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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Italy	Benin	Italy
1960	2,517,286	50,199,700	-	-
1961	2,559,223	50,536,350	1.67%	0.67%
1962	2,604,659	50,879,450	1.78%	0.68%
1963	2,652,908	51,252,000	1.85%	0.73%
1964	2,704,003	51,675,350	1.93%	0.83%
1965	2,757,936	52,112,350	1.99%	0.85%
1966	2,814,317	52,519,000	2.04%	0.78%
1967	2,872,997	52,900,500	2.09%	0.73%
1968	2,934,257	53,235,750	2.13%	0.63%
1969	2,998,222	53,537,950	2.18%	0.57%
1970	3,065,057	53,821,850	2.23%	0.53%
1971	3,134,767	54,073,490	2.27%	0.47%
1972	3,207,543	54,381,345	2.32%	0.57%
1973	3,283,496	54,751,406	2.37%	0.68%
1974	3,362,633	55,110,868	2.41%	0.66%
1975	3,445,407	55,441,001	2.46%	0.6%
1976	3,532,196	55,718,260	2.52%	0.5%
1977	3,623,202	55,955,411	2.58%	0.43%
1978	3,718,305	56,155,143	2.62%	0.36%
1979	3,818,528	56,317,749	2.7%	0.29%
1980	3,925,251	56,433,883	2.79%	0.21%
1981	4,038,307	56,501,675	2.88%	0.12%
1982	4,156,596	56,543,548	2.93%	0.07%
1983	4,278,978	56,564,074	2.94%	0.04%
1984	4,405,895	56,576,718	2.97%	0.02%
1985	4,538,012	56,593,071	3%	0.03%
1986	4,675,420	56,596,155	3.03%	0.005%
1987	4,818,486	56,601,931	3.06%	0.01%
1988	4,967,341	56,629,288	3.09%	0.05%
1989	5,121,657	56,671,781	3.11%	0.08%
1990	5,281,479	56,719,240	3.12%	0.08%
1991	5,446,932	56,758,521	3.13%	0.07%
1992	5,617,844	56,797,087	3.14%	0.07%
1993	5,872,706	56,831,821	4.54%	0.06%
1994	6,096,506	56,843,400	3.81%	0.02%
1995	6,226,773	56,844,303	2.14%	0.002%
1996	6,391,858	56,860,281	2.65%	0.03%
1997	6,583,365	56,890,372	3%	0.05%
1998	6,789,489	56,906,744	3.13%	0.03%
1999	7,002,818	56,916,317	3.14%	0.02%
2000	7,221,619	56,942,108	3.12%	0.05%
2001	7,445,596	56,976,981	3.1%	0.06%
2002	7,675,426	57,089,824	3.09%	0.2%
2003	7,913,070	57,399,184	3.1%	0.54%
2004	8,159,094	57,828,179	3.11%	0.75%
2005	8,426,144	58,166,682	3.27%	0.59%
2006	8,693,242	58,399,861	3.17%	0.4%
2007	8,953,969	58,756,247	3%	0.61%
2008	9,228,466	59,211,181	3.07%	0.77%
2009	9,509,423	59,555,454	3.04%	0.58%
2010	9,797,484	59,819,407	3.03%	0.44%
2011	10,093,623	60,026,841	3.02%	0.35%
2012	10,397,657	60,191,247	3.01%	0.27%
2013	10,708,834	60,311,613	2.99%	0.2%
2014	11,030,004	60,320,707	3%	0.02%
2015	11,360,681	60,229,605	3%	-0.15%
2016	11,697,842	60,115,223	2.97%	-0.19%
2017	12,039,780	60,002,252	2.92%	-0.19%
2018	12,383,347	60,148,658	2.85%	0.24%
2019	12,726,755	59,729,081	2.77%	-0.7%
2020	13,070,169	59,438,851	2.7%	-0.49%
2021	13,413,417	59,133,173	2.63%	-0.51%
2022	13,759,501	59,013,667	2.58%	-0.2%
2023	14,111,034	58,984,216	2.55%	-0.05%
2024	14,462,724	58,952,704	2.49%	-0.05%
2025	14,814,463	58,757,388	2.43%	-0.33%
2026	15,170,422	58,538,738	2.4%	-0.37%
2027	15,529,420	58,302,912	2.37%	-0.4%
2028	15,890,289	58,061,557	2.32%	-0.41%
2029	16,253,927	57,818,364	2.29%	-0.42%
2030	16,618,827	57,565,087	2.24%	-0.44%
2031	16,985,939	57,300,892	2.21%	-0.46%
2032	17,357,069	57,038,998	2.18%	-0.46%
2033	17,731,448	56,780,656	2.16%	-0.45%
2034	18,109,922	56,516,874	2.13%	-0.46%
2035	18,492,634	56,247,746	2.11%	-0.48%
2036	18,878,049	55,978,207	2.08%	-0.48%
2037	19,264,504	55,705,993	2.05%	-0.49%
2038	19,655,285	55,429,408	2.03%	-0.5%
2039	20,049,973	55,146,340	2.01%	-0.51%
2040	20,445,765	54,858,102	1.97%	-0.52%
2041	20,843,268	54,570,785	1.94%	-0.52%
2042	21,242,984	54,276,735	1.92%	-0.54%
2043	21,643,647	53,966,605	1.89%	-0.57%
2044	22,042,581	53,649,281	1.84%	-0.59%
2045	22,443,653	53,327,530	1.82%	-0.6%
2046	22,846,199	52,995,336	1.79%	-0.62%
2047	23,245,147	52,650,393	1.75%	-0.65%
2048	23,642,198	52,294,685	1.71%	-0.68%
2049	24,038,614	51,929,700	1.68%	-0.7%
2050	24,433,817	51,549,925	1.64%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Benin's population will grow by 61% to 24,433,817 people with a rank change from 76th to 68th. The population of Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.