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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Samoa	Benin	Samoa
1960	2,517,286	112,490	-	-
1961	2,559,223	115,496	1.67%	2.67%
1962	2,604,659	118,597	1.78%	2.68%
1963	2,652,908	121,764	1.85%	2.67%
1964	2,704,003	124,894	1.93%	2.57%
1965	2,757,936	127,978	1.99%	2.47%
1966	2,814,317	131,073	2.04%	2.42%
1967	2,872,997	133,764	2.09%	2.05%
1968	2,934,257	136,020	2.13%	1.69%
1969	2,998,222	138,233	2.18%	1.63%
1970	3,065,057	140,400	2.23%	1.57%
1971	3,134,767	142,503	2.27%	1.5%
1972	3,207,543	144,538	2.32%	1.43%
1973	3,283,496	146,516	2.37%	1.37%
1974	3,362,633	149,431	2.41%	1.99%
1975	3,445,407	153,344	2.46%	2.62%
1976	3,532,196	157,113	2.52%	2.46%
1977	3,623,202	159,753	2.58%	1.68%
1978	3,718,305	161,375	2.62%	1.02%
1979	3,818,528	162,882	2.7%	0.93%
1980	3,925,251	164,322	2.79%	0.88%
1981	4,038,307	165,678	2.88%	0.83%
1982	4,156,596	166,484	2.93%	0.49%
1983	4,278,978	166,714	2.94%	0.14%
1984	4,405,895	166,796	2.97%	0.05%
1985	4,538,012	166,849	3%	0.03%
1986	4,675,420	167,061	3.03%	0.13%
1987	4,818,486	167,661	3.06%	0.36%
1988	4,967,341	168,346	3.09%	0.41%
1989	5,121,657	168,768	3.11%	0.25%
1990	5,281,479	169,042	3.12%	0.16%
1991	5,446,932	169,368	3.13%	0.19%
1992	5,617,844	170,331	3.14%	0.57%
1993	5,872,706	171,774	4.54%	0.85%
1994	6,096,506	173,159	3.81%	0.81%
1995	6,226,773	174,571	2.14%	0.82%
1996	6,391,858	176,071	2.65%	0.86%
1997	6,583,365	177,547	3%	0.84%
1998	6,789,489	178,905	3.13%	0.76%
1999	7,002,818	180,275	3.14%	0.77%
2000	7,221,619	181,685	3.12%	0.78%
2001	7,445,596	183,166	3.1%	0.82%
2002	7,675,426	184,471	3.09%	0.71%
2003	7,913,070	185,430	3.1%	0.52%
2004	8,159,094	186,249	3.11%	0.44%
2005	8,426,144	186,978	3.27%	0.39%
2006	8,693,242	187,709	3.17%	0.39%
2007	8,953,969	188,753	3%	0.56%
2008	9,228,466	190,107	3.07%	0.72%
2009	9,509,423	191,513	3.04%	0.74%
2010	9,797,484	193,023	3.03%	0.79%
2011	10,093,623	194,713	3.02%	0.88%
2012	10,397,657	196,498	3.01%	0.92%
2013	10,708,834	198,268	2.99%	0.9%
2014	11,030,004	200,037	3%	0.89%
2015	11,360,681	201,782	3%	0.87%
2016	11,697,842	203,499	2.97%	0.85%
2017	12,039,780	205,415	2.92%	0.94%
2018	12,383,347	207,582	2.85%	1.05%
2019	12,726,755	209,780	2.77%	1.06%
2020	13,070,169	211,944	2.7%	1.03%
2021	13,413,417	213,779	2.63%	0.87%
2022	13,759,501	215,261	2.58%	0.69%
2023	14,111,034	216,663	2.55%	0.65%
2024	14,462,724	218,019	2.49%	0.63%
2025	14,814,463	219,302	2.43%	0.59%
2026	15,170,422	220,530	2.4%	0.56%
2027	15,529,420	221,772	2.37%	0.56%
2028	15,890,289	223,104	2.32%	0.6%
2029	16,253,927	224,504	2.29%	0.63%
2030	16,618,827	225,968	2.24%	0.65%
2031	16,985,939	227,581	2.21%	0.71%
2032	17,357,069	229,298	2.18%	0.75%
2033	17,731,448	231,110	2.16%	0.79%
2034	18,109,922	233,061	2.13%	0.84%
2035	18,492,634	235,172	2.11%	0.91%
2036	18,878,049	237,415	2.08%	0.95%
2037	19,264,504	239,730	2.05%	0.98%
2038	19,655,285	242,155	2.03%	1.01%
2039	20,049,973	244,653	2.01%	1.03%
2040	20,445,765	247,196	1.97%	1.04%
2041	20,843,268	249,796	1.94%	1.05%
2042	21,242,984	252,427	1.92%	1.05%
2043	21,643,647	255,023	1.89%	1.03%
2044	22,042,581	257,609	1.84%	1.01%
2045	22,443,653	260,250	1.82%	1.03%
2046	22,846,199	262,849	1.79%	1%
2047	23,245,147	265,365	1.75%	0.96%
2048	23,642,198	267,836	1.71%	0.93%
2049	24,038,614	270,291	1.68%	0.92%
2050	24,433,817	272,711	1.64%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.