Population in Benin compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Netherlands	Benin	Netherlands
1960	2,517,286	11,486,631	-	-
1961	2,559,223	11,638,712	1.67%	1.32%
1962	2,604,659	11,805,689	1.78%	1.43%
1963	2,652,908	11,965,966	1.85%	1.36%
1964	2,704,003	12,127,120	1.93%	1.35%
1965	2,757,936	12,294,732	1.99%	1.38%
1966	2,814,317	12,456,251	2.04%	1.31%
1967	2,872,997	12,598,201	2.09%	1.14%
1968	2,934,257	12,729,721	2.13%	1.04%
1969	2,998,222	12,877,984	2.18%	1.16%
1970	3,065,057	13,038,526	2.23%	1.25%
1971	3,134,767	13,194,497	2.27%	1.2%
1972	3,207,543	13,328,593	2.32%	1.02%
1973	3,283,496	13,439,322	2.37%	0.83%
1974	3,362,633	13,545,056	2.41%	0.79%
1975	3,445,407	13,666,335	2.46%	0.9%
1976	3,532,196	13,774,037	2.52%	0.79%
1977	3,623,202	13,856,185	2.58%	0.6%
1978	3,718,305	13,941,700	2.62%	0.62%
1979	3,818,528	14,038,270	2.7%	0.69%
1980	3,925,251	14,149,800	2.79%	0.79%
1981	4,038,307	14,247,208	2.88%	0.69%
1982	4,156,596	14,312,690	2.93%	0.46%
1983	4,278,978	14,367,070	2.94%	0.38%
1984	4,405,895	14,424,211	2.97%	0.4%
1985	4,538,012	14,491,632	3%	0.47%
1986	4,675,420	14,572,278	3.03%	0.56%
1987	4,818,486	14,665,037	3.06%	0.64%
1988	4,967,341	14,760,094	3.09%	0.65%
1989	5,121,657	14,848,907	3.11%	0.6%
1990	5,281,479	14,951,510	3.12%	0.69%
1991	5,446,932	15,069,798	3.13%	0.79%
1992	5,617,844	15,184,166	3.14%	0.76%
1993	5,872,706	15,290,368	4.54%	0.7%
1994	6,096,506	15,382,838	3.81%	0.6%
1995	6,226,773	15,459,006	2.14%	0.5%
1996	6,391,858	15,530,498	2.65%	0.46%
1997	6,583,365	15,610,650	3%	0.52%
1998	6,789,489	15,707,209	3.13%	0.62%
1999	7,002,818	15,812,088	3.14%	0.67%
2000	7,221,619	15,925,513	3.12%	0.72%
2001	7,445,596	16,046,180	3.1%	0.76%
2002	7,675,426	16,148,929	3.09%	0.64%
2003	7,913,070	16,225,302	3.1%	0.47%
2004	8,159,094	16,281,779	3.11%	0.35%
2005	8,426,144	16,319,868	3.27%	0.23%
2006	8,693,242	16,346,101	3.17%	0.16%
2007	8,953,969	16,381,696	3%	0.22%
2008	9,228,466	16,445,593	3.07%	0.39%
2009	9,509,423	16,530,388	3.04%	0.52%
2010	9,797,484	16,615,394	3.03%	0.51%
2011	10,093,623	16,693,074	3.02%	0.47%
2012	10,397,657	16,754,962	3.01%	0.37%
2013	10,708,834	16,804,432	2.99%	0.3%
2014	11,030,004	16,865,008	3%	0.36%
2015	11,360,681	16,939,923	3%	0.44%
2016	11,697,842	17,030,314	2.97%	0.53%
2017	12,039,780	17,131,296	2.92%	0.59%
2018	12,383,347	17,231,624	2.85%	0.59%
2019	12,726,755	17,344,874	2.77%	0.66%
2020	13,070,169	17,441,500	2.7%	0.56%
2021	13,413,417	17,533,044	2.63%	0.52%
2022	13,759,501	17,700,982	2.58%	0.96%
2023	14,111,034	17,877,117	2.55%	1%
2024	14,462,724	17,994,237	2.49%	0.66%
2025	14,814,463	18,110,800	2.43%	0.65%
2026	15,170,422	18,211,436	2.4%	0.56%
2027	15,529,420	18,299,531	2.37%	0.48%
2028	15,890,289	18,379,573	2.32%	0.44%
2029	16,253,927	18,452,044	2.29%	0.39%
2030	16,618,827	18,515,913	2.24%	0.35%
2031	16,985,939	18,571,934	2.21%	0.3%
2032	17,357,069	18,621,087	2.18%	0.26%
2033	17,731,448	18,664,975	2.16%	0.24%
2034	18,109,922	18,702,456	2.13%	0.2%
2035	18,492,634	18,733,223	2.11%	0.16%
2036	18,878,049	18,760,054	2.08%	0.14%
2037	19,264,504	18,781,793	2.05%	0.12%
2038	19,655,285	18,798,283	2.03%	0.09%
2039	20,049,973	18,810,276	2.01%	0.06%
2040	20,445,765	18,817,745	1.97%	0.04%
2041	20,843,268	18,820,870	1.94%	0.02%
2042	21,242,984	18,819,607	1.92%	-0.007%
2043	21,643,647	18,815,261	1.89%	-0.02%
2044	22,042,581	18,807,564	1.84%	-0.04%
2045	22,443,653	18,797,005	1.82%	-0.06%
2046	22,846,199	18,785,724	1.79%	-0.06%
2047	23,245,147	18,771,651	1.75%	-0.07%
2048	23,642,198	18,754,325	1.71%	-0.09%
2049	24,038,614	18,735,299	1.68%	-0.1%
2050	24,433,817	18,714,579	1.64%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.