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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Kiribati	Benin	Kiribati
1960	2,517,286	47,157	-	-
1961	2,559,223	48,323	1.67%	2.47%
1962	2,604,659	49,538	1.78%	2.51%
1963	2,652,908	50,791	1.85%	2.53%
1964	2,704,003	52,088	1.93%	2.55%
1965	2,757,936	53,439	1.99%	2.59%
1966	2,814,317	54,425	2.04%	1.85%
1967	2,872,997	54,996	2.09%	1.05%
1968	2,934,257	55,529	2.13%	0.97%
1969	2,998,222	56,360	2.18%	1.5%
1970	3,065,057	57,510	2.23%	2.04%
1971	3,134,767	58,652	2.27%	1.99%
1972	3,207,543	59,778	2.32%	1.92%
1973	3,283,496	60,824	2.37%	1.75%
1974	3,362,633	61,219	2.41%	0.65%
1975	3,445,407	60,987	2.46%	-0.38%
1976	3,532,196	60,661	2.52%	-0.53%
1977	3,623,202	60,267	2.58%	-0.65%
1978	3,718,305	59,864	2.62%	-0.67%
1979	3,818,528	60,172	2.7%	0.51%
1980	3,925,251	61,148	2.79%	1.62%
1981	4,038,307	62,121	2.88%	1.59%
1982	4,156,596	63,134	2.93%	1.63%
1983	4,278,978	64,169	2.94%	1.64%
1984	4,405,895	65,228	2.97%	1.65%
1985	4,538,012	66,496	3%	1.94%
1986	4,675,420	68,059	3.03%	2.35%
1987	4,818,486	69,733	3.06%	2.46%
1988	4,967,341	71,427	3.09%	2.43%
1989	5,121,657	73,147	3.11%	2.41%
1990	5,281,479	74,855	3.12%	2.34%
1991	5,446,932	76,367	3.13%	2.02%
1992	5,617,844	77,641	3.14%	1.67%
1993	5,872,706	78,841	4.54%	1.55%
1994	6,096,506	80,021	3.81%	1.5%
1995	6,226,773	81,234	2.14%	1.52%
1996	6,391,858	82,623	2.65%	1.71%
1997	6,583,365	84,147	3%	1.84%
1998	6,789,489	85,657	3.13%	1.79%
1999	7,002,818	87,126	3.14%	1.71%
2000	7,221,619	88,613	3.12%	1.71%
2001	7,445,596	90,335	3.1%	1.94%
2002	7,675,426	92,264	3.09%	2.14%
2003	7,913,070	94,175	3.1%	2.07%
2004	8,159,094	96,085	3.11%	2.03%
2005	8,426,144	98,035	3.27%	2.03%
2006	8,693,242	100,017	3.17%	2.02%
2007	8,953,969	102,068	3%	2.05%
2008	9,228,466	104,222	3.07%	2.11%
2009	9,509,423	106,467	3.04%	2.15%
2010	9,797,484	108,704	3.03%	2.1%
2011	10,093,623	110,647	3.02%	1.79%
2012	10,397,657	112,284	3.01%	1.48%
2013	10,708,834	113,838	2.99%	1.38%
2014	11,030,004	115,326	3%	1.31%
2015	11,360,681	116,815	3%	1.29%
2016	11,697,842	118,478	2.97%	1.42%
2017	12,039,780	120,275	2.92%	1.52%
2018	12,383,347	122,084	2.85%	1.5%
2019	12,726,755	123,921	2.77%	1.5%
2020	13,070,169	126,099	2.7%	1.76%
2021	13,413,417	128,377	2.63%	1.81%
2022	13,759,501	130,469	2.58%	1.63%
2023	14,111,034	132,530	2.55%	1.58%
2024	14,462,724	134,518	2.49%	1.5%
2025	14,814,463	136,501	2.43%	1.47%
2026	15,170,422	138,451	2.4%	1.43%
2027	15,529,420	140,405	2.37%	1.41%
2028	15,890,289	142,335	2.32%	1.37%
2029	16,253,927	144,231	2.29%	1.33%
2030	16,618,827	146,130	2.24%	1.32%
2031	16,985,939	148,028	2.21%	1.3%
2032	17,357,069	149,915	2.18%	1.27%
2033	17,731,448	151,768	2.16%	1.24%
2034	18,109,922	153,602	2.13%	1.21%
2035	18,492,634	155,447	2.11%	1.2%
2036	18,878,049	157,316	2.08%	1.2%
2037	19,264,504	159,188	2.05%	1.19%
2038	19,655,285	161,050	2.03%	1.17%
2039	20,049,973	162,895	2.01%	1.15%
2040	20,445,765	164,711	1.97%	1.11%
2041	20,843,268	166,508	1.94%	1.09%
2042	21,242,984	168,325	1.92%	1.09%
2043	21,643,647	170,182	1.89%	1.1%
2044	22,042,581	172,012	1.84%	1.08%
2045	22,443,653	173,818	1.82%	1.05%
2046	22,846,199	175,629	1.79%	1.04%
2047	23,245,147	177,392	1.75%	1%
2048	23,642,198	179,152	1.71%	0.99%
2049	24,038,614	180,915	1.68%	0.98%
2050	24,433,817	182,629	1.64%	0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.