Population in Benin compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Solomon Islands	Benin	Solomon Islands
1960	2,517,286	139,688	-	-
1961	2,559,223	142,912	1.67%	2.31%
1962	2,604,659	146,201	1.78%	2.3%
1963	2,652,908	149,589	1.85%	2.32%
1964	2,704,003	153,085	1.93%	2.34%
1965	2,757,936	156,686	1.99%	2.35%
1966	2,814,317	160,393	2.04%	2.37%
1967	2,872,997	164,245	2.09%	2.4%
1968	2,934,257	168,282	2.13%	2.46%
1969	2,998,222	172,476	2.18%	2.49%
1970	3,065,057	176,579	2.23%	2.38%
1971	3,134,767	180,637	2.27%	2.3%
1972	3,207,543	184,994	2.32%	2.41%
1973	3,283,496	189,774	2.37%	2.58%
1974	3,362,633	195,041	2.41%	2.78%
1975	3,445,407	200,744	2.46%	2.92%
1976	3,532,196	207,194	2.52%	3.21%
1977	3,623,202	214,418	2.58%	3.49%
1978	3,718,305	222,029	2.62%	3.55%
1979	3,818,528	229,953	2.7%	3.57%
1980	3,925,251	238,135	2.79%	3.56%
1981	4,038,307	246,555	2.88%	3.54%
1982	4,156,596	255,200	2.93%	3.51%
1983	4,278,978	264,068	2.94%	3.47%
1984	4,405,895	273,163	2.97%	3.44%
1985	4,538,012	282,455	3%	3.4%
1986	4,675,420	291,842	3.03%	3.32%
1987	4,818,486	301,414	3.06%	3.28%
1988	4,967,341	311,265	3.09%	3.27%
1989	5,121,657	321,282	3.11%	3.22%
1990	5,281,479	331,435	3.12%	3.16%
1991	5,446,932	341,738	3.13%	3.11%
1992	5,617,844	352,205	3.14%	3.06%
1993	5,872,706	362,839	4.54%	3.02%
1994	6,096,506	373,675	3.81%	2.99%
1995	6,226,773	384,733	2.14%	2.96%
1996	6,391,858	396,009	2.65%	2.93%
1997	6,583,365	407,474	3%	2.9%
1998	6,789,489	419,071	3.13%	2.85%
1999	7,002,818	430,500	3.14%	2.73%
2000	7,221,619	440,469	3.12%	2.32%
2001	7,445,596	449,125	3.1%	1.97%
2002	7,675,426	457,671	3.09%	1.9%
2003	7,913,070	466,154	3.1%	1.85%
2004	8,159,094	474,611	3.11%	1.81%
2005	8,426,144	483,080	3.27%	1.78%
2006	8,693,242	491,594	3.17%	1.76%
2007	8,953,969	500,156	3%	1.74%
2008	9,228,466	508,790	3.07%	1.73%
2009	9,509,423	518,141	3.04%	1.84%
2010	9,797,484	532,968	3.03%	2.86%
2011	10,093,623	552,945	3.02%	3.75%
2012	10,397,657	573,606	3.01%	3.74%
2013	10,708,834	594,945	2.99%	3.72%
2014	11,030,004	616,908	3%	3.69%
2015	11,360,681	639,415	3%	3.65%
2016	11,697,842	662,379	2.97%	3.59%
2017	12,039,780	685,672	2.92%	3.52%
2018	12,383,347	709,101	2.85%	3.42%
2019	12,726,755	728,147	2.77%	2.69%
2020	13,070,169	744,498	2.7%	2.25%
2021	13,413,417	762,591	2.63%	2.43%
2022	13,759,501	781,066	2.58%	2.42%
2023	14,111,034	800,005	2.55%	2.42%
2024	14,462,724	819,198	2.49%	2.4%
2025	14,814,463	838,646	2.43%	2.37%
2026	15,170,422	858,283	2.4%	2.34%
2027	15,529,420	878,097	2.37%	2.31%
2028	15,890,289	898,073	2.32%	2.27%
2029	16,253,927	918,152	2.29%	2.24%
2030	16,618,827	938,340	2.24%	2.2%
2031	16,985,939	958,614	2.21%	2.16%
2032	17,357,069	978,977	2.18%	2.12%
2033	17,731,448	999,314	2.16%	2.08%
2034	18,109,922	1,019,534	2.13%	2.02%
2035	18,492,634	1,039,655	2.11%	1.97%
2036	18,878,049	1,059,521	2.08%	1.91%
2037	19,264,504	1,079,088	2.05%	1.85%
2038	19,655,285	1,098,284	2.03%	1.78%
2039	20,049,973	1,117,085	2.01%	1.71%
2040	20,445,765	1,135,445	1.97%	1.64%
2041	20,843,268	1,153,450	1.94%	1.59%
2042	21,242,984	1,171,334	1.92%	1.55%
2043	21,643,647	1,189,113	1.89%	1.52%
2044	22,042,581	1,206,729	1.84%	1.48%
2045	22,443,653	1,224,188	1.82%	1.45%
2046	22,846,199	1,241,491	1.79%	1.41%
2047	23,245,147	1,258,611	1.75%	1.38%
2048	23,642,198	1,275,579	1.71%	1.35%
2049	24,038,614	1,292,414	1.68%	1.32%
2050	24,433,817	1,309,098	1.64%	1.29%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 170,785 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 196,120 (a 29.6% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. The Solomon Islands was ranked 165th in 2006 and ranked 161st 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 the Solomon Islands will increase by 52.5% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.