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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Mauritania	Benin	Mauritania
1960	2,517,286	824,298	-	-
1961	2,559,223	846,167	1.67%	2.65%
1962	2,604,659	869,184	1.78%	2.72%
1963	2,652,908	893,423	1.85%	2.79%
1964	2,704,003	918,955	1.93%	2.86%
1965	2,757,936	945,838	1.99%	2.93%
1966	2,814,317	974,157	2.04%	2.99%
1967	2,872,997	1,003,843	2.09%	3.05%
1968	2,934,257	1,034,739	2.13%	3.08%
1969	2,998,222	1,066,754	2.18%	3.09%
1970	3,065,057	1,099,806	2.23%	3.1%
1971	3,134,767	1,133,702	2.27%	3.08%
1972	3,207,543	1,168,355	2.32%	3.06%
1973	3,283,496	1,203,838	2.37%	3.04%
1974	3,362,633	1,240,188	2.41%	3.02%
1975	3,445,407	1,277,330	2.46%	2.99%
1976	3,532,196	1,315,336	2.52%	2.98%
1977	3,623,202	1,353,768	2.58%	2.92%
1978	3,718,305	1,392,713	2.62%	2.88%
1979	3,818,528	1,432,758	2.7%	2.88%
1980	3,925,251	1,474,043	2.79%	2.88%
1981	4,038,307	1,516,877	2.88%	2.91%
1982	4,156,596	1,561,176	2.93%	2.92%
1983	4,278,978	1,606,746	2.94%	2.92%
1984	4,405,895	1,653,693	2.97%	2.92%
1985	4,538,012	1,702,107	3%	2.93%
1986	4,675,420	1,751,835	3.03%	2.92%
1987	4,818,486	1,803,014	3.06%	2.92%
1988	4,967,341	1,855,859	3.09%	2.93%
1989	5,121,657	1,903,048	3.11%	2.54%
1990	5,281,479	1,951,878	3.12%	2.57%
1991	5,446,932	2,009,738	3.13%	2.96%
1992	5,617,844	2,088,135	3.14%	3.9%
1993	5,872,706	2,174,328	4.54%	4.13%
1994	6,096,506	2,249,454	3.81%	3.46%
1995	6,226,773	2,312,017	2.14%	2.78%
1996	6,391,858	2,358,188	2.65%	2%
1997	6,583,365	2,411,306	3%	2.25%
1998	6,789,489	2,474,651	3.13%	2.63%
1999	7,002,818	2,541,698	3.14%	2.71%
2000	7,221,619	2,613,441	3.12%	2.82%
2001	7,445,596	2,678,760	3.1%	2.5%
2002	7,675,426	2,738,655	3.09%	2.24%
2003	7,913,070	2,802,046	3.1%	2.31%
2004	8,159,094	2,868,664	3.11%	2.38%
2005	8,426,144	2,939,059	3.27%	2.45%
2006	8,693,242	3,013,660	3.17%	2.54%
2007	8,953,969	3,093,059	3%	2.63%
2008	9,228,466	3,183,269	3.07%	2.92%
2009	9,509,423	3,284,448	3.04%	3.18%
2010	9,797,484	3,390,965	3.03%	3.24%
2011	10,093,623	3,502,811	3.02%	3.3%
2012	10,397,657	3,619,034	3.01%	3.32%
2013	10,708,834	3,734,318	2.99%	3.19%
2014	11,030,004	3,848,514	3%	3.06%
2015	11,360,681	3,965,959	3%	3.05%
2016	11,697,842	4,086,657	2.97%	3.04%
2017	12,039,780	4,210,600	2.92%	3.03%
2018	12,383,347	4,337,685	2.85%	3.02%
2019	12,726,755	4,467,708	2.77%	3%
2020	13,070,169	4,600,131	2.7%	2.96%
2021	13,413,417	4,734,874	2.63%	2.93%
2022	13,759,501	4,875,637	2.58%	2.97%
2023	14,111,034	5,022,441	2.55%	3.01%
2024	14,462,724	5,169,395	2.49%	2.93%
2025	14,814,463	5,315,063	2.43%	2.82%
2026	15,170,422	5,461,313	2.4%	2.75%
2027	15,529,420	5,608,785	2.37%	2.7%
2028	15,890,289	5,757,952	2.32%	2.66%
2029	16,253,927	5,909,186	2.29%	2.63%
2030	16,618,827	6,062,523	2.24%	2.59%
2031	16,985,939	6,217,791	2.21%	2.56%
2032	17,357,069	6,374,839	2.18%	2.53%
2033	17,731,448	6,533,828	2.16%	2.49%
2034	18,109,922	6,694,445	2.13%	2.46%
2035	18,492,634	6,856,314	2.11%	2.42%
2036	18,878,049	7,019,227	2.08%	2.38%
2037	19,264,504	7,183,105	2.05%	2.33%
2038	19,655,285	7,348,357	2.03%	2.3%
2039	20,049,973	7,514,734	2.01%	2.26%
2040	20,445,765	7,681,907	1.97%	2.22%
2041	20,843,268	7,850,210	1.94%	2.19%
2042	21,242,984	8,020,480	1.92%	2.17%
2043	21,643,647	8,192,542	1.89%	2.15%
2044	22,042,581	8,365,171	1.84%	2.11%
2045	22,443,653	8,538,521	1.82%	2.07%
2046	22,846,199	8,713,247	1.79%	2.05%
2047	23,245,147	8,888,466	1.75%	2.01%
2048	23,642,198	9,064,207	1.71%	1.98%
2049	24,038,614	9,240,169	1.68%	1.94%
2050	24,433,817	9,415,589	1.64%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.