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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Venezuela	Benin	Venezuela
1960	2,517,286	8,160,090	-	-
1961	2,559,223	8,455,915	1.67%	3.63%
1962	2,604,659	8,756,870	1.78%	3.56%
1963	2,652,908	9,064,021	1.85%	3.51%
1964	2,704,003	9,377,712	1.93%	3.46%
1965	2,757,936	9,697,790	1.99%	3.41%
1966	2,814,317	10,024,854	2.04%	3.37%
1967	2,872,997	10,358,513	2.09%	3.33%
1968	2,934,257	10,697,530	2.13%	3.27%
1969	2,998,222	11,040,280	2.18%	3.2%
1970	3,065,057	11,387,790	2.23%	3.15%
1971	3,134,767	11,741,008	2.27%	3.1%
1972	3,207,543	12,099,180	2.32%	3.05%
1973	3,283,496	12,463,537	2.37%	3.01%
1974	3,362,633	12,835,351	2.41%	2.98%
1975	3,445,407	13,215,892	2.46%	2.96%
1976	3,532,196	13,606,284	2.52%	2.95%
1977	3,623,202	14,006,812	2.58%	2.94%
1978	3,718,305	14,416,684	2.62%	2.93%
1979	3,818,528	14,834,552	2.7%	2.9%
1980	3,925,251	15,258,218	2.79%	2.86%
1981	4,038,307	15,687,297	2.88%	2.81%
1982	4,156,596	16,121,874	2.93%	2.77%
1983	4,278,978	16,562,205	2.94%	2.73%
1984	4,405,895	17,008,841	2.97%	2.7%
1985	4,538,012	17,461,434	3%	2.66%
1986	4,675,420	17,923,536	3.03%	2.65%
1987	4,818,486	18,394,963	3.06%	2.63%
1988	4,967,341	18,871,020	3.09%	2.59%
1989	5,121,657	19,348,921	3.11%	2.53%
1990	5,281,479	19,827,010	3.12%	2.47%
1991	5,446,932	20,304,896	3.13%	2.41%
1992	5,617,844	20,780,948	3.14%	2.34%
1993	5,872,706	21,254,520	4.54%	2.28%
1994	6,096,506	21,725,188	3.81%	2.21%
1995	6,226,773	22,193,821	2.14%	2.16%
1996	6,391,858	22,662,113	2.65%	2.11%
1997	6,583,365	23,131,685	3%	2.07%
1998	6,789,489	23,601,337	3.13%	2.03%
1999	7,002,818	24,066,593	3.14%	1.97%
2000	7,221,619	24,526,708	3.12%	1.91%
2001	7,445,596	24,979,922	3.1%	1.85%
2002	7,675,426	25,435,671	3.09%	1.82%
2003	7,913,070	25,892,703	3.1%	1.8%
2004	8,159,094	26,340,838	3.11%	1.73%
2005	8,426,144	26,785,804	3.27%	1.69%
2006	8,693,242	27,224,686	3.17%	1.64%
2007	8,953,969	27,649,363	3%	1.56%
2008	9,228,466	28,053,696	3.07%	1.46%
2009	9,509,423	28,438,298	3.04%	1.37%
2010	9,797,484	28,813,101	3.03%	1.32%
2011	10,093,623	29,185,212	3.02%	1.29%
2012	10,397,657	29,553,826	3.01%	1.26%
2013	10,708,834	29,912,198	2.99%	1.21%
2014	11,030,004	30,254,079	3%	1.14%
2015	11,360,681	30,573,972	3%	1.06%
2016	11,697,842	30,765,720	2.97%	0.63%
2017	12,039,780	30,565,323	2.92%	-0.65%
2018	12,383,347	29,807,592	2.85%	-2.48%
2019	12,726,755	28,938,098	2.77%	-2.92%
2020	13,070,169	28,444,077	2.7%	-1.71%
2021	13,413,417	28,237,826	2.63%	-0.73%
2022	13,759,501	28,213,017	2.58%	-0.09%
2023	14,111,034	28,300,854	2.55%	0.31%
2024	14,462,724	28,405,543	2.49%	0.37%
2025	14,814,463	28,516,898	2.43%	0.39%
2026	15,170,422	28,633,718	2.4%	0.41%
2027	15,529,420	28,758,565	2.37%	0.44%
2028	15,890,289	28,885,166	2.32%	0.44%
2029	16,253,927	29,014,444	2.29%	0.45%
2030	16,618,827	29,151,809	2.24%	0.47%
2031	16,985,939	29,295,744	2.21%	0.49%
2032	17,357,069	29,442,534	2.18%	0.5%
2033	17,731,448	29,587,099	2.16%	0.49%
2034	18,109,922	29,735,159	2.13%	0.5%
2035	18,492,634	29,883,329	2.11%	0.5%
2036	18,878,049	30,020,167	2.08%	0.46%
2037	19,264,504	30,146,546	2.05%	0.42%
2038	19,655,285	30,268,328	2.03%	0.4%
2039	20,049,973	30,386,284	2.01%	0.39%
2040	20,445,765	30,495,445	1.97%	0.36%
2041	20,843,268	30,590,207	1.94%	0.31%
2042	21,242,984	30,674,532	1.92%	0.28%
2043	21,643,647	30,749,671	1.89%	0.24%
2044	22,042,581	30,813,805	1.84%	0.21%
2045	22,443,653	30,871,490	1.82%	0.19%
2046	22,846,199	30,923,463	1.79%	0.17%
2047	23,245,147	30,974,366	1.75%	0.16%
2048	23,642,198	31,021,600	1.71%	0.15%
2049	24,038,614	31,059,954	1.68%	0.12%
2050	24,433,817	31,094,884	1.64%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.