Burkina Faso vs Gabon statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 2.54M in Gabon (ranked 142/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 99,487 sq mi for Gabon (ranked 73rd vs. 75th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219).

Burkina Faso and Gabon: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Gabon economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Gabon
1960	$330,442,816	$141,468,978
1961	$350,247,234	$167,637,907
1962	$379,567,099	$182,796,536
1963	$394,040,667	$154,480,244
1964	$410,321,645	$215,679,855
1965	$422,916,790	$226,474,286
1966	$433,889,766	$245,849,781
1967	$450,753,924	$271,543,680
1968	$460,442,689	$294,468,564
1969	$478,298,645	$318,124,701
1970	$458,404,269	$323,802,476
1971	$482,411,179	$381,687,073
1972	$578,595,522	$430,508,359
1973	$674,773,570	$722,780,701
1974	$751,133,430	$1,544,216,002
1975	$939,972,703	$2,157,592,940
1976	$976,547,188	$3,009,409,974
1977	$1,131,224,878	$2,809,349,069
1978	$1,475,583,645	$2,389,479,272
1979	$1,748,480,621	$3,030,251,120
1980	$1,928,719,888	$4,279,637,942
1981	$1,775,842,334	$3,862,269,121
1982	$1,754,450,096	$3,618,007,841
1983	$1,600,278,605	$3,391,275,732
1984	$1,459,880,132	$3,561,451,561
1985	$1,552,493,196	$3,339,914,757
1986	$2,036,303,358	$3,403,638,189
1987	$2,369,834,950	$3,281,797,043
1988	$2,616,040,479	$3,834,503,376
1989	$2,615,587,734	$4,186,411,464
1990	$3,101,300,779	$5,952,293,765
1991	$3,135,045,584	$5,402,919,785
1992	$3,356,692,505	$5,592,390,827
1993	$3,199,536,465	$4,378,645,081
1994	$1,895,290,637	$4,190,819,344
1995	$2,379,517,975	$4,958,845,648
1996	$2,586,550,595	$5,694,040,003
1997	$2,447,669,102	$5,326,817,115
1998	$2,804,902,367	$4,483,417,310
1999	$3,389,566,713	$4,662,992,036
2000	$2,968,370,088	$5,080,483,629
2001	$3,190,371,081	$5,023,265,413
2002	$3,622,350,063	$5,335,451,100
2003	$4,740,768,143	$6,511,903,365
2004	$5,451,688,538	$7,770,219,008
2005	$6,146,353,173	$9,582,783,991
2006	$6,547,419,820	$10,327,598,306
2007	$7,625,722,837	$12,455,409,587
2008	$9,451,435,490	$15,571,348,344
2009	$9,450,696,873	$12,113,699,068
2010	$10,109,619,741	$14,372,593,020
2011	$12,080,295,978	$18,210,307,744
2012	$12,561,015,157	$17,170,464,016
2013	$13,444,300,486	$17,595,744,798
2014	$13,943,016,077	$18,203,966,896
2015	$11,832,159,316	$14,383,107,763
2016	$12,833,363,045	$14,023,890,265
2017	$14,106,955,615	$14,929,487,485
2018	$15,890,066,221	$16,867,326,402
2019	$16,032,813,503	$16,874,405,465
2020	$17,725,010,533	$15,342,236,164
2021	$19,697,516,284	$19,444,935,097
2022	$18,820,218,691	$20,440,655,695
2023	$20,324,617,845	$20,055,720,403
2024	$23,250,214,910	$20,867,044,936

Burkina Faso and Gabon economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Gabon
1960	$69.2	$276.1
1961	$72.2	$323
1962	$77.2	$348
1963	$78.9	$290.7
1964	$80.9	$400
1965	$82.1	$415
1966	$82.8	$443
1967	$84.6	$482
1968	$85	$515
1969	$86.8	$545
1970	$81.7	$543
1971	$84.5	$627
1972	$99.6	$693
1973	$114.1	$1,140
1974	$124.7	$2,384
1975	$152.9	$3,258
1976	$155.5	$4,441
1977	$176	$4,048
1978	$223.9	$3,360
1979	$258.5	$4,155
1980	$277.6	$5,718
1981	$248.7	$5,026
1982	$239	$4,584
1983	$211.9	$4,182
1984	$187.8	$4,273
1985	$194.1	$3,898
1986	$247.5	$3,865
1987	$280.2	$3,624
1988	$301	$4,119
1989	$293.2	$4,374
1990	$339	$6,051
1991	$334	$5,345
1992	$349	$5,386
1993	$324	$4,106
1994	$187.2	$3,828
1995	$229.1	$4,415
1996	$242.7	$4,943
1997	$223.9	$4,509
1998	$249.5	$3,700
1999	$292.8	$3,751
2000	$248.9	$3,983
2001	$259.5	$3,836
2002	$285.7	$3,966
2003	$362	$4,711
2004	$404	$5,466
2005	$441	$6,548
2006	$456	$6,847
2007	$515	$8,004
2008	$619	$9,689
2009	$602	$7,291
2010	$625	$8,357
2011	$725	$10,219
2012	$731	$9,297
2013	$760	$9,198
2014	$765	$9,201
2015	$630	$7,047
2016	$664	$6,677
2017	$709	$6,922
2018	$777	$7,624
2019	$765	$7,441
2020	$825	$6,606
2021	$896	$8,181
2022	$836	$8,409
2023	$883	$8,071
2024	$987	$8,219

Burkina Faso vs. Gabon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Gabon
1950	33	39.3
1951	33.4	40
1952	33.6	40.7
1953	33.9	41.5
1954	34.2	42.2
1955	34.5	42.9
1956	34.8	43.7
1957	35.1	44.4
1958	35.4	45.1
1959	35.7	45.8
1960	36.1	46.4
1961	36.4	47.1
1962	36.8	47.8
1963	37.1	48.4
1964	37.4	49
1965	37.8	49.7
1966	38.1	50.3
1967	38.4	50.9
1968	38.8	51.5
1969	39	52.1
1970	39.5	52.7
1971	39.9	53.3
1972	40.4	53.8
1973	40.9	54.4
1974	41.7	54.9
1975	42.5	55.5
1976	43.3	56
1977	44.2	56.5
1978	45	57
1979	45.7	57.4
1980	46.5	57.9
1981	46.9	58.3
1982	47.6	58.6
1983	48.1	59
1984	48.5	59.3
1985	48.7	59.7
1986	49	60
1987	49.1	60.2
1988	49.2	60.4
1989	49.3	60.6
1990	49.3	60.7
1991	49.3	60.9
1992	49.4	61
1993	49.4	61.1
1994	49.5	61.2
1995	49.6	61.3
1996	49.7	61.3
1997	49.6	61.4
1998	50.2	61.5
1999	50.5	61.7
2000	50.8	61.8
2001	51.2	62
2002	51.4	62.2
2003	52	62.5
2004	52.6	62.7
2005	53.3	63
2006	53.8	63.3
2007	54.4	63.6
2008	55.2	64
2009	55.8	64.4
2010	56.3	64.7
2011	57	65.1
2012	57.5	65.4
2013	57.9	65.8
2014	58.3	66.1
2015	58.8	66.3
2016	59.2	66.6
2017	59.6	66.8
2018	60	67
2019	60.2	67.3
2020	60.5	67.1
2021	60	67.1
2022	60.7	67.7
2023	61.1	68.3
2024	61.3	68.5
2025	61.5	68.7

Burkina Faso and Gabon population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Gabon
1960	4,778,621	512,316
1961	4,848,224	518,266
1962	4,919,672	524,649
1963	4,993,623	531,452
1964	5,071,034	538,657
1965	5,152,833	546,308
1966	5,237,933	554,463
1967	5,326,348	563,108
1968	5,418,644	572,257
1969	5,513,177	583,276
1970	5,610,304	595,846
1971	5,707,999	608,348
1972	5,807,234	620,960
1973	5,911,927	633,995
1974	6,024,904	647,691
1975	6,147,569	662,197
1976	6,280,635	677,628
1977	6,428,734	693,984
1978	6,590,984	711,245
1979	6,763,903	729,375
1980	6,947,900	748,389
1981	7,140,271	768,385
1982	7,340,197	789,286
1983	7,551,129	811,005
1984	7,772,256	833,501
1985	7,999,935	856,726
1986	8,228,847	880,705
1987	8,457,109	905,479
1988	8,687,435	931,020
1989	8,921,175	957,138
1990	9,159,356	983,734
1991	9,394,632	1,010,818
1992	9,629,275	1,038,380
1993	9,871,713	1,066,405
1994	10,123,798	1,094,720
1995	10,386,722	1,123,213
1996	10,655,942	1,152,015
1997	10,934,223	1,181,439
1998	11,240,664	1,211,736
1999	11,574,928	1,243,016
2000	11,925,546	1,275,572
2001	12,295,001	1,309,589
2002	12,680,897	1,345,135
2003	13,082,532	1,382,350
2004	13,500,533	1,421,609
2005	13,932,123	1,463,495
2006	14,373,707	1,508,337
2007	14,816,307	1,556,237
2008	15,258,093	1,607,175
2009	15,710,066	1,661,556
2010	16,176,498	1,719,879
2011	16,661,908	1,781,985
2012	17,172,287	1,846,889
2013	17,695,409	1,913,059
2014	18,229,461	1,978,399
2015	18,777,487	2,040,989
2016	19,334,856	2,100,306
2017	19,894,407	2,156,900
2018	20,438,288	2,212,318
2019	20,961,952	2,267,706
2020	21,478,690	2,322,539
2021	21,995,243	2,376,722
2022	22,509,038	2,430,747
2023	23,025,776	2,484,789
2024	23,548,781	2,538,952

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Gabon

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Gabon
1960	6.25	4.42
1961	6.29	4.5
1962	6.32	4.59
1963	6.36	4.65
1964	6.42	4.71
1965	6.47	4.79
1966	6.53	4.86
1967	6.59	4.92
1968	6.65	4.98
1969	6.66	5.05
1970	6.69	5.1
1971	6.7	5.16
1972	6.72	5.24
1973	6.77	5.29
1974	6.84	5.33
1975	6.91	5.39
1976	6.95	5.46
1977	7.05	5.52
1978	7.15	5.57
1979	7.19	5.61
1980	7.22	5.66
1981	7.26	5.73
1982	7.25	5.74
1983	7.25	5.76
1984	7.25	5.73
1985	7.24	5.71
1986	7.22	5.69
1987	7.17	5.67
1988	7.11	5.62
1989	7.05	5.55
1990	7.01	5.46
1991	6.97	5.37
1992	6.94	5.29
1993	6.89	5.19
1994	6.84	5.04
1995	6.81	4.88
1996	6.78	4.74
1997	6.72	4.66
1998	6.66	4.58
1999	6.59	4.5
2000	6.52	4.47
2001	6.43	4.42
2002	6.34	4.36
2003	6.28	4.3
2004	6.22	4.25
2005	6.18	4.21
2006	6.17	4.17
2007	6.11	4.14
2008	6.05	4.12
2009	5.99	4.14
2010	5.94	4.15
2011	5.87	4.15
2012	5.79	4.09
2013	5.7	4.02
2014	5.6	3.95
2015	5.48	3.92
2016	5.33	3.92
2017	5.17	3.91
2018	4.92	3.91
2019	4.68	3.88
2020	4.44	3.83
2021	4.36	3.78
2022	4.28	3.71
2023	4.19	3.65

Burkina Faso and Gabon demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Gabon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Gabon
1960	19.8	27.2
1961	19.7	27
1962	19.7	26.8
1963	19.7	26.5
1964	19.6	26.2
1965	19.6	25.9
1966	19.5	25.6
1967	19.5	25.2
1968	19.3	24.8
1969	19.1	24.5
1970	18.9	24.2
1971	18.8	23.9
1972	18.6	23.5
1973	18.5	23.2
1974	18.3	22.9
1975	18.2	22.5
1976	18.1	22.2
1977	17.9	21.9
1978	17.8	21.6
1979	17.7	21.3
1980	17.6	21
1981	17.5	20.7
1982	17.4	20.4
1983	17.3	20.1
1984	17.2	19.9
1985	17.1	19.7
1986	16.9	19.5
1987	16.8	19.3
1988	16.7	19.2
1989	16.6	19
1990	16.5	18.9
1991	16.4	18.9
1992	16.3	18.8
1993	16.3	18.8
1994	16.3	18.8
1995	16.3	18.8
1996	16.3	18.9
1997	16.3	18.9
1998	16.3	19
1999	16.4	19.1
2000	16.5	19.3
2001	16.6	19.4
2002	16.7	19.6
2003	16.8	19.7
2004	16.9	19.9
2005	17	20.1
2006	17.1	20.3
2007	17.1	20.6
2008	17.1	20.8
2009	17.1	21
2010	17.1	21.2
2011	17.1	21.4
2012	17.1	21.7
2013	17.1	21.9
2014	17.1	22.1
2015	17.1	22.2
2016	17.2	22.3
2017	17.3	22.4
2018	17.4	22.4
2019	17.6	22.5
2020	17.7	22.5
2021	18	22.5
2022	18.2	22.5
2023	18.4	22.6
2024	18.6	22.6

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