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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Romania	Benin	Romania
1960	2,517,286	18,406,905	-	-
1961	2,559,223	18,555,250	1.67%	0.81%
1962	2,604,659	18,676,550	1.78%	0.65%
1963	2,652,908	18,797,850	1.85%	0.65%
1964	2,704,003	18,919,126	1.93%	0.65%
1965	2,757,936	19,031,576	1.99%	0.59%
1966	2,814,317	19,215,450	2.04%	0.97%
1967	2,872,997	19,534,242	2.09%	1.66%
1968	2,934,257	19,799,831	2.13%	1.36%
1969	2,998,222	20,009,141	2.18%	1.06%
1970	3,065,057	20,250,398	2.23%	1.21%
1971	3,134,767	20,461,567	2.27%	1.04%
1972	3,207,543	20,657,957	2.32%	0.96%
1973	3,283,496	20,835,681	2.37%	0.86%
1974	3,362,633	21,029,429	2.41%	0.93%
1975	3,445,407	21,293,583	2.46%	1.26%
1976	3,532,196	21,551,634	2.52%	1.21%
1977	3,623,202	21,756,096	2.58%	0.95%
1978	3,718,305	21,951,464	2.62%	0.9%
1979	3,818,528	22,090,488	2.7%	0.63%
1980	3,925,251	22,207,282	2.79%	0.53%
1981	4,038,307	22,353,070	2.88%	0.66%
1982	4,156,596	22,475,741	2.93%	0.55%
1983	4,278,978	22,560,478	2.94%	0.38%
1984	4,405,895	22,640,547	2.97%	0.35%
1985	4,538,012	22,732,999	3%	0.41%
1986	4,675,420	22,836,841	3.03%	0.46%
1987	4,818,486	22,949,430	3.06%	0.49%
1988	4,967,341	23,057,662	3.09%	0.47%
1989	5,121,657	23,161,458	3.11%	0.45%
1990	5,281,479	23,201,835	3.12%	0.17%
1991	5,446,932	23,001,155	3.13%	-0.86%
1992	5,617,844	22,794,284	3.14%	-0.9%
1993	5,872,706	22,763,280	4.54%	-0.14%
1994	6,096,506	22,730,211	3.81%	-0.15%
1995	6,226,773	22,684,270	2.14%	-0.2%
1996	6,391,858	22,619,004	2.65%	-0.29%
1997	6,583,365	22,553,978	3%	-0.29%
1998	6,789,489	22,507,344	3.13%	-0.21%
1999	7,002,818	22,472,040	3.14%	-0.16%
2000	7,221,619	22,442,971	3.12%	-0.13%
2001	7,445,596	22,131,970	3.1%	-1.39%
2002	7,675,426	21,730,496	3.09%	-1.81%
2003	7,913,070	21,574,326	3.1%	-0.72%
2004	8,159,094	21,451,748	3.11%	-0.57%
2005	8,426,144	21,319,685	3.27%	-0.62%
2006	8,693,242	21,193,760	3.17%	-0.59%
2007	8,953,969	20,882,982	3%	-1.47%
2008	9,228,466	20,537,875	3.07%	-1.65%
2009	9,509,423	20,367,487	3.04%	-0.83%
2010	9,797,484	20,246,871	3.03%	-0.59%
2011	10,093,623	20,147,528	3.02%	-0.49%
2012	10,397,657	20,058,035	3.01%	-0.44%
2013	10,708,834	19,983,693	2.99%	-0.37%
2014	11,030,004	19,908,979	3%	-0.37%
2015	11,360,681	19,815,616	3%	-0.47%
2016	11,697,842	19,702,267	2.97%	-0.57%
2017	12,039,780	19,588,715	2.92%	-0.58%
2018	12,383,347	19,473,970	2.85%	-0.59%
2019	12,726,755	19,371,648	2.77%	-0.53%
2020	13,070,169	19,265,250	2.7%	-0.55%
2021	13,413,417	19,122,059	2.63%	-0.74%
2022	13,759,501	19,048,502	2.58%	-0.38%
2023	14,111,034	19,059,479	2.55%	0.06%
2024	14,462,724	19,069,340	2.49%	0.05%
2025	14,814,463	18,962,595	2.43%	-0.56%
2026	15,170,422	18,854,232	2.4%	-0.57%
2027	15,529,420	18,744,883	2.37%	-0.58%
2028	15,890,289	18,634,894	2.32%	-0.59%
2029	16,253,927	18,523,736	2.29%	-0.6%
2030	16,618,827	18,411,878	2.24%	-0.6%
2031	16,985,939	18,299,820	2.21%	-0.61%
2032	17,357,069	18,187,406	2.18%	-0.61%
2033	17,731,448	18,074,282	2.16%	-0.62%
2034	18,109,922	17,960,330	2.13%	-0.63%
2035	18,492,634	17,845,182	2.11%	-0.64%
2036	18,878,049	17,728,480	2.08%	-0.65%
2037	19,264,504	17,611,384	2.05%	-0.66%
2038	19,655,285	17,493,684	2.03%	-0.67%
2039	20,049,973	17,375,991	2.01%	-0.67%
2040	20,445,765	17,258,810	1.97%	-0.67%
2041	20,843,268	17,140,535	1.94%	-0.69%
2042	21,242,984	17,022,168	1.92%	-0.69%
2043	21,643,647	16,904,427	1.89%	-0.69%
2044	22,042,581	16,786,029	1.84%	-0.7%
2045	22,443,653	16,667,734	1.82%	-0.7%
2046	22,846,199	16,550,066	1.79%	-0.71%
2047	23,245,147	16,431,566	1.75%	-0.72%
2048	23,642,198	16,312,099	1.71%	-0.73%
2049	24,038,614	16,192,424	1.68%	-0.73%
2050	24,433,817	16,072,989	1.64%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.