Population in Benin compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	South Africa	Benin	South Africa
1960	2,517,286	16,440,172	-	-
1961	2,559,223	16,908,035	1.67%	2.85%
1962	2,604,659	17,418,522	1.78%	3.02%
1963	2,652,908	17,954,564	1.85%	3.08%
1964	2,704,003	18,511,361	1.93%	3.1%
1965	2,757,936	19,089,380	1.99%	3.12%
1966	2,814,317	19,690,087	2.04%	3.15%
1967	2,872,997	20,314,066	2.09%	3.17%
1968	2,934,257	20,957,287	2.13%	3.17%
1969	2,998,222	21,614,676	2.18%	3.14%
1970	3,065,057	22,279,984	2.23%	3.08%
1971	3,134,767	22,942,143	2.27%	2.97%
1972	3,207,543	23,609,456	2.32%	2.91%
1973	3,283,496	24,294,263	2.37%	2.9%
1974	3,362,633	24,989,108	2.41%	2.86%
1975	3,445,407	25,690,940	2.46%	2.81%
1976	3,532,196	26,395,450	2.52%	2.74%
1977	3,623,202	27,118,952	2.58%	2.74%
1978	3,718,305	27,869,507	2.62%	2.77%
1979	3,818,528	28,634,162	2.7%	2.74%
1980	3,925,251	29,518,857	2.79%	3.09%
1981	4,038,307	30,541,044	2.88%	3.46%
1982	4,156,596	31,615,339	2.93%	3.52%
1983	4,278,978	32,739,304	2.94%	3.56%
1984	4,405,895	33,892,788	2.97%	3.52%
1985	4,538,012	35,042,093	3%	3.39%
1986	4,675,420	36,180,515	3.03%	3.25%
1987	4,818,486	37,326,190	3.06%	3.17%
1988	4,967,341	38,480,649	3.09%	3.09%
1989	5,121,657	39,628,575	3.11%	2.98%
1990	5,281,479	40,746,268	3.12%	2.82%
1991	5,446,932	41,687,898	3.13%	2.31%
1992	5,617,844	42,443,509	3.14%	1.81%
1993	5,872,706	43,297,156	4.54%	2.01%
1994	6,096,506	44,004,139	3.81%	1.63%
1995	6,226,773	44,541,554	2.14%	1.22%
1996	6,391,858	45,123,018	2.65%	1.31%
1997	6,583,365	45,666,838	3%	1.21%
1998	6,789,489	46,223,880	3.13%	1.22%
1999	7,002,818	46,730,335	3.14%	1.1%
2000	7,221,619	47,159,719	3.12%	0.92%
2001	7,445,596	47,566,800	3.1%	0.86%
2002	7,675,426	48,019,415	3.09%	0.95%
2003	7,913,070	48,500,348	3.1%	1%
2004	8,159,094	48,991,421	3.11%	1.01%
2005	8,426,144	49,490,033	3.27%	1.02%
2006	8,693,242	49,998,277	3.17%	1.03%
2007	8,953,969	50,528,584	3%	1.06%
2008	9,228,466	51,114,599	3.07%	1.16%
2009	9,509,423	51,728,516	3.04%	1.2%
2010	9,797,484	52,344,051	3.03%	1.19%
2011	10,093,623	52,995,205	3.02%	1.24%
2012	10,397,657	53,782,567	3.01%	1.49%
2013	10,708,834	54,678,791	2.99%	1.67%
2014	11,030,004	55,594,838	3%	1.68%
2015	11,360,681	56,723,537	3%	2.03%
2016	11,697,842	57,259,551	2.97%	0.94%
2017	12,039,780	57,635,162	2.92%	0.66%
2018	12,383,347	58,613,001	2.85%	1.7%
2019	12,726,755	59,587,885	2.77%	1.66%
2020	13,070,169	60,562,381	2.7%	1.64%
2021	13,413,417	61,502,603	2.63%	1.55%
2022	13,759,501	62,378,410	2.58%	1.42%
2023	14,111,034	63,212,384	2.55%	1.34%
2024	14,462,724	64,007,187	2.49%	1.26%
2025	14,814,463	64,747,317	2.43%	1.16%
2026	15,170,422	65,453,086	2.4%	1.09%
2027	15,529,420	66,143,018	2.37%	1.05%
2028	15,890,289	66,830,384	2.32%	1.04%
2029	16,253,927	67,506,850	2.29%	1.01%
2030	16,618,827	68,161,357	2.24%	0.97%
2031	16,985,939	68,798,574	2.21%	0.93%
2032	17,357,069	69,426,441	2.18%	0.91%
2033	17,731,448	70,040,484	2.16%	0.88%
2034	18,109,922	70,641,572	2.13%	0.86%
2035	18,492,634	71,234,749	2.11%	0.84%
2036	18,878,049	71,816,372	2.08%	0.82%
2037	19,264,504	72,387,807	2.05%	0.8%
2038	19,655,285	72,949,611	2.03%	0.78%
2039	20,049,973	73,496,152	2.01%	0.75%
2040	20,445,765	74,035,615	1.97%	0.73%
2041	20,843,268	74,575,444	1.94%	0.73%
2042	21,242,984	75,111,899	1.92%	0.72%
2043	21,643,647	75,641,512	1.89%	0.71%
2044	22,042,581	76,164,461	1.84%	0.69%
2045	22,443,653	76,681,448	1.82%	0.68%
2046	22,846,199	77,199,542	1.79%	0.68%
2047	23,245,147	77,716,650	1.75%	0.67%
2048	23,642,198	78,215,323	1.71%	0.64%
2049	24,038,614	78,699,584	1.68%	0.62%
2050	24,433,817	79,177,329	1.64%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.