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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Nauru	Benin	Nauru
1960	2,517,286	4,607	-	-
1961	2,559,223	4,774	1.67%	3.62%
1962	2,604,659	4,979	1.78%	4.29%
1963	2,652,908	5,226	1.85%	4.96%
1964	2,704,003	5,515	1.93%	5.53%
1965	2,757,936	5,832	1.99%	5.75%
1966	2,814,317	6,043	2.04%	3.62%
1967	2,872,997	6,135	2.09%	1.52%
1968	2,934,257	6,328	2.13%	3.15%
1969	2,998,222	6,581	2.18%	4%
1970	3,065,057	6,710	2.23%	1.96%
1971	3,134,767	6,762	2.27%	0.77%
1972	3,207,543	6,812	2.32%	0.74%
1973	3,283,496	6,866	2.37%	0.79%
1974	3,362,633	6,923	2.41%	0.83%
1975	3,445,407	6,987	2.46%	0.92%
1976	3,532,196	7,064	2.52%	1.1%
1977	3,623,202	7,163	2.58%	1.4%
1978	3,718,305	7,298	2.62%	1.88%
1979	3,818,528	7,468	2.7%	2.33%
1980	3,925,251	7,649	2.79%	2.42%
1981	4,038,307	7,839	2.88%	2.48%
1982	4,156,596	8,040	2.93%	2.56%
1983	4,278,978	8,216	2.94%	2.19%
1984	4,405,895	8,377	2.97%	1.96%
1985	4,538,012	8,551	3%	2.08%
1986	4,675,420	8,742	3.03%	2.23%
1987	4,818,486	8,946	3.06%	2.33%
1988	4,967,341	9,165	3.09%	2.45%
1989	5,121,657	9,390	3.11%	2.45%
1990	5,281,479	9,622	3.12%	2.47%
1991	5,446,932	9,850	3.13%	2.37%
1992	5,617,844	10,021	3.14%	1.74%
1993	5,872,706	10,102	4.54%	0.81%
1994	6,096,506	10,137	3.81%	0.35%
1995	6,226,773	10,165	2.14%	0.28%
1996	6,391,858	10,183	2.65%	0.18%
1997	6,583,365	10,197	3%	0.14%
1998	6,789,489	10,198	3.13%	0.01%
1999	7,002,818	10,187	3.14%	-0.11%
2000	7,221,619	10,168	3.12%	-0.19%
2001	7,445,596	10,130	3.1%	-0.37%
2002	7,675,426	10,082	3.09%	-0.47%
2003	7,913,070	10,059	3.1%	-0.23%
2004	8,159,094	10,060	3.11%	0.01%
2005	8,426,144	10,049	3.27%	-0.11%
2006	8,693,242	10,034	3.17%	-0.15%
2007	8,953,969	10,020	3%	-0.14%
2008	9,228,466	10,009	3.07%	-0.11%
2009	9,509,423	10,016	3.04%	0.07%
2010	9,797,484	10,043	3.03%	0.27%
2011	10,093,623	10,098	3.02%	0.55%
2012	10,397,657	10,267	3.01%	1.67%
2013	10,708,834	10,517	2.99%	2.43%
2014	11,030,004	10,742	3%	2.14%
2015	11,360,681	10,954	3%	1.97%
2016	11,697,842	11,150	2.97%	1.79%
2017	12,039,780	11,324	2.92%	1.56%
2018	12,383,347	11,477	2.85%	1.35%
2019	12,726,755	11,587	2.77%	0.96%
2020	13,070,169	11,643	2.7%	0.48%
2021	13,413,417	11,709	2.63%	0.57%
2022	13,759,501	11,801	2.58%	0.79%
2023	14,111,034	11,875	2.55%	0.63%
2024	14,462,724	11,947	2.49%	0.61%
2025	14,814,463	12,030	2.43%	0.7%
2026	15,170,422	12,103	2.4%	0.61%
2027	15,529,420	12,196	2.37%	0.77%
2028	15,890,289	12,296	2.32%	0.82%
2029	16,253,927	12,403	2.29%	0.87%
2030	16,618,827	12,519	2.24%	0.94%
2031	16,985,939	12,645	2.21%	1%
2032	17,357,069	12,785	2.18%	1.11%
2033	17,731,448	12,921	2.16%	1.06%
2034	18,109,922	13,071	2.13%	1.16%
2035	18,492,634	13,230	2.11%	1.22%
2036	18,878,049	13,391	2.08%	1.21%
2037	19,264,504	13,541	2.05%	1.12%
2038	19,655,285	13,697	2.03%	1.16%
2039	20,049,973	13,857	2.01%	1.17%
2040	20,445,765	14,041	1.97%	1.33%
2041	20,843,268	14,220	1.94%	1.27%
2042	21,242,984	14,402	1.92%	1.28%
2043	21,643,647	14,579	1.89%	1.23%
2044	22,042,581	14,754	1.84%	1.2%
2045	22,443,653	14,920	1.82%	1.13%
2046	22,846,199	15,098	1.79%	1.19%
2047	23,245,147	15,268	1.75%	1.12%
2048	23,642,198	15,431	1.71%	1.07%
2049	24,038,614	15,595	1.68%	1.06%
2050	24,433,817	15,751	1.64%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.