Burkina Faso vs Congo statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 6.33M in The Congo (ranked 112/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 131,854 sq mi for The Congo (ranked 73rd vs. 64th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482).

Burkina Faso and Congo: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Congo economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	$330,442,816	$131,731,863
1961	$350,247,234	$151,675,739
1962	$379,567,099	$166,521,240
1963	$394,040,667	$172,233,431
1964	$410,321,645	$185,693,725
1965	$422,916,790	$198,318,064
1966	$433,889,766	$220,613,582
1967	$450,753,924	$237,397,428
1968	$460,442,689	$251,247,458
1969	$478,298,645	$265,040,036
1970	$458,404,269	$274,960,700
1971	$482,411,179	$322,128,019
1972	$578,595,522	$410,669,264
1973	$674,773,570	$541,973,363
1974	$751,133,430	$585,364,634
1975	$939,972,703	$767,102,680
1976	$976,547,188	$754,549,601
1977	$1,131,224,878	$765,224,029
1978	$1,475,583,645	$878,771,772
1979	$1,748,480,621	$1,198,749,667
1980	$1,928,719,888	$1,705,796,853
1981	$1,775,842,334	$1,993,512,323
1982	$1,754,450,096	$2,160,640,565
1983	$1,600,278,605	$2,097,274,290
1984	$1,459,880,132	$2,193,581,365
1985	$1,552,493,196	$2,160,872,540
1986	$2,036,303,358	$1,849,268,212
1987	$2,369,834,950	$2,297,753,652
1988	$2,616,040,479	$2,212,536,312
1989	$2,615,587,734	$2,389,593,026
1990	$3,101,300,779	$2,798,746,050
1991	$3,135,045,584	$2,724,853,506
1992	$3,356,692,505	$2,933,222,703
1993	$3,199,536,465	$2,684,323,623
1994	$1,895,290,637	$1,769,365,438
1995	$2,379,517,975	$2,116,003,868
1996	$2,586,550,595	$2,540,697,539
1997	$2,447,669,102	$2,322,719,103
1998	$2,804,902,367	$1,949,481,379
1999	$3,389,566,713	$2,354,772,960
2000	$2,968,370,088	$3,227,927,698
2001	$3,190,371,081	$2,796,704,604
2002	$3,622,350,063	$3,034,250,924
2003	$4,740,768,143	$3,503,723,088
2004	$5,451,688,538	$4,656,974,940
2005	$6,146,353,173	$6,650,001,680
2006	$6,547,419,820	$8,072,305,029
2007	$7,625,722,837	$8,782,703,437
2008	$9,451,435,490	$11,649,857,673
2009	$9,450,696,873	$9,723,299,915
2010	$10,109,619,741	$13,148,396,212
2011	$12,080,295,978	$15,655,383,577
2012	$12,561,015,157	$17,692,911,296
2013	$13,444,300,486	$17,958,720,699
2014	$13,943,016,077	$17,919,321,078
2015	$11,832,159,316	$12,434,793,867
2016	$12,833,363,045	$10,931,328,151
2017	$14,106,955,615	$11,834,473,039
2018	$15,890,066,221	$14,773,900,289
2019	$16,032,813,503	$13,976,637,780
2020	$17,725,010,533	$11,468,687,464
2021	$19,697,516,284	$14,825,690,211
2022	$18,820,218,691	$15,817,030,157
2023	$20,324,617,845	$15,321,055,818
2024	$23,250,214,910	$15,719,985,776

Burkina Faso and Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	$69.2	$124.7
1961	$72.2	$139.9
1962	$77.2	$149.6
1963	$78.9	$150.7
1964	$80.9	$158.1
1965	$82.1	$164.2
1966	$82.8	$177.6
1967	$84.6	$185.7
1968	$85	$190.8
1969	$86.8	$195.4
1970	$81.7	$196.7
1971	$84.5	$223.5
1972	$99.6	$276.3
1973	$114.1	$353
1974	$124.7	$370
1975	$152.9	$471
1976	$155.5	$453
1977	$176	$448
1978	$223.9	$503
1979	$258.5	$670
1980	$277.6	$933
1981	$248.7	$1,066
1982	$239	$1,131
1983	$211.9	$1,075
1984	$187.8	$1,097
1985	$194.1	$1,049
1986	$247.5	$872
1987	$280.2	$1,052
1988	$301	$984
1989	$293.2	$1,033
1990	$339	$1,176
1991	$334	$1,113
1992	$349	$1,164
1993	$324	$1,034
1994	$187.2	$662
1995	$229.1	$770
1996	$242.7	$899
1997	$223.9	$804
1998	$249.5	$660
1999	$292.8	$776
2000	$248.9	$1,024
2001	$259.5	$855
2002	$285.7	$906
2003	$362	$1,017
2004	$404	$1,306
2005	$441	$1,799
2006	$456	$2,104
2007	$515	$2,206
2008	$619	$2,832
2009	$602	$2,271
2010	$625	$2,947
2011	$725	$3,396
2012	$731	$3,732
2013	$760	$3,697
2014	$765	$3,601
2015	$630	$2,439
2016	$664	$2,093
2017	$709	$2,212
2018	$777	$2,694
2019	$765	$2,488
2020	$825	$1,994
2021	$896	$2,516
2022	$836	$2,621
2023	$883	$2,478
2024	$987	$2,482

Burkina Faso vs. Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1950	33	39.6
1951	33.4	40.3
1952	33.6	41.1
1953	33.9	41.9
1954	34.2	42.6
1955	34.5	43.4
1956	34.8	44.3
1957	35.1	45.1
1958	35.4	46
1959	35.7	46.8
1960	36.1	47.6
1961	36.4	48.4
1962	36.8	49
1963	37.1	49.7
1964	37.4	50.4
1965	37.8	51
1966	38.1	51.6
1967	38.4	51.9
1968	38.8	52.6
1969	39	53.1
1970	39.5	53.6
1971	39.9	54
1972	40.4	54.4
1973	40.9	54.7
1974	41.7	55.1
1975	42.5	55.4
1976	43.3	55.7
1977	44.2	56
1978	45	56.2
1979	45.7	56.5
1980	46.5	56.8
1981	46.9	57.1
1982	47.6	57.2
1983	48.1	57.4
1984	48.5	57.5
1985	48.7	57.6
1986	49	57.6
1987	49.1	57.6
1988	49.2	57.5
1989	49.3	57.3
1990	49.3	57.1
1991	49.3	56.8
1992	49.4	56.5
1993	49.4	56
1994	49.5	55.6
1995	49.6	55.5
1996	49.7	55.2
1997	49.6	48.6
1998	50.2	52.6
1999	50.5	54.4
2000	50.8	55.4
2001	51.2	55.9
2002	51.4	56.4
2003	52	57.1
2004	52.6	58
2005	53.3	58.7
2006	53.8	59.5
2007	54.4	60.1
2008	55.2	60.8
2009	55.8	61.2
2010	56.3	61.7
2011	57	62.3
2012	57.5	62.7
2013	57.9	63
2014	58.3	63.3
2015	58.8	63.7
2016	59.2	63.9
2017	59.6	64.2
2018	60	64.5
2019	60.2	63.2
2020	60.5	64.4
2021	60	64.2
2022	60.7	65
2023	61.1	65.8
2024	61.3	66
2025	61.5	66.2

Burkina Faso and Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	4,778,621	1,056,732
1961	4,848,224	1,084,389
1962	4,919,672	1,113,175
1963	4,993,623	1,143,263
1964	5,071,034	1,174,816
1965	5,152,833	1,207,880
1966	5,237,933	1,242,534
1967	5,326,348	1,278,691
1968	5,418,644	1,316,519
1969	5,513,177	1,356,182
1970	5,610,304	1,397,638
1971	5,707,999	1,441,039
1972	5,807,234	1,486,468
1973	5,911,927	1,533,680
1974	6,024,904	1,582,301
1975	6,147,569	1,627,032
1976	6,280,635	1,667,225
1977	6,428,734	1,707,568
1978	6,590,984	1,748,089
1979	6,763,903	1,788,524
1980	6,947,900	1,828,985
1981	7,140,271	1,869,759
1982	7,340,197	1,910,430
1983	7,551,129	1,950,321
1984	7,772,256	1,999,528
1985	7,999,935	2,059,311
1986	8,228,847	2,120,602
1987	8,457,109	2,183,473
1988	8,687,435	2,247,653
1989	8,921,175	2,313,558
1990	9,159,356	2,380,560
1991	9,394,632	2,449,229
1992	9,629,275	2,519,465
1993	9,871,713	2,595,124
1994	10,123,798	2,673,144
1995	10,386,722	2,749,461
1996	10,655,942	2,826,785
1997	10,934,223	2,887,862
1998	11,240,664	2,952,061
1999	11,574,928	3,032,874
2000	11,925,546	3,151,345
2001	12,295,001	3,272,537
2002	12,680,897	3,350,771
2003	13,082,532	3,445,753
2004	13,500,533	3,565,554
2005	13,932,123	3,696,393
2006	14,373,707	3,837,409
2007	14,816,307	3,980,430
2008	15,258,093	4,113,517
2009	15,710,066	4,281,219
2010	16,176,498	4,462,290
2011	16,661,908	4,609,724
2012	17,172,287	4,740,450
2013	17,695,409	4,857,099
2014	18,229,461	4,975,880
2015	18,777,487	5,097,581
2016	19,334,856	5,222,536
2017	19,894,407	5,351,011
2018	20,438,288	5,483,118
2019	20,961,952	5,616,661
2020	21,478,690	5,752,791
2021	21,995,243	5,892,183
2022	22,509,038	6,035,104
2023	23,025,776	6,182,885
2024	23,548,781	6,332,961

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Congo

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	6.25	6.09
1961	6.29	6.09
1962	6.32	6.1
1963	6.36	6.15
1964	6.42	6.18
1965	6.47	6.23
1966	6.53	6.27
1967	6.59	6.29
1968	6.65	6.33
1969	6.66	6.35
1970	6.69	6.38
1971	6.7	6.42
1972	6.72	6.44
1973	6.77	6.42
1974	6.84	6.39
1975	6.91	6.36
1976	6.95	6.32
1977	7.05	6.27
1978	7.15	6.21
1979	7.19	6.14
1980	7.22	6.07
1981	7.26	5.98
1982	7.25	5.85
1983	7.25	5.76
1984	7.25	5.66
1985	7.24	5.59
1986	7.22	5.51
1987	7.17	5.46
1988	7.11	5.39
1989	7.05	5.33
1990	7.01	5.27
1991	6.97	5.22
1992	6.94	5.18
1993	6.89	5.13
1994	6.84	5.1
1995	6.81	5.07
1996	6.78	5.03
1997	6.72	5
1998	6.66	4.91
1999	6.59	4.81
2000	6.52	4.72
2001	6.43	4.67
2002	6.34	4.7
2003	6.28	4.7
2004	6.22	4.69
2005	6.18	4.67
2006	6.17	4.65
2007	6.11	4.65
2008	6.05	4.73
2009	5.99	4.81
2010	5.94	4.85
2011	5.87	4.83
2012	5.79	4.79
2013	5.7	4.73
2014	5.6	4.67
2015	5.48	4.61
2016	5.33	4.55
2017	5.17	4.5
2018	4.92	4.44
2019	4.68	4.38
2020	4.44	4.33
2021	4.36	4.28
2022	4.28	4.22
2023	4.19	4.16

Burkina Faso and Congo demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	19.8	18.8
1961	19.7	18.7
1962	19.7	18.6
1963	19.7	18.4
1964	19.6	18.3
1965	19.6	18.2
1966	19.5	18.1
1967	19.5	17.9
1968	19.3	17.8
1969	19.1	17.7
1970	18.9	17.6
1971	18.8	17.5
1972	18.6	17.4
1973	18.5	17.4
1974	18.3	17.3
1975	18.2	17.2
1976	18.1	17.1
1977	17.9	17
1978	17.8	17
1979	17.7	17
1980	17.6	17
1981	17.5	17
1982	17.4	17.1
1983	17.3	17.2
1984	17.2	17.2
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	16.9	17.4
1987	16.8	17.4
1988	16.7	17.5
1989	16.6	17.6
1990	16.5	17.7
1991	16.4	17.7
1992	16.3	17.8
1993	16.3	17.9
1994	16.3	18
1995	16.3	18.1
1996	16.3	18.1
1997	16.3	18.1
1998	16.3	18.1
1999	16.4	18.2
2000	16.5	18.5
2001	16.6	18.8
2002	16.7	18.8
2003	16.8	18.9
2004	16.9	19
2005	17	19.2
2006	17.1	19.3
2007	17.1	19.5
2008	17.1	19.5
2009	17.1	19.7
2010	17.1	19.8
2011	17.1	19.7
2012	17.1	19.6
2013	17.1	19.5
2014	17.1	19.4
2015	17.1	19.3
2016	17.2	19.2
2017	17.3	19.2
2018	17.4	19.1
2019	17.6	19.1
2020	17.7	19.2
2021	18	19.2
2022	18.2	19.3
2023	18.4	19.4
2024	18.6	19.5

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