Population of Benin
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
Date | 06 Dec 2024 |
The current population of Benin is 14,678,849 as of February 11, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Benin is projected at 14,462,724, or 14.46 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Benin is projected at 14,111,034, or 14.11 million people for the year 2023.
Benin ranks 76th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Benin is ranked 28th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.
- Population
- Growth rate
- Net change
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
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1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
1950 | 2,242,408 | 2,250,476 | 16,135 | 0.717 | 0.090 |
1951 | 2,258,543 | 2,267,308 | 17,530 | 0.773 | 0.089 |
1952 | 2,276,073 | 2,285,775 | 19,404 | 0.849 | 0.088 |
1953 | 2,295,477 | 2,306,202 | 21,449 | 0.930 | 0.088 |
1954 | 2,316,926 | 2,328,782 | 23,712 | 1.018 | 0.087 |
1955 | 2,340,638 | 2,353,646 | 26,015 | 1.105 | 0.086 |
1956 | 2,366,653 | 2,380,892 | 28,478 | 1.196 | 0.085 |
1957 | 2,395,131 | 2,410,770 | 31,278 | 1.297 | 0.085 |
1958 | 2,426,409 | 2,443,434 | 34,049 | 1.394 | 0.084 |
1959 | 2,460,458 | 2,478,914 | 36,913 | 1.489 | 0.084 |
1960 | 2,497,371 | 2,517,286 | 39,830 | 1.582 | 0.083 |
1961 | 2,537,201 | 2,559,223 | 44,044 | 1.721 | 0.084 |
1962 | 2,581,245 | 2,604,659 | 46,827 | 1.798 | 0.083 |
1963 | 2,628,072 | 2,652,908 | 49,672 | 1.872 | 0.083 |
1964 | 2,677,744 | 2,704,003 | 52,518 | 1.942 | 0.083 |
1965 | 2,730,262 | 2,757,936 | 55,348 | 2.007 | 0.083 |
1966 | 2,785,610 | 2,814,317 | 57,414 | 2.040 | 0.083 |
1967 | 2,843,024 | 2,872,997 | 59,946 | 2.087 | 0.083 |
1968 | 2,902,970 | 2,934,257 | 62,574 | 2.133 | 0.083 |
1969 | 2,965,544 | 2,998,222 | 65,357 | 2.180 | 0.083 |
1970 | 3,030,901 | 3,065,057 | 68,312 | 2.229 | 0.083 |
1971 | 3,099,213 | 3,134,767 | 71,107 | 2.268 | 0.083 |
1972 | 3,170,320 | 3,207,543 | 74,445 | 2.321 | 0.083 |
1973 | 3,244,765 | 3,283,496 | 77,462 | 2.359 | 0.084 |
1974 | 3,322,227 | 3,362,633 | 80,812 | 2.403 | 0.084 |
1975 | 3,403,039 | 3,445,407 | 84,736 | 2.460 | 0.085 |
1976 | 3,487,775 | 3,532,196 | 88,842 | 2.515 | 0.085 |
1977 | 3,576,617 | 3,623,202 | 93,170 | 2.572 | 0.086 |
1978 | 3,669,787 | 3,718,305 | 97,035 | 2.610 | 0.087 |
1979 | 3,766,822 | 3,818,528 | 103,413 | 2.708 | 0.087 |
1980 | 3,870,235 | 3,925,251 | 110,032 | 2.803 | 0.088 |
1981 | 3,980,267 | 4,038,307 | 116,080 | 2.875 | 0.089 |
1982 | 4,096,347 | 4,156,596 | 120,498 | 2.899 | 0.090 |
1983 | 4,216,845 | 4,278,978 | 124,266 | 2.904 | 0.091 |
1984 | 4,341,111 | 4,405,895 | 129,567 | 2.941 | 0.092 |
1985 | 4,470,678 | 4,538,012 | 134,669 | 2.968 | 0.093 |
1986 | 4,605,347 | 4,675,420 | 140,146 | 2.998 | 0.094 |
1987 | 4,745,493 | 4,818,486 | 145,987 | 3.030 | 0.095 |
1988 | 4,891,480 | 4,967,341 | 151,721 | 3.055 | 0.097 |
1989 | 5,043,201 | 5,121,657 | 156,912 | 3.064 | 0.098 |
1990 | 5,200,113 | 5,281,479 | 162,732 | 3.081 | 0.099 |
1991 | 5,362,845 | 5,446,932 | 168,174 | 3.088 | 0.101 |
1992 | 5,531,019 | 5,617,844 | 173,650 | 3.091 | 0.102 |
1993 | 5,704,669 | 5,872,706 | 336,074 | 5.724 | 0.105 |
1994 | 6,040,743 | 6,096,506 | 111,526 | 1.829 | 0.107 |
1995 | 6,152,269 | 6,226,773 | 149,008 | 2.393 | 0.108 |
1996 | 6,301,277 | 6,391,858 | 181,161 | 2.834 | 0.109 |
1997 | 6,482,438 | 6,583,365 | 201,855 | 3.066 | 0.111 |
1998 | 6,684,293 | 6,789,489 | 210,391 | 3.099 | 0.113 |
1999 | 6,894,684 | 7,002,818 | 216,268 | 3.089 | 0.115 |
2000 | 7,110,952 | 7,221,619 | 221,334 | 3.065 | 0.117 |
2001 | 7,332,286 | 7,445,596 | 226,620 | 3.044 | 0.119 |
2002 | 7,558,906 | 7,675,426 | 233,041 | 3.036 | 0.121 |
2003 | 7,791,947 | 7,913,070 | 242,246 | 3.062 | 0.123 |
2004 | 8,034,193 | 8,159,094 | 249,802 | 3.062 | 0.125 |
2005 | 8,283,995 | 8,426,144 | 284,297 | 3.374 | 0.128 |
2006 | 8,568,292 | 8,693,242 | 249,900 | 2.875 | 0.130 |
2007 | 8,818,192 | 8,953,969 | 271,554 | 3.033 | 0.133 |
2008 | 9,089,746 | 9,228,466 | 277,440 | 3.007 | 0.135 |
2009 | 9,367,186 | 9,509,423 | 284,474 | 2.992 | 0.137 |
2010 | 9,651,660 | 9,797,484 | 291,648 | 2.977 | 0.140 |
2011 | 9,943,308 | 10,093,623 | 300,631 | 2.979 | 0.142 |
2012 | 10,243,939 | 10,397,657 | 307,436 | 2.957 | 0.144 |
2013 | 10,551,375 | 10,708,834 | 314,917 | 2.941 | 0.147 |
2014 | 10,866,292 | 11,030,004 | 327,423 | 2.969 | 0.149 |
2015 | 11,193,715 | 11,360,681 | 333,932 | 2.940 | 0.152 |
2016 | 11,527,647 | 11,697,842 | 340,389 | 2.910 | 0.155 |
2017 | 11,868,036 | 12,039,780 | 343,488 | 2.853 | 0.157 |
2018 | 12,211,524 | 12,383,347 | 343,647 | 2.775 | 0.160 |
2019 | 12,555,171 | 12,726,755 | 343,168 | 2.697 | 0.163 |
2020 | 12,898,339 | 13,070,169 | 343,660 | 2.629 | 0.166 |
2021 | 13,241,999 | 13,413,417 | 342,836 | 2.556 | 0.169 |
2022 | 13,584,835 | 13,759,501 | 349,331 | 2.539 | 0.172 |
2023 | 13,934,166 | 14,111,034 | 353,737 | 2.507 | 0.174 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
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1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
2024 | 14,287,903 | 14,462,724 | 349,642 | 2.418 | 0.177 |
2025 | 14,637,545 | 14,814,460 | 353,829 | 2.389 | 0.180 |
2026 | 14,991,374 | 15,170,419 | 358,091 | 2.361 | 0.183 |
2027 | 15,349,465 | 15,529,414 | 359,897 | 2.318 | 0.186 |
2028 | 15,709,362 | 15,890,280 | 361,836 | 2.277 | 0.188 |
2029 | 16,071,198 | 16,253,920 | 365,444 | 2.248 | 0.191 |
2030 | 16,436,642 | 16,618,822 | 364,360 | 2.193 | 0.194 |
2031 | 16,801,002 | 16,985,930 | 369,857 | 2.178 | 0.197 |
2032 | 17,170,859 | 17,357,064 | 372,409 | 2.146 | 0.200 |
2033 | 17,543,268 | 17,731,438 | 376,339 | 2.123 | 0.202 |
2034 | 17,919,607 | 18,109,912 | 380,611 | 2.102 | 0.205 |
2035 | 18,300,218 | 18,492,631 | 384,827 | 2.081 | 0.208 |
2036 | 18,685,045 | 18,878,045 | 386,000 | 2.045 | 0.211 |
2037 | 19,071,045 | 19,264,500 | 386,909 | 2.008 | 0.214 |
2038 | 19,457,954 | 19,655,275 | 394,642 | 2.008 | 0.217 |
2039 | 19,852,596 | 20,049,969 | 394,746 | 1.969 | 0.220 |
2040 | 20,247,342 | 20,445,760 | 396,835 | 1.941 | 0.223 |
2041 | 20,644,177 | 20,843,264 | 398,174 | 1.910 | 0.226 |
2042 | 21,042,351 | 21,242,981 | 401,260 | 1.889 | 0.229 |
2043 | 21,443,611 | 21,643,637 | 400,052 | 1.848 | 0.232 |
2044 | 21,843,663 | 22,042,571 | 397,816 | 1.805 | 0.235 |
2045 | 22,241,479 | 22,443,646 | 404,334 | 1.802 | 0.238 |
2046 | 22,645,813 | 22,846,196 | 400,766 | 1.754 | 0.241 |
2047 | 23,046,579 | 23,245,139 | 397,119 | 1.708 | 0.244 |
2048 | 23,443,698 | 23,642,191 | 396,985 | 1.679 | 0.247 |
2049 | 23,840,683 | 24,038,607 | 395,849 | 1.647 | 0.250 |
2050 | 24,236,532 | 24,433,809 | 394,555 | 1.615 | 0.253 |
2051 | 24,631,087 | 24,827,844 | 393,515 | 1.585 | 0.256 |
2052 | 25,024,602 | 25,220,854 | 392,504 | 1.556 | 0.259 |
2053 | 25,417,106 | 25,610,344 | 386,477 | 1.509 | 0.262 |
2054 | 25,803,583 | 25,998,164 | 389,162 | 1.497 | 0.265 |
2055 | 26,192,745 | 26,386,125 | 386,760 | 1.466 | 0.268 |
2056 | 26,579,505 | 26,768,354 | 377,697 | 1.411 | 0.271 |
2057 | 26,957,202 | 27,146,959 | 379,513 | 1.398 | 0.274 |
2058 | 27,336,715 | 27,524,089 | 374,749 | 1.362 | 0.277 |
2059 | 27,711,464 | 27,899,072 | 375,216 | 1.345 | 0.280 |
2060 | 28,086,680 | 28,272,760 | 372,159 | 1.316 | 0.283 |
2061 | 28,458,839 | 28,643,202 | 368,726 | 1.287 | 0.286 |
2062 | 28,827,565 | 29,011,907 | 368,684 | 1.271 | 0.289 |
2063 | 29,196,249 | 29,379,347 | 366,197 | 1.246 | 0.292 |
2064 | 29,562,446 | 29,746,076 | 367,260 | 1.235 | 0.295 |
2065 | 29,929,706 | 30,111,489 | 363,566 | 1.207 | 0.298 |
2066 | 30,293,272 | 30,471,403 | 356,261 | 1.169 | 0.301 |
2067 | 30,649,533 | 30,825,989 | 352,913 | 1.145 | 0.304 |
2068 | 31,002,446 | 31,177,482 | 350,073 | 1.123 | 0.307 |
2069 | 31,352,519 | 31,528,706 | 352,373 | 1.118 | 0.310 |
2070 | 31,704,892 | 31,879,283 | 348,782 | 1.094 | 0.313 |
2071 | 32,053,674 | 32,224,059 | 340,771 | 1.058 | 0.316 |
2072 | 32,394,445 | 32,564,726 | 340,562 | 1.046 | 0.319 |
2073 | 32,735,007 | 32,900,611 | 331,209 | 1.007 | 0.322 |
2074 | 33,066,216 | 33,229,130 | 325,828 | 0.981 | 0.324 |
2075 | 33,392,044 | 33,548,440 | 312,792 | 0.932 | 0.327 |
2076 | 33,704,836 | 33,860,334 | 310,997 | 0.918 | 0.330 |
2077 | 34,015,833 | 34,169,266 | 306,866 | 0.898 | 0.333 |
2078 | 34,322,699 | 34,473,295 | 301,192 | 0.874 | 0.336 |
2079 | 34,623,891 | 34,771,315 | 294,849 | 0.848 | 0.338 |
2080 | 34,918,740 | 35,063,024 | 288,568 | 0.823 | 0.341 |
2081 | 35,207,308 | 35,348,910 | 283,205 | 0.801 | 0.344 |
2082 | 35,490,513 | 35,632,346 | 283,666 | 0.796 | 0.346 |
2083 | 35,774,179 | 35,910,584 | 272,810 | 0.760 | 0.349 |
2084 | 36,046,989 | 36,178,046 | 262,115 | 0.725 | 0.352 |
2085 | 36,309,104 | 36,438,980 | 259,751 | 0.713 | 0.354 |
2086 | 36,568,855 | 36,693,858 | 250,006 | 0.681 | 0.357 |
2087 | 36,818,861 | 36,942,732 | 247,743 | 0.671 | 0.359 |
2088 | 37,066,604 | 37,186,929 | 240,651 | 0.647 | 0.362 |
2089 | 37,307,255 | 37,424,139 | 233,768 | 0.625 | 0.364 |
2090 | 37,541,023 | 37,651,974 | 221,901 | 0.589 | 0.367 |
2091 | 37,762,924 | 37,871,222 | 216,596 | 0.572 | 0.369 |
2092 | 37,979,520 | 38,086,111 | 213,181 | 0.560 | 0.371 |
2093 | 38,192,701 | 38,295,128 | 204,855 | 0.535 | 0.374 |
2094 | 38,397,556 | 38,500,327 | 205,541 | 0.534 | 0.376 |
2095 | 38,603,097 | 38,700,678 | 195,162 | 0.504 | 0.378 |
2096 | 38,798,259 | 38,892,735 | 188,952 | 0.486 | 0.380 |
2097 | 38,987,211 | 39,074,808 | 175,195 | 0.448 | 0.383 |
2098 | 39,162,406 | 39,249,871 | 174,930 | 0.446 | 0.385 |
2099 | 39,337,336 | 39,421,859 | 169,047 | 0.429 | 0.387 |
2100 | 39,506,383 | 39,587,568 | 162,370 | 0.410 | 0.389 |