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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Malaysia	Benin	Malaysia
1960	2,517,286	7,956,197	-	-
1961	2,559,223	8,164,443	1.67%	2.62%
1962	2,604,659	8,380,172	1.78%	2.64%
1963	2,652,908	8,602,160	1.85%	2.65%
1964	2,704,003	8,828,406	1.93%	2.63%
1965	2,757,936	9,056,408	1.99%	2.58%
1966	2,814,317	9,284,688	2.04%	2.52%
1967	2,872,997	9,507,099	2.09%	2.4%
1968	2,934,257	9,725,281	2.13%	2.29%
1969	2,998,222	9,947,597	2.18%	2.29%
1970	3,065,057	10,178,802	2.23%	2.32%
1971	3,134,767	10,423,453	2.27%	2.4%
1972	3,207,543	10,676,835	2.32%	2.43%
1973	3,283,496	10,935,621	2.37%	2.42%
1974	3,362,633	11,200,906	2.41%	2.43%
1975	3,445,407	11,471,914	2.46%	2.42%
1976	3,532,196	11,750,097	2.52%	2.42%
1977	3,623,202	12,035,713	2.58%	2.43%
1978	3,718,305	12,328,157	2.62%	2.43%
1979	3,818,528	12,627,862	2.7%	2.43%
1980	3,925,251	12,983,363	2.79%	2.82%
1981	4,038,307	13,399,203	2.88%	3.2%
1982	4,156,596	13,832,798	2.93%	3.24%
1983	4,278,978	14,285,907	2.94%	3.28%
1984	4,405,895	14,759,009	2.97%	3.31%
1985	4,538,012	15,252,258	3%	3.34%
1986	4,675,420	15,760,419	3.03%	3.33%
1987	4,818,486	16,276,737	3.06%	3.28%
1988	4,967,341	16,796,605	3.09%	3.19%
1989	5,121,657	17,314,997	3.11%	3.09%
1990	5,281,479	17,833,171	3.12%	2.99%
1991	5,446,932	18,342,464	3.13%	2.86%
1992	5,617,844	18,834,572	3.14%	2.68%
1993	5,872,706	19,322,664	4.54%	2.59%
1994	6,096,506	19,820,446	3.81%	2.58%
1995	6,226,773	20,330,599	2.14%	2.57%
1996	6,391,858	20,850,087	2.65%	2.56%
1997	6,583,365	21,375,218	3%	2.52%
1998	6,789,489	21,906,713	3.13%	2.49%
1999	7,002,818	22,435,531	3.14%	2.41%
2000	7,221,619	22,967,816	3.12%	2.37%
2001	7,445,596	23,526,538	3.1%	2.43%
2002	7,675,426	24,102,477	3.09%	2.45%
2003	7,913,070	24,679,602	3.1%	2.39%
2004	8,159,094	25,256,772	3.11%	2.34%
2005	8,426,144	25,836,071	3.27%	2.29%
2006	8,693,242	26,417,909	3.17%	2.25%
2007	8,953,969	26,998,389	3%	2.2%
2008	9,228,466	27,570,059	3.07%	2.12%
2009	9,509,423	28,124,778	3.04%	2.01%
2010	9,797,484	28,655,776	3.03%	1.89%
2011	10,093,623	29,162,039	3.02%	1.77%
2012	10,397,657	29,662,831	3.01%	1.72%
2013	10,708,834	30,174,265	2.99%	1.72%
2014	11,030,004	30,696,137	3%	1.73%
2015	11,360,681	31,232,798	3%	1.75%
2016	11,697,842	31,789,685	2.97%	1.78%
2017	12,039,780	32,355,644	2.92%	1.78%
2018	12,383,347	32,910,967	2.85%	1.72%
2019	12,726,755	33,440,596	2.77%	1.61%
2020	13,070,169	33,889,558	2.7%	1.34%
2021	13,413,417	34,282,399	2.63%	1.16%
2022	13,759,501	34,695,493	2.58%	1.2%
2023	14,111,034	35,126,298	2.55%	1.24%
2024	14,462,724	35,557,673	2.49%	1.23%
2025	14,814,463	35,977,838	2.43%	1.18%
2026	15,170,422	36,385,119	2.4%	1.13%
2027	15,529,420	36,785,089	2.37%	1.1%
2028	15,890,289	37,182,773	2.32%	1.08%
2029	16,253,927	37,574,292	2.29%	1.05%
2030	16,618,827	37,961,722	2.24%	1.03%
2031	16,985,939	38,347,786	2.21%	1.02%
2032	17,357,069	38,728,383	2.18%	0.99%
2033	17,731,448	39,097,871	2.16%	0.95%
2034	18,109,922	39,457,849	2.13%	0.92%
2035	18,492,634	39,814,834	2.11%	0.9%
2036	18,878,049	40,166,904	2.08%	0.88%
2037	19,264,504	40,512,289	2.05%	0.86%
2038	19,655,285	40,853,318	2.03%	0.84%
2039	20,049,973	41,185,892	2.01%	0.81%
2040	20,445,765	41,509,646	1.97%	0.79%
2041	20,843,268	41,828,594	1.94%	0.77%
2042	21,242,984	42,144,474	1.92%	0.76%
2043	21,643,647	42,455,952	1.89%	0.74%
2044	22,042,581	42,754,140	1.84%	0.7%
2045	22,443,653	43,038,205	1.82%	0.66%
2046	22,846,199	43,313,754	1.79%	0.64%
2047	23,245,147	43,580,459	1.75%	0.62%
2048	23,642,198	43,831,577	1.71%	0.58%
2049	24,038,614	44,065,538	1.68%	0.53%
2050	24,433,817	44,289,765	1.64%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.