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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Sweden	Benin	Sweden
1960	2,517,286	7,484,656	-	-
1961	2,559,223	7,519,998	1.67%	0.47%
1962	2,604,659	7,561,588	1.78%	0.55%
1963	2,652,908	7,604,328	1.85%	0.57%
1964	2,704,003	7,661,354	1.93%	0.75%
1965	2,757,936	7,733,853	1.99%	0.95%
1966	2,814,317	7,807,797	2.04%	0.96%
1967	2,872,997	7,867,931	2.09%	0.77%
1968	2,934,257	7,912,273	2.13%	0.56%
1969	2,998,222	7,968,072	2.18%	0.71%
1970	3,065,057	8,042,801	2.23%	0.94%
1971	3,134,767	8,098,334	2.27%	0.69%
1972	3,207,543	8,122,300	2.32%	0.3%
1973	3,283,496	8,136,312	2.37%	0.17%
1974	3,362,633	8,159,955	2.41%	0.29%
1975	3,445,407	8,192,437	2.46%	0.4%
1976	3,532,196	8,222,286	2.52%	0.36%
1977	3,623,202	8,251,540	2.58%	0.36%
1978	3,718,305	8,275,599	2.62%	0.29%
1979	3,818,528	8,293,678	2.7%	0.22%
1980	3,925,251	8,310,531	2.79%	0.2%
1981	4,038,307	8,320,503	2.88%	0.12%
1982	4,156,596	8,325,263	2.93%	0.06%
1983	4,278,978	8,329,033	2.94%	0.05%
1984	4,405,895	8,336,605	2.97%	0.09%
1985	4,538,012	8,350,386	3%	0.17%
1986	4,675,420	8,369,829	3.03%	0.23%
1987	4,818,486	8,397,804	3.06%	0.33%
1988	4,967,341	8,436,489	3.09%	0.46%
1989	5,121,657	8,492,964	3.11%	0.67%
1990	5,281,479	8,558,835	3.12%	0.78%
1991	5,446,932	8,617,375	3.13%	0.68%
1992	5,617,844	8,668,067	3.14%	0.59%
1993	5,872,706	8,718,561	4.54%	0.58%
1994	6,096,506	8,780,745	3.81%	0.71%
1995	6,226,773	8,826,939	2.14%	0.53%
1996	6,391,858	8,840,998	2.65%	0.16%
1997	6,583,365	8,846,062	3%	0.06%
1998	6,789,489	8,850,974	3.13%	0.06%
1999	7,002,818	8,857,874	3.14%	0.08%
2000	7,221,619	8,872,109	3.12%	0.16%
2001	7,445,596	8,895,960	3.1%	0.27%
2002	7,675,426	8,924,958	3.09%	0.33%
2003	7,913,070	8,958,229	3.1%	0.37%
2004	8,159,094	8,993,531	3.11%	0.39%
2005	8,426,144	9,029,572	3.27%	0.4%
2006	8,693,242	9,080,505	3.17%	0.56%
2007	8,953,969	9,148,092	3%	0.74%
2008	9,228,466	9,219,637	3.07%	0.78%
2009	9,509,423	9,298,515	3.04%	0.86%
2010	9,797,484	9,378,126	3.03%	0.86%
2011	10,093,623	9,449,213	3.02%	0.76%
2012	10,397,657	9,519,374	3.01%	0.74%
2013	10,708,834	9,600,379	2.99%	0.85%
2014	11,030,004	9,696,110	3%	1%
2015	11,360,681	9,799,186	3%	1.06%
2016	11,697,842	9,923,085	2.97%	1.26%
2017	12,039,780	10,057,698	2.92%	1.36%
2018	12,383,347	10,175,214	2.85%	1.17%
2019	12,726,755	10,278,887	2.77%	1.02%
2020	13,070,169	10,353,442	2.7%	0.73%
2021	13,413,417	10,415,811	2.63%	0.6%
2022	13,759,501	10,486,941	2.58%	0.68%
2023	14,111,034	10,536,632	2.55%	0.47%
2024	14,462,724	10,569,709	2.49%	0.31%
2025	14,814,463	10,619,177	2.43%	0.47%
2026	15,170,422	10,663,427	2.4%	0.42%
2027	15,529,420	10,703,497	2.37%	0.38%
2028	15,890,289	10,740,420	2.32%	0.34%
2029	16,253,927	10,773,692	2.29%	0.31%
2030	16,618,827	10,803,699	2.24%	0.28%
2031	16,985,939	10,830,583	2.21%	0.25%
2032	17,357,069	10,855,855	2.18%	0.23%
2033	17,731,448	10,880,544	2.16%	0.23%
2034	18,109,922	10,903,924	2.13%	0.21%
2035	18,492,634	10,926,433	2.11%	0.21%
2036	18,878,049	10,949,062	2.08%	0.21%
2037	19,264,504	10,971,259	2.05%	0.2%
2038	19,655,285	10,993,203	2.03%	0.2%
2039	20,049,973	11,015,926	2.01%	0.21%
2040	20,445,765	11,039,663	1.97%	0.22%
2041	20,843,268	11,063,604	1.94%	0.22%
2042	21,242,984	11,088,299	1.92%	0.22%
2043	21,643,647	11,113,927	1.89%	0.23%
2044	22,042,581	11,139,125	1.84%	0.23%
2045	22,443,653	11,163,492	1.82%	0.22%
2046	22,846,199	11,186,803	1.79%	0.21%
2047	23,245,147	11,209,183	1.75%	0.2%
2048	23,642,198	11,230,526	1.71%	0.19%
2049	24,038,614	11,250,663	1.68%	0.18%
2050	24,433,817	11,269,877	1.64%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.