The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 10,224,104 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 1.48 times bigger than Israel's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 96th.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Israel has grown from 6.93M to 10.2M (47.5% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 21M people in 2100 for Israel.
Benin vs Israel: live population counter
Benin
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Israel
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
15100397
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10224104
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 96/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 28/197 | 86/197 |
Benin and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
Benin
Population
Growth rate
Israel
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Benin
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Israel
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Benin
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Israel
|
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 2,185,000 | 1.67% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 2,293,000 | 1.78% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 2,379,000 | 1.85% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 2,475,000 | 1.93% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 2,563,000 | 1.99% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 2,629,000 | 2.04% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 2,745,000 | 2.09% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 2,803,000 | 2.13% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 2,877,000 | 2.18% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 2,974,000 | 2.23% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 3,069,000 | 2.27% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 3,148,000 | 2.32% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 3,278,000 | 2.37% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 3,377,000 | 2.41% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 3,455,000 | 2.46% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 3,533,000 | 2.52% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 3,613,000 | 2.58% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 3,690,000 | 2.62% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 3,786,000 | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 3,878,000 | 2.79% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 3,956,000 | 2.88% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 4,031,000 | 2.93% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 4,105,000 | 2.94% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 4,159,000 | 2.97% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 4,233,000 | 3% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 4,299,000 | 3.03% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 4,369,000 | 3.06% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 4,442,000 | 3.09% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 4,518,000 | 3.11% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 4,660,000 | 3.12% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 4,949,000 | 3.13% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 5,123,000 | 3.14% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 5,261,000 | 4.54% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 5,399,000 | 3.81% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 5,545,000 | 2.14% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 5,692,000 | 2.65% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 5,836,000 | 3% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 5,971,000 | 3.13% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 6,125,000 | 3.14% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 6,289,000 | 3.12% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 6,439,000 | 3.1% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 6,570,000 | 3.09% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 6,689,700 | 3.1% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 6,809,000 | 3.11% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 6,930,100 | 3.27% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 7,053,700 | 3.17% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 7,180,100 | 3% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 7,308,800 | 3.07% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 7,485,600 | 3.04% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 7,623,600 | 3.03% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 7,765,800 | 3.02% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 7,910,500 | 3.01% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 8,059,500 | 2.99% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 8,215,700 | 3% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 8,380,100 | 3% | 2% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 8,546,000 | 2.97% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 8,713,300 | 2.92% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 8,882,800 | 2.85% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 9,054,000 | 2.77% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 9,215,100 | 2.7% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 9,371,400 | 2.63% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 9,557,500 | 2.58% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 9,849,000 | 2.55% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 9,974,400 | 2.49% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 10,112,712 | 2.43% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 10,251,384 | 2.4% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 10,390,790 | 2.37% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 10,530,831 | 2.32% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 10,670,808 | 2.29% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 10,812,707 | 2.24% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 10,958,256 | 2.21% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 11,102,895 | 2.18% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 11,245,826 | 2.16% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 11,390,158 | 2.13% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 11,537,556 | 2.11% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 11,685,531 | 2.08% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 11,835,669 | 2.05% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 11,990,527 | 2.03% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 12,147,999 | 2.01% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 12,306,173 | 1.97% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 12,464,653 | 1.94% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 12,626,052 | 1.92% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 12,788,911 | 1.89% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 12,952,526 | 1.84% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 13,114,360 | 1.82% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 13,274,365 | 1.79% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 13,433,565 | 1.75% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 13,590,900 | 1.71% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 13,750,245 | 1.68% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 13,911,988 | 1.64% | 1.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Israel gained 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Israel's population increased by 1,844,004 (a 22% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Israel was ranked 98th in 2005 and ranked 96th 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 Israel will increase by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 96th to 88th.
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Population differences between Benin and Israel
|
Benin
|
Israel
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 61.1 years | 82.8 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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