Population of Benin

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	06 Dec 2024

The current population of Benin is 14,712,468 as of March 18, 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.

Benin population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	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

Benin population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	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