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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Mozambique	Benin	Mozambique
1960	2,517,286	6,713,695	-	-
1961	2,559,223	6,834,936	1.67%	1.81%
1962	2,604,659	6,969,364	1.78%	1.97%
1963	2,652,908	7,109,828	1.85%	2.02%
1964	2,704,003	7,255,061	1.93%	2.04%
1965	2,757,936	7,406,421	1.99%	2.09%
1966	2,814,317	7,562,990	2.04%	2.11%
1967	2,872,997	7,724,550	2.09%	2.14%
1968	2,934,257	7,892,613	2.13%	2.18%
1969	2,998,222	8,066,951	2.18%	2.21%
1970	3,065,057	8,250,506	2.23%	2.28%
1971	3,134,767	8,456,317	2.27%	2.49%
1972	3,207,543	8,692,935	2.32%	2.8%
1973	3,283,496	8,954,242	2.37%	3.01%
1974	3,362,633	9,236,093	2.41%	3.15%
1975	3,445,407	9,540,817	2.46%	3.3%
1976	3,532,196	9,867,209	2.52%	3.42%
1977	3,623,202	10,224,975	2.58%	3.63%
1978	3,718,305	10,618,250	2.62%	3.85%
1979	3,818,528	11,028,809	2.7%	3.87%
1980	3,925,251	11,336,221	2.79%	2.79%
1981	4,038,307	11,568,127	2.88%	2.05%
1982	4,156,596	11,824,370	2.93%	2.22%
1983	4,278,978	12,073,822	2.94%	2.11%
1984	4,405,895	12,315,954	2.97%	2.01%
1985	4,538,012	12,548,949	3%	1.89%
1986	4,675,420	12,770,578	3.03%	1.77%
1987	4,818,486	12,822,574	3.06%	0.41%
1988	4,967,341	12,800,558	3.09%	-0.17%
1989	5,121,657	12,906,842	3.11%	0.83%
1990	5,281,479	13,094,537	3.12%	1.45%
1991	5,446,932	13,352,090	3.13%	1.97%
1992	5,617,844	13,613,316	3.14%	1.96%
1993	5,872,706	14,051,192	4.54%	3.22%
1994	6,096,506	15,033,853	3.81%	6.99%
1995	6,226,773	15,960,530	2.14%	6.16%
1996	6,391,858	16,492,480	2.65%	3.33%
1997	6,583,365	16,949,982	3%	2.77%
1998	6,789,489	17,340,464	3.13%	2.3%
1999	7,002,818	17,734,506	3.14%	2.27%
2000	7,221,619	18,129,653	3.12%	2.23%
2001	7,445,596	18,537,729	3.1%	2.25%
2002	7,675,426	18,958,338	3.09%	2.27%
2003	7,913,070	19,392,475	3.1%	2.29%
2004	8,159,094	19,840,313	3.11%	2.31%
2005	8,426,144	20,304,569	3.27%	2.34%
2006	8,693,242	20,787,087	3.17%	2.38%
2007	8,953,969	21,287,635	3%	2.41%
2008	9,228,466	21,819,036	3.07%	2.5%
2009	9,509,423	22,391,745	3.04%	2.62%
2010	9,797,484	22,999,235	3.03%	2.71%
2011	10,093,623	23,649,039	3.02%	2.83%
2012	10,397,657	24,337,846	3.01%	2.91%
2013	10,708,834	25,051,611	2.99%	2.93%
2014	11,030,004	25,788,475	3%	2.94%
2015	11,360,681	26,547,572	3%	2.94%
2016	11,697,842	27,337,105	2.97%	2.97%
2017	12,039,780	28,166,393	2.92%	3.03%
2018	12,383,347	29,018,644	2.85%	3.03%
2019	12,726,755	29,884,380	2.77%	2.98%
2020	13,070,169	30,783,688	2.7%	3.01%
2021	13,413,417	31,707,800	2.63%	3%
2022	13,759,501	32,656,246	2.58%	2.99%
2023	14,111,034	33,635,160	2.55%	3%
2024	14,462,724	34,631,766	2.49%	2.96%
2025	14,814,463	35,631,656	2.43%	2.89%
2026	15,170,422	36,639,853	2.4%	2.83%
2027	15,529,420	37,668,656	2.37%	2.81%
2028	15,890,289	38,714,097	2.32%	2.78%
2029	16,253,927	39,774,947	2.29%	2.74%
2030	16,618,827	40,846,749	2.24%	2.69%
2031	16,985,939	41,931,250	2.21%	2.66%
2032	17,357,069	43,032,887	2.18%	2.63%
2033	17,731,448	44,144,533	2.16%	2.58%
2034	18,109,922	45,273,522	2.13%	2.56%
2035	18,492,634	46,411,774	2.11%	2.51%
2036	18,878,049	47,548,671	2.08%	2.45%
2037	19,264,504	48,684,563	2.05%	2.39%
2038	19,655,285	49,822,039	2.03%	2.34%
2039	20,049,973	50,971,124	2.01%	2.31%
2040	20,445,765	52,124,215	1.97%	2.26%
2041	20,843,268	53,271,004	1.94%	2.2%
2042	21,242,984	54,423,407	1.92%	2.16%
2043	21,643,647	55,574,711	1.89%	2.12%
2044	22,042,581	56,716,585	1.84%	2.05%
2045	22,443,653	57,851,787	1.82%	2%
2046	22,846,199	58,981,102	1.79%	1.95%
2047	23,245,147	60,117,587	1.75%	1.93%
2048	23,642,198	61,254,584	1.71%	1.89%
2049	24,038,614	62,397,018	1.68%	1.87%
2050	24,433,817	63,530,955	1.64%	1.82%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2006 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.