Burkina Faso vs DR Congo statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 109M in The DR Congo (ranked 15/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 875,313 sq mi for The DR Congo (ranked 73rd vs. 11th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647).

Burkina Faso and DR Congo: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and DR Congo economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	DR Congo
1960	$330,442,816	$3,359,404,118
1961	$350,247,234	$3,086,746,857
1962	$379,567,099	$3,779,841,429
1963	$394,040,667	$6,213,185,743
1964	$410,321,645	$2,881,545,273
1965	$422,916,790	$4,043,901,818
1966	$433,889,766	$4,532,660,182
1967	$450,753,924	$3,384,063,372
1968	$460,442,689	$3,909,780,539
1969	$478,298,645	$5,032,434,970
1970	$458,404,269	$4,877,684,910
1971	$482,411,179	$5,594,770,359
1972	$578,595,522	$6,173,712,814
1973	$674,773,570	$7,870,239,461
1974	$751,133,430	$9,596,960,180
1975	$939,972,703	$10,237,343,174
1976	$976,547,188	$9,648,583,225
1977	$1,131,224,878	$12,344,424,764
1978	$1,475,583,645	$15,372,608,002
1979	$1,748,480,621	$15,068,422,236
1980	$1,928,719,888	$14,394,927,495
1981	$1,775,842,334	$12,537,821,038
1982	$1,754,450,096	$13,651,667,371
1983	$1,600,278,605	$11,006,712,650
1984	$1,459,880,132	$7,857,729,193
1985	$1,552,493,196	$7,195,042,616
1986	$2,036,303,358	$8,095,367,168
1987	$2,369,834,950	$7,661,625,473
1988	$2,616,040,479	$8,861,299,977
1989	$2,615,587,734	$9,021,862,775
1990	$3,101,300,779	$9,349,764,580
1991	$3,135,045,584	$9,625,436,873
1992	$3,356,692,505	$8,227,343,907
1993	$3,199,536,465	$10,706,259,937
1994	$1,895,290,637	$5,820,382,248
1995	$2,379,517,975	$5,643,439,376
1996	$2,586,550,595	$5,771,456,952
1997	$2,447,669,102	$6,090,838,693
1998	$2,804,902,367	$6,217,805,821
1999	$3,389,566,713	$4,711,259,427
2000	$2,968,370,088	$19,088,046,306
2001	$3,190,371,081	$7,438,189,100
2002	$3,622,350,063	$8,728,038,525
2003	$4,740,768,143	$8,937,567,060
2004	$5,451,688,538	$10,297,483,481
2005	$6,146,353,173	$11,964,484,466
2006	$6,547,419,820	$14,451,901,696
2007	$7,625,722,837	$16,737,071,816
2008	$9,451,435,490	$19,788,515,590
2009	$9,450,696,873	$18,648,372,553
2010	$10,109,619,741	$21,565,721,045
2011	$12,080,295,978	$25,839,749,199
2012	$12,561,015,157	$29,306,235,285
2013	$13,444,300,486	$32,679,745,048
2014	$13,943,016,077	$35,909,040,926
2015	$11,832,159,316	$37,917,706,497
2016	$12,833,363,045	$37,134,801,555
2017	$14,106,955,615	$38,019,264,795
2018	$15,890,066,221	$47,568,210,010
2019	$16,032,813,503	$51,775,829,877
2020	$17,725,010,533	$48,716,961,860
2021	$19,697,516,284	$55,328,482,784
2022	$18,820,218,691	$65,801,547,756
2023	$20,324,617,845	$67,006,756,666
2024	$23,250,214,910	$70,749,355,652

Burkina Faso and DR Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	DR Congo
1960	$69.2	$220.1
1961	$72.2	$197.1
1962	$77.2	$235.1
1963	$78.9	$376
1964	$80.9	$169.9
1965	$82.1	$232
1966	$82.8	$252.8
1967	$84.6	$183.3
1968	$85	$205.6
1969	$86.8	$257.1
1970	$81.7	$242.2
1971	$84.5	$270.3
1972	$99.6	$290.5
1973	$114.1	$361
1974	$124.7	$428
1975	$152.9	$445
1976	$155.5	$408
1977	$176	$509
1978	$223.9	$615
1979	$258.5	$582
1980	$277.6	$539
1981	$248.7	$456
1982	$239	$482
1983	$211.9	$376
1984	$187.8	$259.8
1985	$194.1	$230.1
1986	$247.5	$250.9
1987	$280.2	$230.1
1988	$301	$257.7
1989	$293.2	$254.2
1990	$339	$254.9
1991	$334	$253.8
1992	$349	$209.7
1993	$324	$263.3
1994	$187.2	$136.5
1995	$229.1	$127
1996	$242.7	$127.4
1997	$223.9	$132.3
1998	$249.5	$131.5
1999	$292.8	$96.3
2000	$248.9	$378
2001	$259.5	$142.7
2002	$285.7	$162.4
2003	$362	$161.5
2004	$404	$180.7
2005	$441	$203.6
2006	$456	$238.4
2007	$515	$267.9
2008	$619	$307
2009	$602	$280.8
2010	$625	$315
2011	$725	$365
2012	$731	$400
2013	$760	$431
2014	$765	$458
2015	$630	$468
2016	$664	$442
2017	$709	$437
2018	$777	$528
2019	$765	$557
2020	$825	$508
2021	$896	$558
2022	$836	$643
2023	$883	$633
2024	$987	$647

Burkina Faso vs. DR Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

DR Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	DR Congo
1950	33	38.2
1951	33.4	38.5
1952	33.6	38.9
1953	33.9	39.1
1954	34.2	39.4
1955	34.5	39.7
1956	34.8	39.9
1957	35.1	40.2
1958	35.4	40.5
1959	35.7	40.6
1960	36.1	40.8
1961	36.4	40.2
1962	36.8	40.4
1963	37.1	40.6
1964	37.4	40.1
1965	37.8	40.8
1966	38.1	42.2
1967	38.4	42.3
1968	38.8	42.7
1969	39	43
1970	39.5	43.3
1971	39.9	43.6
1972	40.4	43.9
1973	40.9	44.1
1974	41.7	44.3
1975	42.5	44.5
1976	43.3	44.7
1977	44.2	44.9
1978	45	44.6
1979	45.7	45.3
1980	46.5	45.5
1981	46.9	45.7
1982	47.6	45.9
1983	48.1	46.2
1984	48.5	46.5
1985	48.7	46.7
1986	49	47
1987	49.1	47.4
1988	49.2	47.8
1989	49.3	48.1
1990	49.3	48.5
1991	49.3	48.9
1992	49.4	49.3
1993	49.4	49.6
1994	49.5	49.9
1995	49.6	50.4
1996	49.7	49.4
1997	49.6	50.5
1998	50.2	49.7
1999	50.5	50.1
2000	50.8	51.9
2001	51.2	52.2
2002	51.4	52.4
2003	52	53
2004	52.6	53.5
2005	53.3	54
2006	53.8	54.5
2007	54.4	55
2008	55.2	55.4
2009	55.8	55.8
2010	56.3	56.4
2011	57	56.9
2012	57.5	57.4
2013	57.9	57.8
2014	58.3	58.2
2015	58.8	58.7
2016	59.2	59.1
2017	59.6	59.5
2018	60	59.9
2019	60.2	60.2
2020	60.5	60.4
2021	60	60
2022	60.7	61
2023	61.1	61.9
2024	61.3	62.1
2025	61.5	62.2

Burkina Faso and DR Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

DR Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	DR Congo
1960	4,778,621	15,264,846
1961	4,848,224	15,662,374
1962	4,919,672	16,075,724
1963	4,993,623	16,507,599
1964	5,071,034	16,955,327
1965	5,152,833	17,427,802
1966	5,237,933	17,931,929
1967	5,326,348	18,462,782
1968	5,418,644	19,012,189
1969	5,513,177	19,570,445
1970	5,610,304	20,137,436
1971	5,707,999	20,695,569
1972	5,807,234	21,251,160
1973	5,911,927	21,827,665
1974	6,024,904	22,418,878
1975	6,147,569	23,021,101
1976	6,280,635	23,624,031
1977	6,428,734	24,229,061
1978	6,590,984	24,992,689
1979	6,763,903	25,886,782
1980	6,947,900	26,711,099
1981	7,140,271	27,500,515
1982	7,340,197	28,338,190
1983	7,551,129	29,250,963
1984	7,772,256	30,245,081
1985	7,999,935	31,264,816
1986	8,228,847	32,265,196
1987	8,457,109	33,298,904
1988	8,687,435	34,382,752
1989	8,921,175	35,486,866
1990	9,159,356	36,684,063
1991	9,394,632	37,925,817
1992	9,629,275	39,228,910
1993	9,871,713	40,656,336
1994	10,123,798	42,626,876
1995	10,386,722	44,433,704
1996	10,655,942	45,296,124
1997	10,934,223	46,029,902
1998	11,240,664	47,297,600
1999	11,574,928	48,912,971
2000	11,925,546	50,507,442
2001	12,295,001	52,132,646
2002	12,680,897	53,750,524
2003	13,082,532	55,343,867
2004	13,500,533	56,997,741
2005	13,932,123	58,775,724
2006	14,373,707	60,615,908
2007	14,816,307	62,477,752
2008	15,258,093	64,390,664
2009	15,710,066	66,412,044
2010	16,176,498	68,563,038
2011	16,661,908	70,849,311
2012	17,172,287	73,254,618
2013	17,695,409	75,789,395
2014	18,229,461	78,403,242
2015	18,777,487	81,035,531
2016	19,334,856	83,956,415
2017	19,894,407	87,083,398
2018	20,438,288	90,047,644
2019	20,961,952	92,947,442
2020	21,478,690	95,989,998
2021	21,995,243	99,148,932
2022	22,509,038	102,396,968
2023	23,025,776	105,789,731
2024	23,548,781	109,276,265

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and DR Congo

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

DR Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	DR Congo
1960	6.25	6.11
1961	6.29	6.12
1962	6.32	6.14
1963	6.36	6.16
1964	6.42	6.19
1965	6.47	6.21
1966	6.53	6.24
1967	6.59	6.27
1968	6.65	6.29
1969	6.66	6.3
1970	6.69	6.33
1971	6.7	6.34
1972	6.72	6.37
1973	6.77	6.39
1974	6.84	6.4
1975	6.91	6.42
1976	6.95	6.44
1977	7.05	6.45
1978	7.15	6.46
1979	7.19	6.48
1980	7.22	6.5
1981	7.26	6.52
1982	7.25	6.54
1983	7.25	6.56
1984	7.25	6.59
1985	7.24	6.61
1986	7.22	6.63
1987	7.17	6.65
1988	7.11	6.66
1989	7.05	6.65
1990	7.01	6.65
1991	6.97	6.65
1992	6.94	6.64
1993	6.89	6.64
1994	6.84	6.64
1995	6.81	6.68
1996	6.78	6.67
1997	6.72	6.69
1998	6.66	6.7
1999	6.59	6.69
2000	6.52	6.7
2001	6.43	6.66
2002	6.34	6.61
2003	6.28	6.55
2004	6.22	6.53
2005	6.18	6.53
2006	6.17	6.55
2007	6.11	6.56
2008	6.05	6.58
2009	5.99	6.59
2010	5.94	6.59
2011	5.87	6.58
2012	5.79	6.56
2013	5.7	6.53
2014	5.6	6.48
2015	5.48	6.44
2016	5.33	6.39
2017	5.17	6.35
2018	4.92	6.3
2019	4.68	6.25
2020	4.44	6.21
2021	4.36	6.16
2022	4.28	6.11
2023	4.19	6.05

Burkina Faso and DR Congo demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

DR Congo

Table

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

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