Total population fell 2.91% to 12.6 mil in Benin in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, total population in Benin reached an all time high of 13.0 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 2.26 mil in 1950. When compared to Benin's main peers, total population in Burkina Faso amounted to 21.1 mil, 24.8 mil in Niger, 217 mil in Nigeria and 8.22 mil in Togo in 2022.
Benin has been ranked 79th within the group of 179 countries we follow in terms of total population, 8 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population (Total) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Algeria | mil | 47.5 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 19.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 33.3 | 33.8 | 34.4 | 34.9 | 35.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | mil | 39.6 | 40.2 | 40.7 | 41.3 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 26.9 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 28.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 38.5 | 38.8 | 39.1 | 39.3 | 39.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 34.6 | 35.1 | 35.6 | 36.1 | 36.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 35.9 | 36.7 | 37.6 | 38.4 | 39.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 53.1 | 54.7 | 56.4 | 58.1 | 59.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 355 | 362 | 369 | 376 | 383 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | mil | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
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