Burkina Faso vs France statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 73rd vs. 48th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Burkina Faso and France: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and France economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	France
1960	$330,442,816	$61,756,878,990
1961	$350,247,234	$66,806,595,975
1962	$379,567,099	$74,888,595,286
1963	$394,040,667	$83,957,182,115
1964	$410,321,645	$93,079,224,076
1965	$422,916,790	$100,522,559,916
1966	$433,889,766	$108,928,356,519
1967	$450,753,924	$117,751,396,249
1968	$460,442,689	$128,427,504,709
1969	$478,298,645	$140,361,802,782
1970	$458,404,269	$146,926,998,937
1971	$482,411,179	$164,238,872,973
1972	$578,595,522	$201,621,751,625
1973	$674,773,570	$262,343,828,816
1974	$751,133,430	$283,102,178,123
1975	$939,972,703	$356,780,728,163
1976	$976,547,188	$368,488,292,816
1977	$1,131,224,878	$406,736,454,934
1978	$1,475,583,645	$501,724,418,605
1979	$1,748,480,621	$608,218,624,730
1980	$1,928,719,888	$694,529,183,483
1981	$1,775,842,334	$609,184,791,792
1982	$1,754,450,096	$578,152,310,610
1983	$1,600,278,605	$553,356,312,936
1984	$1,459,880,132	$525,033,325,828
1985	$1,552,493,196	$547,220,981,165
1986	$2,036,303,358	$764,946,585,851
1987	$2,369,834,950	$926,320,855,615
1988	$2,616,040,479	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$2,615,587,734	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$3,101,300,779	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$3,135,045,584	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$3,356,692,505	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$3,199,536,465	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$1,895,290,637	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$2,379,517,975	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$2,586,550,595	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$2,447,669,102	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$2,804,902,367	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$3,389,566,713	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$2,968,370,088	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$3,190,371,081	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$3,622,350,063	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$4,740,768,143	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$5,451,688,538	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$6,146,353,173	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$6,547,419,820	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$7,625,722,837	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$9,451,435,490	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$9,450,696,873	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$10,109,619,741	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$12,080,295,978	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$12,561,015,157	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$13,444,300,486	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$13,943,016,077	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$11,832,159,316	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$12,833,363,045	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$14,106,955,615	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$15,890,066,221	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$16,032,813,503	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$17,725,010,533	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$19,697,516,284	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$18,820,218,691	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$20,324,617,845	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$23,250,214,910	$3,162,079,073,496

Burkina Faso and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	France
1960	$69.2	$1,303
1961	$72.2	$1,395
1962	$77.2	$1,548
1963	$78.9	$1,718
1964	$80.9	$1,884
1965	$82.1	$2,015
1966	$82.8	$2,165
1967	$84.6	$2,321
1968	$85	$2,513
1969	$86.8	$2,724
1970	$81.7	$2,825
1971	$84.5	$3,128
1972	$99.6	$3,807
1973	$114.1	$4,914
1974	$124.7	$5,267
1975	$152.9	$6,607
1976	$155.5	$6,795
1977	$176	$7,465
1978	$223.9	$9,167
1979	$258.5	$11,063
1980	$277.6	$12,565
1981	$248.7	$10,956
1982	$239	$10,360
1983	$211.9	$9,862
1984	$187.8	$9,312
1985	$194.1	$9,657
1986	$247.5	$13,430
1987	$280.2	$16,176
1988	$301	$17,550
1989	$293.2	$17,547
1990	$339	$21,586
1991	$334	$21,501
1992	$349	$23,615
1993	$324	$22,239
1994	$187.2	$23,360
1995	$229.1	$26,792
1996	$242.7	$26,758
1997	$223.9	$24,169
1998	$249.5	$24,869
1999	$292.8	$24,576
2000	$248.9	$22,341
2001	$259.5	$22,332
2002	$285.7	$24,145
2003	$362	$29,480
2004	$404	$33,645
2005	$441	$34,696
2006	$456	$36,432
2007	$515	$41,486
2008	$619	$45,465
2009	$602	$41,728
2010	$625	$40,695
2011	$725	$43,930
2012	$731	$40,864
2013	$760	$42,669
2014	$765	$43,148
2015	$630	$36,702
2016	$664	$37,024
2017	$709	$38,687
2018	$777	$41,418
2019	$765	$40,408
2020	$825	$39,170
2021	$896	$43,725
2022	$836	$41,083
2023	$883	$44,691
2024	$987	$46,150

Burkina Faso vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	France
1950	33	66.4
1951	33.4	66.1
1952	33.6	67.4
1953	33.9	67.3
1954	34.2	68.2
1955	34.5	68.4
1956	34.8	68.5
1957	35.1	68.9
1958	35.4	70.1
1959	35.7	70.2
1960	36.1	70.4
1961	36.4	71
1962	36.8	70.5
1963	37.1	70.3
1964	37.4	71.3
1965	37.8	71.1
1966	38.1	71.5
1967	38.4	71.5
1968	38.8	71.5
1969	39	71.2
1970	39.5	72.1
1971	39.9	72.1
1972	40.4	72.3
1973	40.9	72.5
1974	41.7	72.8
1975	42.5	72.9
1976	43.3	73.1
1977	44.2	73.7
1978	45	73.8
1979	45.7	74.1
1980	46.5	74.2
1981	46.9	74.4
1982	47.6	74.8
1983	48.1	74.7
1984	48.5	75.2
1985	48.7	75.3
1986	49	75.6
1987	49.1	76.1
1988	49.2	76.4
1989	49.3	76.5
1990	49.3	76.8
1991	49.3	77
1992	49.4	77.3
1993	49.4	77.3
1994	49.5	77.8
1995	49.6	77.9
1996	49.7	78.1
1997	49.6	78.4
1998	50.2	78.6
1999	50.5	78.7
2000	50.8	79
2001	51.2	79.2
2002	51.4	79.4
2003	52	79.4
2004	52.6	80.3
2005	53.3	80.3
2006	53.8	80.7
2007	54.4	81
2008	55.2	81
2009	55.8	81.2
2010	56.3	81.4
2011	57	81.8
2012	57.5	81.7
2013	57.9	82
2014	58.3	82.4
2015	58.8	82.1
2016	59.2	82.4
2017	59.6	82.4
2018	60	82.6
2019	60.2	82.7
2020	60.5	82.2
2021	60	82.3
2022	60.7	82.5
2023	61.1	83.3
2024	61.3	83.5
2025	61.5	83.6

Burkina Faso and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

France

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	France
1960	4,778,621	47,412,964
1961	4,848,224	47,905,982
1962	4,919,672	48,389,516
1963	4,993,623	48,877,567
1964	5,071,034	49,401,492
1965	5,152,833	49,877,725
1966	5,237,933	50,311,637
1967	5,326,348	50,722,791
1968	5,418,644	51,112,980
1969	5,513,177	51,536,014
1970	5,610,304	52,007,169
1971	5,707,999	52,499,553
1972	5,807,234	52,962,356
1973	5,911,927	53,392,161
1974	6,024,904	53,746,571
1975	6,147,569	54,002,853
1976	6,280,635	54,232,383
1977	6,428,734	54,486,467
1978	6,590,984	54,734,030
1979	6,763,903	54,979,851
1980	6,947,900	55,274,184
1981	7,140,271	55,603,353
1982	7,340,197	55,806,789
1983	7,551,129	56,108,330
1984	7,772,256	56,383,085
1985	7,999,935	56,665,619
1986	8,228,847	56,956,002
1987	8,457,109	57,266,167
1988	8,687,435	57,598,186
1989	8,921,175	57,943,062
1990	9,159,356	58,261,012
1991	9,394,632	58,554,242
1992	9,629,275	58,846,584
1993	9,871,713	59,103,094
1994	10,123,798	59,324,863
1995	10,386,722	59,541,294
1996	10,655,942	59,754,504
1997	10,934,223	59,968,066
1998	11,240,664	60,190,684
1999	11,574,928	60,501,986
2000	11,925,546	60,918,661
2001	12,295,001	61,364,377
2002	12,680,897	61,812,142
2003	13,082,532	62,249,855
2004	13,500,533	62,707,588
2005	13,932,123	63,180,854
2006	14,373,707	63,622,342
2007	14,816,307	64,016,890
2008	15,258,093	64,375,116
2009	15,710,066	64,706,436
2010	16,176,498	65,026,211
2011	16,661,908	65,340,830
2012	17,172,287	65,657,659
2013	17,695,409	65,997,932
2014	18,229,461	66,312,067
2015	18,777,487	66,548,272
2016	19,334,856	66,724,104
2017	19,894,407	66,918,020
2018	20,438,288	67,158,348
2019	20,961,952	67,382,061
2020	21,478,690	67,601,110
2021	21,995,243	67,842,811
2022	22,509,038	68,065,015
2023	23,025,776	68,287,487
2024	23,548,781	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and France

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	France
1960	6.25	2.85
1961	6.29	2.87
1962	6.32	2.89
1963	6.36	2.89
1964	6.42	2.87
1965	6.47	2.84
1966	6.53	2.8
1967	6.59	2.75
1968	6.65	2.69
1969	6.66	2.62
1970	6.69	2.55
1971	6.7	2.47
1972	6.72	2.38
1973	6.77	2.28
1974	6.84	2.18
1975	6.91	2.09
1976	6.95	2.01
1977	7.05	1.94
1978	7.15	1.89
1979	7.19	1.87
1980	7.22	1.85
1981	7.26	1.85
1982	7.25	1.86
1983	7.25	1.86
1984	7.25	1.86
1985	7.24	1.86
1986	7.22	1.85
1987	7.17	1.83
1988	7.11	1.81
1989	7.05	1.79
1990	7.01	1.77
1991	6.97	1.75
1992	6.94	1.74
1993	6.89	1.73
1994	6.84	1.73
1995	6.81	1.74
1996	6.78	1.75
1997	6.72	1.77
1998	6.66	1.78
1999	6.59	1.81
2000	6.52	1.89
2001	6.43	1.9
2002	6.34	1.88
2003	6.28	1.89
2004	6.22	1.92
2005	6.18	1.94
2006	6.17	2
2007	6.11	1.98
2008	6.05	2.01
2009	5.99	2
2010	5.94	2.03
2011	5.87	2.01
2012	5.79	2.01
2013	5.7	1.99
2014	5.6	2
2015	5.48	1.96
2016	5.33	1.92
2017	5.17	1.89
2018	4.92	1.87
2019	4.68	1.86
2020	4.44	1.83
2021	4.36	1.84
2022	4.28	1.79
2023	4.19	1.66

Burkina Faso and France demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	France
1960	19.8	32.8
1961	19.7	32.8
1962	19.7	32.9
1963	19.7	32.8
1964	19.6	32.8
1965	19.6	32.7
1966	19.5	32.7
1967	19.5	32.7
1968	19.3	32.6
1969	19.1	32.5
1970	18.9	32.4
1971	18.8	32.2
1972	18.6	32
1973	18.5	31.8
1974	18.3	31.7
1975	18.2	31.6
1976	18.1	31.7
1977	17.9	31.9
1978	17.8	32.1
1979	17.7	32.3
1980	17.6	32.4
1981	17.5	32.6
1982	17.4	32.8
1983	17.3	33
1984	17.2	33.3
1985	17.1	33.5
1986	16.9	33.7
1987	16.8	34
1988	16.7	34.2
1989	16.6	34.5
1990	16.5	34.7
1991	16.4	35
1992	16.3	35.3
1993	16.3	35.6
1994	16.3	35.9
1995	16.3	36.2
1996	16.3	36.5
1997	16.3	36.8
1998	16.3	37.1
1999	16.4	37.4
2000	16.5	37.7
2001	16.6	37.9
2002	16.7	38.2
2003	16.8	38.4
2004	16.9	38.6
2005	17	38.9
2006	17.1	39.1
2007	17.1	39.4
2008	17.1	39.6
2009	17.1	39.8
2010	17.1	40
2011	17.1	40.3
2012	17.1	40.5
2013	17.1	40.8
2014	17.1	41
2015	17.1	41.2
2016	17.2	41.4
2017	17.3	41.6
2018	17.4	41.9
2019	17.6	42.1
2020	17.7	42.3
2021	18	42.4
2022	18.2	42.6
2023	18.4	42.8
2024	18.6	43

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