Population in Benin compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Benin and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	United States	Benin	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	2,517,286	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,559,223	183,691,481	1.67%	1.67%
1962	2,604,659	186,537,737	1.78%	1.55%
1963	2,652,908	189,241,798	1.85%	1.45%
1964	2,704,003	191,888,791	1.93%	1.4%
1965	2,757,936	194,302,963	1.99%	1.26%
1966	2,814,317	196,560,338	2.04%	1.16%
1967	2,872,997	198,712,056	2.09%	1.09%
1968	2,934,257	200,706,052	2.13%	1%
1969	2,998,222	202,676,946	2.18%	0.98%
1970	3,065,057	205,052,174	2.23%	1.17%
1971	3,134,767	207,660,677	2.27%	1.27%
1972	3,207,543	209,896,021	2.32%	1.08%
1973	3,283,496	211,908,788	2.37%	0.96%
1974	3,362,633	213,853,928	2.41%	0.92%
1975	3,445,407	215,973,199	2.46%	0.99%
1976	3,532,196	218,035,164	2.52%	0.95%
1977	3,623,202	220,239,425	2.58%	1.01%
1978	3,718,305	222,584,545	2.62%	1.06%
1979	3,818,528	225,055,487	2.7%	1.11%
1980	3,925,251	226,542,250	2.79%	0.66%
1981	4,038,307	229,465,744	2.88%	1.29%
1982	4,156,596	231,664,432	2.93%	0.96%
1983	4,278,978	233,792,014	2.94%	0.92%
1984	4,405,895	235,824,908	2.97%	0.87%
1985	4,538,012	237,923,734	3%	0.89%
1986	4,675,420	240,132,831	3.03%	0.93%
1987	4,818,486	242,288,936	3.06%	0.9%
1988	4,967,341	244,499,004	3.09%	0.91%
1989	5,121,657	246,819,222	3.11%	0.95%
1990	5,281,479	250,131,894	3.12%	1.34%
1991	5,446,932	253,492,503	3.13%	1.34%
1992	5,617,844	256,894,189	3.14%	1.34%
1993	5,872,706	260,255,352	4.54%	1.31%
1994	6,096,506	263,435,673	3.81%	1.22%
1995	6,226,773	266,557,091	2.14%	1.18%
1996	6,391,858	269,667,391	2.65%	1.17%
1997	6,583,365	272,911,760	3%	1.2%
1998	6,789,489	276,115,288	3.13%	1.17%
1999	7,002,818	279,294,713	3.14%	1.15%
2000	7,221,619	282,162,411	3.12%	1.03%
2001	7,445,596	284,968,955	3.1%	0.99%
2002	7,675,426	287,625,193	3.09%	0.93%
2003	7,913,070	290,107,933	3.1%	0.86%
2004	8,159,094	292,805,298	3.11%	0.93%
2005	8,426,144	295,516,599	3.27%	0.93%
2006	8,693,242	298,379,912	3.17%	0.97%
2007	8,953,969	301,231,207	3%	0.96%
2008	9,228,466	304,093,966	3.07%	0.95%
2009	9,509,423	306,771,529	3.04%	0.88%
2010	9,797,484	309,327,143	3.03%	0.83%
2011	10,093,623	311,583,481	3.02%	0.73%
2012	10,397,657	313,877,662	3.01%	0.74%
2013	10,708,834	316,059,947	2.99%	0.7%
2014	11,030,004	318,386,329	3%	0.74%
2015	11,360,681	320,738,994	3%	0.74%
2016	11,697,842	323,071,755	2.97%	0.73%
2017	12,039,780	325,122,128	2.92%	0.63%
2018	12,383,347	326,838,199	2.85%	0.53%
2019	12,726,755	328,329,953	2.77%	0.46%
2020	13,070,169	331,526,933	2.7%	0.97%
2021	13,413,417	331,893,745	2.63%	0.11%
2022	13,759,501	333,271,411	2.58%	0.42%
2023	14,111,034	334,914,895	2.55%	0.49%
2024	14,462,724	340,110,988	2.49%	1.55%
2025	14,814,463	341,931,772	2.43%	0.54%
2026	15,170,422	343,664,369	2.4%	0.51%
2027	15,529,420	345,331,185	2.37%	0.49%
2028	15,890,289	346,981,137	2.32%	0.48%
2029	16,253,927	348,601,982	2.29%	0.47%
2030	16,618,827	350,176,974	2.24%	0.45%
2031	16,985,939	351,725,612	2.21%	0.44%
2032	17,357,069	353,249,060	2.18%	0.43%
2033	17,731,448	354,749,644	2.16%	0.42%
2034	18,109,922	356,234,239	2.13%	0.42%
2035	18,492,634	357,694,316	2.11%	0.41%
2036	18,878,049	359,119,002	2.08%	0.4%
2037	19,264,504	360,517,853	2.05%	0.39%
2038	19,655,285	361,895,407	2.03%	0.38%
2039	20,049,973	363,229,908	2.01%	0.37%
2040	20,445,765	364,512,364	1.97%	0.35%
2041	20,843,268	365,753,139	1.94%	0.34%
2042	21,242,984	366,969,419	1.92%	0.33%
2043	21,643,647	368,146,925	1.89%	0.32%
2044	22,042,581	369,258,123	1.84%	0.3%
2045	22,443,653	370,318,770	1.82%	0.29%
2046	22,846,199	371,328,255	1.79%	0.27%
2047	23,245,147	372,299,116	1.75%	0.26%
2048	23,642,198	373,230,539	1.71%	0.25%
2049	24,038,614	374,119,803	1.68%	0.24%
2050	24,433,817	374,986,259	1.64%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.