Population in Benin compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Marshall Islands	Benin	Marshall Islands
1960	2,517,286	14,703	-	-
1961	2,559,223	15,219	1.67%	3.51%
1962	2,604,659	15,755	1.78%	3.52%
1963	2,652,908	16,302	1.85%	3.47%
1964	2,704,003	16,852	1.93%	3.37%
1965	2,757,936	17,402	1.99%	3.26%
1966	2,814,317	17,927	2.04%	3.02%
1967	2,872,997	18,655	2.09%	4.06%
1968	2,934,257	19,862	2.13%	6.47%
1969	2,998,222	21,305	2.18%	7.27%
1970	3,065,057	22,530	2.23%	5.75%
1971	3,134,767	23,366	2.27%	3.71%
1972	3,207,543	23,992	2.32%	2.68%
1973	3,283,496	24,581	2.37%	2.45%
1974	3,362,633	25,296	2.41%	2.91%
1975	3,445,407	26,154	2.46%	3.39%
1976	3,532,196	27,021	2.52%	3.31%
1977	3,623,202	27,906	2.58%	3.28%
1978	3,718,305	28,809	2.62%	3.24%
1979	3,818,528	29,738	2.7%	3.22%
1980	3,925,251	30,774	2.79%	3.48%
1981	4,038,307	32,017	2.88%	4.04%
1982	4,156,596	33,397	2.93%	4.31%
1983	4,278,978	34,811	2.94%	4.23%
1984	4,405,895	36,264	2.97%	4.17%
1985	4,538,012	37,761	3%	4.13%
1986	4,675,420	39,286	3.03%	4.04%
1987	4,818,486	40,828	3.06%	3.93%
1988	4,967,341	42,321	3.09%	3.66%
1989	5,121,657	43,586	3.11%	2.99%
1990	5,281,479	44,629	3.12%	2.39%
1991	5,446,932	45,568	3.13%	2.1%
1992	5,617,844	46,388	3.14%	1.8%
1993	5,872,706	47,093	4.54%	1.52%
1994	6,096,506	47,712	3.81%	1.31%
1995	6,226,773	48,266	2.14%	1.16%
1996	6,391,858	48,775	2.65%	1.05%
1997	6,583,365	49,259	3%	0.99%
1998	6,789,489	49,717	3.13%	0.93%
1999	7,002,818	50,202	3.14%	0.98%
2000	7,221,619	50,706	3.12%	1%
2001	7,445,596	51,123	3.1%	0.82%
2002	7,675,426	51,425	3.09%	0.59%
2003	7,913,070	51,639	3.1%	0.42%
2004	8,159,094	51,791	3.11%	0.29%
2005	8,426,144	51,906	3.27%	0.22%
2006	8,693,242	51,992	3.17%	0.17%
2007	8,953,969	52,035	3%	0.08%
2008	9,228,466	52,030	3.07%	-0.01%
2009	9,509,423	52,019	3.04%	-0.02%
2010	9,797,484	52,044	3.03%	0.05%
2011	10,093,623	51,907	3.02%	-0.26%
2012	10,397,657	51,419	3.01%	-0.94%
2013	10,708,834	50,681	2.99%	-1.44%
2014	11,030,004	49,796	3%	-1.75%
2015	11,360,681	48,800	3%	-2%
2016	11,697,842	47,709	2.97%	-2.24%
2017	12,039,780	46,529	2.92%	-2.47%
2018	12,383,347	45,285	2.85%	-2.67%
2019	12,726,755	44,007	2.77%	-2.82%
2020	13,070,169	42,706	2.7%	-2.96%
2021	13,413,417	41,367	2.63%	-3.14%
2022	13,759,501	40,077	2.58%	-3.12%
2023	14,111,034	38,827	2.55%	-3.12%
2024	14,462,724	37,548	2.49%	-3.29%
2025	14,814,463	36,281	2.43%	-3.37%
2026	15,170,422	35,078	2.4%	-3.32%
2027	15,529,420	33,976	2.37%	-3.14%
2028	15,890,289	32,977	2.32%	-2.94%
2029	16,253,927	32,054	2.29%	-2.8%
2030	16,618,827	31,191	2.24%	-2.69%
2031	16,985,939	30,420	2.21%	-2.47%
2032	17,357,069	29,740	2.18%	-2.23%
2033	17,731,448	29,142	2.16%	-2.01%
2034	18,109,922	28,608	2.13%	-1.83%
2035	18,492,634	28,147	2.11%	-1.61%
2036	18,878,049	27,751	2.08%	-1.41%
2037	19,264,504	27,405	2.05%	-1.25%
2038	19,655,285	27,092	2.03%	-1.14%
2039	20,049,973	26,836	2.01%	-0.94%
2040	20,445,765	26,598	1.97%	-0.89%
2041	20,843,268	26,396	1.94%	-0.76%
2042	21,242,984	26,217	1.92%	-0.68%
2043	21,643,647	26,054	1.89%	-0.62%
2044	22,042,581	25,913	1.84%	-0.54%
2045	22,443,653	25,777	1.82%	-0.52%
2046	22,846,199	25,653	1.79%	-0.48%
2047	23,245,147	25,543	1.75%	-0.43%
2048	23,642,198	25,429	1.71%	-0.45%
2049	24,038,614	25,311	1.68%	-0.46%
2050	24,433,817	25,195	1.64%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.