Population in Benin compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Sri Lanka	Benin	Sri Lanka
1960	2,517,286	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,559,223	9,899,372	1.67%	2.46%
1962	2,604,659	10,143,754	1.78%	2.47%
1963	2,652,908	10,395,040	1.85%	2.48%
1964	2,704,003	10,653,397	1.93%	2.49%
1965	2,757,936	10,916,965	1.99%	2.47%
1966	2,814,317	11,183,928	2.04%	2.45%
1967	2,872,997	11,457,328	2.09%	2.44%
1968	2,934,257	11,736,088	2.13%	2.43%
1969	2,998,222	12,013,858	2.18%	2.37%
1970	3,065,057	12,287,110	2.23%	2.27%
1971	3,134,767	12,551,910	2.27%	2.16%
1972	3,207,543	12,809,205	2.32%	2.05%
1973	3,283,496	13,060,916	2.37%	1.97%
1974	3,362,633	13,305,693	2.41%	1.87%
1975	3,445,407	13,548,984	2.46%	1.83%
1976	3,532,196	13,796,770	2.52%	1.83%
1977	3,623,202	14,049,371	2.58%	1.83%
1978	3,718,305	14,310,128	2.62%	1.86%
1979	3,818,528	14,579,614	2.7%	1.88%
1980	3,925,251	14,847,974	2.79%	1.84%
1981	4,038,307	15,099,414	2.88%	1.69%
1982	4,156,596	15,286,567	2.93%	1.24%
1983	4,278,978	15,388,794	2.94%	0.67%
1984	4,405,895	15,441,860	2.97%	0.34%
1985	4,538,012	15,544,154	3%	0.66%
1986	4,675,420	15,731,256	3.03%	1.2%
1987	4,818,486	15,916,576	3.06%	1.18%
1988	4,967,341	16,078,621	3.09%	1.02%
1989	5,121,657	16,248,557	3.11%	1.06%
1990	5,281,479	16,352,458	3.12%	0.64%
1991	5,446,932	16,475,354	3.13%	0.75%
1992	5,617,844	16,739,284	3.14%	1.6%
1993	5,872,706	17,025,918	4.54%	1.71%
1994	6,096,506	17,275,773	3.81%	1.47%
1995	6,226,773	17,564,068	2.14%	1.67%
1996	6,391,858	17,905,018	2.65%	1.94%
1997	6,583,365	18,248,200	3%	1.92%
1998	6,789,489	18,596,003	3.13%	1.91%
1999	7,002,818	18,944,731	3.14%	1.88%
2000	7,221,619	19,293,054	3.12%	1.84%
2001	7,445,596	19,600,362	3.1%	1.59%
2002	7,675,426	19,805,752	3.09%	1.05%
2003	7,913,070	19,951,521	3.1%	0.74%
2004	8,159,094	20,087,605	3.11%	0.68%
2005	8,426,144	20,216,524	3.27%	0.64%
2006	8,693,242	20,352,411	3.17%	0.67%
2007	8,953,969	20,492,545	3%	0.69%
2008	9,228,466	20,629,378	3.07%	0.67%
2009	9,509,423	20,756,435	3.04%	0.62%
2010	9,797,484	20,879,089	3.03%	0.59%
2011	10,093,623	21,009,048	3.02%	0.62%
2012	10,397,657	21,169,458	3.01%	0.76%
2013	10,708,834	20,585,000	2.99%	-2.76%
2014	11,030,004	20,778,000	3%	0.94%
2015	11,360,681	20,970,000	3%	0.92%
2016	11,697,842	21,209,000	2.97%	1.14%
2017	12,039,780	21,453,000	2.92%	1.15%
2018	12,383,347	21,670,000	2.85%	1.01%
2019	12,726,755	21,803,000	2.77%	0.61%
2020	13,070,169	21,919,000	2.7%	0.53%
2021	13,413,417	22,156,000	2.63%	1.08%
2022	13,759,501	22,181,000	2.58%	0.11%
2023	14,111,034	22,037,000	2.55%	-0.65%
2024	14,462,724	21,916,000	2.49%	-0.55%
2025	14,814,463	22,035,440	2.43%	0.54%
2026	15,170,422	22,148,172	2.4%	0.51%
2027	15,529,420	22,255,601	2.37%	0.49%
2028	15,890,289	22,357,682	2.32%	0.46%
2029	16,253,927	22,453,922	2.29%	0.43%
2030	16,618,827	22,546,245	2.24%	0.41%
2031	16,985,939	22,635,106	2.21%	0.39%
2032	17,357,069	22,720,118	2.18%	0.38%
2033	17,731,448	22,802,043	2.16%	0.36%
2034	18,109,922	22,879,527	2.13%	0.34%
2035	18,492,634	22,952,739	2.11%	0.32%
2036	18,878,049	23,022,027	2.08%	0.3%
2037	19,264,504	23,088,877	2.05%	0.29%
2038	19,655,285	23,152,480	2.03%	0.28%
2039	20,049,973	23,211,633	2.01%	0.26%
2040	20,445,765	23,265,986	1.97%	0.23%
2041	20,843,268	23,315,260	1.94%	0.21%
2042	21,242,984	23,359,578	1.92%	0.19%
2043	21,643,647	23,398,752	1.89%	0.17%
2044	22,042,581	23,433,096	1.84%	0.15%
2045	22,443,653	23,464,943	1.82%	0.14%
2046	22,846,199	23,492,738	1.79%	0.12%
2047	23,245,147	23,512,629	1.75%	0.08%
2048	23,642,198	23,525,953	1.71%	0.06%
2049	24,038,614	23,533,940	1.68%	0.03%
2050	24,433,817	23,538,230	1.64%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.