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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Benin	Zambia	Benin	Zambia
1960	2,517,286	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,559,223	3,254,086	1.67%	3.18%
1962	2,604,659	3,358,099	1.78%	3.2%
1963	2,652,908	3,465,907	1.85%	3.21%
1964	2,704,003	3,577,017	1.93%	3.21%
1965	2,757,936	3,692,086	1.99%	3.22%
1966	2,814,317	3,812,003	2.04%	3.25%
1967	2,872,997	3,936,343	2.09%	3.26%
1968	2,934,257	4,065,593	2.13%	3.28%
1969	2,998,222	4,197,116	2.18%	3.24%
1970	3,065,057	4,321,718	2.23%	2.97%
1971	3,134,767	4,442,525	2.27%	2.8%
1972	3,207,543	4,569,309	2.32%	2.85%
1973	3,283,496	4,702,693	2.37%	2.92%
1974	3,362,633	4,842,746	2.41%	2.98%
1975	3,445,407	4,990,086	2.46%	3.04%
1976	3,532,196	5,143,842	2.52%	3.08%
1977	3,623,202	5,302,480	2.58%	3.08%
1978	3,718,305	5,465,374	2.62%	3.07%
1979	3,818,528	5,631,728	2.7%	3.04%
1980	3,925,251	5,802,833	2.79%	3.04%
1981	4,038,307	5,983,289	2.88%	3.11%
1982	4,156,596	6,178,637	2.93%	3.26%
1983	4,278,978	6,381,038	2.94%	3.28%
1984	4,405,895	6,580,490	2.97%	3.13%
1985	4,538,012	6,780,953	3%	3.05%
1986	4,675,420	6,986,471	3.03%	3.03%
1987	4,818,486	7,191,282	3.06%	2.93%
1988	4,967,341	7,391,440	3.09%	2.78%
1989	5,121,657	7,589,216	3.11%	2.68%
1990	5,281,479	7,786,169	3.12%	2.6%
1991	5,446,932	7,981,650	3.13%	2.51%
1992	5,617,844	8,176,680	3.14%	2.44%
1993	5,872,706	8,373,921	4.54%	2.41%
1994	6,096,506	8,576,269	3.81%	2.42%
1995	6,226,773	8,785,763	2.14%	2.44%
1996	6,391,858	9,004,053	2.65%	2.48%
1997	6,583,365	9,237,063	3%	2.59%
1998	6,789,489	9,482,408	3.13%	2.66%
1999	7,002,818	9,740,005	3.14%	2.72%
2000	7,221,619	10,017,631	3.12%	2.85%
2001	7,445,596	10,325,185	3.1%	3.07%
2002	7,675,426	10,647,949	3.09%	3.13%
2003	7,913,070	10,983,595	3.1%	3.15%
2004	8,159,094	11,338,198	3.11%	3.23%
2005	8,426,144	11,718,819	3.27%	3.36%
2006	8,693,242	12,129,553	3.17%	3.5%
2007	8,953,969	12,565,085	3%	3.59%
2008	9,228,466	13,021,324	3.07%	3.63%
2009	9,509,423	13,490,389	3.04%	3.6%
2010	9,797,484	13,965,594	3.03%	3.52%
2011	10,093,623	14,437,796	3.02%	3.38%
2012	10,397,657	14,913,629	3.01%	3.3%
2013	10,708,834	15,398,997	2.99%	3.25%
2014	11,030,004	15,895,315	3%	3.22%
2015	11,360,681	16,399,089	3%	3.17%
2016	11,697,842	16,914,423	2.97%	3.14%
2017	12,039,780	17,441,320	2.92%	3.12%
2018	12,383,347	17,973,569	2.85%	3.05%
2019	12,726,755	18,513,839	2.77%	3.01%
2020	13,070,169	19,059,395	2.7%	2.95%
2021	13,413,417	19,603,607	2.63%	2.86%
2022	13,759,501	20,152,938	2.58%	2.8%
2023	14,111,034	20,723,965	2.55%	2.83%
2024	14,462,724	21,314,956	2.49%	2.85%
2025	14,814,463	21,913,869	2.43%	2.81%
2026	15,170,422	22,521,905	2.4%	2.77%
2027	15,529,420	23,138,716	2.37%	2.74%
2028	15,890,289	23,761,368	2.32%	2.69%
2029	16,253,927	24,389,681	2.29%	2.64%
2030	16,618,827	25,024,887	2.24%	2.6%
2031	16,985,939	25,666,496	2.21%	2.56%
2032	17,357,069	26,311,946	2.18%	2.51%
2033	17,731,448	26,960,073	2.16%	2.46%
2034	18,109,922	27,611,621	2.13%	2.42%
2035	18,492,634	28,266,887	2.11%	2.37%
2036	18,878,049	28,925,103	2.08%	2.33%
2037	19,264,504	29,583,482	2.05%	2.28%
2038	19,655,285	30,240,549	2.03%	2.22%
2039	20,049,973	30,895,586	2.01%	2.17%
2040	20,445,765	31,550,394	1.97%	2.12%
2041	20,843,268	32,204,340	1.94%	2.07%
2042	21,242,984	32,856,596	1.92%	2.03%
2043	21,643,647	33,510,500	1.89%	1.99%
2044	22,042,581	34,165,920	1.84%	1.96%
2045	22,443,653	34,821,101	1.82%	1.92%
2046	22,846,199	35,475,795	1.79%	1.88%
2047	23,245,147	36,129,270	1.75%	1.84%
2048	23,642,198	36,782,260	1.71%	1.81%
2049	24,038,614	37,434,667	1.68%	1.77%
2050	24,433,817	38,083,369	1.64%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Benin increased by 3,004,600 people (a 34.6% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Benin gained 3,476,503 (a 29.7% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Benin was ranked 89th most populous country in 2006 and is 76th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.