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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Vanuatu	Benin	Vanuatu
1960	2,517,286	64,431	-	-
1961	2,559,223	66,264	1.67%	2.84%
1962	2,604,659	68,174	1.78%	2.88%
1963	2,652,908	70,159	1.85%	2.91%
1964	2,704,003	72,219	1.93%	2.94%
1965	2,757,936	74,358	1.99%	2.96%
1966	2,814,317	76,590	2.04%	3%
1967	2,872,997	78,921	2.09%	3.04%
1968	2,934,257	81,314	2.13%	3.03%
1969	2,998,222	83,755	2.18%	3%
1970	3,065,057	86,266	2.23%	3%
1971	3,134,767	88,862	2.27%	3.01%
1972	3,207,543	91,562	2.32%	3.04%
1973	3,283,496	94,362	2.37%	3.06%
1974	3,362,633	97,260	2.41%	3.07%
1975	3,445,407	100,269	2.46%	3.09%
1976	3,532,196	103,388	2.52%	3.11%
1977	3,623,202	106,618	2.58%	3.12%
1978	3,718,305	109,963	2.62%	3.14%
1979	3,818,528	113,040	2.7%	2.8%
1980	3,925,251	115,660	2.79%	2.32%
1981	4,038,307	118,249	2.88%	2.24%
1982	4,156,596	121,035	2.93%	2.36%
1983	4,278,978	123,998	2.94%	2.45%
1984	4,405,895	127,109	2.97%	2.51%
1985	4,538,012	130,356	3%	2.55%
1986	4,675,420	133,720	3.03%	2.58%
1987	4,818,486	137,187	3.06%	2.59%
1988	4,967,341	140,756	3.09%	2.6%
1989	5,121,657	144,393	3.11%	2.58%
1990	5,281,479	148,063	3.12%	2.54%
1991	5,446,932	151,793	3.13%	2.52%
1992	5,617,844	155,608	3.14%	2.51%
1993	5,872,706	159,463	4.54%	2.48%
1994	6,096,506	163,314	3.81%	2.41%
1995	6,226,773	167,137	2.14%	2.34%
1996	6,391,858	170,911	2.65%	2.26%
1997	6,583,365	174,626	3%	2.17%
1998	6,789,489	178,313	3.13%	2.11%
1999	7,002,818	182,048	3.14%	2.09%
2000	7,221,619	186,281	3.12%	2.33%
2001	7,445,596	191,031	3.1%	2.55%
2002	7,675,426	195,863	3.09%	2.53%
2003	7,913,070	200,746	3.1%	2.49%
2004	8,159,094	205,711	3.11%	2.47%
2005	8,426,144	210,760	3.27%	2.45%
2006	8,693,242	215,923	3.17%	2.45%
2007	8,953,969	221,276	3%	2.48%
2008	9,228,466	226,896	3.07%	2.54%
2009	9,509,423	232,731	3.04%	2.57%
2010	9,797,484	238,248	3.03%	2.37%
2011	10,093,623	243,474	3.02%	2.19%
2012	10,397,657	248,883	3.01%	2.22%
2013	10,708,834	254,482	2.99%	2.25%
2014	11,030,004	260,240	3%	2.26%
2015	11,360,681	266,101	3%	2.25%
2016	11,697,842	272,087	2.97%	2.25%
2017	12,039,780	278,507	2.92%	2.36%
2018	12,383,347	285,259	2.85%	2.42%
2019	12,726,755	291,985	2.77%	2.36%
2020	13,070,169	298,858	2.7%	2.35%
2021	13,413,417	305,868	2.63%	2.35%
2022	13,759,501	313,046	2.58%	2.35%
2023	14,111,034	320,409	2.55%	2.35%
2024	14,462,724	327,777	2.49%	2.3%
2025	14,814,463	335,169	2.43%	2.26%
2026	15,170,422	342,565	2.4%	2.21%
2027	15,529,420	349,970	2.37%	2.16%
2028	15,890,289	357,397	2.32%	2.12%
2029	16,253,927	364,883	2.29%	2.09%
2030	16,618,827	372,429	2.24%	2.07%
2031	16,985,939	380,015	2.21%	2.04%
2032	17,357,069	387,657	2.18%	2.01%
2033	17,731,448	395,366	2.16%	1.99%
2034	18,109,922	403,188	2.13%	1.98%
2035	18,492,634	411,061	2.11%	1.95%
2036	18,878,049	419,006	2.08%	1.93%
2037	19,264,504	427,031	2.05%	1.92%
2038	19,655,285	435,150	2.03%	1.9%
2039	20,049,973	443,311	2.01%	1.88%
2040	20,445,765	451,509	1.97%	1.85%
2041	20,843,268	459,733	1.94%	1.82%
2042	21,242,984	468,003	1.92%	1.8%
2043	21,643,647	476,308	1.89%	1.77%
2044	22,042,581	484,636	1.84%	1.75%
2045	22,443,653	492,989	1.82%	1.72%
2046	22,846,199	501,316	1.79%	1.69%
2047	23,245,147	509,621	1.75%	1.66%
2048	23,642,198	517,889	1.71%	1.62%
2049	24,038,614	526,138	1.68%	1.59%
2050	24,433,817	534,374	1.64%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.