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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Qatar	Benin	Qatar
1960	2,517,286	36,010	-	-
1961	2,559,223	39,680	1.67%	10.2%
1962	2,604,659	44,630	1.78%	12.5%
1963	2,652,908	50,380	1.85%	12.9%
1964	2,704,003	56,867	1.93%	12.9%
1965	2,757,936	64,065	1.99%	12.7%
1966	2,814,317	72,192	2.04%	12.7%
1967	2,872,997	81,439	2.09%	12.8%
1968	2,934,257	91,749	2.13%	12.7%
1969	2,998,222	103,025	2.18%	12.3%
1970	3,065,057	116,350	2.23%	12.9%
1971	3,134,767	131,346	2.27%	12.9%
1972	3,207,543	146,506	2.32%	11.5%
1973	3,283,496	161,841	2.37%	10.5%
1974	3,362,633	177,362	2.41%	9.59%
1975	3,445,407	193,087	2.46%	8.87%
1976	3,532,196	209,052	2.52%	8.27%
1977	3,623,202	225,285	2.58%	7.77%
1978	3,718,305	241,808	2.62%	7.33%
1979	3,818,528	258,670	2.7%	6.97%
1980	3,925,251	275,913	2.79%	6.67%
1981	4,038,307	293,553	2.88%	6.39%
1982	4,156,596	311,537	2.93%	6.13%
1983	4,278,978	329,709	2.94%	5.83%
1984	4,405,895	347,878	2.97%	5.51%
1985	4,538,012	365,940	3%	5.19%
1986	4,675,420	382,422	3.03%	4.5%
1987	4,818,486	397,005	3.06%	3.81%
1988	4,967,341	411,264	3.09%	3.59%
1989	5,121,657	425,646	3.11%	3.5%
1990	5,281,479	440,175	3.12%	3.41%
1991	5,446,932	454,853	3.13%	3.33%
1992	5,617,844	469,657	3.14%	3.25%
1993	5,872,706	484,545	4.54%	3.17%
1994	6,096,506	499,459	3.81%	3.08%
1995	6,226,773	514,325	2.14%	2.98%
1996	6,391,858	529,019	2.65%	2.86%
1997	6,583,365	550,500	3%	4.06%
1998	6,789,489	580,540	3.13%	5.46%
1999	7,002,818	612,500	3.14%	5.51%
2000	7,221,619	644,989	3.12%	5.3%
2001	7,445,596	677,925	3.1%	5.11%
2002	7,675,426	711,205	3.09%	4.91%
2003	7,913,070	744,682	3.1%	4.71%
2004	8,159,094	773,332	3.11%	3.85%
2005	8,426,144	825,408	3.27%	6.73%
2006	8,693,242	972,831	3.17%	17.9%
2007	8,953,969	1,208,595	3%	24.2%
2008	9,228,466	1,426,938	3.07%	18.1%
2009	9,509,423	1,608,903	3.04%	12.8%
2010	9,797,484	1,616,832	3.03%	0.49%
2011	10,093,623	1,624,761	3.02%	0.49%
2012	10,397,657	1,722,438	3.01%	6.01%
2013	10,708,834	1,916,426	2.99%	11.3%
2014	11,030,004	2,151,745	3%	12.3%
2015	11,360,681	2,344,557	3%	8.96%
2016	11,697,842	2,477,113	2.97%	5.65%
2017	12,039,780	2,545,820	2.92%	2.77%
2018	12,383,347	2,580,734	2.85%	1.37%
2019	12,726,755	2,638,657	2.77%	2.24%
2020	13,070,169	2,794,148	2.7%	5.89%
2021	13,413,417	2,504,910	2.63%	-10.4%
2022	13,759,501	2,657,333	2.58%	6.08%
2023	14,111,034	2,656,032	2.55%	-0.05%
2024	14,462,724	2,857,822	2.49%	7.6%
2025	14,814,463	2,921,065	2.43%	2.21%
2026	15,170,422	2,975,134	2.4%	1.85%
2027	15,529,420	3,019,526	2.37%	1.49%
2028	15,890,289	3,057,695	2.32%	1.26%
2029	16,253,927	3,092,803	2.29%	1.15%
2030	16,618,827	3,125,174	2.24%	1.05%
2031	16,985,939	3,156,754	2.21%	1.01%
2032	17,357,069	3,189,188	2.18%	1.03%
2033	17,731,448	3,222,500	2.16%	1.04%
2034	18,109,922	3,256,691	2.13%	1.06%
2035	18,492,634	3,291,711	2.11%	1.08%
2036	18,878,049	3,327,585	2.08%	1.09%
2037	19,264,504	3,364,333	2.05%	1.1%
2038	19,655,285	3,401,906	2.03%	1.12%
2039	20,049,973	3,440,293	2.01%	1.13%
2040	20,445,765	3,479,439	1.97%	1.14%
2041	20,843,268	3,519,302	1.94%	1.15%
2042	21,242,984	3,559,840	1.92%	1.15%
2043	21,643,647	3,601,019	1.89%	1.16%
2044	22,042,581	3,642,784	1.84%	1.16%
2045	22,443,653	3,685,111	1.82%	1.16%
2046	22,846,199	3,727,959	1.79%	1.16%
2047	23,245,147	3,771,287	1.75%	1.16%
2048	23,642,198	3,815,108	1.71%	1.16%
2049	24,038,614	3,859,368	1.68%	1.16%
2050	24,433,817	3,904,074	1.64%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.