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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Kenya	Benin	Kenya
1960	2,517,286	7,695,307	-	-
1961	2,559,223	7,987,770	1.67%	3.8%
1962	2,604,659	8,299,308	1.78%	3.9%
1963	2,652,908	8,627,971	1.85%	3.96%
1964	2,704,003	8,973,535	1.93%	4.01%
1965	2,757,936	9,338,078	1.99%	4.06%
1966	2,814,317	9,717,816	2.04%	4.07%
1967	2,872,997	10,111,057	2.09%	4.05%
1968	2,934,257	10,518,823	2.13%	4.03%
1969	2,998,222	10,939,695	2.18%	4%
1970	3,065,057	11,368,791	2.23%	3.92%
1971	3,134,767	11,788,904	2.27%	3.7%
1972	3,207,543	12,206,060	2.32%	3.54%
1973	3,283,496	12,634,835	2.37%	3.51%
1974	3,362,633	13,070,078	2.41%	3.44%
1975	3,445,407	13,511,671	2.46%	3.38%
1976	3,532,196	13,957,623	2.52%	3.3%
1977	3,623,202	14,428,819	2.58%	3.38%
1978	3,718,305	14,934,126	2.62%	3.5%
1979	3,818,528	15,460,666	2.7%	3.53%
1980	3,925,251	16,018,459	2.79%	3.61%
1981	4,038,307	16,601,507	2.88%	3.64%
1982	4,156,596	17,206,175	2.93%	3.64%
1983	4,278,978	17,846,374	2.94%	3.72%
1984	4,405,895	18,514,906	2.97%	3.75%
1985	4,538,012	19,201,768	3%	3.71%
1986	4,675,420	19,901,646	3.03%	3.64%
1987	4,818,486	20,616,096	3.06%	3.59%
1988	4,967,341	21,356,219	3.09%	3.59%
1989	5,121,657	22,118,434	3.11%	3.57%
1990	5,281,479	22,892,651	3.12%	3.5%
1991	5,446,932	23,646,514	3.13%	3.29%
1992	5,617,844	24,382,460	3.14%	3.11%
1993	5,872,706	25,117,188	4.54%	3.01%
1994	6,096,506	25,857,130	3.81%	2.95%
1995	6,226,773	26,601,751	2.14%	2.88%
1996	6,391,858	27,344,211	2.65%	2.79%
1997	6,583,365	28,101,768	3%	2.77%
1998	6,789,489	28,888,057	3.13%	2.8%
1999	7,002,818	29,733,408	3.14%	2.93%
2000	7,221,619	30,642,890	3.12%	3.06%
2001	7,445,596	31,619,170	3.1%	3.19%
2002	7,675,426	32,629,808	3.09%	3.2%
2003	7,913,070	33,652,223	3.1%	3.13%
2004	8,159,094	34,713,455	3.11%	3.15%
2005	8,426,144	35,796,484	3.27%	3.12%
2006	8,693,242	36,904,008	3.17%	3.09%
2007	8,953,969	38,036,349	3%	3.07%
2008	9,228,466	39,206,351	3.07%	3.08%
2009	9,509,423	40,408,891	3.04%	3.07%
2010	9,797,484	41,598,567	3.03%	2.94%
2011	10,093,623	42,758,461	3.02%	2.79%
2012	10,397,657	43,888,303	3.01%	2.64%
2013	10,708,834	44,986,791	2.99%	2.5%
2014	11,030,004	46,051,440	3%	2.37%
2015	11,360,681	47,088,526	3%	2.25%
2016	11,697,842	48,139,687	2.97%	2.23%
2017	12,039,780	49,197,766	2.92%	2.2%
2018	12,383,347	50,207,107	2.85%	2.05%
2019	12,726,755	51,202,827	2.77%	1.98%
2020	13,070,169	52,217,334	2.7%	1.98%
2021	13,413,417	53,219,166	2.63%	1.92%
2022	13,759,501	54,252,461	2.58%	1.94%
2023	14,111,034	55,339,003	2.55%	2%
2024	14,462,724	56,432,944	2.49%	1.98%
2025	14,814,463	57,532,489	2.43%	1.95%
2026	15,170,422	58,636,403	2.4%	1.92%
2027	15,529,420	59,745,751	2.37%	1.89%
2028	15,890,289	60,860,444	2.32%	1.87%
2029	16,253,927	61,979,186	2.29%	1.84%
2030	16,618,827	63,102,241	2.24%	1.81%
2031	16,985,939	64,230,108	2.21%	1.79%
2032	17,357,069	65,359,031	2.18%	1.76%
2033	17,731,448	66,484,805	2.16%	1.72%
2034	18,109,922	67,604,628	2.13%	1.68%
2035	18,492,634	68,715,909	2.11%	1.64%
2036	18,878,049	69,818,887	2.08%	1.61%
2037	19,264,504	70,910,404	2.05%	1.56%
2038	19,655,285	71,990,929	2.03%	1.52%
2039	20,049,973	73,057,760	2.01%	1.48%
2040	20,445,765	74,108,858	1.97%	1.44%
2041	20,843,268	75,144,357	1.94%	1.4%
2042	21,242,984	76,161,719	1.92%	1.35%
2043	21,643,647	77,159,121	1.89%	1.31%
2044	22,042,581	78,134,979	1.84%	1.26%
2045	22,443,653	79,088,832	1.82%	1.22%
2046	22,846,199	80,022,371	1.79%	1.18%
2047	23,245,147	80,938,635	1.75%	1.15%
2048	23,642,198	81,837,657	1.71%	1.11%
2049	24,038,614	82,721,766	1.68%	1.08%
2050	24,433,817	83,593,232	1.64%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th 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 Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.