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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Uganda	Benin	Uganda
1960	2,517,286	7,640,973	-	-
1961	2,559,223	7,862,217	1.67%	2.9%
1962	2,604,659	8,092,231	1.78%	2.93%
1963	2,652,908	8,333,663	1.85%	2.98%
1964	2,704,003	8,586,363	1.93%	3.03%
1965	2,757,936	8,849,203	1.99%	3.06%
1966	2,814,317	9,122,864	2.04%	3.09%
1967	2,872,997	9,408,924	2.09%	3.14%
1968	2,934,257	9,708,632	2.13%	3.19%
1969	2,998,222	10,014,858	2.18%	3.15%
1970	3,065,057	10,321,603	2.23%	3.06%
1971	3,134,767	10,618,206	2.27%	2.87%
1972	3,207,543	10,885,796	2.32%	2.52%
1973	3,283,496	11,144,236	2.37%	2.37%
1974	3,362,633	11,424,846	2.41%	2.52%
1975	3,445,407	11,725,240	2.46%	2.63%
1976	3,532,196	12,037,294	2.52%	2.66%
1977	3,623,202	12,359,669	2.58%	2.68%
1978	3,718,305	12,692,113	2.62%	2.69%
1979	3,818,528	13,002,163	2.7%	2.44%
1980	3,925,251	13,275,741	2.79%	2.1%
1981	4,038,307	13,556,452	2.88%	2.11%
1982	4,156,596	13,873,631	2.93%	2.34%
1983	4,278,978	14,221,881	2.94%	2.51%
1984	4,405,895	14,607,677	2.97%	2.71%
1985	4,538,012	15,023,681	3%	2.85%
1986	4,675,420	15,467,579	3.03%	2.95%
1987	4,818,486	15,954,170	3.06%	3.15%
1988	4,967,341	16,470,483	3.09%	3.24%
1989	5,121,657	17,010,698	3.11%	3.28%
1990	5,281,479	17,569,897	3.12%	3.29%
1991	5,446,932	18,155,901	3.13%	3.34%
1992	5,617,844	18,785,032	3.14%	3.47%
1993	5,872,706	19,445,161	4.54%	3.51%
1994	6,096,506	20,108,801	3.81%	3.41%
1995	6,226,773	20,665,667	2.14%	2.77%
1996	6,391,858	21,231,550	2.65%	2.74%
1997	6,583,365	21,856,046	3%	2.94%
1998	6,789,489	22,515,806	3.13%	3.02%
1999	7,002,818	23,257,281	3.14%	3.29%
2000	7,221,619	24,000,150	3.12%	3.19%
2001	7,445,596	24,745,676	3.1%	3.11%
2002	7,675,426	25,532,870	3.09%	3.18%
2003	7,913,070	26,352,124	3.1%	3.21%
2004	8,159,094	27,154,515	3.11%	3.04%
2005	8,426,144	27,963,289	3.27%	2.98%
2006	8,693,242	28,794,003	3.17%	2.97%
2007	8,953,969	29,653,430	3%	2.98%
2008	9,228,466	30,539,553	3.07%	2.99%
2009	9,509,423	31,451,151	3.04%	2.98%
2010	9,797,484	32,390,802	3.03%	2.99%
2011	10,093,623	33,354,543	3.02%	2.98%
2012	10,397,657	34,337,438	3.01%	2.95%
2013	10,708,834	35,337,042	2.99%	2.91%
2014	11,030,004	36,395,539	3%	3%
2015	11,360,681	37,531,446	3%	3.12%
2016	11,697,842	38,799,152	2.97%	3.38%
2017	12,039,780	40,177,388	2.92%	3.55%
2018	12,383,347	41,565,831	2.85%	3.46%
2019	12,726,755	42,999,637	2.77%	3.45%
2020	13,070,169	44,457,152	2.7%	3.39%
2021	13,413,417	45,910,930	2.63%	3.27%
2022	13,759,501	47,312,719	2.58%	3.05%
2023	14,111,034	48,656,601	2.55%	2.84%
2024	14,462,724	50,015,092	2.49%	2.79%
2025	14,814,463	51,384,895	2.43%	2.74%
2026	15,170,422	52,761,471	2.4%	2.68%
2027	15,529,420	54,144,274	2.37%	2.62%
2028	15,890,289	55,532,564	2.32%	2.56%
2029	16,253,927	56,922,797	2.29%	2.5%
2030	16,618,827	58,312,944	2.24%	2.44%
2031	16,985,939	59,703,537	2.21%	2.38%
2032	17,357,069	61,089,060	2.18%	2.32%
2033	17,731,448	62,464,116	2.16%	2.25%
2034	18,109,922	63,833,872	2.13%	2.19%
2035	18,492,634	65,205,570	2.11%	2.15%
2036	18,878,049	66,573,737	2.08%	2.1%
2037	19,264,504	67,942,634	2.05%	2.06%
2038	19,655,285	69,312,210	2.03%	2.02%
2039	20,049,973	70,669,875	2.01%	1.96%
2040	20,445,765	72,020,414	1.97%	1.91%
2041	20,843,268	73,372,658	1.94%	1.88%
2042	21,242,984	74,730,004	1.92%	1.85%
2043	21,643,647	76,090,991	1.89%	1.82%
2044	22,042,581	77,449,517	1.84%	1.79%
2045	22,443,653	78,797,995	1.82%	1.74%
2046	22,846,199	80,139,174	1.79%	1.7%
2047	23,245,147	81,478,503	1.75%	1.67%
2048	23,642,198	82,812,102	1.71%	1.64%
2049	24,038,614	84,130,056	1.68%	1.59%
2050	24,433,817	85,431,202	1.64%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.