The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 1,368,333 people in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,174,345 people compared to 1,373,327 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Population statistics:
- Benin's population is 11 times bigger than Trinidad and Tobago's.
- Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Trinidad and Tobago is the 154th.
- The countries together account for 0.2% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.02% for Trinidad and Tobago.
- For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs +0.19% in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Since 2006, the population of Benin has increased from 8.69M people to 15.2M (74.6% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago has grown from 1.3M to 1.37M (5.81% growth).
- Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 1.37M people in 2028 for Trinidad and Tobago.
Benin vs Trinidad and Tobago: live population counter
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| Current population |
15174345
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1373327
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| Population rank | 76/197 | 154/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
1.49 minutes
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10.6 hours
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| One birth every |
1.1 minutes
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35.9 minutes
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| One death every |
4.23 minutes
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45.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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6.57 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +1,334 |
| Daily growth/decline | +964 | +2 |
| Annual growth/decline | +351,690 | +823 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.49% | +0.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 27/197 | 162/197 |
Benin and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,517,286 | 844,943 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,559,223 | 863,144 | 1.67% | 2.15% |
| 1962 | 2,604,659 | 880,194 | 1.78% | 1.98% |
| 1963 | 2,652,908 | 896,804 | 1.85% | 1.89% |
| 1964 | 2,704,003 | 912,963 | 1.93% | 1.8% |
| 1965 | 2,757,936 | 928,425 | 1.99% | 1.69% |
| 1966 | 2,814,317 | 942,937 | 2.04% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 2,872,997 | 956,418 | 2.09% | 1.43% |
| 1968 | 2,934,257 | 969,006 | 2.13% | 1.32% |
| 1969 | 2,998,222 | 980,706 | 2.18% | 1.21% |
| 1970 | 3,065,057 | 991,471 | 2.23% | 1.1% |
| 1971 | 3,134,767 | 1,002,585 | 2.27% | 1.12% |
| 1972 | 3,207,543 | 1,014,921 | 2.32% | 1.23% |
| 1973 | 3,283,496 | 1,027,851 | 2.37% | 1.27% |
| 1974 | 3,362,633 | 1,040,761 | 2.41% | 1.26% |
| 1975 | 3,445,407 | 1,053,469 | 2.46% | 1.22% |
| 1976 | 3,532,196 | 1,066,311 | 2.52% | 1.22% |
| 1977 | 3,623,202 | 1,079,554 | 2.58% | 1.24% |
| 1978 | 3,718,305 | 1,093,380 | 2.62% | 1.28% |
| 1979 | 3,818,528 | 1,107,639 | 2.7% | 1.3% |
| 1980 | 3,925,251 | 1,121,744 | 2.79% | 1.27% |
| 1981 | 4,038,307 | 1,135,132 | 2.88% | 1.19% |
| 1982 | 4,156,596 | 1,147,927 | 2.93% | 1.13% |
| 1983 | 4,278,978 | 1,160,534 | 2.94% | 1.1% |
| 1984 | 4,405,895 | 1,172,984 | 2.97% | 1.07% |
| 1985 | 4,538,012 | 1,187,366 | 3% | 1.23% |
| 1986 | 4,675,420 | 1,203,124 | 3.03% | 1.33% |
| 1987 | 4,818,486 | 1,217,364 | 3.06% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 4,967,341 | 1,230,069 | 3.09% | 1.04% |
| 1989 | 5,121,657 | 1,241,600 | 3.11% | 0.94% |
| 1990 | 5,281,479 | 1,252,208 | 3.12% | 0.85% |
| 1991 | 5,446,932 | 1,262,171 | 3.13% | 0.8% |
| 1992 | 5,617,844 | 1,271,674 | 3.14% | 0.75% |
| 1993 | 5,872,706 | 1,280,466 | 4.54% | 0.69% |
| 1994 | 6,096,506 | 1,288,341 | 3.81% | 0.62% |
| 1995 | 6,226,773 | 1,295,169 | 2.14% | 0.53% |
| 1996 | 6,391,858 | 1,300,928 | 2.65% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 6,583,365 | 1,305,836 | 3% | 0.38% |
| 1998 | 6,789,489 | 1,310,225 | 3.13% | 0.34% |
| 1999 | 7,002,818 | 1,314,708 | 3.14% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 7,221,619 | 1,319,774 | 3.12% | 0.39% |
| 2001 | 7,445,596 | 1,325,567 | 3.1% | 0.44% |
| 2002 | 7,675,426 | 1,332,011 | 3.09% | 0.49% |
| 2003 | 7,913,070 | 1,338,709 | 3.1% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 8,159,094 | 1,345,380 | 3.11% | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 8,426,144 | 1,294,494 | 3.27% | -3.78% |
| 2006 | 8,693,242 | 1,297,944 | 3.17% | 0.27% |
| 2007 | 8,953,969 | 1,303,188 | 3% | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 9,228,466 | 1,308,587 | 3.07% | 0.41% |
| 2009 | 9,509,423 | 1,310,106 | 3.04% | 0.12% |
| 2010 | 9,797,484 | 1,317,714 | 3.03% | 0.58% |
| 2011 | 10,093,623 | 1,328,019 | 3.02% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 10,397,657 | 1,335,194 | 3.01% | 0.54% |
| 2013 | 10,708,834 | 1,340,557 | 2.99% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 11,030,004 | 1,345,343 | 3% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 11,360,681 | 1,349,667 | 3% | 0.32% |
| 2016 | 11,697,842 | 1,353,895 | 2.97% | 0.31% |
| 2017 | 12,039,780 | 1,356,633 | 2.92% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 12,383,347 | 1,359,193 | 2.85% | 0.19% |
| 2019 | 12,726,755 | 1,363,985 | 2.77% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 13,070,169 | 1,366,725 | 2.7% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 13,413,417 | 1,367,558 | 2.63% | 0.06% |
| 2022 | 13,759,501 | 1,365,805 | 2.58% | -0.13% |
| 2023 | 14,111,034 | 1,367,510 | 2.55% | 0.12% |
| 2024 | 14,462,724 | 1,368,333 | 2.49% | 0.06% |
| 2025 | 14,814,463 | 1,371,404 | 2.43% | 0.22% |
| 2026 | 15,170,422 | 1,373,317 | 2.4% | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 15,529,420 | 1,374,242 | 2.37% | 0.07% |
| 2028 | 15,890,289 | 1,374,318 | 2.32% | 0.006% |
| 2029 | 16,253,927 | 1,373,690 | 2.29% | -0.05% |
| 2030 | 16,618,827 | 1,372,463 | 2.24% | -0.09% |
| 2031 | 16,985,939 | 1,370,749 | 2.21% | -0.12% |
| 2032 | 17,357,069 | 1,368,525 | 2.18% | -0.16% |
| 2033 | 17,731,448 | 1,365,873 | 2.16% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 18,109,922 | 1,362,803 | 2.13% | -0.22% |
| 2035 | 18,492,634 | 1,359,333 | 2.11% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 18,878,049 | 1,355,490 | 2.08% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 19,264,504 | 1,351,300 | 2.05% | -0.31% |
| 2038 | 19,655,285 | 1,346,775 | 2.03% | -0.33% |
| 2039 | 20,049,973 | 1,341,909 | 2.01% | -0.36% |
| 2040 | 20,445,765 | 1,336,720 | 1.97% | -0.39% |
| 2041 | 20,843,268 | 1,331,223 | 1.94% | -0.41% |
| 2042 | 21,242,984 | 1,325,440 | 1.92% | -0.43% |
| 2043 | 21,643,647 | 1,319,360 | 1.89% | -0.46% |
| 2044 | 22,042,581 | 1,313,024 | 1.84% | -0.48% |
| 2045 | 22,443,653 | 1,306,452 | 1.82% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 22,846,199 | 1,299,645 | 1.79% | -0.52% |
| 2047 | 23,245,147 | 1,292,634 | 1.75% | -0.54% |
| 2048 | 23,642,198 | 1,285,402 | 1.71% | -0.56% |
| 2049 | 24,038,614 | 1,277,967 | 1.68% | -0.58% |
| 2050 | 24,433,817 | 1,270,340 | 1.64% | -0.6% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,951 people (a 4.31% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 19,432 (a 1.44% growth).
Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2006 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.5% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Cotonou | 679K |
| Porto-Novo | 264K |
| Abomey | 90.2K |
| Save | 31.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Port of Spain | 84.1K |
| Chaguanas | 83.5K |
| San Fernando | 55.4K |
| Scarborough | 17K |
| San Juan | 13.8K |
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Population differences between Benin and Trinidad and Tobago
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| Life expectancy | 61.3 years | 73.9 years |
| Average age | 23.4 years | 38.2 years |
| Median age | 19 years | 38.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.1:49.9 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.56 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| Population density | 332 ppl/mi² | 691 ppl/mi² |
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