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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Portugal	Benin	Portugal
1960	2,517,286	8,857,716	-	-
1961	2,559,223	8,929,316	1.67%	0.81%
1962	2,604,659	8,993,985	1.78%	0.72%
1963	2,652,908	9,030,355	1.85%	0.4%
1964	2,704,003	9,035,365	1.93%	0.06%
1965	2,757,936	8,998,595	1.99%	-0.41%
1966	2,814,317	8,930,990	2.04%	-0.75%
1967	2,872,997	8,874,520	2.09%	-0.63%
1968	2,934,257	8,836,650	2.13%	-0.43%
1969	2,998,222	8,757,705	2.18%	-0.89%
1970	3,065,057	8,680,431	2.23%	-0.88%
1971	3,134,767	8,643,756	2.27%	-0.42%
1972	3,207,543	8,630,430	2.32%	-0.15%
1973	3,283,496	8,633,100	2.37%	0.03%
1974	3,362,633	8,754,365	2.41%	1.4%
1975	3,445,407	9,093,470	2.46%	3.87%
1976	3,532,196	9,355,810	2.52%	2.88%
1977	3,623,202	9,455,675	2.58%	1.07%
1978	3,718,305	9,558,250	2.62%	1.08%
1979	3,818,528	9,661,265	2.7%	1.08%
1980	3,925,251	9,766,312	2.79%	1.09%
1981	4,038,307	9,851,362	2.88%	0.87%
1982	4,156,596	9,911,771	2.93%	0.61%
1983	4,278,978	9,957,865	2.94%	0.47%
1984	4,405,895	9,996,232	2.97%	0.39%
1985	4,538,012	10,023,613	3%	0.27%
1986	4,675,420	10,032,734	3.03%	0.09%
1987	4,818,486	10,030,031	3.06%	-0.03%
1988	4,967,341	10,019,610	3.09%	-0.1%
1989	5,121,657	10,005,000	3.11%	-0.15%
1990	5,281,479	9,983,218	3.12%	-0.22%
1991	5,446,932	9,960,235	3.13%	-0.23%
1992	5,617,844	9,952,494	3.14%	-0.08%
1993	5,872,706	9,964,675	4.54%	0.12%
1994	6,096,506	9,991,525	3.81%	0.27%
1995	6,226,773	10,026,176	2.14%	0.35%
1996	6,391,858	10,063,945	2.65%	0.38%
1997	6,583,365	10,108,977	3%	0.45%
1998	6,789,489	10,160,196	3.13%	0.51%
1999	7,002,818	10,217,828	3.14%	0.57%
2000	7,221,619	10,289,898	3.12%	0.71%
2001	7,445,596	10,362,722	3.1%	0.71%
2002	7,675,426	10,419,631	3.09%	0.55%
2003	7,913,070	10,458,821	3.1%	0.38%
2004	8,159,094	10,483,861	3.11%	0.24%
2005	8,426,144	10,503,330	3.27%	0.19%
2006	8,693,242	10,522,288	3.17%	0.18%
2007	8,953,969	10,542,964	3%	0.2%
2008	9,228,466	10,558,177	3.07%	0.14%
2009	9,509,423	10,568,247	3.04%	0.1%
2010	9,797,484	10,573,100	3.03%	0.05%
2011	10,093,623	10,557,560	3.02%	-0.15%
2012	10,397,657	10,514,844	3.01%	-0.4%
2013	10,708,834	10,457,295	2.99%	-0.55%
2014	11,030,004	10,401,062	3%	-0.54%
2015	11,360,681	10,358,076	3%	-0.41%
2016	11,697,842	10,325,452	2.97%	-0.31%
2017	12,039,780	10,300,300	2.92%	-0.24%
2018	12,383,347	10,283,822	2.85%	-0.16%
2019	12,726,755	10,286,263	2.77%	0.02%
2020	13,070,169	10,297,081	2.7%	0.11%
2021	13,413,417	10,361,831	2.63%	0.63%
2022	13,759,501	10,434,332	2.58%	0.7%
2023	14,111,034	10,578,174	2.55%	1.38%
2024	14,462,724	10,701,636	2.49%	1.17%
2025	14,814,463	10,687,819	2.43%	-0.13%
2026	15,170,422	10,670,917	2.4%	-0.16%
2027	15,529,420	10,653,073	2.37%	-0.17%
2028	15,890,289	10,632,868	2.32%	-0.19%
2029	16,253,927	10,611,484	2.29%	-0.2%
2030	16,618,827	10,591,436	2.24%	-0.19%
2031	16,985,939	10,571,418	2.21%	-0.19%
2032	17,357,069	10,549,456	2.18%	-0.21%
2033	17,731,448	10,526,482	2.16%	-0.22%
2034	18,109,922	10,502,882	2.13%	-0.22%
2035	18,492,634	10,478,843	2.11%	-0.23%
2036	18,878,049	10,454,630	2.08%	-0.23%
2037	19,264,504	10,430,128	2.05%	-0.23%
2038	19,655,285	10,404,947	2.03%	-0.24%
2039	20,049,973	10,377,968	2.01%	-0.26%
2040	20,445,765	10,349,515	1.97%	-0.27%
2041	20,843,268	10,321,577	1.94%	-0.27%
2042	21,242,984	10,294,106	1.92%	-0.27%
2043	21,643,647	10,264,596	1.89%	-0.29%
2044	22,042,581	10,233,543	1.84%	-0.3%
2045	22,443,653	10,201,832	1.82%	-0.31%
2046	22,846,199	10,168,932	1.79%	-0.32%
2047	23,245,147	10,135,159	1.75%	-0.33%
2048	23,642,198	10,101,419	1.71%	-0.33%
2049	24,038,614	10,066,064	1.68%	-0.35%
2050	24,433,817	10,029,252	1.64%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.