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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Malta	Benin	Malta
1960	2,517,286	326,550	-	-
1961	2,559,223	325,250	1.67%	-0.4%
1962	2,604,659	323,900	1.78%	-0.42%
1963	2,652,908	322,550	1.85%	-0.42%
1964	2,704,003	321,250	1.93%	-0.4%
1965	2,757,936	318,800	1.99%	-0.76%
1966	2,814,317	315,200	2.04%	-1.13%
1967	2,872,997	311,550	2.09%	-1.16%
1968	2,934,257	307,900	2.13%	-1.17%
1969	2,998,222	304,300	2.18%	-1.17%
1970	3,065,057	302,650	2.23%	-0.54%
1971	3,134,767	302,700	2.27%	0.02%
1972	3,207,543	302,450	2.32%	-0.08%
1973	3,283,496	302,200	2.37%	-0.08%
1974	3,362,633	301,996	2.41%	-0.07%
1975	3,445,407	304,222	2.46%	0.74%
1976	3,532,196	305,774	2.52%	0.51%
1977	3,623,202	306,970	2.58%	0.39%
1978	3,718,305	310,182	2.62%	1.05%
1979	3,818,528	313,342	2.7%	1.02%
1980	3,925,251	316,645	2.79%	1.05%
1981	4,038,307	318,982	2.88%	0.74%
1982	4,156,596	325,898	2.93%	2.17%
1983	4,278,978	330,524	2.94%	1.42%
1984	4,405,895	330,593	2.97%	0.02%
1985	4,538,012	336,452	3%	1.77%
1986	4,675,420	342,121	3.03%	1.68%
1987	4,818,486	344,485	3.06%	0.69%
1988	4,967,341	347,325	3.09%	0.82%
1989	5,121,657	350,722	3.11%	0.98%
1990	5,281,479	354,170	3.12%	0.98%
1991	5,446,932	363,845	3.13%	2.73%
1992	5,617,844	367,618	3.14%	1.04%
1993	5,872,706	371,308	4.54%	1%
1994	6,096,506	374,797	3.81%	0.94%
1995	6,226,773	377,419	2.14%	0.7%
1996	6,391,858	379,905	2.65%	0.66%
1997	6,583,365	382,791	3%	0.76%
1998	6,789,489	385,287	3.13%	0.65%
1999	7,002,818	387,578	3.14%	0.59%
2000	7,221,619	390,087	3.12%	0.65%
2001	7,445,596	393,028	3.1%	0.75%
2002	7,675,426	395,969	3.09%	0.75%
2003	7,913,070	398,582	3.1%	0.66%
2004	8,159,094	401,268	3.11%	0.67%
2005	8,426,144	403,834	3.27%	0.64%
2006	8,693,242	405,308	3.17%	0.37%
2007	8,953,969	406,724	3%	0.35%
2008	9,228,466	409,379	3.07%	0.65%
2009	9,509,423	412,477	3.04%	0.76%
2010	9,797,484	414,508	3.03%	0.49%
2011	10,093,623	416,268	3.02%	0.42%
2012	10,397,657	420,028	3.01%	0.9%
2013	10,708,834	424,810	2.99%	1.14%
2014	11,030,004	433,481	3%	2.04%
2015	11,360,681	444,220	3%	2.48%
2016	11,697,842	454,505	2.97%	2.32%
2017	12,039,780	467,106	2.92%	2.77%
2018	12,383,347	483,903	2.85%	3.6%
2019	12,726,755	503,912	2.77%	4.13%
2020	13,070,169	515,490	2.7%	2.3%
2021	13,413,417	518,150	2.63%	0.52%
2022	13,759,501	531,113	2.58%	2.5%
2023	14,111,034	552,747	2.55%	4.07%
2024	14,462,724	574,346	2.49%	3.91%
2025	14,814,463	580,514	2.43%	1.07%
2026	15,170,422	584,351	2.4%	0.66%
2027	15,529,420	586,444	2.37%	0.36%
2028	15,890,289	588,290	2.32%	0.31%
2029	16,253,927	589,776	2.29%	0.25%
2030	16,618,827	590,973	2.24%	0.2%
2031	16,985,939	591,921	2.21%	0.16%
2032	17,357,069	592,622	2.18%	0.12%
2033	17,731,448	592,974	2.16%	0.06%
2034	18,109,922	592,827	2.13%	-0.02%
2035	18,492,634	592,332	2.11%	-0.08%
2036	18,878,049	591,668	2.08%	-0.11%
2037	19,264,504	590,830	2.05%	-0.14%
2038	19,655,285	589,771	2.03%	-0.18%
2039	20,049,973	588,528	2.01%	-0.21%
2040	20,445,765	587,256	1.97%	-0.22%
2041	20,843,268	585,895	1.94%	-0.23%
2042	21,242,984	584,467	1.92%	-0.24%
2043	21,643,647	582,966	1.89%	-0.26%
2044	22,042,581	581,355	1.84%	-0.28%
2045	22,443,653	579,693	1.82%	-0.29%
2046	22,846,199	577,954	1.79%	-0.3%
2047	23,245,147	576,050	1.75%	-0.33%
2048	23,642,198	574,050	1.71%	-0.35%
2049	24,038,614	572,187	1.68%	-0.32%
2050	24,433,817	570,210	1.64%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.