Benin vs Rwanda: Annual change in population

Benin

351,528 people

in 2023

Rwanda

303,448 people

in 2023

Benin rank

53rd

Rwanda rank

56th

Annual change in population over time

Benin currently reports 351,528 people against 303,448 people in Rwanda, a difference of 48,080 people.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Rwanda ahead.

Benin ranks 53rd and Rwanda ranks 56th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in population
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,228 data points, 1951–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual change in population, calculated as the difference between population on 1 July of consecutive years.