	2.29%	0.69%
2030	16,618,827	426,158	2.24%	0.61%
2031	16,985,939	428,479	2.21%	0.54%
2032	17,357,069	430,544	2.18%	0.48%
2033	17,731,448	432,406	2.16%	0.43%
2034	18,109,922	434,083	2.13%	0.39%
2035	18,492,634	435,646	2.11%	0.36%
2036	18,878,049	437,132	2.08%	0.34%
2037	19,264,504	438,466	2.05%	0.31%
2038	19,655,285	439,670	2.03%	0.27%
2039	20,049,973	440,754	2.01%	0.25%
2040	20,445,765	441,687	1.97%	0.21%
2041	20,843,268	442,487	1.94%	0.18%
2042	21,242,984	443,200	1.92%	0.16%
2043	21,643,647	443,884	1.89%	0.15%
2044	22,042,581	444,457	1.84%	0.13%
2045	22,443,653	444,812	1.82%	0.08%
2046	22,846,199	445,028	1.79%	0.05%
2047	23,245,147	445,183	1.75%	0.03%
2048	23,642,198	445,283	1.71%	0.02%
2049	24,038,614	445,335	1.68%	0.01%
2050	24,433,817	445,330	1.64%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.