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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Suriname	Benin	Suriname
1960	2,517,286	263,918	-	-
1961	2,559,223	272,791	1.67%	3.36%
1962	2,604,659	283,912	1.78%	4.08%
1963	2,652,908	297,034	1.85%	4.62%
1964	2,704,003	309,041	1.93%	4.04%
1965	2,757,936	320,000	1.99%	3.55%
1966	2,814,317	331,135	2.04%	3.48%
1967	2,872,997	342,679	2.09%	3.49%
1968	2,934,257	354,616	2.13%	3.48%
1969	2,998,222	366,906	2.18%	3.47%
1970	3,065,057	379,442	2.23%	3.42%
1971	3,134,767	391,932	2.27%	3.29%
1972	3,207,543	397,413	2.32%	1.4%
1973	3,283,496	395,772	2.37%	-0.41%
1974	3,362,633	393,676	2.41%	-0.53%
1975	3,445,407	391,170	2.46%	-0.64%
1976	3,532,196	388,289	2.52%	-0.74%
1977	3,623,202	385,067	2.58%	-0.83%
1978	3,718,305	381,502	2.62%	-0.93%
1979	3,818,528	377,602	2.7%	-1.02%
1980	3,925,251	375,377	2.79%	-0.59%
1981	4,038,307	375,459	2.88%	0.02%
1982	4,156,596	376,555	2.93%	0.29%
1983	4,278,978	378,746	2.94%	0.58%
1984	4,405,895	382,193	2.97%	0.91%
1985	4,538,012	386,972	3%	1.25%
1986	4,675,420	392,330	3.03%	1.38%
1987	4,818,486	396,911	3.06%	1.17%
1988	4,967,341	402,227	3.09%	1.34%
1989	5,121,657	408,409	3.11%	1.54%
1990	5,281,479	412,493	3.12%	1%
1991	5,446,932	415,013	3.13%	0.61%
1992	5,617,844	417,589	3.14%	0.62%
1993	5,872,706	419,352	4.54%	0.42%
1994	6,096,506	422,375	3.81%	0.72%
1995	6,226,773	429,606	2.14%	1.71%
1996	6,391,858	438,830	2.65%	2.15%
1997	6,583,365	448,067	3%	2.1%
1998	6,789,489	457,406	3.13%	2.08%
1999	7,002,818	466,916	3.14%	2.08%
2000	7,221,619	476,643	3.12%	2.08%
2001	7,445,596	486,560	3.1%	2.08%
2002	7,675,426	496,551	3.09%	2.05%
2003	7,913,070	506,414	3.1%	1.99%
2004	8,159,094	513,923	3.11%	1.48%
2005	8,426,144	519,313	3.27%	1.05%
2006	8,693,242	524,997	3.17%	1.09%
2007	8,953,969	531,016	3%	1.15%
2008	9,228,466	537,245	3.07%	1.17%
2009	9,509,423	543,568	3.04%	1.18%
2010	9,797,484	549,923	3.03%	1.17%
2011	10,093,623	556,269	3.02%	1.15%
2012	10,397,657	562,633	3.01%	1.14%
2013	10,708,834	569,020	2.99%	1.14%
2014	11,030,004	575,373	3%	1.12%
2015	11,360,681	581,627	3%	1.09%
2016	11,697,842	587,757	2.97%	1.05%
2017	12,039,780	593,713	2.92%	1.01%
2018	12,383,347	599,513	2.85%	0.98%
2019	12,726,755	605,768	2.77%	1.04%
2020	13,070,169	612,317	2.7%	1.08%
2021	13,413,417	617,896	2.63%	0.91%
2022	13,759,501	623,164	2.58%	0.85%
2023	14,111,034	628,886	2.55%	0.92%
2024	14,462,724	634,431	2.49%	0.88%
2025	14,814,463	639,852	2.43%	0.85%
2026	15,170,422	645,257	2.4%	0.84%
2027	15,529,420	650,564	2.37%	0.82%
2028	15,890,289	655,783	2.32%	0.8%
2029	16,253,927	660,793	2.29%	0.76%
2030	16,618,827	665,650	2.24%	0.74%
2031	16,985,939	670,421	2.21%	0.72%
2032	17,357,069	675,070	2.18%	0.69%
2033	17,731,448	679,573	2.16%	0.67%
2034	18,109,922	683,911	2.13%	0.64%
2035	18,492,634	688,189	2.11%	0.63%
2036	18,878,049	692,343	2.08%	0.6%
2037	19,264,504	696,213	2.05%	0.56%
2038	19,655,285	699,908	2.03%	0.53%
2039	20,049,973	703,569	2.01%	0.52%
2040	20,445,765	707,156	1.97%	0.51%
2041	20,843,268	710,619	1.94%	0.49%
2042	21,242,984	713,900	1.92%	0.46%
2043	21,643,647	716,999	1.89%	0.43%
2044	22,042,581	719,920	1.84%	0.41%
2045	22,443,653	722,759	1.82%	0.39%
2046	22,846,199	725,322	1.79%	0.35%
2047	23,245,147	727,726	1.75%	0.33%
2048	23,642,198	730,038	1.71%	0.32%
2049	24,038,614	732,021	1.68%	0.27%
2050	24,433,817	733,898	1.64%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.