Burkina Faso vs Gambia statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 2.76M in The Gambia (ranked 140/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 3,907 sq mi for The Gambia (ranked 73rd vs. 161st).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909).

Burkina Faso and Gambia: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Gambia economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Gambia
1960	$330,442,816	-
1961	$350,247,234	-
1962	$379,567,099	-
1963	$394,040,667	-
1964	$410,321,645	-
1965	$422,916,790	-
1966	$433,889,766	$44,212,081
1967	$450,753,924	$46,695,007
1968	$460,442,689	$41,160,066
1969	$478,298,645	$45,168,072
1970	$458,404,269	$52,296,084
1971	$482,411,179	$55,728,663
1972	$578,595,522	$59,160,569
1973	$674,773,570	$75,187,749
1974	$751,133,430	$95,796,022
1975	$939,972,703	$115,179,719
1976	$976,547,188	$112,190,829
1977	$1,131,224,878	$138,093,099
1978	$1,475,583,645	$171,833,086
1979	$1,748,480,621	$207,112,628
1980	$1,928,719,888	$241,083,090
1981	$1,775,842,334	$218,767,743
1982	$1,754,450,096	$216,050,552
1983	$1,600,278,605	$213,448,585
1984	$1,459,880,132	$177,340,880
1985	$1,552,493,196	$225,726,359
1986	$2,036,303,358	$185,646,987
1987	$2,369,834,950	$220,626,484
1988	$2,616,040,479	$266,672,212
1989	$2,615,587,734	$284,120,329
1990	$3,101,300,779	$317,083,695
1991	$3,135,045,584	$690,311,081
1992	$3,356,692,505	$714,254,256
1993	$3,199,536,465	$755,040,974
1994	$1,895,290,637	$746,493,952
1995	$2,379,517,975	$785,999,865
1996	$2,586,550,595	$848,239,446
1997	$2,447,669,102	$803,633,342
1998	$2,804,902,367	$840,285,265
1999	$3,389,566,713	$814,724,032
2000	$2,968,370,088	$782,913,872
2001	$3,190,371,081	$687,410,645
2002	$3,622,350,063	$578,235,309
2003	$4,740,768,143	$487,038,685
2004	$5,451,688,538	$961,900,651
2005	$6,146,353,173	$1,027,701,068
2006	$6,547,419,820	$1,054,112,488
2007	$7,625,722,837	$1,279,703,047
2008	$9,451,435,490	$1,561,766,956
2009	$9,450,696,873	$1,450,142,509
2010	$10,109,619,741	$1,543,294,927
2011	$12,080,295,978	$1,409,693,597
2012	$12,561,015,157	$1,415,004,738
2013	$13,444,300,486	$1,375,609,453
2014	$13,943,016,077	$1,229,461,721
2015	$11,832,159,316	$1,378,176,609
2016	$12,833,363,045	$1,484,578,886
2017	$14,106,955,615	$1,504,909,463
2018	$15,890,066,221	$1,670,671,328
2019	$16,032,813,503	$1,813,609,692
2020	$17,725,010,533	$1,812,170,891
2021	$19,697,516,284	$2,014,158,842
2022	$18,820,218,691	$2,204,734,527
2023	$20,324,617,845	$2,396,111,021
2024	$23,250,214,910	$2,507,519,958

Burkina Faso and Gambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Gambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Gambia
1960	$69.2	-
1961	$72.2	-
1962	$77.2	-
1963	$78.9	-
1964	$80.9	-
1965	$82.1	-
1966	$82.8	$94.4
1967	$84.6	$97
1968	$85	$83.1
1969	$86.8	$88.7
1970	$81.7	$99.8
1971	$84.5	$103.3
1972	$99.6	$106.5
1973	$114.1	$131.4
1974	$124.7	$162.6
1975	$152.9	$189.8
1976	$155.5	$179.3
1977	$176	$213.8
1978	$223.9	$257.6
1979	$258.5	$300
1980	$277.6	$338
1981	$248.7	$296
1982	$239	$282.1
1983	$211.9	$268.6
1984	$187.8	$214.8
1985	$194.1	$262.8
1986	$247.5	$207.7
1987	$280.2	$237
1988	$301	$274.9
1989	$293.2	$280.9
1990	$339	$301
1991	$334	$628
1992	$349	$623
1993	$324	$635
1994	$187.2	$608
1995	$229.1	$622
1996	$242.7	$652
1997	$223.9	$600
1998	$249.5	$610
1999	$292.8	$575
2000	$248.9	$538
2001	$259.5	$460
2002	$285.7	$377
2003	$362	$309
2004	$404	$593
2005	$441	$616
2006	$456	$615
2007	$515	$725
2008	$619	$859
2009	$602	$775
2010	$625	$801
2011	$725	$711
2012	$731	$693
2013	$760	$654
2014	$765	$568
2015	$630	$620
2016	$664	$650
2017	$709	$643
2018	$777	$696
2019	$765	$738
2020	$825	$720
2021	$896	$782
2022	$836	$836
2023	$883	$888
2024	$987	$909

Burkina Faso vs. Gambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Gambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Gambia
1950	33	31.2
1951	33.4	31.5
1952	33.6	31.7
1953	33.9	31.9
1954	34.2	32.2
1955	34.5	32.4
1956	34.8	32.8
1957	35.1	33.1
1958	35.4	33.6
1959	35.7	34.1
1960	36.1	34.6
1961	36.4	35.1
1962	36.8	35.6
1963	37.1	36.1
1964	37.4	36.6
1965	37.8	37.1
1966	38.1	37.6
1967	38.4	38.1
1968	38.8	38.5
1969	39	39
1970	39.5	39.5
1971	39.9	40
1972	40.4	40.5
1973	40.9	41.1
1974	41.7	41.7
1975	42.5	42.2
1976	43.3	42.9
1977	44.2	43.4
1978	45	43.6
1979	45.7	44.5
1980	46.5	45
1981	46.9	44.5
1982	47.6	46.3
1983	48.1	46.9
1984	48.5	47.5
1985	48.7	48.2
1986	49	48.8
1987	49.1	49.4
1988	49.2	50.1
1989	49.3	50.7
1990	49.3	51.3
1991	49.3	51.9
1992	49.4	52.5
1993	49.4	53.2
1994	49.5	53.8
1995	49.6	54.3
1996	49.7	54.8
1997	49.6	55.2
1998	50.2	56
1999	50.5	56.5
2000	50.8	56.9
2001	51.2	57.3
2002	51.4	57.7
2003	52	58.2
2004	52.6	58.7
2005	53.3	59.1
2006	53.8	59.7
2007	54.4	60
2008	55.2	60.5
2009	55.8	60.7
2010	56.3	61.2
2011	57	61.6
2012	57.5	61.9
2013	57.9	62.3
2014	58.3	62.6
2015	58.8	63
2016	59.2	63.4
2017	59.6	63.7
2018	60	64
2019	60.2	64.4
2020	60.5	64.4
2021	60	63.8
2022	60.7	64.9
2023	61.1	65.9
2024	61.3	66.1
2025	61.5	66.3

Burkina Faso and Gambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Gambia

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Gambia
1960	4,778,621	398,060
1961	4,848,224	408,930
1962	4,919,672	420,163
1963	4,993,623	431,757
1964	5,071,034	443,687
1965	5,152,833	455,952
1966	5,237,933	468,516
1967	5,326,348	481,588
1968	5,418,644	495,269
1969	5,513,177	509,440
1970	5,610,304	524,105
1971	5,707,999	539,388
1972	5,807,234	555,370
1973	5,911,927	571,991
1974	6,024,904	589,085
1975	6,147,569	606,821
1976	6,280,635	625,667
1977	6,428,734	645,770
1978	6,590,984	667,103
1979	6,763,903	689,781
1980	6,947,900	713,913
1981	7,140,271	739,125
1982	7,340,197	765,753
1983	7,551,129	794,525
1984	7,772,256	825,631
1985	7,999,935	858,874
1986	8,228,847	894,019
1987	8,457,109	931,091
1988	8,687,435	970,160
1989	8,921,175	1,011,357
1990	9,159,356	1,054,696
1991	9,394,632	1,099,959
1992	9,629,275	1,145,582
1993	9,871,713	1,188,365
1994	10,123,798	1,227,226
1995	10,386,722	1,264,313
1996	10,655,942	1,301,410
1997	10,934,223	1,338,889
1998	11,240,664	1,376,987
1999	11,574,928	1,415,779
2000	11,925,546	1,455,084
2001	12,295,001	1,495,011
2002	12,680,897	1,535,691
2003	13,082,532	1,577,611
2004	13,500,533	1,621,312
2005	13,932,123	1,667,037
2006	14,373,707	1,715,275
2007	14,816,307	1,765,774
2008	15,258,093	1,817,852
2009	15,710,066	1,871,422
2010	16,176,498	1,926,630
2011	16,661,908	1,983,784
2012	17,172,287	2,043,094
2013	17,695,409	2,103,820
2014	18,229,461	2,164,528
2015	18,777,487	2,224,529
2016	19,334,856	2,283,769
2017	19,894,407	2,342,189
2018	20,438,288	2,399,632
2019	20,961,952	2,456,844
2020	21,478,690	2,515,733
2021	21,995,243	2,576,010
2022	22,509,038	2,636,470
2023	23,025,776	2,697,845
2024	23,548,781	2,759,988

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Gambia

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Gambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Gambia
1960	6.25	6.25
1961	6.29	6.23
1962	6.32	6.21
1963	6.36	6.2
1964	6.42	6.2
1965	6.47	6.19
1966	6.53	6.18
1967	6.59	6.21
1968	6.65	6.22
1969	6.66	6.25
1970	6.69	6.26
1971	6.7	6.33
1972	6.72	6.37
1973	6.77	6.41
1974	6.84	6.42
1975	6.91	6.43
1976	6.95	6.43
1977	7.05	6.43
1978	7.15	6.42
1979	7.19	6.41
1980	7.22	6.41
1981	7.26	6.4
1982	7.25	6.4
1983	7.25	6.39
1984	7.25	6.39
1985	7.24	6.36
1986	7.22	6.34
1987	7.17	6.3
1988	7.11	6.26
1989	7.05	6.25
1990	7.01	6.25
1991	6.97	6.19
1992	6.94	6.11
1993	6.89	6.03
1994	6.84	6.04
1995	6.81	5.99
1996	6.78	5.93
1997	6.72	5.85
1998	6.66	5.82
1999	6.59	5.77
2000	6.52	5.72
2001	6.43	5.67
2002	6.34	5.66
2003	6.28	5.66
2004	6.22	5.68
2005	6.18	5.71
2006	6.17	5.74
2007	6.11	5.69
2008	6.05	5.63
2009	5.99	5.57
2010	5.94	5.56
2011	5.87	5.54
2012	5.79	5.52
2013	5.7	5.39
2014	5.6	5.2
2015	5.48	5
2016	5.33	4.81
2017	5.17	4.61
2018	4.92	4.42
2019	4.68	4.33
2020	4.44	4.25
2021	4.36	4.17
2022	4.28	4.08
2023	4.19	4.01

Burkina Faso and Gambia demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Gambia

Table

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

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