Population in Benin compared to Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Sudan	Benin	Sudan
1960	2,517,286	8,364,489	-	-
1961	2,559,223	8,634,941	1.67%	3.23%
1962	2,604,659	8,919,028	1.78%	3.29%
1963	2,652,908	9,218,077	1.85%	3.35%
1964	2,704,003	9,531,109	1.93%	3.4%
1965	2,757,936	9,858,030	1.99%	3.43%
1966	2,814,317	10,197,578	2.04%	3.44%
1967	2,872,997	10,550,597	2.09%	3.46%
1968	2,934,257	10,917,999	2.13%	3.48%
1969	2,998,222	11,298,936	2.18%	3.49%
1970	3,065,057	11,695,771	2.23%	3.51%
1971	3,134,767	12,105,539	2.27%	3.5%
1972	3,207,543	12,527,856	2.32%	3.49%
1973	3,283,496	13,049,315	2.37%	4.16%
1974	3,362,633	13,580,723	2.41%	4.07%
1975	3,445,407	14,064,798	2.46%	3.56%
1976	3,532,196	14,569,716	2.52%	3.59%
1977	3,623,202	15,086,614	2.58%	3.55%
1978	3,718,305	15,695,003	2.62%	4.03%
1979	3,818,528	16,355,352	2.7%	4.21%
1980	3,925,251	17,058,905	2.79%	4.3%
1981	4,038,307	17,780,572	2.88%	4.23%
1982	4,156,596	18,486,645	2.93%	3.97%
1983	4,278,978	19,109,770	2.94%	3.37%
1984	4,405,895	19,546,528	2.97%	2.29%
1985	4,538,012	19,905,872	3%	1.84%
1986	4,675,420	20,288,238	3.03%	1.92%
1987	4,818,486	20,704,904	3.06%	2.05%
1988	4,967,341	21,138,431	3.09%	2.09%
1989	5,121,657	21,578,022	3.11%	2.08%
1990	5,281,479	22,021,481	3.12%	2.06%
1991	5,446,932	22,470,676	3.13%	2.04%
1992	5,617,844	22,927,355	3.14%	2.03%
1993	5,872,706	23,445,592	4.54%	2.26%
1994	6,096,506	24,043,948	3.81%	2.55%
1995	6,226,773	24,672,143	2.14%	2.61%
1996	6,391,858	25,231,528	2.65%	2.27%
1997	6,583,365	25,799,821	3%	2.25%
1998	6,789,489	26,458,999	3.13%	2.55%
1999	7,002,818	27,130,613	3.14%	2.54%
2000	7,221,619	27,816,745	3.12%	2.53%
2001	7,445,596	28,516,770	3.1%	2.52%
2002	7,675,426	29,228,727	3.09%	2.5%
2003	7,913,070	29,896,035	3.1%	2.28%
2004	8,159,094	30,556,637	3.11%	2.21%
2005	8,426,144	31,262,444	3.27%	2.31%
2006	8,693,242	31,992,435	3.17%	2.34%
2007	8,953,969	32,764,135	3%	2.41%
2008	9,228,466	33,623,980	3.07%	2.62%
2009	9,509,423	34,569,113	3.04%	2.81%
2010	9,797,484	35,414,399	3.03%	2.45%
2011	10,093,623	36,140,806	3.02%	2.05%
2012	10,397,657	36,923,178	3.01%	2.16%
2013	10,708,834	37,785,849	2.99%	2.34%
2014	11,030,004	38,823,318	3%	2.75%
2015	11,360,681	40,024,431	3%	3.09%
2016	11,697,842	41,259,892	2.97%	3.09%
2017	12,039,780	42,714,306	2.92%	3.53%
2018	12,383,347	44,230,596	2.85%	3.55%
2019	12,726,755	45,548,175	2.77%	2.98%
2020	13,070,169	46,789,231	2.7%	2.72%
2021	13,413,417	48,066,924	2.63%	2.73%
2022	13,759,501	49,383,346	2.58%	2.74%
2023	14,111,034	50,042,791	2.55%	1.34%
2024	14,462,724	50,448,963	2.49%	0.81%
2025	14,814,463	51,662,152	2.43%	2.4%
2026	15,170,422	53,282,718	2.4%	3.14%
2027	15,529,420	54,724,215	2.37%	2.71%
2028	15,890,289	55,993,833	2.32%	2.32%
2029	16,253,927	57,275,443	2.29%	2.29%
2030	16,618,827	58,571,624	2.24%	2.26%
2031	16,985,939	59,872,936	2.21%	2.22%
2032	17,357,069	61,179,476	2.18%	2.18%
2033	17,731,448	62,497,205	2.16%	2.15%
2034	18,109,922	63,822,356	2.13%	2.12%
2035	18,492,634	65,148,317	2.11%	2.08%
2036	18,878,049	66,470,018	2.08%	2.03%
2037	19,264,504	67,791,240	2.05%	1.99%
2038	19,655,285	69,107,712	2.03%	1.94%
2039	20,049,973	70,416,631	2.01%	1.89%
2040	20,445,765	71,730,604	1.97%	1.87%
2041	20,843,268	73,056,213	1.94%	1.85%
2042	21,242,984	74,387,562	1.92%	1.82%
2043	21,643,647	75,723,670	1.89%	1.8%
2044	22,042,581	77,066,454	1.84%	1.77%
2045	22,443,653	78,415,205	1.82%	1.75%
2046	22,846,199	79,767,271	1.79%	1.72%
2047	23,245,147	81,115,241	1.75%	1.69%
2048	23,642,198	82,463,202	1.71%	1.66%
2049	24,038,614	83,828,356	1.68%	1.66%
2050	24,433,817	85,206,384	1.64%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.