Benin vs Rwanda: The global population hockey stick

Benin
14.11 million people
in 2023
Rwanda
13.95 million people
in 2023
Benin rank
77th
Rwanda rank
78th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Benin
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 14.11 million people against 13.95 million people in Rwanda, a difference of 156,500 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 77th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 21 and Rwanda in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Rwanda Difference Ahead
1000s 1.61 million people 288,000 people 1.32 million people Benin
1100s 1.84 million people 350,400 people 1.49 million people Benin
1200s 2.10 million people 412,800 people 1.69 million people Benin
1300s 2.40 million people 475,200 people 1.92 million people Benin
1400s 2.70 million people 537,600 people 2.16 million people Benin
1500s 3.00 million people 600,000 people 2.40 million people Benin
1600s 3.10 million people 660,000 people 2.44 million people Benin
1700s 6.26 million people 720,000 people 5.54 million people Benin
1710s 5.78 million people 736,737 people 5.04 million people Benin
1720s 5.34 million people 745,120 people 4.59 million people Benin
1730s 4.93 million people 753,971 people 4.17 million people Benin
1740s 4.55 million people 763,339 people 3.78 million people Benin
1750s 4.20 million people 773,281 people 3.42 million people Benin
1760s 3.87 million people 783,864 people 3.09 million people Benin
1770s 3.58 million people 795,163 people 2.78 million people Benin
1780s 3.30 million people 807,272 people 2.49 million people Benin
1790s 3.05 million people 820,301 people 2.23 million people Benin
1800s 636,559 people 928,368 people 291,809 people Rwanda
1810s 636,652 people 928,674 people 292,022 people Rwanda
1820s 658,204 people 1.00 million people 343,491 people Rwanda
1830s 707,281 people 1.18 million people 470,626 people Rwanda
1840s 760,386 people 1.39 million people 625,919 people Rwanda
1850s 811,911 people 1.52 million people 706,965 people Rwanda
1860s 876,626 people 1.53 million people 656,891 people Rwanda
1870s 968,886 people 1.55 million people 577,636 people Rwanda
1880s 1.06 million people 1.58 million people 519,439 people Rwanda
1890s 1.14 million people 1.57 million people 426,788 people Rwanda
1900s 1.24 million people 1.46 million people 223,360 people Rwanda
1910s 1.36 million people 1.37 million people 11,987 people Rwanda
1920s 1.52 million people 1.44 million people 85,975 people Benin
1930s 1.76 million people 1.66 million people 100,662 people Benin
1940s 2.06 million people 1.94 million people 117,212 people Benin
1950s 2.35 million people 2.53 million people 182,946 people Rwanda
1960s 2.74 million people 3.41 million people 667,271 people Rwanda
1970s 3.42 million people 4.56 million people 1.14 million people Rwanda
1980s 4.49 million people 6.24 million people 1.74 million people Rwanda
1990s 6.13 million people 7.37 million people 1.24 million people Rwanda
2000s 8.32 million people 9.01 million people 684,726 people Rwanda
2010s 11.22 million people 11.52 million people 296,871 people Rwanda
2020s 13.59 million people 13.51 million people 81,875 people Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Benin or Rwanda?
Benin, at 14.11 million people against 13.95 million people in Rwanda as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Benin and Rwanda?
156,500 people, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Rwanda?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Benin and Rwanda rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Benin ranks 77th and Rwanda ranks 78th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.