Population in Benin compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Saudi Arabia	Benin	Saudi Arabia
1960	2,517,286	2,435,403	-	-
1961	2,559,223	2,526,347	1.67%	3.73%
1962	2,604,659	2,620,910	1.78%	3.74%
1963	2,652,908	2,719,341	1.85%	3.76%
1964	2,704,003	2,821,968	1.93%	3.77%
1965	2,757,936	2,928,771	1.99%	3.78%
1966	2,814,317	3,039,887	2.04%	3.79%
1967	2,872,997	3,157,242	2.09%	3.86%
1968	2,934,257	3,282,711	2.13%	3.97%
1969	2,998,222	3,417,114	2.18%	4.09%
1970	3,065,057	3,562,470	2.23%	4.25%
1971	3,134,767	3,724,031	2.27%	4.54%
1972	3,207,543	3,905,722	2.32%	4.88%
1973	3,283,496	4,106,344	2.37%	5.14%
1974	3,362,633	4,323,632	2.41%	5.29%
1975	3,445,407	4,556,287	2.46%	5.38%
1976	3,532,196	4,807,933	2.52%	5.52%
1977	3,623,202	5,083,048	2.58%	5.72%
1978	3,718,305	5,381,902	2.62%	5.88%
1979	3,818,528	5,703,698	2.7%	5.98%
1980	3,925,251	6,047,997	2.79%	6.04%
1981	4,038,307	6,420,551	2.88%	6.16%
1982	4,156,596	6,824,486	2.93%	6.29%
1983	4,278,978	7,252,941	2.94%	6.28%
1984	4,405,895	7,697,307	2.97%	6.13%
1985	4,538,012	8,151,779	3%	5.9%
1986	4,675,420	8,628,639	3.03%	5.85%
1987	4,818,486	9,130,194	3.06%	5.81%
1988	4,967,341	9,629,165	3.09%	5.47%
1989	5,121,657	10,128,394	3.11%	5.18%
1990	5,281,479	10,640,691	3.12%	5.06%
1991	5,446,932	11,160,744	3.13%	4.89%
1992	5,617,844	11,686,676	3.14%	4.71%
1993	5,872,706	12,215,862	4.54%	4.53%
1994	6,096,506	12,750,040	3.81%	4.37%
1995	6,226,773	13,289,245	2.14%	4.23%
1996	6,391,858	13,831,009	2.65%	4.08%
1997	6,583,365	14,374,943	3%	3.93%
1998	6,789,489	14,922,185	3.13%	3.81%
1999	7,002,818	15,472,075	3.14%	3.69%
2000	7,221,619	16,177,722	3.12%	4.56%
2001	7,445,596	17,041,397	3.1%	5.34%
2002	7,675,426	17,910,910	3.09%	5.1%
2003	7,913,070	18,786,767	3.1%	4.89%
2004	8,159,094	19,669,480	3.11%	4.7%
2005	8,426,144	20,559,890	3.27%	4.53%
2006	8,693,242	21,459,144	3.17%	4.37%
2007	8,953,969	22,368,313	3%	4.24%
2008	9,228,466	23,287,877	3.07%	4.11%
2009	9,509,423	24,217,654	3.04%	3.99%
2010	9,797,484	23,978,487	3.03%	-0.99%
2011	10,093,623	25,091,867	3.02%	4.64%
2012	10,397,657	26,168,861	3.01%	4.29%
2013	10,708,834	27,624,004	2.99%	5.56%
2014	11,030,004	28,309,273	3%	2.48%
2015	11,360,681	29,816,382	3%	5.32%
2016	11,697,842	30,954,198	2.97%	3.82%
2017	12,039,780	30,977,355	2.92%	0.07%
2018	12,383,347	30,196,281	2.85%	-2.52%
2019	12,726,755	30,063,799	2.77%	-0.44%
2020	13,070,169	31,552,510	2.7%	4.95%
2021	13,413,417	30,784,383	2.63%	-2.43%
2022	13,759,501	32,175,224	2.58%	4.52%
2023	14,111,034	33,702,731	2.55%	4.75%
2024	14,462,724	35,300,280	2.49%	4.74%
2025	14,814,463	35,927,625	2.43%	1.78%
2026	15,170,422	36,550,694	2.4%	1.73%
2027	15,529,420	37,167,513	2.37%	1.69%
2028	15,890,289	37,775,810	2.32%	1.64%
2029	16,253,927	38,364,377	2.29%	1.56%
2030	16,618,827	38,918,375	2.24%	1.44%
2031	16,985,939	39,450,880	2.21%	1.37%
2032	17,357,069	39,983,934	2.18%	1.35%
2033	17,731,448	40,517,599	2.16%	1.33%
2034	18,109,922	41,052,423	2.13%	1.32%
2035	18,492,634	41,588,429	2.11%	1.31%
2036	18,878,049	42,125,184	2.08%	1.29%
2037	19,264,504	42,661,908	2.05%	1.27%
2038	19,655,285	43,198,420	2.03%	1.26%
2039	20,049,973	43,734,316	2.01%	1.24%
2040	20,445,765	44,269,571	1.97%	1.22%
2041	20,843,268	44,804,338	1.94%	1.21%
2042	21,242,984	45,338,111	1.92%	1.19%
2043	21,643,647	45,870,896	1.89%	1.18%
2044	22,042,581	46,403,116	1.84%	1.16%
2045	22,443,653	46,934,822	1.82%	1.15%
2046	22,846,199	47,465,267	1.79%	1.13%
2047	23,245,147	47,993,976	1.75%	1.11%
2048	23,642,198	48,521,364	1.71%	1.1%
2049	24,038,614	49,047,461	1.68%	1.08%
2050	24,433,817	49,572,202	1.64%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.