Population in Benin compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	North Korea	Benin	North Korea
1960	2,517,286	11,722,953	-	-
1961	2,559,223	11,990,713	1.67%	2.28%
1962	2,604,659	12,262,882	1.78%	2.27%
1963	2,652,908	12,567,057	1.85%	2.48%
1964	2,704,003	12,889,770	1.93%	2.57%
1965	2,757,936	13,219,369	1.99%	2.56%
1966	2,814,317	13,569,094	2.04%	2.65%
1967	2,872,997	13,958,350	2.09%	2.87%
1968	2,934,257	14,365,596	2.13%	2.92%
1969	2,998,222	14,767,615	2.18%	2.8%
1970	3,065,057	15,172,775	2.23%	2.74%
1971	3,134,767	15,572,457	2.27%	2.63%
1972	3,207,543	15,975,069	2.32%	2.59%
1973	3,283,496	16,350,367	2.37%	2.35%
1974	3,362,633	16,673,121	2.41%	1.97%
1975	3,445,407	16,971,055	2.46%	1.79%
1976	3,532,196	17,243,450	2.52%	1.61%
1977	3,623,202	17,492,798	2.58%	1.45%
1978	3,718,305	17,735,995	2.62%	1.39%
1979	3,818,528	17,983,470	2.7%	1.4%
1980	3,925,251	18,236,786	2.79%	1.41%
1981	4,038,307	18,501,295	2.88%	1.45%
1982	4,156,596	18,776,357	2.93%	1.49%
1983	4,278,978	19,054,034	2.94%	1.48%
1984	4,405,895	19,335,043	2.97%	1.47%
1985	4,538,012	19,620,388	3%	1.48%
1986	4,675,420	19,910,855	3.03%	1.48%
1987	4,818,486	20,205,483	3.06%	1.48%
1988	4,967,341	20,503,161	3.09%	1.47%
1989	5,121,657	20,804,367	3.11%	1.47%
1990	5,281,479	21,112,137	3.12%	1.48%
1991	5,446,932	21,428,638	3.13%	1.5%
1992	5,617,844	21,750,911	3.14%	1.5%
1993	5,872,706	22,073,352	4.54%	1.48%
1994	6,096,506	22,393,975	3.81%	1.45%
1995	6,226,773	22,669,304	2.14%	1.23%
1996	6,391,858	22,895,746	2.65%	1%
1997	6,583,365	23,110,830	3%	0.94%
1998	6,789,489	23,311,564	3.13%	0.87%
1999	7,002,818	23,497,599	3.14%	0.8%
2000	7,221,619	23,665,910	3.12%	0.72%
2001	7,445,596	23,815,358	3.1%	0.63%
2002	7,675,426	23,943,973	3.09%	0.54%
2003	7,913,070	24,090,380	3.1%	0.61%
2004	8,159,094	24,254,943	3.11%	0.68%
2005	8,426,144	24,396,433	3.27%	0.58%
2006	8,693,242	24,524,507	3.17%	0.52%
2007	8,953,969	24,646,383	3%	0.5%
2008	9,228,466	24,764,618	3.07%	0.48%
2009	9,509,423	24,878,332	3.04%	0.46%
2010	9,797,484	24,987,258	3.03%	0.44%
2011	10,093,623	25,097,874	3.02%	0.44%
2012	10,397,657	25,211,728	3.01%	0.45%
2013	10,708,834	25,329,451	2.99%	0.47%
2014	11,030,004	25,451,262	3%	0.48%
2015	11,360,681	25,575,350	3%	0.49%
2016	11,697,842	25,698,326	2.97%	0.48%
2017	12,039,780	25,817,709	2.92%	0.46%
2018	12,383,347	25,931,147	2.85%	0.44%
2019	12,726,755	26,037,632	2.77%	0.41%
2020	13,070,169	26,136,312	2.7%	0.38%
2021	13,413,417	26,232,534	2.63%	0.37%
2022	13,759,501	26,328,845	2.58%	0.37%
2023	14,111,034	26,418,204	2.55%	0.34%
2024	14,462,724	26,498,823	2.49%	0.31%
2025	14,814,463	26,571,033	2.43%	0.27%
2026	15,170,422	26,633,682	2.4%	0.24%
2027	15,529,420	26,686,492	2.37%	0.2%
2028	15,890,289	26,729,261	2.32%	0.16%
2029	16,253,927	26,762,008	2.29%	0.12%
2030	16,618,827	26,784,894	2.24%	0.09%
2031	16,985,939	26,797,946	2.21%	0.05%
2032	17,357,069	26,801,071	2.18%	0.01%
2033	17,731,448	26,795,061	2.16%	-0.02%
2034	18,109,922	26,780,481	2.13%	-0.05%
2035	18,492,634	26,757,705	2.11%	-0.09%
2036	18,878,049	26,727,309	2.08%	-0.11%
2037	19,264,504	26,689,907	2.05%	-0.14%
2038	19,655,285	26,646,323	2.03%	-0.16%
2039	20,049,973	26,596,967	2.01%	-0.19%
2040	20,445,765	26,542,417	1.97%	-0.21%
2041	20,843,268	26,483,475	1.94%	-0.22%
2042	21,242,984	26,420,812	1.92%	-0.24%
2043	21,643,647	26,354,324	1.89%	-0.25%
2044	22,042,581	26,284,000	1.84%	-0.27%
2045	22,443,653	26,210,196	1.82%	-0.28%
2046	22,846,199	26,132,922	1.79%	-0.29%
2047	23,245,147	26,052,086	1.75%	-0.31%
2048	23,642,198	25,967,581	1.71%	-0.32%
2049	24,038,614	25,879,244	1.68%	-0.34%
2050	24,433,817	25,787,120	1.64%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.