The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,174,345 people compared to 3,607,619 in Mongolia.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 4.21 times bigger than Mongolia's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Mongolia is the 132nd.
- The countries together account for 0.23% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.04% for Mongolia.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +1.79% in Mongolia.
- Since 2006, the population of Benin has increased from 8.69M people to 15.2M (74.6% growth), while Mongolia has grown from 2.57M to 3.61M (40.5% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 5.6M people in 2100 for Mongolia.
Benin vs Mongolia: live population counter
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| Current population |
15174345
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3607619
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 132/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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12 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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7.95 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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27.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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4.4 days
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +83 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +120 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +43,643 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +1.25% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 87/197 |
Benin and Mongolia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 977,595 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 1,009,284 | 1.67% | 3.24% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 1,041,444 | 1.78% | 3.19% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 1,071,362 | 1.85% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 1,100,234 | 1.93% | 2.69% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 1,131,177 | 1.99% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 1,163,754 | 2.04% | 2.88% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 1,196,996 | 2.09% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 1,229,930 | 2.13% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 1,262,284 | 2.18% | 2.63% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 1,295,272 | 2.23% | 2.61% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 1,330,071 | 2.27% | 2.69% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 1,366,821 | 2.32% | 2.76% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 1,405,502 | 2.37% | 2.83% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 1,446,050 | 2.41% | 2.88% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 1,488,296 | 2.46% | 2.92% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 1,531,945 | 2.52% | 2.93% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 1,576,245 | 2.58% | 2.89% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 1,619,468 | 2.62% | 2.74% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 1,660,659 | 2.7% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 1,701,335 | 2.79% | 2.45% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 1,742,857 | 2.88% | 2.44% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 1,785,364 | 2.93% | 2.44% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 1,829,092 | 2.94% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 1,874,349 | 2.97% | 2.47% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 1,921,514 | 3% | 2.52% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 1,970,965 | 3.03% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 2,022,800 | 3.06% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 2,076,322 | 3.09% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 2,124,185 | 3.11% | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 2,098,710 | 3.12% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 2,165,342 | 3.13% | 3.17% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 2,167,790 | 3.14% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 2,165,130 | 4.54% | -0.12% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 2,189,395 | 3.81% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 2,224,945 | 2.14% | 1.62% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 2,259,507 | 2.65% | 1.55% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 2,291,750 | 3% | 1.43% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 2,323,809 | 3.13% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 2,356,813 | 3.14% | 1.42% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 2,388,299 | 3.12% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 2,417,751 | 3.1% | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 2,449,027 | 3.09% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 2,480,374 | 3.1% | 1.28% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 2,508,412 | 3.11% | 1.13% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 2,536,407 | 3.27% | 1.12% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 2,567,168 | 3.17% | 1.21% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 2,601,850 | 3% | 1.35% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 2,643,201 | 3.07% | 1.59% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 2,691,115 | 3.04% | 1.81% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 2,738,622 | 3.03% | 1.77% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 2,786,317 | 3.02% | 1.74% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 2,839,705 | 3.01% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 2,899,011 | 2.99% | 2.09% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 2,963,113 | 3% | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 3,026,864 | 3% | 2.15% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 3,088,856 | 2.97% | 2.05% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 3,148,917 | 2.92% | 1.94% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 3,208,189 | 2.85% | 1.88% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 3,267,673 | 2.77% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 3,327,204 | 2.7% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 3,383,741 | 2.63% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 3,433,748 | 2.58% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 3,481,145 | 2.55% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 3,524,788 | 2.49% | 1.25% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 3,566,934 | 2.43% | 1.2% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 3,607,194 | 2.4% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 3,646,133 | 2.37% | 1.08% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 3,684,133 | 2.32% | 1.04% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 3,721,196 | 2.29% | 1.01% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 3,757,736 | 2.24% | 0.98% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 3,793,979 | 2.21% | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 3,830,403 | 2.18% | 0.96% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 3,867,674 | 2.16% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 3,905,872 | 2.13% | 0.99% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 3,944,896 | 2.11% | 1% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 3,984,836 | 2.08% | 1.01% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 4,025,966 | 2.05% | 1.03% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 4,067,894 | 2.03% | 1.04% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 4,110,455 | 2.01% | 1.05% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 4,153,587 | 1.97% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 4,197,027 | 1.94% | 1.05% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 4,240,723 | 1.92% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 4,284,073 | 1.89% | 1.02% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 4,327,016 | 1.84% | 1% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 4,369,833 | 1.82% | 0.99% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 4,411,717 | 1.79% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 4,452,180 | 1.75% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 4,491,289 | 1.71% | 0.88% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 4,529,071 | 1.68% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 4,565,277 | 1.64% | 0.8% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Mongolia gained 521,688 people (a 20.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Mongolia's population increased by 518,763 (a 16.8% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2006 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.5% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Cotonou | 679K |
| Porto-Novo | 264K |
| Abomey | 90.2K |
| Save | 31.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Ulaanbaatar | 1.4M |
| Bulgan | 12.3K |
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Population differences between Benin and Mongolia
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| Life expectancy | 61.3 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 27.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 2.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 5.86 ppl/mi² |
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