Population in Benin compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Ivory Coast	Benin	Ivory Coast
1960	2,517,286	3,673,666	-	-
1961	2,559,223	3,810,151	1.67%	3.72%
1962	2,604,659	3,956,939	1.78%	3.85%
1963	2,652,908	4,112,061	1.85%	3.92%
1964	2,704,003	4,273,952	1.93%	3.94%
1965	2,757,936	4,442,377	1.99%	3.94%
1966	2,814,317	4,617,519	2.04%	3.94%
1967	2,872,997	4,799,744	2.09%	3.95%
1968	2,934,257	4,990,021	2.13%	3.96%
1969	2,998,222	5,192,221	2.18%	4.05%
1970	3,065,057	5,411,567	2.23%	4.22%
1971	3,134,767	5,650,868	2.27%	4.42%
1972	3,207,543	5,909,716	2.32%	4.58%
1973	3,283,496	6,184,944	2.37%	4.66%
1974	3,362,633	6,474,057	2.41%	4.67%
1975	3,445,407	6,776,297	2.46%	4.67%
1976	3,532,196	7,057,958	2.52%	4.16%
1977	3,623,202	7,321,950	2.58%	3.74%
1978	3,718,305	7,603,130	2.62%	3.84%
1979	3,818,528	7,902,267	2.7%	3.93%
1980	3,925,251	8,220,714	2.79%	4.03%
1981	4,038,307	8,556,596	2.88%	4.09%
1982	4,156,596	8,907,936	2.93%	4.11%
1983	4,278,978	9,272,744	2.94%	4.1%
1984	4,405,895	9,650,516	2.97%	4.07%
1985	4,538,012	10,040,483	3%	4.04%
1986	4,675,420	10,440,917	3.03%	3.99%
1987	4,818,486	10,851,475	3.06%	3.93%
1988	4,967,341	11,275,189	3.09%	3.9%
1989	5,121,657	11,719,771	3.11%	3.94%
1990	5,281,479	12,189,778	3.12%	4.01%
1991	5,446,932	12,683,870	3.13%	4.05%
1992	5,617,844	13,200,310	3.14%	4.07%
1993	5,872,706	13,735,951	4.54%	4.06%
1994	6,096,506	14,287,201	3.81%	4.01%
1995	6,226,773	14,855,565	2.14%	3.98%
1996	6,391,858	15,442,312	2.65%	3.95%
1997	6,583,365	16,047,170	3%	3.92%
1998	6,789,489	16,663,948	3.13%	3.84%
1999	7,002,818	17,215,935	3.14%	3.31%
2000	7,221,619	17,699,004	3.12%	2.81%
2001	7,445,596	18,178,913	3.1%	2.71%
2002	7,675,426	18,654,771	3.09%	2.62%
2003	7,913,070	19,125,542	3.1%	2.52%
2004	8,159,094	19,595,000	3.11%	2.45%
2005	8,426,144	20,068,458	3.27%	2.42%
2006	8,693,242	20,546,802	3.17%	2.38%
2007	8,953,969	21,030,558	3%	2.35%
2008	9,228,466	21,514,439	3.07%	2.3%
2009	9,509,423	21,997,940	3.04%	2.25%
2010	9,797,484	22,488,065	3.03%	2.23%
2011	10,093,623	22,982,000	3.02%	2.2%
2012	10,397,657	23,467,078	3.01%	2.11%
2013	10,708,834	23,939,775	2.99%	2.01%
2014	11,030,004	24,527,395	3%	2.45%
2015	11,360,681	25,246,342	3%	2.93%
2016	11,697,842	25,989,405	2.97%	2.94%
2017	12,039,780	26,733,372	2.92%	2.86%
2018	12,383,347	27,464,173	2.85%	2.73%
2019	12,726,755	28,193,009	2.77%	2.65%
2020	13,070,169	28,915,449	2.7%	2.56%
2021	13,413,417	29,639,736	2.63%	2.5%
2022	13,759,501	30,395,002	2.58%	2.55%
2023	14,111,034	31,165,654	2.55%	2.54%
2024	14,462,724	31,934,230	2.49%	2.47%
2025	14,814,463	32,711,547	2.43%	2.43%
2026	15,170,422	33,494,340	2.4%	2.39%
2027	15,529,420	34,281,129	2.37%	2.35%
2028	15,890,289	35,077,094	2.32%	2.32%
2029	16,253,927	35,883,465	2.29%	2.3%
2030	16,618,827	36,699,008	2.24%	2.27%
2031	16,985,939	37,529,369	2.21%	2.26%
2032	17,357,069	38,376,612	2.18%	2.26%
2033	17,731,448	39,244,388	2.16%	2.26%
2034	18,109,922	40,132,807	2.13%	2.26%
2035	18,492,634	41,033,849	2.11%	2.25%
2036	18,878,049	41,948,468	2.08%	2.23%
2037	19,264,504	42,880,003	2.05%	2.22%
2038	19,655,285	43,824,363	2.03%	2.2%
2039	20,049,973	44,778,750	2.01%	2.18%
2040	20,445,765	45,743,921	1.97%	2.16%
2041	20,843,268	46,717,434	1.94%	2.13%
2042	21,242,984	47,702,165	1.92%	2.11%
2043	21,643,647	48,700,670	1.89%	2.09%
2044	22,042,581	49,709,049	1.84%	2.07%
2045	22,443,653	50,716,074	1.82%	2.03%
2046	22,846,199	51,718,057	1.79%	1.98%
2047	23,245,147	52,721,465	1.75%	1.94%
2048	23,642,198	53,730,594	1.71%	1.91%
2049	24,038,614	54,739,405	1.68%	1.88%
2050	24,433,817	55,746,988	1.64%	1.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd in 2006 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.