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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Benin was 14,462,724 in 2024 vs 28,405,543 people in Venezuela in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Benin's population is 15,100,397 people compared to 28,610,737 in Venezuela.

Population statistics:

  • Venezuela's population is 1.89 times bigger than Benin's.
  • Benin is ranked the 76th most populous country in the world, while Venezuela is the 54th.
  • The countries together account for 0.53% of the world: 0.18% for Benin vs 0.35% for Venezuela.
  • For the last 10 years, Benin has had an average growth rate of +2.77% per year vs -0.46% in Venezuela.
  • Since 2005, the population of Benin has increased from 8.43M people to 15.1M (79.2% growth), while Venezuela has grown from 26.8M to 28.6M (6.81% growth).
  • Benin is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 39.6M people compared to the peak of 31.2M people in 2057 for Venezuela.

Benin vs Venezuela: live population counter

Benin Venezuela
Current population
15100397
28610737
Population rank 76/197 54/197
Percent of world population 0.18% 0.35%
One net population change
1.49 minutes
5.02 minutes
One birth every
1.1 minutes
1.23 minutes
One death every
4.23 minutes
2.46 minutes
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
4.99 minutes
Annual migration change -7,725 -105,297
Daily growth/decline +964 +287
Annual growth/decline +351,690 +104,689
Annual growth/decline rate +2.49% +0.37%
Population growth rate rank 28/197 142/197

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

Benin
Population

Growth rate
Venezuela
Population

Growth rate
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 2005 to 2015, the population of Benin increased by 2,934,537 people (a 34.8% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Benin gained 3,739,716 (a 32.9% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2005 and is 76th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.

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