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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Mauritius	Benin	Mauritius
1960	2,517,286	680,331	-	-
1961	2,559,223	680,757	1.67%	0.06%
1962	2,604,659	700,349	1.78%	2.88%
1963	2,652,908	718,861	1.85%	2.64%
1964	2,704,003	736,381	1.93%	2.44%
1965	2,757,936	753,000	1.99%	2.26%
1966	2,814,317	768,813	2.04%	2.1%
1967	2,872,997	783,917	2.09%	1.96%
1968	2,934,257	798,413	2.13%	1.85%
1969	2,998,222	812,405	2.18%	1.75%
1970	3,065,057	826,000	2.23%	1.67%
1971	3,134,767	839,230	2.27%	1.6%
1972	3,207,543	852,053	2.32%	1.53%
1973	3,283,496	864,819	2.37%	1.5%
1974	3,362,633	878,042	2.41%	1.53%
1975	3,445,407	892,000	2.46%	1.59%
1976	3,532,196	906,507	2.52%	1.63%
1977	3,623,202	921,379	2.58%	1.64%
1978	3,718,305	933,499	2.62%	1.32%
1979	3,818,528	949,888	2.7%	1.76%
1980	3,925,251	966,039	2.79%	1.7%
1981	4,038,307	980,462	2.88%	1.49%
1982	4,156,596	992,521	2.93%	1.23%
1983	4,278,978	1,001,691	2.94%	0.92%
1984	4,405,895	1,012,221	2.97%	1.05%
1985	4,538,012	1,020,528	3%	0.82%
1986	4,675,420	1,028,360	3.03%	0.77%
1987	4,818,486	1,036,082	3.06%	0.75%
1988	4,967,341	1,043,239	3.09%	0.69%
1989	5,121,657	1,051,260	3.11%	0.77%
1990	5,281,479	1,058,775	3.12%	0.71%
1991	5,446,932	1,070,266	3.13%	1.09%
1992	5,617,844	1,084,441	3.14%	1.32%
1993	5,872,706	1,097,374	4.54%	1.19%
1994	6,096,506	1,112,846	3.81%	1.41%
1995	6,226,773	1,122,457	2.14%	0.86%
1996	6,391,858	1,133,996	2.65%	1.03%
1997	6,583,365	1,148,284	3%	1.26%
1998	6,789,489	1,160,421	3.13%	1.06%
1999	7,002,818	1,175,267	3.14%	1.28%
2000	7,221,619	1,186,873	3.12%	0.99%
2001	7,445,596	1,196,287	3.1%	0.79%
2002	7,675,426	1,204,621	3.09%	0.7%
2003	7,913,070	1,213,370	3.1%	0.73%
2004	8,159,094	1,221,003	3.11%	0.63%
2005	8,426,144	1,228,254	3.27%	0.59%
2006	8,693,242	1,233,996	3.17%	0.47%
2007	8,953,969	1,239,630	3%	0.46%
2008	9,228,466	1,244,121	3.07%	0.36%
2009	9,509,423	1,247,429	3.04%	0.27%
2010	9,797,484	1,250,400	3.03%	0.24%
2011	10,093,623	1,252,404	3.02%	0.16%
2012	10,397,657	1,255,882	3.01%	0.28%
2013	10,708,834	1,258,927	2.99%	0.24%
2014	11,030,004	1,261,208	3%	0.18%
2015	11,360,681	1,262,879	3%	0.13%
2016	11,697,842	1,263,747	2.97%	0.07%
2017	12,039,780	1,264,887	2.92%	0.09%
2018	12,383,347	1,265,577	2.85%	0.05%
2019	12,726,755	1,265,985	2.77%	0.03%
2020	13,070,169	1,266,014	2.7%	0.002%
2021	13,413,417	1,266,334	2.63%	0.03%
2022	13,759,501	1,262,523	2.58%	-0.3%
2023	14,111,034	1,248,647	2.55%	-1.1%
2024	14,462,724	1,245,779	2.49%	-0.23%
2025	14,814,463	1,242,950	2.43%	-0.23%
2026	15,170,422	1,239,793	2.4%	-0.25%
2027	15,529,420	1,236,435	2.37%	-0.27%
2028	15,890,289	1,232,914	2.32%	-0.28%
2029	16,253,927	1,229,227	2.29%	-0.3%
2030	16,618,827	1,225,457	2.24%	-0.31%
2031	16,985,939	1,221,502	2.21%	-0.32%
2032	17,357,069	1,217,208	2.18%	-0.35%
2033	17,731,448	1,212,606	2.16%	-0.38%
2034	18,109,922	1,207,685	2.13%	-0.41%
2035	18,492,634	1,202,449	2.11%	-0.43%
2036	18,878,049	1,196,894	2.08%	-0.46%
2037	19,264,504	1,191,031	2.05%	-0.49%
2038	19,655,285	1,184,867	2.03%	-0.52%
2039	20,049,973	1,178,313	2.01%	-0.55%
2040	20,445,765	1,171,352	1.97%	-0.59%
2041	20,843,268	1,164,041	1.94%	-0.62%
2042	21,242,984	1,156,420	1.92%	-0.65%
2043	21,643,647	1,148,461	1.89%	-0.69%
2044	22,042,581	1,140,167	1.84%	-0.72%
2045	22,443,653	1,131,600	1.82%	-0.75%
2046	22,846,199	1,122,728	1.79%	-0.78%
2047	23,245,147	1,113,607	1.75%	-0.81%
2048	23,642,198	1,104,261	1.71%	-0.84%
2049	24,038,614	1,094,728	1.68%	-0.86%
2050	24,433,817	1,085,083	1.64%	-0.88%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Benin's population will grow by 61% to 24,433,817 people with a rank change from 76th to 68th. The population of Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.