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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 40,197 people in Liechtenstein in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 40,646 in Liechtenstein.

Population statistics:

  • Benin's population is 372 times bigger than Liechtenstein's.
  • Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Liechtenstein is the 190th.
  • The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.0005% for Liechtenstein.
  • For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +0.76% in Liechtenstein.
  • Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Liechtenstein has grown from 34.8K to 40.6K (17% growth).
  • Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 43.9K people in 2100 for Liechtenstein.

Benin vs Liechtenstein: live population counter

Benin Liechtenstein
Current population
15100397
40646
Population rank 76/197 190/197
Percent of world population 0.18% 0.0005%
One net population change
1.49 minutes
1.05 days
One birth every
1.1 minutes
1.01 days
One death every
4.23 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
1.77 days
Annual migration change -7,725 +206
Daily growth/decline +964 +1
Annual growth/decline +351,690 +347
Annual growth/decline rate +2.49% +0.87%
Population growth rate rank 28/197 111/197

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

Benin
Population

Growth rate
Liechtenstein
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Benin Liechtenstein Benin Liechtenstein
1960 2,517,286 16,451 - -
1961 2,559,223 16,877 1.67% 2.59%
1962 2,604,659 17,443 1.78% 3.35%
1963 2,652,908 18,093 1.85% 3.73%
1964 2,704,003 18,755 1.93% 3.66%
1965 2,757,936 19,195 1.99% 2.35%
1966 2,814,317 19,610 2.04% 2.16%
1967 2,872,997 20,175 2.09% 2.88%
1968 2,934,257 20,835 2.13% 3.27%
1969 2,998,222 21,084 2.18% 1.2%
1970 3,065,057 21,140 2.23% 0.27%
1971 3,134,767 21,600 2.27% 2.18%
1972 3,207,543 22,132 2.32% 2.46%
1973 3,283,496 22,785 2.37% 2.95%
1974 3,362,633 23,451 2.41% 2.92%
1975 3,445,407 23,846 2.46% 1.68%
1976 3,532,196 24,058 2.52% 0.89%
1977 3,623,202 24,442 2.58% 1.6%
1978 3,718,305 25,028 2.62% 2.4%
1979 3,818,528 25,575 2.7% 2.19%
1980 3,925,251 25,512 2.79% -0.25%
1981 4,038,307 25,673 2.88% 0.63%
1982 4,156,596 26,255 2.93% 2.27%
1983 4,278,978 26,446 2.94% 0.73%
1984 4,405,895 26,596 2.97% 0.57%
1985 4,538,012 26,878 3% 1.06%
1986 4,675,420 27,238 3.03% 1.34%
1987 4,818,486 27,557 3.06% 1.17%
1988 4,967,341 27,948 3.09% 1.42%
1989 5,121,657 28,317 3.11% 1.32%
1990 5,281,479 28,742 3.12% 1.5%
1991 5,446,932 29,209 3.13% 1.62%
1992 5,617,844 29,627 3.14% 1.43%
1993 5,872,706 30,089 4.54% 1.56%
1994 6,096,506 30,470 3.81% 1.27%
1995 6,226,773 30,776 2.14% 1%
1996 6,391,858 31,033 2.65% 0.84%
1997 6,583,365 31,232 3% 0.64%
1998 6,789,489 31,668 3.13% 1.4%
1999 7,002,818 32,221 3.14% 1.75%
2000 7,221,619 32,645 3.12% 1.32%
2001 7,445,596 33,194 3.1% 1.68%
2002 7,675,426 33,694 3.09% 1.51%
2003 7,913,070 34,079 3.1% 1.14%
2004 8,159,094 34,447 3.11% 1.08%
2005 8,426,144 34,753 3.27% 0.89%
2006 8,693,242 35,037 3.17% 0.82%
2007 8,953,969 35,262 3% 0.64%
2008 9,228,466 35,473 3.07% 0.6%
2009 9,509,423 35,742 3.04% 0.76%
2010 9,797,484 36,022 3.03% 0.78%
2011 10,093,623 36,312 3.02% 0.81%
2012 10,397,657 36,657 3.01% 0.95%
2013 10,708,834 36,984 2.99% 0.89%
2014 11,030,004 37,248 3% 0.71%
2015 11,360,681 37,494 3% 0.66%
2016 11,697,842 37,716 2.97% 0.59%
2017 12,039,780 37,962 2.92% 0.65%
2018 12,383,347 38,246 2.85% 0.75%
2019 12,726,755 38,563 2.77% 0.83%
2020 13,070,169 38,901 2.7% 0.88%
2021 13,413,417 39,182 2.63% 0.72%
2022 13,759,501 39,493 2.58% 0.79%
2023 14,111,034 39,850 2.55% 0.9%
2024 14,462,724 40,197 2.49% 0.87%
2025 14,814,463 40,457 2.43% 0.65%
2026 15,170,422 40,693 2.4% 0.58%
2027 15,529,420 40,927 2.37% 0.57%
2028 15,890,289 41,138 2.32% 0.51%
2029 16,253,927 41,342 2.29% 0.5%
2030 16,618,827 41,538 2.24% 0.47%
2031 16,985,939 41,729 2.21% 0.46%
2032 17,357,069 41,901 2.18% 0.41%
2033 17,731,448 42,058 2.16% 0.38%
2034 18,109,922 42,205 2.13% 0.35%
2035 18,492,634 42,347 2.11% 0.34%
2036 18,878,049 42,469 2.08% 0.29%
2037 19,264,504 42,576 2.05% 0.25%
2038 19,655,285 42,688 2.03% 0.26%
2039 20,049,973 42,789 2.01% 0.24%
2040 20,445,765 42,877 1.97% 0.2%
2041 20,843,268 42,957 1.94% 0.19%
2042 21,242,984 43,031 1.92% 0.17%
2043 21,643,647 43,098 1.89% 0.16%
2044 22,042,581 43,156 1.84% 0.13%
2045 22,443,653 43,202 1.82% 0.11%
2046 22,846,199 43,243 1.79% 0.1%
2047 23,245,147 43,284 1.75% 0.09%
2048 23,642,198 43,311 1.71% 0.06%
2049 24,038,614 43,335 1.68% 0.06%
2050 24,433,817 43,349 1.64% 0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Liechtenstein gained 2,741 people (a 7.89% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Liechtenstein's population increased by 3,152 (a 8.41% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Liechtenstein was ranked 191st in 2005 and ranked 190th 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 Liechtenstein will increase by 6.65% to 43,349 people and will still be ranked 190th.

Biggest cities by population

Benin
City Population
Cotonou 679K
Porto-Novo 264K
Abomey 90.2K
Save 31.4K
Liechtenstein
City Population
Schaan 6K
Vaduz 5.67K

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