What is the difference in population by world region between Argentina and Benin?

1.33 million people, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Benin?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Argentina vs Benin: Population by world region

Argentina

38.26 million people

in 2100

Benin

39.59 million people

in 2100

Argentina rank

55th

Benin rank

54th

Population by world region over time

Argentina
Benin

How they compare

Benin currently reports 39.59 million people against 38.26 million people in Argentina, a difference of 1.33 million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Benin ahead.

Argentina ranks 55th and Benin ranks 54th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 26 and Benin in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Argentina	Benin	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	1.61 million people	1.41 million people	Benin
1100s	220,000 people	1.84 million people	1.62 million people	Benin
1200s	240,000 people	2.10 million people	1.86 million people	Benin
1300s	260,000 people	2.40 million people	2.14 million people	Benin
1400s	280,000 people	2.70 million people	2.42 million people	Benin
1500s	300,000 people	3.00 million people	2.70 million people	Benin
1600s	300,000 people	3.10 million people	2.80 million people	Benin
1700s	300,000 people	6.26 million people	5.96 million people	Benin
1710s	300,000 people	5.78 million people	5.48 million people	Benin
1720s	300,000 people	5.34 million people	5.04 million people	Benin
1730s	300,000 people	4.93 million people	4.63 million people	Benin
1740s	300,000 people	4.55 million people	4.25 million people	Benin
1750s	300,000 people	4.20 million people	3.90 million people	Benin
1760s	300,000 people	3.87 million people	3.57 million people	Benin
1770s	300,000 people	3.58 million people	3.28 million people	Benin
1780s	300,000 people	3.30 million people	3.00 million people	Benin
1790s	300,000 people	3.05 million people	2.75 million people	Benin
1800s	473,510 people	636,559 people	163,049 people	Benin
1810s	462,725 people	636,652 people	173,927 people	Benin
1820s	577,358 people	658,204 people	80,847 people	Benin
1830s	692,800 people	707,281 people	14,482 people	Benin
1840s	909,313 people	760,386 people	148,926 people	Argentina
1850s	1.19 million people	811,911 people	375,540 people	Argentina
1860s	1.51 million people	876,626 people	636,284 people	Argentina
1870s	2.07 million people	968,886 people	1.11 million people	Argentina
1880s	2.84 million people	1.06 million people	1.78 million people	Argentina
1890s	3.92 million people	1.14 million people	2.78 million people	Argentina
1900s	5.56 million people	1.24 million people	4.32 million people	Argentina
1910s	7.65 million people	1.36 million people	6.29 million people	Argentina
1920s	10.08 million people	1.52 million people	8.56 million people	Argentina
1930s	12.78 million people	1.76 million people	11.02 million people	Argentina
1940s	15.35 million people	2.06 million people	13.29 million people	Argentina
1950s	18.54 million people	2.35 million people	16.19 million people	Argentina
1960s	21.94 million people	2.74 million people	19.20 million people	Argentina
1970s	25.68 million people	3.42 million people	22.27 million people	Argentina
1980s	30.11 million people	4.49 million people	25.62 million people	Argentina
1990s	34.81 million people	6.13 million people	28.68 million people	Argentina
2000s	39.02 million people	8.32 million people	30.70 million people	Argentina
2010s	43.21 million people	11.22 million people	31.98 million people	Argentina
2020s	45.79 million people	14.65 million people	31.14 million people	Argentina
2030s	47.17 million people	18.31 million people	28.86 million people	Argentina
2040s	48.12 million people	22.24 million people	25.88 million people	Argentina
2050s	48.10 million people	26.18 million people	21.92 million people	Argentina
2060s	47.00 million people	29.92 million people	17.08 million people	Argentina
2070s	45.20 million people	33.36 million people	11.83 million people	Argentina
2080s	42.79 million people	36.28 million people	6.51 million people	Argentina
2090s	39.91 million people	38.57 million people	1.34 million people	Argentina
2100s	38.26 million people	39.59 million people	1.33 million people	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Argentina or Benin?: Benin, at 39.59 million people against 38.26 million people in Argentina as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Argentina and Benin?: 1.33 million people, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Benin?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Argentina and Benin rank globally for population by world region?: Argentina ranks 55th and Benin ranks 54th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.