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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Tonga	Benin	Tonga
1960	2,517,286	66,170	-	-
1961	2,559,223	68,037	1.67%	2.82%
1962	2,604,659	69,940	1.78%	2.8%
1963	2,652,908	71,885	1.85%	2.78%
1964	2,704,003	73,879	1.93%	2.77%
1965	2,757,936	75,924	1.99%	2.77%
1966	2,814,317	78,002	2.04%	2.74%
1967	2,872,997	79,814	2.09%	2.32%
1968	2,934,257	81,353	2.13%	1.93%
1969	2,998,222	82,885	2.18%	1.88%
1970	3,065,057	84,401	2.23%	1.83%
1971	3,134,767	85,896	2.27%	1.77%
1972	3,207,543	87,356	2.32%	1.7%
1973	3,283,496	88,805	2.37%	1.66%
1974	3,362,633	90,683	2.41%	2.11%
1975	3,445,407	93,017	2.46%	2.57%
1976	3,532,196	95,325	2.52%	2.48%
1977	3,623,202	96,725	2.58%	1.47%
1978	3,718,305	97,204	2.62%	0.5%
1979	3,818,528	97,544	2.7%	0.35%
1980	3,925,251	97,769	2.79%	0.23%
1981	4,038,307	97,909	2.88%	0.14%
1982	4,156,596	97,980	2.93%	0.07%
1983	4,278,978	97,998	2.94%	0.02%
1984	4,405,895	97,990	2.97%	-0.008%
1985	4,538,012	97,984	3%	-0.006%
1986	4,675,420	98,010	3.03%	0.03%
1987	4,818,486	98,376	3.06%	0.37%
1988	4,967,341	98,969	3.09%	0.6%
1989	5,121,657	99,403	3.11%	0.44%
1990	5,281,479	99,700	3.12%	0.3%
1991	5,446,932	99,895	3.13%	0.2%
1992	5,617,844	100,022	3.14%	0.13%
1993	5,872,706	100,103	4.54%	0.08%
1994	6,096,506	100,166	3.81%	0.06%
1995	6,226,773	100,225	2.14%	0.06%
1996	6,391,858	100,275	2.65%	0.05%
1997	6,583,365	100,674	3%	0.4%
1998	6,789,489	101,388	3.13%	0.71%
1999	7,002,818	102,046	3.14%	0.65%
2000	7,221,619	102,677	3.12%	0.62%
2001	7,445,596	103,288	3.1%	0.6%
2002	7,675,426	103,874	3.09%	0.57%
2003	7,913,070	104,464	3.1%	0.57%
2004	8,159,094	105,071	3.11%	0.58%
2005	8,426,144	105,671	3.27%	0.57%
2006	8,693,242	106,253	3.17%	0.55%
2007	8,953,969	106,726	3%	0.45%
2008	9,228,466	107,020	3.07%	0.28%
2009	9,509,423	107,203	3.04%	0.17%
2010	9,797,484	107,400	3.03%	0.18%
2011	10,093,623	107,570	3.02%	0.16%
2012	10,397,657	107,460	3.01%	-0.1%
2013	10,708,834	107,078	2.99%	-0.36%
2014	11,030,004	106,609	3%	-0.44%
2015	11,360,681	106,095	3%	-0.48%
2016	11,697,842	105,524	2.97%	-0.54%
2017	12,039,780	105,356	2.92%	-0.16%
2018	12,383,347	105,567	2.85%	0.2%
2019	12,726,755	105,669	2.77%	0.1%
2020	13,070,169	105,704	2.7%	0.03%
2021	13,413,417	105,490	2.63%	-0.2%
2022	13,759,501	105,042	2.58%	-0.42%
2023	14,111,034	104,597	2.55%	-0.42%
2024	14,462,724	104,175	2.49%	-0.4%
2025	14,814,463	103,744	2.43%	-0.41%
2026	15,170,422	103,290	2.4%	-0.44%
2027	15,529,420	102,899	2.37%	-0.38%
2028	15,890,289	102,568	2.32%	-0.32%
2029	16,253,927	102,280	2.29%	-0.28%
2030	16,618,827	102,069	2.24%	-0.21%
2031	16,985,939	101,927	2.21%	-0.14%
2032	17,357,069	101,837	2.18%	-0.09%
2033	17,731,448	101,807	2.16%	-0.03%
2034	18,109,922	101,806	2.13%	-0.001%
2035	18,492,634	101,833	2.11%	0.03%
2036	18,878,049	101,895	2.08%	0.06%
2037	19,264,504	101,993	2.05%	0.1%
2038	19,655,285	102,173	2.03%	0.18%
2039	20,049,973	102,367	2.01%	0.19%
2040	20,445,765	102,568	1.97%	0.2%
2041	20,843,268	102,805	1.94%	0.23%
2042	21,242,984	103,038	1.92%	0.23%
2043	21,643,647	103,306	1.89%	0.26%
2044	22,042,581	103,612	1.84%	0.3%
2045	22,443,653	103,928	1.82%	0.3%
2046	22,846,199	104,232	1.79%	0.29%
2047	23,245,147	104,502	1.75%	0.26%
2048	23,642,198	104,744	1.71%	0.23%
2049	24,038,614	104,975	1.68%	0.22%
2050	24,433,817	105,193	1.64%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.