Population of Benin

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Benin is 15,150,775 as of April 24, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Benin is projected at 12,451,040 or 12.50 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Benin is projected at 12,123,200 or 12.12 million people for the year 2020. Benin ranks number 77th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Benin is ranked 29th among 58 countries in Africa.

Benin's population will be increased year by year. The Benin population is projected to reach 15.67 million in 2030 and increase further to 24.28 million in 2050 and 47.21 million by 2100. Benin accounts for 0.16 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.09% in 1982 and is projected to increase by 0.43% by 2100.

Benin was at 105th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 49th in 2100.

Benin population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	12,123,200	322,049	2.73	0.15
2021	12,451,040	327,840	2.70	0.15
2022	12,784,726	333,686	2.68	0.16
2023	13,124,356	339,630	2.66	0.16
2024	13,470,096	345,740	2.63	0.16
2025	13,822,071	351,975	2.61	0.17
2026	14,180,223	358,152	2.59	0.17
2027	14,544,420	364,197	2.57	0.17
2028	14,914,570	370,150	2.54	0.17
2029	15,290,578	376,008	2.52	0.18
2030	15,672,304	381,726	2.50	0.18
2031	16,059,665	387,361	2.47	0.18
2032	16,452,528	392,863	2.45	0.19
2033	16,850,765	398,237	2.42	0.19
2034	17,254,212	403,447	2.39	0.19
2035	17,662,700	408,488	2.37	0.20
2036	18,076,113	413,413	2.34	0.20
2037	18,494,286	418,173	2.31	0.20
2038	18,916,993	422,707	2.29	0.21
2039	19,343,976	426,983	2.26	0.21
2040	19,775,013	431,037	2.23	0.21
2041	20,209,930	434,917	2.20	0.22
2042	20,648,611	438,681	2.17	0.22
2043	21,090,942	442,331	2.14	0.22
2044	21,536,844	445,902	2.11	0.23
2045	21,986,225	449,381	2.09	0.23
2046	22,438,947	452,722	2.06	0.23
2047	22,894,881	455,934	2.03	0.24
2048	23,353,874	458,993	2.00	0.24
2049	23,815,786	461,912	1.98	0.24
2050	24,280,477	464,691	1.95	0.25
2051	24,747,784	467,307	1.92	0.25
2052	25,217,570	469,786	1.90	0.26
2053	25,689,804	472,234	1.87	0.26
2054	26,164,494	474,690	1.85	0.26
2055	26,641,581	477,087	1.82	0.27
2056	27,120,961	479,380	1.80	0.27
2057	27,602,405	481,444	1.78	0.27
2058	28,085,578	483,173	1.75	0.28
2059	28,570,081	484,503	1.73	0.28
2060	29,055,574	485,493	1.70	0.29
2061	29,541,800	486,226	1.67	0.29
2062	30,028,618	486,818	1.65	0.30
2063	30,515,983	487,365	1.62	0.30
2064	31,003,882	487,899	1.60	0.30
2065	31,492,273	488,391	1.58	0.31
2066	31,980,969	488,696	1.55	0.31
2067	32,469,715	488,746	1.53	0.32
2068	32,958,169	488,454	1.50	0.32
2069	33,445,967	487,798	1.48	0.32
2070	33,932,764	486,797	1.46	0.33
2071	34,418,370	485,606	1.43	0.33
2072	34,902,598	484,228	1.41	0.34
2073	35,385,149	482,551	1.38	0.34
2074	35,865,723	480,574	1.36	0.35
2075	36,344,050	478,327	1.33	0.35
2076	36,819,890	475,840	1.31	0.35
2077	37,293,129	473,239	1.29	0.36
2078	37,763,802	470,673	1.26	0.36
2079	38,232,020	468,218	1.24	0.37
2080	38,697,829	465,809	1.22	0.37
2081	39,161,115	463,286	1.20	0.38
2082	39,621,674	460,559	1.18	0.38
2083	40,079,283	457,609	1.15	0.38
2084	40,533,721	454,438	1.13	0.39
2085	40,984,745	451,024	1.11	0.39
2086	41,432,199	447,454	1.09	0.40
2087	41,875,908	443,709	1.07	0.40
2088	42,315,656	439,748	1.05	0.41
2089	42,751,208	435,552	1.03	0.41
2090	43,182,340	431,132	1.01	0.41
2091	43,608,863	426,523	0.99	0.42
2092	44,030,572	421,709	0.97	0.42
2093	44,447,299	416,727	0.95	0.43
2094	44,858,861	411,562	0.93	0.43
2095	45,265,076	406,215	0.91	0.44
2096	45,665,750	400,674	0.89	0.44
2097	46,060,702	394,952	0.86	0.44
2098	46,449,705	389,003	0.84	0.45
2099	46,832,549	382,844	0.82	inf
2100	47,208,993	376,444	0.80	inf

Benin population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,255,226	-	-	0.09
1951	2,258,476	3,250	0.14	0.09
1952	2,264,871	6,395	0.28	0.09
1953	2,274,476	9,605	0.42	0.09
1954	2,287,385	12,909	0.57	0.08
1955	2,303,587	16,202	0.71	0.08
1956	2,323,056	19,469	0.85	0.08
1957	2,345,717	22,661	0.98	0.08
1958	2,371,453	25,736	1.10	0.08
1959	2,400,127	28,674	1.21	0.08
1960	2,431,622	31,495	1.31	0.08
1961	2,465,867	34,245	1.41	0.08
1962	2,502,896	37,029	1.50	0.08
1963	2,542,859	39,963	1.60	0.08
1964	2,585,965	43,106	1.70	0.08
1965	2,632,356	46,391	1.79	0.08
1966	2,682,159	49,803	1.89	0.08
1967	2,735,307	53,148	1.98	0.08
1968	2,791,590	56,283	2.06	0.08
1969	2,850,661	59,071	2.12	0.08
1970	2,912,340	61,679	2.16	0.08
1971	2,976,572	64,232	2.21	0.08
1972	3,043,567	66,995	2.25	0.08
1973	3,113,675	70,108	2.30	0.08
1974	3,187,412	73,737	2.37	0.08
1975	3,265,165	77,753	2.44	0.08
1976	3,347,173	82,008	2.51	0.08
1977	3,433,439	86,266	2.58	0.08
1978	3,523,938	90,499	2.64	0.08
1979	3,618,526	94,588	2.68	0.08
1980	3,717,165	98,639	2.73	0.08
1981	3,820,128	102,963	2.77	0.08
1982	3,927,714	107,586	2.82	0.09
1983	4,039,949	112,235	2.86	0.09
1984	4,156,819	116,870	2.89	0.09
1985	4,278,501	121,682	2.93	0.09
1986	4,404,506	126,005	2.95	0.09
1987	4,535,263	130,757	2.97	0.09
1988	4,672,852	137,589	3.03	0.09
1989	4,820,016	147,164	3.15	0.09
1990	4,978,496	158,480	3.29	0.09
1991	5,149,499	171,003	3.43	0.10
1992	5,331,803	182,304	3.54	0.10
1993	5,521,763	189,960	3.56	0.10
1994	5,714,220	192,457	3.49	0.10
1995	5,905,558	191,338	3.35	0.10
1996	6,094,259	188,701	3.20	0.10
1997	6,281,639	187,380	3.07	0.11
1998	6,470,265	188,626	3.00	0.11
1999	6,664,098	193,833	3.00	0.11
2000	6,865,951	201,853	3.03	0.11
2001	7,076,733	210,782	3.07	0.11
2002	7,295,394	218,661	3.09	0.12
2003	7,520,555	225,161	3.09	0.12
2004	7,750,004	229,449	3.05	0.12
2005	7,982,225	232,221	3.00	0.12
2006	8,216,897	234,672	2.94	0.12
2007	8,454,793	237,896	2.90	0.13
2008	8,696,921	242,128	2.86	0.13
2009	8,944,708	247,787	2.85	0.13
2010	9,199,259	254,551	2.85	0.13
2011	9,460,831	261,572	2.84	0.13
2012	9,729,249	268,418	2.84	0.14
2013	10,004,591	275,342	2.83	0.14
2014	10,286,844	282,253	2.82	0.14
2015	10,575,952	289,108	2.81	0.14
2016	10,872,063	296,111	2.80	0.14
2017	11,175,198	303,135	2.79	0.15
2018	11,485,044	309,846	2.77	0.15
2019	11,801,151	316,107	2.75	0.15