The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 5,287,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,174,345 people compared to 5,362,441 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 2.83 times bigger than New Zealand's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.06% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +1.6% in New Zealand.
- Since 2006, the population of Benin has increased from 8.69M people to 15.2M (74.6% growth), while New Zealand has grown from 4.18M to 5.36M (28.1% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 5.95M people in 2078 for New Zealand.
Benin vs New Zealand: live population counter
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| Current population |
15174345
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5362441
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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6.01 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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9.31 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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14 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +240 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +87,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +1.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 65/197 |
Benin and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 2,419,700 | 1.67% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 2,482,000 | 1.78% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 2,531,800 | 1.85% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 2,585,400 | 1.93% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 2,628,400 | 1.99% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 2,675,900 | 2.04% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 2,724,100 | 2.09% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 2,748,100 | 2.13% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 2,772,800 | 2.18% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 2,810,700 | 2.23% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 2,853,000 | 2.27% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 2,903,900 | 2.32% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 2,961,300 | 2.37% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 3,023,700 | 2.41% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 3,083,100 | 2.46% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 3,110,500 | 2.52% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 3,120,200 | 2.58% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 3,121,200 | 2.62% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 3,109,000 | 2.7% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 3,112,900 | 2.79% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 3,124,900 | 2.88% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 3,156,100 | 2.93% | 1% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 3,199,300 | 2.94% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 3,227,100 | 2.97% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 3,247,100 | 3% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 3,246,300 | 3.03% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 3,274,400 | 3.06% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 3,283,400 | 3.09% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 3,299,200 | 3.11% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 3,329,800 | 3.12% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 3,495,100 | 3.13% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 3,531,700 | 3.14% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 3,572,200 | 4.54% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 3,620,000 | 3.81% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 3,673,400 | 2.14% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 3,732,000 | 2.65% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 3,781,300 | 3% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 3,815,000 | 3.13% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 3,835,100 | 3.14% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 3,857,700 | 3.12% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 3,880,500 | 3.1% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 3,948,500 | 3.09% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 4,027,200 | 3.1% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 4,087,500 | 3.11% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 4,133,900 | 3.27% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 4,184,600 | 3.17% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 4,223,800 | 3% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 4,259,800 | 3.07% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 4,302,600 | 3.04% | 1% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 4,350,700 | 3.03% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 4,384,000 | 3.02% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 4,408,100 | 3.01% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 4,442,100 | 2.99% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 4,516,500 | 3% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 4,609,400 | 3% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 4,714,100 | 2.97% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 4,813,600 | 2.92% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 4,900,600 | 2.85% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 4,970,300 | 2.77% | 1.42% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 5,072,400 | 2.7% | 2.05% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 5,084,600 | 2.63% | 0.24% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 5,081,700 | 2.58% | -0.06% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 5,200,000 | 2.55% | 2.33% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 5,287,500 | 2.49% | 1.68% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 5,325,989 | 2.43% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 5,362,071 | 2.4% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 5,395,933 | 2.37% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 5,427,327 | 2.32% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 5,456,502 | 2.29% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 5,483,630 | 2.24% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 5,509,118 | 2.21% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 5,533,087 | 2.18% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 5,555,912 | 2.16% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 5,577,658 | 2.13% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 5,598,481 | 2.11% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 5,618,949 | 2.08% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 5,638,796 | 2.05% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 5,658,606 | 2.03% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 5,677,983 | 2.01% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 5,696,537 | 1.97% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 5,715,286 | 1.94% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 5,733,881 | 1.92% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 5,750,997 | 1.89% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 5,766,545 | 1.84% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 5,780,970 | 1.82% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 5,794,046 | 1.79% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 5,805,663 | 1.75% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 5,816,692 | 1.71% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 5,826,512 | 1.68% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 5,836,471 | 1.64% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.
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 |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between Benin and New Zealand
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| Life expectancy | 61.3 years | 82.5 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 52 ppl/mi² |
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