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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Nigeria	Benin	Nigeria
1960	2,517,286	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,559,223	45,989,310	1.67%	2.08%
1962	2,604,659	46,965,292	1.78%	2.12%
1963	2,652,908	47,973,575	1.85%	2.15%
1964	2,704,003	49,012,016	1.93%	2.16%
1965	2,757,936	50,086,764	1.99%	2.19%
1966	2,814,317	51,188,234	2.04%	2.2%
1967	2,872,997	52,293,065	2.09%	2.16%
1968	2,934,257	53,432,783	2.13%	2.18%
1969	2,998,222	54,631,914	2.18%	2.24%
1970	3,065,057	55,893,838	2.23%	2.31%
1971	3,134,767	57,214,684	2.27%	2.36%
1972	3,207,543	58,601,748	2.32%	2.42%
1973	3,283,496	60,082,139	2.37%	2.53%
1974	3,362,633	61,679,144	2.41%	2.66%
1975	3,445,407	63,410,815	2.46%	2.81%
1976	3,532,196	65,258,009	2.52%	2.91%
1977	3,623,202	67,234,590	2.58%	3.03%
1978	3,718,305	69,326,532	2.62%	3.11%
1979	3,818,528	71,498,242	2.7%	3.13%
1980	3,925,251	73,764,641	2.79%	3.17%
1981	4,038,307	76,068,103	2.88%	3.12%
1982	4,156,596	78,378,701	2.93%	3.04%
1983	4,278,978	80,438,260	2.94%	2.63%
1984	4,405,895	82,526,443	2.97%	2.6%
1985	4,538,012	84,897,973	3%	2.87%
1986	4,675,420	87,235,953	3.03%	2.75%
1987	4,818,486	89,591,716	3.06%	2.7%
1988	4,967,341	92,020,090	3.09%	2.71%
1989	5,121,657	94,531,014	3.11%	2.73%
1990	5,281,479	97,120,925	3.12%	2.74%
1991	5,446,932	99,720,162	3.13%	2.68%
1992	5,617,844	102,372,770	3.14%	2.66%
1993	5,872,706	105,122,069	4.54%	2.69%
1994	6,096,506	107,935,714	3.81%	2.68%
1995	6,226,773	110,819,428	2.14%	2.67%
1996	6,391,858	113,754,779	2.65%	2.65%
1997	6,583,365	116,754,792	3%	2.64%
1998	6,789,489	119,846,254	3.13%	2.65%
1999	7,002,818	123,047,320	3.14%	2.67%
2000	7,221,619	126,382,494	3.12%	2.71%
2001	7,445,596	129,862,595	3.1%	2.75%
2002	7,675,426	133,471,989	3.09%	2.78%
2003	7,913,070	137,202,644	3.1%	2.8%
2004	8,159,094	141,057,045	3.11%	2.81%
2005	8,426,144	145,017,253	3.27%	2.81%
2006	8,693,242	149,077,334	3.17%	2.8%
2007	8,953,969	153,267,261	3%	2.81%
2008	9,228,466	157,595,014	3.07%	2.82%
2009	9,509,423	162,049,464	3.04%	2.83%
2010	9,797,484	166,642,886	3.03%	2.83%
2011	10,093,623	171,379,598	3.02%	2.84%
2012	10,397,657	176,200,625	3.01%	2.81%
2013	10,708,834	181,049,443	2.99%	2.75%
2014	11,030,004	185,896,915	3%	2.68%
2015	11,360,681	190,671,878	3%	2.57%
2016	11,697,842	195,443,700	2.97%	2.5%
2017	12,039,780	200,254,579	2.92%	2.46%
2018	12,383,347	204,938,755	2.85%	2.34%
2019	12,726,755	209,485,641	2.77%	2.22%
2020	13,070,169	213,996,181	2.7%	2.15%
2021	13,413,417	218,529,286	2.63%	2.12%
2022	13,759,501	223,150,896	2.58%	2.11%
2023	14,111,034	227,882,945	2.55%	2.12%
2024	14,462,724	232,679,478	2.49%	2.1%
2025	14,814,463	237,527,783	2.43%	2.08%
2026	15,170,422	242,431,830	2.4%	2.06%
2027	15,529,420	247,374,258	2.37%	2.04%
2028	15,890,289	252,346,128	2.32%	2.01%
2029	16,253,927	257,352,638	2.29%	1.98%
2030	16,618,827	262,380,975	2.24%	1.95%
2031	16,985,939	267,421,079	2.21%	1.92%
2032	17,357,069	272,483,635	2.18%	1.89%
2033	17,731,448	277,555,116	2.16%	1.86%
2034	18,109,922	282,622,388	2.13%	1.83%
2035	18,492,634	287,685,757	2.11%	1.79%
2036	18,878,049	292,739,390	2.08%	1.76%
2037	19,264,504	297,773,236	2.05%	1.72%
2038	19,655,285	302,782,350	2.03%	1.68%
2039	20,049,973	307,764,754	2.01%	1.65%
2040	20,445,765	312,710,403	1.97%	1.61%
2041	20,843,268	317,607,237	1.94%	1.57%
2042	21,242,984	322,450,302	1.92%	1.52%
2043	21,643,647	327,243,941	1.89%	1.49%
2044	22,042,581	331,983,354	1.84%	1.45%
2045	22,443,653	336,662,502	1.82%	1.41%
2046	22,846,199	341,281,757	1.79%	1.37%
2047	23,245,147	345,844,004	1.75%	1.34%
2048	23,642,198	350,347,757	1.71%	1.3%
2049	24,038,614	354,792,418	1.68%	1.27%
2050	24,433,817	359,185,550	1.64%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.