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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Palau	Benin	Palau
1960	2,517,286	9,328	-	-
1961	2,559,223	9,555	1.67%	2.43%
1962	2,604,659	9,793	1.78%	2.49%
1963	2,652,908	10,037	1.85%	2.49%
1964	2,704,003	10,292	1.93%	2.54%
1965	2,757,936	10,547	1.99%	2.48%
1966	2,814,317	10,805	2.04%	2.45%
1967	2,872,997	10,988	2.09%	1.69%
1968	2,934,257	11,080	2.13%	0.84%
1969	2,998,222	11,159	2.18%	0.71%
1970	3,065,057	11,368	2.23%	1.87%
1971	3,134,767	11,759	2.27%	3.44%
1972	3,207,543	12,194	2.32%	3.7%
1973	3,283,496	12,552	2.37%	2.94%
1974	3,362,633	12,687	2.41%	1.08%
1975	3,445,407	12,655	2.46%	-0.25%
1976	3,532,196	12,598	2.52%	-0.45%
1977	3,623,202	12,525	2.58%	-0.58%
1978	3,718,305	12,440	2.62%	-0.68%
1979	3,818,528	12,337	2.7%	-0.83%
1980	3,925,251	12,271	2.79%	-0.53%
1981	4,038,307	12,402	2.88%	1.07%
1982	4,156,596	12,694	2.93%	2.35%
1983	4,278,978	13,006	2.94%	2.46%
1984	4,405,895	13,337	2.97%	2.54%
1985	4,538,012	13,688	3%	2.63%
1986	4,675,420	14,024	3.03%	2.45%
1987	4,818,486	14,334	3.06%	2.21%
1988	4,967,341	14,645	3.09%	2.17%
1989	5,121,657	14,945	3.11%	2.05%
1990	5,281,479	15,259	3.12%	2.1%
1991	5,446,932	15,614	3.13%	2.33%
1992	5,617,844	15,989	3.14%	2.4%
1993	5,872,706	16,372	4.54%	2.4%
1994	6,096,506	16,770	3.81%	2.43%
1995	6,226,773	17,195	2.14%	2.53%
1996	6,391,858	17,654	2.65%	2.67%
1997	6,583,365	18,108	3%	2.57%
1998	6,789,489	18,524	3.13%	2.3%
1999	7,002,818	18,901	3.14%	2.04%
2000	7,221,619	19,178	3.12%	1.47%
2001	7,445,596	19,352	3.1%	0.91%
2002	7,675,426	19,503	3.09%	0.78%
2003	7,913,070	19,659	3.1%	0.8%
2004	8,159,094	19,820	3.11%	0.82%
2005	8,426,144	19,819	3.27%	-0.005%
2006	8,693,242	19,593	3.17%	-1.14%
2007	8,953,969	19,302	3%	-1.49%
2008	9,228,466	19,009	3.07%	-1.52%
2009	9,509,423	18,709	3.04%	-1.58%
2010	9,797,484	18,396	3.03%	-1.67%
2011	10,093,623	18,078	3.02%	-1.73%
2012	10,397,657	17,765	3.01%	-1.73%
2013	10,708,834	17,648	2.99%	-0.66%
2014	11,030,004	17,715	3%	0.38%
2015	11,360,681	17,770	3%	0.31%
2016	11,697,842	17,797	2.97%	0.15%
2017	12,039,780	17,812	2.92%	0.08%
2018	12,383,347	17,814	2.85%	0.01%
2019	12,726,755	17,798	2.77%	-0.09%
2020	13,070,169	17,792	2.7%	-0.03%
2021	13,413,417	17,783	2.63%	-0.05%
2022	13,759,501	17,759	2.58%	-0.13%
2023	14,111,034	17,727	2.55%	-0.18%
2024	14,462,724	17,695	2.49%	-0.18%
2025	14,814,463	17,663	2.43%	-0.18%
2026	15,170,422	17,618	2.4%	-0.25%
2027	15,529,420	17,564	2.37%	-0.31%
2028	15,890,289	17,504	2.32%	-0.34%
2029	16,253,927	17,436	2.29%	-0.39%
2030	16,618,827	17,376	2.24%	-0.34%
2031	16,985,939	17,299	2.21%	-0.44%
2032	17,357,069	17,228	2.18%	-0.41%
2033	17,731,448	17,163	2.16%	-0.38%
2034	18,109,922	17,092	2.13%	-0.41%
2035	18,492,634	17,012	2.11%	-0.47%
2036	18,878,049	16,940	2.08%	-0.43%
2037	19,264,504	16,858	2.05%	-0.48%
2038	19,655,285	16,779	2.03%	-0.47%
2039	20,049,973	16,689	2.01%	-0.54%
2040	20,445,765	16,604	1.97%	-0.51%
2041	20,843,268	16,510	1.94%	-0.57%
2042	21,242,984	16,403	1.92%	-0.65%
2043	21,643,647	16,302	1.89%	-0.61%
2044	22,042,581	16,202	1.84%	-0.62%
2045	22,443,653	16,097	1.82%	-0.65%
2046	22,846,199	15,977	1.79%	-0.74%
2047	23,245,147	15,863	1.75%	-0.71%
2048	23,642,198	15,749	1.71%	-0.72%
2049	24,038,614	15,632	1.68%	-0.74%
2050	24,433,817	15,515	1.64%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.