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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Maldives	Benin	Maldives
1960	2,517,286	91,189	-	-
1961	2,559,223	93,450	1.67%	2.48%
1962	2,604,659	95,802	1.78%	2.52%
1963	2,652,908	98,222	1.85%	2.53%
1964	2,704,003	100,662	1.93%	2.48%
1965	2,757,936	104,102	1.99%	3.42%
1966	2,814,317	108,507	2.04%	4.23%
1967	2,872,997	112,528	2.09%	3.71%
1968	2,934,257	116,075	2.13%	3.15%
1969	2,998,222	119,564	2.18%	3.01%
1970	3,065,057	123,219	2.23%	3.06%
1971	3,134,767	127,035	2.27%	3.1%
1972	3,207,543	130,968	2.32%	3.1%
1973	3,283,496	134,952	2.37%	3.04%
1974	3,362,633	138,978	2.41%	2.98%
1975	3,445,407	143,158	2.46%	3.01%
1976	3,532,196	147,525	2.52%	3.05%
1977	3,623,202	151,930	2.58%	2.99%
1978	3,718,305	156,159	2.62%	2.78%
1979	3,818,528	160,360	2.7%	2.69%
1980	3,925,251	164,835	2.79%	2.79%
1981	4,038,307	169,532	2.88%	2.85%
1982	4,156,596	174,333	2.93%	2.83%
1983	4,278,978	179,128	2.94%	2.75%
1984	4,405,895	184,198	2.97%	2.83%
1985	4,538,012	190,169	3%	3.24%
1986	4,675,420	196,935	3.03%	3.56%
1987	4,818,486	203,944	3.06%	3.56%
1988	4,967,341	210,885	3.09%	3.4%
1989	5,121,657	217,738	3.11%	3.25%
1990	5,281,479	224,762	3.12%	3.23%
1991	5,446,932	231,802	3.13%	3.13%
1992	5,617,844	238,543	3.14%	2.91%
1993	5,872,706	244,884	4.54%	2.66%
1994	6,096,506	250,822	3.81%	2.42%
1995	6,226,773	256,649	2.14%	2.32%
1996	6,391,858	262,347	2.65%	2.22%
1997	6,583,365	267,707	3%	2.04%
1998	6,789,489	272,723	3.13%	1.87%
1999	7,002,818	277,412	3.14%	1.72%
2000	7,221,619	282,019	3.12%	1.66%
2001	7,445,596	286,767	3.1%	1.68%
2002	7,675,426	291,616	3.09%	1.69%
2003	7,913,070	296,491	3.1%	1.67%
2004	8,159,094	301,413	3.11%	1.66%
2005	8,426,144	306,429	3.27%	1.66%
2006	8,693,242	313,851	3.17%	2.42%
2007	8,953,969	324,479	3%	3.39%
2008	9,228,466	336,170	3.07%	3.6%
2009	9,509,423	348,275	3.04%	3.6%
2010	9,797,484	360,792	3.03%	3.59%
2011	10,093,623	373,674	3.02%	3.57%
2012	10,397,657	386,818	3.01%	3.52%
2013	10,708,834	400,070	2.99%	3.43%
2014	11,030,004	413,617	3%	3.39%
2015	11,360,681	428,154	3%	3.51%
2016	11,697,842	443,308	2.97%	3.54%
2017	12,039,780	458,287	2.92%	3.38%
2018	12,383,347	473,099	2.85%	3.23%
2019	12,726,755	487,731	2.77%	3.09%
2020	13,070,169	502,118	2.7%	2.95%
2021	13,413,417	516,154	2.63%	2.8%
2022	13,759,501	524,106	2.58%	1.54%
2023	14,111,034	525,994	2.55%	0.36%
2024	14,462,724	527,799	2.49%	0.34%
2025	14,814,463	529,677	2.43%	0.36%
2026	15,170,422	531,514	2.4%	0.35%
2027	15,529,420	533,433	2.37%	0.36%
2028	15,890,289	535,502	2.32%	0.39%
2029	16,253,927	537,574	2.29%	0.39%
2030	16,618,827	539,667	2.24%	0.39%
2031	16,985,939	541,929	2.21%	0.42%
2032	17,357,069	544,288	2.18%	0.44%
2033	17,731,448	546,723	2.16%	0.45%
2034	18,109,922	549,162	2.13%	0.45%
2035	18,492,634	551,599	2.11%	0.44%
2036	18,878,049	554,092	2.08%	0.45%
2037	19,264,504	556,637	2.05%	0.46%
2038	19,655,285	559,231	2.03%	0.47%
2039	20,049,973	561,958	2.01%	0.49%
2040	20,445,765	564,800	1.97%	0.51%
2041	20,843,268	567,606	1.94%	0.5%
2042	21,242,984	570,381	1.92%	0.49%
2043	21,643,647	573,138	1.89%	0.48%
2044	22,042,581	575,811	1.84%	0.47%
2045	22,443,653	578,459	1.82%	0.46%
2046	22,846,199	581,026	1.79%	0.44%
2047	23,245,147	583,393	1.75%	0.41%
2048	23,642,198	585,720	1.71%	0.4%
2049	24,038,614	587,988	1.68%	0.39%
2050	24,433,817	589,960	1.64%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.