Population of Burkina Faso

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Burkina Faso is 24,837,720 as of December 01, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Burkina Faso is projected at 21,497,096 or 21.50 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Burkina Faso is projected at 20,903,273 or 20.10 million people for the year 2020. Burkina Faso ranks number 59th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Burkina Faso is ranked 19th among 58 countries in Africa.

Burkina Faso's population will be increased year by year. The Burkina Faso population is projected to reach 27.40 million in 2030 and increase further to 43.43 million in 2050 and 83.19 million by 2100. Burkina Faso accounts for 0.27 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.16% in 1982 and is projected to increase by 0.77% by 2100.

Burkina Faso was at 73rd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 29th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Burkina Faso population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,284,461	-	-	0.17
1951	4,324,494	40,033	0.93	0.17
1952	4,367,134	42,640	0.99	0.17
1953	4,413,202	46,068	1.05	0.16
1954	4,463,168	49,966	1.13	0.16
1955	4,517,155	53,987	1.21	0.16
1956	4,574,942	57,787	1.28	0.16
1957	4,635,955	61,013	1.33	0.16
1958	4,699,340	63,385	1.37	0.16
1959	4,764,077	64,737	1.38	0.16
1960	4,829,288	65,211	1.37	0.16
1961	4,894,580	65,292	1.35	0.16
1962	4,960,326	65,746	1.34	0.16
1963	5,027,821	67,495	1.36	0.16
1964	5,098,890	71,069	1.41	0.16
1965	5,174,870	75,980	1.49	0.15
1966	5,256,363	81,493	1.57	0.15
1967	5,343,019	86,656	1.65	0.15
1968	5,434,041	91,022	1.70	0.15
1969	5,528,174	94,133	1.73	0.15
1970	5,624,600	96,426	1.74	0.15
1971	5,723,381	98,781	1.76	0.15
1972	5,825,173	101,792	1.78	0.15
1973	5,930,483	105,310	1.81	0.15
1974	6,040,041	109,558	1.85	0.15
1975	6,154,545	114,504	1.90	0.15
1976	6,274,037	119,492	1.94	0.15
1977	6,398,935	124,898	1.99	0.15
1978	6,530,819	131,884	2.06	0.15
1979	6,671,656	140,837	2.16	0.15
1980	6,822,843	151,187	2.27	0.15
1981	6,985,160	162,317	2.38	0.15
1982	7,158,255	173,095	2.48	0.16
1983	7,340,905	182,650	2.55	0.16
1984	7,531,242	190,337	2.59	0.16
1985	7,727,907	196,665	2.61	0.16
1986	7,930,694	202,787	2.62	0.16
1987	8,140,073	209,379	2.64	0.16
1988	8,356,305	216,232	2.66	0.16
1989	8,579,823	223,518	2.67	0.16
1990	8,811,034	231,211	2.69	0.17
1991	9,050,084	239,050	2.71	0.17
1992	9,297,113	247,029	2.73	0.17
1993	9,552,476	255,363	2.75	0.17
1994	9,816,588	264,112	2.76	0.17
1995	10,089,878	273,290	2.78	0.18
1996	10,372,745	282,867	2.80	0.18
1997	10,665,546	292,801	2.82	0.18
1998	10,968,724	303,178	2.84	0.18
1999	11,282,701	313,977	2.86	0.19
2000	11,607,942	325,241	2.88	0.19
2001	11,944,587	336,645	2.90	0.19
2002	12,293,100	348,513	2.92	0.20
2003	12,654,621	361,521	2.94	0.20
2004	13,030,569	375,948	2.97	0.20
2005	13,421,930	391,361	3.00	0.21
2006	13,829,176	407,246	3.03	0.21
2007	14,252,021	422,845	3.06	0.21
2008	14,689,725	437,704	3.07	0.22
2009	15,141,098	451,373	3.07	0.22
2010	15,605,217	464,119	3.07	0.22
2011	16,081,913	476,696	3.05	0.23
2012	16,571,253	489,340	3.04	0.23
2013	17,072,785	501,532	3.03	0.24
2014	17,586,030	513,245	3.01	0.24
2015	18,110,624	524,594	2.98	0.25
2016	18,646,357	535,733	2.96	0.25
2017	19,193,234	546,877	2.93	0.25
2018	19,751,466	558,232	2.91	0.26
2019	20,321,378	569,912	2.89	0.26

Burkina Faso population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	20,903,273	581,895	2.86	0.27
2021	21,497,096	593,823	2.84	0.27
2022	22,102,838	605,742	2.82	0.28
2023	22,720,835	617,997	2.80	0.28
2024	23,351,514	630,679	2.78	0.29
2025	23,995,149	643,635	2.76	0.29
2026	24,651,765	656,616	2.74	0.30
2027	25,321,195	669,430	2.72	0.30
2028	26,003,233	682,038	2.69	0.31
2029	26,697,622	694,389	2.67	0.31
2030	27,404,039	706,417	2.65	0.32
2031	28,122,267	718,228	2.62	0.33
2032	28,852,045	729,778	2.60	0.33
2033	29,592,937	740,892	2.57	0.34
2034	30,344,461	751,524	2.54	0.34
2035	31,106,139	761,678	2.51	0.35
2036	31,877,597	771,458	2.48	0.36
2037	32,658,440	780,843	2.45	0.36
2038	33,448,064	789,624	2.42	0.37
2039	34,245,783	797,719	2.38	0.37
2040	35,051,012	805,229	2.35	0.38
2041	35,863,235	812,223	2.32	0.39
2042	36,682,082	818,847	2.28	0.39
2043	37,507,258	825,176	2.25	0.40
2044	38,338,533	831,275	2.22	0.41
2045	39,175,624	837,091	2.18	0.41
2046	40,018,243	842,619	2.15	0.42
2047	40,865,923	847,680	2.12	0.43
2048	41,717,969	852,046	2.08	0.43
2049	42,573,601	855,632	2.05	0.44
2050	43,432,184	858,583	2.02	0.45
2051	44,293,242	861,058	1.98	0.45
2052	45,156,630	863,388	1.95	0.46
2053	46,022,448	865,818	1.92	0.47
2054	46,890,972	868,524	1.89	0.47
2055	47,762,349	871,377	1.86	0.48
2056	48,636,304	873,955	1.83	0.49
2057	49,512,431	876,127	1.80	0.49
2058	50,390,523	878,092	1.77	0.50
2059	51,270,331	879,808	1.75	0.51
2060	52,151,573	881,242	1.72	0.51
2061	53,033,986	882,413	1.69	0.52
2062	53,917,101	883,115	1.67	0.53
2063	54,800,125	883,024	1.64	0.53
2064	55,682,089	881,964	1.61	0.54
2065	56,562,186	880,097	1.58	0.55
2066	57,439,783	877,597	1.55	0.56
2067	58,314,585	874,802	1.52	0.56
2068	59,186,441	871,856	1.50	0.57
2069	60,055,345	868,904	1.47	0.58
2070	60,921,158	865,813	1.44	0.58
2071	61,783,564	862,406	1.42	0.59
2072	62,641,958	858,394	1.39	0.60
2073	63,495,475	853,517	1.36	0.60
2074	64,343,111	847,636	1.33	0.61
2075	65,184,036	840,925	1.31	0.62
2076	66,017,685	833,649	1.28	0.62
2077	66,843,808	826,123	1.25	0.63
2078	67,662,228	818,420	1.22	0.64
2079	68,472,883	810,655	1.20	0.64
2080	69,275,667	802,784	1.17	0.65
2081	70,070,285	794,618	1.15	0.66
2082	70,856,322	786,037	1.12	0.66
2083	71,633,358	777,036	1.10	0.67
2084	72,400,930	767,572	1.07	0.67
2085	73,158,657	757,727	1.05	0.68
2086	73,906,207	747,550	1.02	0.69
2087	74,643,342	737,135	1.00	0.69
2088	75,369,943	726,601	0.97	0.70
2089	76,085,916	715,973	0.95	0.70
2090	76,791,120	705,204	0.93	0.71
2091	77,485,367	694,247	0.90	0.72
2092	78,168,367	683,000	0.88	0.72
2093	78,839,808	671,441	0.86	0.73
2094	79,499,380	659,572	0.84	0.73
2095	80,146,805	647,425	0.81	0.74
2096	80,781,804	634,999	0.79	0.74
2097	81,404,185	622,381	0.77	0.75
2098	82,013,798	609,613	0.75	0.75
2099	82,610,503	596,705	0.73	0.76
2100	83,194,226	583,723	0.71	0.77