Population in Benin compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Seychelles	Benin	Seychelles
1960	2,517,286	41,700	-	-
1961	2,559,223	42,889	1.67%	2.85%
1962	2,604,659	44,042	1.78%	2.69%
1963	2,652,908	45,176	1.85%	2.57%
1964	2,704,003	46,322	1.93%	2.54%
1965	2,757,936	47,500	1.99%	2.54%
1966	2,814,317	48,699	2.04%	2.52%
1967	2,872,997	49,911	2.09%	2.49%
1968	2,934,257	51,134	2.13%	2.45%
1969	2,998,222	52,365	2.18%	2.41%
1970	3,065,057	53,600	2.23%	2.36%
1971	3,134,767	54,695	2.27%	2.04%
1972	3,207,543	56,029	2.32%	2.44%
1973	3,283,496	56,892	2.37%	1.54%
1974	3,362,633	57,937	2.41%	1.84%
1975	3,445,407	59,292	2.46%	2.34%
1976	3,532,196	60,504	2.52%	2.04%
1977	3,623,202	61,786	2.58%	2.12%
1978	3,718,305	62,150	2.62%	0.59%
1979	3,818,528	62,686	2.7%	0.86%
1980	3,925,251	63,261	2.79%	0.92%
1981	4,038,307	64,035	2.88%	1.22%
1982	4,156,596	64,413	2.93%	0.59%
1983	4,278,978	64,335	2.94%	-0.12%
1984	4,405,895	64,717	2.97%	0.59%
1985	4,538,012	65,244	3%	0.81%
1986	4,675,420	65,652	3.03%	0.63%
1987	4,818,486	68,499	3.06%	4.34%
1988	4,967,341	68,755	3.09%	0.37%
1989	5,121,657	69,167	3.11%	0.6%
1990	5,281,479	69,507	3.12%	0.49%
1991	5,446,932	70,439	3.13%	1.34%
1992	5,617,844	70,763	3.14%	0.46%
1993	5,872,706	72,253	4.54%	2.11%
1994	6,096,506	74,205	3.81%	2.7%
1995	6,226,773	75,304	2.14%	1.48%
1996	6,391,858	76,417	2.65%	1.48%
1997	6,583,365	77,319	3%	1.18%
1998	6,789,489	78,846	3.13%	1.97%
1999	7,002,818	80,410	3.14%	1.98%
2000	7,221,619	81,131	3.12%	0.9%
2001	7,445,596	81,202	3.1%	0.09%
2002	7,675,426	83,723	3.09%	3.1%
2003	7,913,070	82,781	3.1%	-1.13%
2004	8,159,094	82,475	3.11%	-0.37%
2005	8,426,144	82,858	3.27%	0.46%
2006	8,693,242	84,600	3.17%	2.1%
2007	8,953,969	85,033	3%	0.51%
2008	9,228,466	86,956	3.07%	2.26%
2009	9,509,423	87,298	3.04%	0.39%
2010	9,797,484	89,770	3.03%	2.83%
2011	10,093,623	87,441	3.02%	-2.59%
2012	10,397,657	88,303	3.01%	0.99%
2013	10,708,834	89,949	2.99%	1.86%
2014	11,030,004	91,359	3%	1.57%
2015	11,360,681	93,419	3%	2.25%
2016	11,697,842	94,677	2.97%	1.35%
2017	12,039,780	95,843	2.92%	1.23%
2018	12,383,347	96,762	2.85%	0.96%
2019	12,726,755	97,625	2.77%	0.89%
2020	13,070,169	98,462	2.7%	0.86%
2021	13,413,417	99,258	2.63%	0.81%
2022	13,759,501	119,878	2.58%	20.8%
2023	14,111,034	119,773	2.55%	-0.09%
2024	14,462,724	121,354	2.49%	1.32%
2025	14,814,463	123,549	2.43%	1.81%
2026	15,170,422	125,581	2.4%	1.64%
2027	15,529,420	127,380	2.37%	1.43%
2028	15,890,289	128,883	2.32%	1.18%
2029	16,253,927	130,011	2.29%	0.87%
2030	16,618,827	130,635	2.24%	0.48%
2031	16,985,939	130,989	2.21%	0.27%
2032	17,357,069	131,305	2.18%	0.24%
2033	17,731,448	131,578	2.16%	0.21%
2034	18,109,922	131,816	2.13%	0.18%
2035	18,492,634	132,027	2.11%	0.16%
2036	18,878,049	132,202	2.08%	0.13%
2037	19,264,504	132,348	2.05%	0.11%
2038	19,655,285	132,467	2.03%	0.09%
2039	20,049,973	132,552	2.01%	0.06%
2040	20,445,765	132,631	1.97%	0.06%
2041	20,843,268	132,681	1.94%	0.04%
2042	21,242,984	132,700	1.92%	0.01%
2043	21,643,647	132,698	1.89%	-0.001%
2044	22,042,581	132,665	1.84%	-0.03%
2045	22,443,653	132,613	1.82%	-0.04%
2046	22,846,199	132,531	1.79%	-0.06%
2047	23,245,147	132,415	1.75%	-0.09%
2048	23,642,198	132,264	1.71%	-0.11%
2049	24,038,614	132,085	1.68%	-0.14%
2050	24,433,817	131,885	1.64%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.