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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Mali	Benin	Mali
1960	2,517,286	5,402,550	-	-
1961	2,559,223	5,482,283	1.67%	1.48%
1962	2,604,659	5,563,917	1.78%	1.49%
1963	2,652,908	5,646,605	1.85%	1.49%
1964	2,704,003	5,730,125	1.93%	1.48%
1965	2,757,936	5,815,487	1.99%	1.49%
1966	2,814,317	5,902,204	2.04%	1.49%
1967	2,872,997	5,990,906	2.09%	1.5%
1968	2,934,257	6,082,979	2.13%	1.54%
1969	2,998,222	6,177,704	2.18%	1.56%
1970	3,065,057	6,276,472	2.23%	1.6%
1971	3,134,767	6,377,944	2.27%	1.62%
1972	3,207,543	6,483,726	2.32%	1.66%
1973	3,283,496	6,597,106	2.37%	1.75%
1974	3,362,633	6,715,436	2.41%	1.79%
1975	3,445,407	6,837,261	2.46%	1.81%
1976	3,532,196	6,960,979	2.52%	1.81%
1977	3,623,202	7,090,979	2.58%	1.87%
1978	3,718,305	7,229,651	2.62%	1.96%
1979	3,818,528	7,375,266	2.7%	2.01%
1980	3,925,251	7,530,515	2.79%	2.1%
1981	4,038,307	7,692,766	2.88%	2.15%
1982	4,156,596	7,860,194	2.93%	2.18%
1983	4,278,978	8,034,400	2.94%	2.22%
1984	4,405,895	8,208,599	2.97%	2.17%
1985	4,538,012	8,374,663	3%	2.02%
1986	4,675,420	8,531,277	3.03%	1.87%
1987	4,818,486	8,681,164	3.06%	1.76%
1988	4,967,341	8,833,996	3.09%	1.76%
1989	5,121,657	8,999,938	3.11%	1.88%
1990	5,281,479	9,178,830	3.12%	1.99%
1991	5,446,932	9,362,888	3.13%	2.01%
1992	5,617,844	9,553,540	3.14%	2.04%
1993	5,872,706	9,754,786	4.54%	2.11%
1994	6,096,506	9,967,031	3.81%	2.18%
1995	6,226,773	10,185,365	2.14%	2.19%
1996	6,391,858	10,407,278	2.65%	2.18%
1997	6,583,365	10,646,495	3%	2.3%
1998	6,789,489	10,919,573	3.13%	2.56%
1999	7,002,818	11,227,415	3.14%	2.82%
2000	7,221,619	11,559,290	3.12%	2.96%
2001	7,445,596	11,912,158	3.1%	3.05%
2002	7,675,426	12,288,050	3.09%	3.16%
2003	7,913,070	12,684,955	3.1%	3.23%
2004	8,159,094	13,102,409	3.11%	3.29%
2005	8,426,144	13,538,647	3.27%	3.33%
2006	8,693,242	13,990,139	3.17%	3.33%
2007	8,953,969	14,457,775	3%	3.34%
2008	9,228,466	14,940,782	3.07%	3.34%
2009	9,509,423	15,435,539	3.04%	3.31%
2010	9,797,484	15,945,198	3.03%	3.3%
2011	10,093,623	16,469,049	3.02%	3.29%
2012	10,397,657	16,957,033	3.01%	2.96%
2013	10,708,834	17,459,615	2.99%	2.96%
2014	11,030,004	18,020,267	3%	3.21%
2015	11,360,681	18,593,022	3%	3.18%
2016	11,697,842	19,191,289	2.97%	3.22%
2017	12,039,780	19,813,011	2.92%	3.24%
2018	12,383,347	20,442,030	2.85%	3.17%
2019	12,726,755	21,068,405	2.77%	3.06%
2020	13,070,169	21,713,836	2.7%	3.06%
2021	13,413,417	22,388,630	2.63%	3.11%
2022	13,759,501	23,072,640	2.58%	3.06%
2023	14,111,034	23,769,127	2.55%	3.02%
2024	14,462,724	24,478,595	2.49%	2.98%
2025	14,814,463	25,198,817	2.43%	2.94%
2026	15,170,422	25,932,275	2.4%	2.91%
2027	15,529,420	26,679,171	2.37%	2.88%
2028	15,890,289	27,440,613	2.32%	2.85%
2029	16,253,927	28,215,513	2.29%	2.82%
2030	16,618,827	29,002,864	2.24%	2.79%
2031	16,985,939	29,804,545	2.21%	2.76%
2032	17,357,069	30,618,893	2.18%	2.73%
2033	17,731,448	31,442,801	2.16%	2.69%
2034	18,109,922	32,276,672	2.13%	2.65%
2035	18,492,634	33,118,344	2.11%	2.61%
2036	18,878,049	33,967,889	2.08%	2.57%
2037	19,264,504	34,823,450	2.05%	2.52%
2038	19,655,285	35,685,576	2.03%	2.48%
2039	20,049,973	36,549,487	2.01%	2.42%
2040	20,445,765	37,413,641	1.97%	2.36%
2041	20,843,268	38,280,868	1.94%	2.32%
2042	21,242,984	39,151,280	1.92%	2.27%
2043	21,643,647	40,026,317	1.89%	2.24%
2044	22,042,581	40,902,500	1.84%	2.19%
2045	22,443,653	41,778,984	1.82%	2.14%
2046	22,846,199	42,655,642	1.79%	2.1%
2047	23,245,147	43,530,852	1.75%	2.05%
2048	23,642,198	44,405,715	1.71%	2.01%
2049	24,038,614	45,279,772	1.68%	1.97%
2050	24,433,817	46,154,079	1.64%	1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.