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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	South Korea	Benin	South Korea
1960	2,517,286	25,012,374	-	-
1961	2,559,223	25,765,673	1.67%	3.01%
1962	2,604,659	26,513,030	1.78%	2.9%
1963	2,652,908	27,261,747	1.85%	2.82%
1964	2,704,003	27,984,155	1.93%	2.65%
1965	2,757,936	28,704,674	1.99%	2.57%
1966	2,814,317	29,435,571	2.04%	2.55%
1967	2,872,997	30,130,983	2.09%	2.36%
1968	2,934,257	30,838,302	2.13%	2.35%
1969	2,998,222	31,544,266	2.18%	2.29%
1970	3,065,057	32,240,827	2.23%	2.21%
1971	3,134,767	32,882,704	2.27%	1.99%
1972	3,207,543	33,505,406	2.32%	1.89%
1973	3,283,496	34,103,149	2.37%	1.78%
1974	3,362,633	34,692,266	2.41%	1.73%
1975	3,445,407	35,280,725	2.46%	1.7%
1976	3,532,196	35,848,523	2.52%	1.61%
1977	3,623,202	36,411,795	2.58%	1.57%
1978	3,718,305	36,969,185	2.62%	1.53%
1979	3,818,528	37,534,236	2.7%	1.53%
1980	3,925,251	38,123,775	2.79%	1.57%
1981	4,038,307	38,723,248	2.88%	1.57%
1982	4,156,596	39,326,352	2.93%	1.56%
1983	4,278,978	39,910,403	2.94%	1.49%
1984	4,405,895	40,405,956	2.97%	1.24%
1985	4,538,012	40,805,744	3%	0.99%
1986	4,675,420	41,213,674	3.03%	1%
1987	4,818,486	41,621,690	3.06%	0.99%
1988	4,967,341	42,031,247	3.09%	0.98%
1989	5,121,657	42,449,038	3.11%	0.99%
1990	5,281,479	42,869,283	3.12%	0.99%
1991	5,446,932	43,295,704	3.13%	0.99%
1992	5,617,844	43,747,962	3.14%	1.04%
1993	5,872,706	44,194,628	4.54%	1.02%
1994	6,096,506	44,641,540	3.81%	1.01%
1995	6,226,773	45,092,991	2.14%	1.01%
1996	6,391,858	45,524,681	2.65%	0.96%
1997	6,583,365	45,953,580	3%	0.94%
1998	6,789,489	46,286,503	3.13%	0.72%
1999	7,002,818	46,616,677	3.14%	0.71%
2000	7,221,619	47,008,111	3.12%	0.84%
2001	7,445,596	47,370,164	3.1%	0.77%
2002	7,675,426	47,644,736	3.09%	0.58%
2003	7,913,070	47,892,330	3.1%	0.52%
2004	8,159,094	48,082,519	3.11%	0.4%
2005	8,426,144	48,184,561	3.27%	0.21%
2006	8,693,242	48,438,292	3.17%	0.53%
2007	8,953,969	48,683,638	3%	0.51%
2008	9,228,466	49,054,708	3.07%	0.76%
2009	9,509,423	49,307,835	3.04%	0.52%
2010	9,797,484	49,554,112	3.03%	0.5%
2011	10,093,623	49,936,638	3.02%	0.77%
2012	10,397,657	50,199,853	3.01%	0.53%
2013	10,708,834	50,428,893	2.99%	0.46%
2014	11,030,004	50,746,659	3%	0.63%
2015	11,360,681	51,014,947	3%	0.53%
2016	11,697,842	51,217,803	2.97%	0.4%
2017	12,039,780	51,361,911	2.92%	0.28%
2018	12,383,347	51,585,058	2.85%	0.43%
2019	12,726,755	51,764,822	2.77%	0.35%
2020	13,070,169	51,836,239	2.7%	0.14%
2021	13,413,417	51,769,539	2.63%	-0.13%
2022	13,759,501	51,672,569	2.58%	-0.19%
2023	14,111,034	51,712,619	2.55%	0.08%
2024	14,462,724	51,751,065	2.49%	0.07%
2025	14,814,463	51,700,480	2.43%	-0.1%
2026	15,170,422	51,633,793	2.4%	-0.13%
2027	15,529,420	51,552,198	2.37%	-0.16%
2028	15,890,289	51,456,707	2.32%	-0.19%
2029	16,253,927	51,347,230	2.29%	-0.21%
2030	16,618,827	51,221,713	2.24%	-0.24%
2031	16,985,939	51,081,220	2.21%	-0.27%
2032	17,357,069	50,924,233	2.18%	-0.31%
2033	17,731,448	50,747,132	2.16%	-0.35%
2034	18,109,922	50,549,508	2.13%	-0.39%
2035	18,492,634	50,333,286	2.11%	-0.43%
2036	18,878,049	50,098,951	2.08%	-0.47%
2037	19,264,504	49,845,669	2.05%	-0.51%
2038	19,655,285	49,573,234	2.03%	-0.55%
2039	20,049,973	49,283,770	2.01%	-0.58%
2040	20,445,765	48,980,369	1.97%	-0.62%
2041	20,843,268	48,661,905	1.94%	-0.65%
2042	21,242,984	48,331,004	1.92%	-0.68%
2043	21,643,647	47,990,085	1.89%	-0.71%
2044	22,042,581	47,634,183	1.84%	-0.74%
2045	22,443,653	47,263,526	1.82%	-0.78%
2046	22,846,199	46,881,228	1.79%	-0.81%
2047	23,245,147	46,482,133	1.75%	-0.85%
2048	23,642,198	46,063,595	1.71%	-0.9%
2049	24,038,614	45,626,805	1.68%	-0.95%
2050	24,433,817	45,172,356	1.64%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.