Benin vs Guinea
Guinea has about the same population as Benin: 15,099,727 vs 14,814,460, a gap of 285,267. Benin is growing faster (+2.40% vs +2.31% a year), adding about 355,979 people a year against +348,943. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Benin would overtake Guinea in about 21 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2046) — a projection, not a forecast. Benin is 2.1× as densely populated (125.1 vs 58.6 people per km²).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Benin) and 2025 (Guinea); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Benin vs Guinea — side by side
 Benin |  Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 14,814,4602025 | 15,099,7272025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +2.40%2025 | +2.31%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 33.42024 | 33.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 8.72024 | 9.02024 |
| Children per woman | 4.482024 | 4.132024 |
| Life expectancy | 61.0 yrs2024 | 60.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 41.3%2025 | 40.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.2%2025 | 3.5%2025 |
| Density | 125.1 /km²2023 | 58.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 114,760 km²2023 | 245,860 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 53.4%2025 | 38.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -7,8472025 | -16,2822025 |
| GDP per capita | $1,6582025 | $1,8772025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #75 | #74 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Benin: 5.9× from 1960 to 2025; Guinea: 4.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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Guinea: Guinea vs Netherlands, Guinea vs Cambodia, Guinea vs Zimbabwe, Guinea vs Benin, Guinea vs Rwanda, Guinea vs Burundi.
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