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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Russia	Benin	Russia
1960	2,517,286	119,897,000	-	-
1961	2,559,223	121,236,000	1.67%	1.12%
1962	2,604,659	122,591,000	1.78%	1.12%
1963	2,652,908	123,960,000	1.85%	1.12%
1964	2,704,003	125,345,000	1.93%	1.12%
1965	2,757,936	126,745,000	1.99%	1.12%
1966	2,814,317	127,468,000	2.04%	0.57%
1967	2,872,997	128,196,000	2.09%	0.57%
1968	2,934,257	128,928,000	2.13%	0.57%
1969	2,998,222	129,664,000	2.18%	0.57%
1970	3,065,057	130,404,000	2.23%	0.57%
1971	3,134,767	131,155,000	2.27%	0.58%
1972	3,207,543	131,909,000	2.32%	0.57%
1973	3,283,496	132,669,000	2.37%	0.58%
1974	3,362,633	133,432,000	2.41%	0.58%
1975	3,445,407	134,200,000	2.46%	0.58%
1976	3,532,196	135,147,000	2.52%	0.71%
1977	3,623,202	136,100,000	2.58%	0.71%
1978	3,718,305	137,060,000	2.62%	0.71%
1979	3,818,528	138,027,000	2.7%	0.71%
1980	3,925,251	139,010,000	2.79%	0.71%
1981	4,038,307	139,941,000	2.88%	0.67%
1982	4,156,596	140,823,000	2.93%	0.63%
1983	4,278,978	141,668,000	2.94%	0.6%
1984	4,405,895	142,745,000	2.97%	0.76%
1985	4,538,012	143,858,000	3%	0.78%
1986	4,675,420	144,894,000	3.03%	0.72%
1987	4,818,486	145,908,000	3.06%	0.7%
1988	4,967,341	146,857,000	3.09%	0.65%
1989	5,121,657	147,721,000	3.11%	0.59%
1990	5,281,479	147,969,406	3.12%	0.17%
1991	5,446,932	148,394,216	3.13%	0.29%
1992	5,617,844	148,538,197	3.14%	0.1%
1993	5,872,706	148,458,777	4.54%	-0.05%
1994	6,096,506	148,407,912	3.81%	-0.03%
1995	6,226,773	148,375,787	2.14%	-0.02%
1996	6,391,858	148,160,129	2.65%	-0.15%
1997	6,583,365	147,915,361	3%	-0.17%
1998	6,789,489	147,670,784	3.13%	-0.17%
1999	7,002,818	147,214,776	3.14%	-0.31%
2000	7,221,619	146,596,869	3.12%	-0.42%
2001	7,445,596	145,976,482	3.1%	-0.42%
2002	7,675,426	145,306,497	3.09%	-0.46%
2003	7,913,070	144,648,618	3.1%	-0.45%
2004	8,159,094	144,067,316	3.11%	-0.4%
2005	8,426,144	143,518,814	3.27%	-0.38%
2006	8,693,242	143,049,637	3.17%	-0.33%
2007	8,953,969	142,805,114	3%	-0.17%
2008	9,228,466	142,742,366	3.07%	-0.04%
2009	9,509,423	142,785,348	3.04%	0.03%
2010	9,797,484	142,849,468	3.03%	0.04%
2011	10,093,623	143,018,195	3.02%	0.12%
2012	10,397,657	143,378,447	3.01%	0.25%
2013	10,708,834	143,805,638	2.99%	0.3%
2014	11,030,004	144,237,223	3%	0.3%
2015	11,360,681	144,640,716	3%	0.28%
2016	11,697,842	145,015,460	2.97%	0.26%
2017	12,039,780	145,293,260	2.92%	0.19%
2018	12,383,347	145,398,106	2.85%	0.07%
2019	12,726,755	145,453,291	2.77%	0.04%
2020	13,070,169	145,245,148	2.7%	-0.14%
2021	13,413,417	144,746,762	2.63%	-0.34%
2022	13,759,501	144,236,933	2.58%	-0.35%
2023	14,111,034	143,826,130	2.55%	-0.28%
2024	14,462,724	143,533,851	2.49%	-0.2%
2025	14,814,463	142,718,132	2.43%	-0.57%
2026	15,170,422	142,120,553	2.4%	-0.42%
2027	15,529,420	141,773,330	2.37%	-0.24%
2028	15,890,289	141,402,326	2.32%	-0.26%
2029	16,253,927	141,021,009	2.29%	-0.27%
2030	16,618,827	140,628,883	2.24%	-0.28%
2031	16,985,939	140,218,596	2.21%	-0.29%
2032	17,357,069	139,807,207	2.18%	-0.29%
2033	17,731,448	139,414,947	2.16%	-0.28%
2034	18,109,922	139,034,543	2.13%	-0.27%
2035	18,492,634	138,666,694	2.11%	-0.26%
2036	18,878,049	138,311,757	2.08%	-0.26%
2037	19,264,504	137,968,177	2.05%	-0.25%
2038	19,655,285	137,643,032	2.03%	-0.24%
2039	20,049,973	137,336,299	2.01%	-0.22%
2040	20,445,765	137,053,347	1.97%	-0.21%
2041	20,843,268	136,795,588	1.94%	-0.19%
2042	21,242,984	136,558,692	1.92%	-0.17%
2043	21,643,647	136,335,849	1.89%	-0.16%
2044	22,042,581	136,124,845	1.84%	-0.15%
2045	22,443,653	135,933,758	1.82%	-0.14%
2046	22,846,199	135,756,848	1.79%	-0.13%
2047	23,245,147	135,574,181	1.75%	-0.13%
2048	23,642,198	135,372,557	1.71%	-0.15%
2049	24,038,614	135,156,911	1.68%	-0.16%
2050	24,433,817	134,923,391	1.64%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.