Population of Benin

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Benin is 14,559,740 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Benin is projected at 14,080,072, or 14.08 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Benin is projected at 13,712,828, or 13.71 million people for the year 2023.

Benin ranks 77th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Benin is ranked 29th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Benin population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,256,437	2,264,452	16,030	0.708	0.09
1951	2,272,467	2,280,678	16,422	0.720	0.09
1952	2,288,889	2,297,832	17,887	0.778	0.09
1953	2,306,776	2,316,684	19,815	0.855	0.09
1954	2,326,591	2,337,371	21,560	0.922	0.09
1955	2,348,151	2,360,081	23,859	1.011	0.09
1956	2,372,010	2,385,282	26,545	1.113	0.09
1957	2,398,555	2,413,053	28,997	1.202	0.08
1958	2,427,552	2,443,407	31,709	1.298	0.08
1959	2,459,261	2,476,498	34,474	1.392	0.08
1960	2,493,735	2,512,284	37,098	1.477	0.08
1961	2,530,833	2,551,216	40,767	1.598	0.08
1962	2,571,600	2,593,302	43,405	1.674	0.08
1963	2,615,005	2,638,082	46,155	1.750	0.08
1964	2,661,160	2,685,619	48,917	1.821	0.08
1965	2,710,077	2,735,843	51,532	1.884	0.08
1966	2,761,609	2,788,642	54,066	1.939	0.08
1967	2,815,675	2,843,739	56,128	1.974	0.08
1968	2,871,803	2,901,218	58,829	2.028	0.08
1969	2,930,632	2,961,166	61,068	2.062	0.08
1970	2,991,700	3,023,443	63,486	2.100	0.08
1971	3,055,186	3,088,381	66,389	2.150	0.08
1972	3,121,575	3,156,408	69,666	2.207	0.08
1973	3,191,241	3,227,380	72,277	2.240	0.08
1974	3,263,518	3,301,276	75,517	2.288	0.08
1975	3,339,035	3,378,703	79,336	2.348	0.08
1976	3,418,371	3,460,329	83,917	2.425	0.08
1977	3,502,288	3,546,454	88,332	2.491	0.08
1978	3,590,620	3,636,927	92,614	2.547	0.08
1979	3,683,234	3,732,394	98,321	2.634	0.09
1980	3,781,555	3,833,939	104,767	2.733	0.09
1981	3,886,322	3,941,569	110,494	2.803	0.09
1982	3,996,816	4,054,385	115,137	2.840	0.09
1983	4,111,953	4,171,526	119,147	2.856	0.09
1984	4,231,100	4,293,070	123,941	2.887	0.09
1985	4,355,041	4,419,552	129,022	2.920	0.09
1986	4,484,063	4,551,382	134,637	2.958	0.09
1987	4,618,700	4,688,787	140,174	2.990	0.09
1988	4,758,874	4,831,624	145,501	3.012	0.09
1989	4,904,375	4,979,680	150,610	3.025	0.10
1990	5,054,985	5,133,419	156,869	3.056	0.10
1991	5,211,854	5,293,046	162,383	3.068	0.10
1992	5,374,237	5,457,778	167,081	3.062	0.10
1993	5,541,318	5,706,181	329,725	5.780	0.10
1994	5,871,043	5,923,394	104,702	1.768	0.10
1995	5,975,745	6,046,511	141,531	2.341	0.11
1996	6,117,276	6,203,860	173,168	2.791	0.11
1997	6,290,444	6,387,026	193,164	3.025	0.11
1998	6,483,608	6,584,183	201,150	3.055	0.11
1999	6,684,758	6,788,589	207,662	3.059	0.11
2000	6,892,420	6,998,023	211,206	3.018	0.11
2001	7,103,626	7,212,041	216,829	3.007	0.12
2002	7,320,455	7,431,783	222,656	2.996	0.12
2003	7,543,111	7,659,208	232,193	3.032	0.12
2004	7,775,304	7,894,554	238,500	3.021	0.12
2005	8,013,804	8,149,419	271,230	3.329	0.12
2006	8,285,034	8,402,631	235,194	2.799	0.13
2007	8,520,228	8,647,761	255,065	2.950	0.13
2008	8,775,293	8,906,469	262,351	2.946	0.13
2009	9,037,644	9,172,514	269,741	2.941	0.13
2010	9,307,385	9,445,710	276,649	2.929	0.14
2011	9,584,034	9,726,380	284,693	2.927	0.14
2012	9,868,727	10,014,078	290,703	2.903	0.14
2013	10,159,430	10,308,730	298,601	2.897	0.14
2014	10,458,031	10,614,844	313,626	2.955	0.14
2015	10,771,657	10,932,783	322,253	2.948	0.15
2016	11,093,910	11,260,085	332,349	2.952	0.15
2017	11,426,259	11,596,779	341,039	2.941	0.15
2018	11,767,298	11,940,683	346,771	2.904	0.16
2019	12,114,069	12,290,444	352,750	2.870	0.16
2020	12,466,819	12,643,123	352,608	2.789	0.16
2021	12,819,427	12,996,895	354,936	2.731	0.16

Benin population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	13,174,363	13,352,864	357,002	2.674	0.17
2023	13,531,365	13,712,828	362,926	2.647	0.17
2024	13,894,291	14,080,072	371,562	2.639	0.17
2025	14,265,853	14,454,199	376,692	2.606	0.18
2026	14,642,545	14,832,937	380,784	2.567	0.18
2027	15,023,329	15,216,009	385,360	2.533	0.18
2028	15,408,689	15,603,721	390,064	2.500	0.19
2029	15,798,753	15,996,447	395,387	2.472	0.19
2030	16,194,140	16,393,827	399,374	2.436	0.19
2031	16,593,514	16,795,573	404,119	2.406	0.19
2032	16,997,633	17,201,982	408,697	2.376	0.20
2033	17,406,330	17,613,873	415,086	2.357	0.20
2034	17,821,416	18,030,401	417,971	2.318	0.20
2035	18,239,387	18,450,172	421,570	2.285	0.21
2036	18,660,957	18,874,268	426,621	2.260	0.21
2037	19,087,578	19,303,369	431,581	2.236	0.21
2038	19,519,159	19,737,070	435,822	2.208	0.22
2039	19,954,981	20,176,029	442,095	2.191	0.22
2040	20,397,076	20,620,647	447,142	2.169	0.22
2041	20,844,218	21,069,601	450,766	2.139	0.23
2042	21,294,984	21,522,780	455,592	2.117	0.23
2043	21,750,576	21,980,068	458,984	2.088	0.23
2044	22,209,560	22,440,979	462,837	2.063	0.24
2045	22,672,397	22,905,813	466,832	2.038	0.24
2046	23,139,229	23,373,375	468,291	2.004	0.25
2047	23,607,520	23,842,061	469,082	1.968	0.25
2048	24,076,602	24,313,238	473,272	1.947	0.25
2049	24,549,874	24,787,656	475,564	1.919	0.26
2050	25,025,438	25,264,035	477,193	1.889	0.26
2051	25,502,631	25,742,183	479,104	1.861	0.26
2052	25,981,735	26,220,469	477,469	1.821	0.27
2053	26,459,204	26,699,212	480,015	1.798	0.27
2054	26,939,219	27,178,512	478,585	1.761	0.28
2055	27,417,804	27,657,733	479,858	1.735	0.28
2056	27,897,662	28,138,196	481,069	1.710	0.28
2057	28,378,731	28,617,711	477,960	1.670	0.29
2058	28,856,691	29,094,226	475,070	1.633	0.29
2059	29,331,761	29,570,468	477,415	1.615	0.29
2060	29,809,176	30,047,895	477,439	1.589	0.30
2061	30,286,615	30,526,109	478,989	1.569	0.30
2062	30,765,604	31,004,245	477,281	1.539	0.31
2063	31,242,885	31,480,457	475,143	1.509	0.31
2064	31,718,028	31,956,066	476,075	1.490	0.31
2065	32,194,103	32,430,754	473,302	1.459	0.32
2066	32,667,405	32,903,327	471,843	1.434	0.32
2067	33,139,248	33,375,405	472,314	1.415	0.33
2068	33,611,562	33,847,130	471,135	1.392	0.33
2069	34,082,697	34,314,961	464,528	1.354	0.33
2070	34,547,225	34,777,866	461,282	1.326	0.34
2071	35,008,507	35,238,251	459,489	1.304	0.34
2072	35,467,996	35,696,668	457,343	1.281	0.35
2073	35,925,339	36,154,142	457,606	1.266	0.35
2074	36,382,945	36,608,678	451,466	1.233	0.35
2075	36,834,411	37,056,954	445,087	1.201	0.36
2076	37,279,498	37,501,952	444,908	1.186	0.36
2077	37,724,406	37,944,740	440,667	1.161	0.37
2078	38,165,073	38,383,265	436,384	1.137	0.37
2079	38,601,457	38,818,687	434,459	1.119	0.37
2080	39,035,916	39,250,774	429,716	1.095	0.38
2081	39,465,632	39,676,128	420,992	1.061	0.38
2082	39,886,624	40,095,914	418,580	1.044	0.38
2083	40,305,204	40,510,862	411,316	1.015	0.39
2084	40,716,520	40,918,116	403,192	0.985	0.39
2085	41,119,712	41,320,827	402,230	0.973	0.40
2086	41,521,942	41,719,417	394,950	0.947	0.40
2087	41,916,892	42,111,974	390,165	0.927	0.40
2088	42,307,057	42,499,584	385,053	0.906	0.41
2089	42,692,110	42,878,845	373,470	0.871	0.41
2090	43,065,580	43,250,534	369,908	0.855	0.41
2091	43,435,488	43,617,990	365,005	0.837	0.42
2092	43,800,493	43,980,480	359,974	0.818	0.42
2093	44,160,467	44,335,255	349,577	0.788	0.43
2094	44,510,044	44,681,929	343,770	0.769	0.43
2095	44,853,814	45,022,923	338,219	0.751	0.43
2096	45,192,033	45,357,192	330,318	0.728	0.44
2097	45,522,351	45,683,317	321,932	0.705	0.44
2098	45,844,283	46,002,060	315,555	0.686	0.44
2099	46,159,838	46,313,300	306,923	0.663	0.45
2100	46,466,761	46,617,384	301,245	0.646	0.45