Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 2.2M in Guinea-Bissau (ranked 146/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 10,857 sq mi for Guinea-Bissau (ranked 73rd vs. 139th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Guinea-Bissau ranks 178/197 ($2.12B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Guinea-Bissau ranks 181/197 ($963).

Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
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	-
1967	$450,753,924	-
1968	$460,442,689	-
1969	$478,298,645	-
1970	$458,404,269	$204,670,551
1971	$482,411,179	$204,167,297
1972	$578,595,522	$227,986,203
1973	$674,773,570	$232,331,281
1974	$751,133,430	$256,769,730
1975	$939,972,703	$283,311,997
1976	$976,547,188	$292,152,321
1977	$1,131,224,878	$298,871,675
1978	$1,475,583,645	$318,876,550
1979	$1,748,480,621	$308,143,183
1980	$1,928,719,888	$287,648,258
1981	$1,775,842,334	$402,230,865
1982	$1,754,450,096	$430,284,022
1983	$1,600,278,605	$425,225,177
1984	$1,459,880,132	$359,980,491
1985	$1,552,493,196	$373,959,151
1986	$2,036,303,358	$338,524,233
1987	$2,369,834,950	$451,893,375
1988	$2,616,040,479	$427,514,322
1989	$2,615,587,734	$554,072,303
1990	$3,101,300,779	$634,187,269
1991	$3,135,045,584	$668,470,891
1992	$3,356,692,505	$588,309,271
1993	$3,199,536,465	$615,779,519
1994	$1,895,290,637	$612,502,085
1995	$2,379,517,975	$660,195,402
1996	$2,586,550,595	$702,965,148
1997	$2,447,669,102	$698,107,222
1998	$2,804,902,367	$591,034,143
1999	$3,389,566,713	$579,365,780
2000	$2,968,370,088	$391,345,597
2001	$3,190,371,081	$412,610,872
2002	$3,622,350,063	$466,773,711
2003	$4,740,768,143	$553,614,800
2004	$5,451,688,538	$582,169,841
2005	$6,146,353,173	$639,776,041
2006	$6,547,419,820	$634,781,901
2007	$7,625,722,837	$753,162,998
2008	$9,451,435,490	$952,667,544
2009	$9,450,696,873	$890,167,833
2010	$10,109,619,741	$940,112,539
2011	$12,080,295,978	$1,157,074,319
2012	$12,561,015,157	$1,049,412,177
2013	$13,444,300,486	$1,109,682,824
2014	$13,943,016,077	$1,135,250,721
2015	$11,832,159,316	$1,152,384,167
2016	$12,833,363,045	$1,245,074,264
2017	$14,106,955,615	$1,469,978,606
2018	$15,890,066,221	$1,554,133,594
2019	$16,032,813,503	$1,588,767,976
2020	$17,725,010,533	$1,683,619,352
2021	$19,697,516,284	$1,878,659,687
2022	$18,820,218,691	$1,839,048,748
2023	$20,324,617,845	$2,077,816,135
2024	$23,250,214,910	$2,119,865,935

Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
1960	$69.2	-
1961	$72.2	-
1962	$77.2	-
1963	$78.9	-
1964	$80.9	-
1965	$82.1	-
1966	$82.8	-
1967	$84.6	-
1968	$85	-
1969	$86.8	-
1970	$81.7	$350
1971	$84.5	$348
1972	$99.6	$389
1973	$114.1	$392
1974	$124.7	$419
1975	$152.9	$435
1976	$155.5	$421
1977	$176	$403
1978	$223.9	$403
1979	$258.5	$376
1980	$277.6	$347
1981	$248.7	$477
1982	$239	$503
1983	$211.9	$489
1984	$187.8	$407
1985	$194.1	$417
1986	$247.5	$371
1987	$280.2	$488
1988	$301	$454
1989	$293.2	$578
1990	$339	$651
1991	$334	$672
1992	$349	$574
1993	$324	$582
1994	$187.2	$561
1995	$229.1	$589
1996	$242.7	$615
1997	$223.9	$599
1998	$249.5	$498
1999	$292.8	$479
2000	$248.9	$317
2001	$259.5	$327
2002	$285.7	$362
2003	$362	$420
2004	$404	$431
2005	$441	$463
2006	$456	$449
2007	$515	$519
2008	$619	$640
2009	$602	$583
2010	$625	$600
2011	$725	$720
2012	$731	$635
2013	$760	$654
2014	$765	$652
2015	$630	$645
2016	$664	$680
2017	$709	$783
2018	$777	$809
2019	$765	$807
2020	$825	$836
2021	$896	$912
2022	$836	$873
2023	$883	$965
2024	$987	$963

Burkina Faso vs. Guinea-Bissau life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
1950	33	35.7
1951	33.4	35.9
1952	33.6	36.1
1953	33.9	36.3
1954	34.2	36.4
1955	34.5	36.6
1956	34.8	36.8
1957	35.1	37
1958	35.4	37.1
1959	35.7	37.3
1960	36.1	37.6
1961	36.4	37.8
1962	36.8	38
1963	37.1	35.6
1964	37.4	35.8
1965	37.8	35.9
1966	38.1	36.1
1967	38.4	36.3
1968	38.8	36.7
1969	39	37
1970	39.5	37.3
1971	39.9	37.5
1972	40.4	37.8
1973	40.9	38.2
1974	41.7	41.6
1975	42.5	41.9
1976	43.3	42.3
1977	44.2	42.6
1978	45	42.9
1979	45.7	43.2
1980	46.5	43.6
1981	46.9	43.9
1982	47.6	44.3
1983	48.1	44.6
1984	48.5	44.9
1985	48.7	45.3
1986	49	45.5
1987	49.1	45.8
1988	49.2	46.3
1989	49.3	46.6
1990	49.3	46.9
1991	49.3	47.2
1992	49.4	47.5
1993	49.4	47.8
1994	49.5	47.8
1995	49.6	48.5
1996	49.7	48.8
1997	49.6	48
1998	50.2	48.1
1999	50.5	48.5
2000	50.8	50.6
2001	51.2	51.1
2002	51.4	51.6
2003	52	52.2
2004	52.6	52.8
2005	53.3	52.9
2006	53.8	54.1
2007	54.4	54.9
2008	55.2	55.3
2009	55.8	56.3
2010	56.3	57
2011	57	57.7
2012	57.5	58.3
2013	57.9	58.9
2014	58.3	59.5
2015	58.8	60.1
2016	59.2	60.6
2017	59.6	61.1
2018	60	61.7
2019	60.2	62.2
2020	60.5	61.3
2021	60	61.7
2022	60.7	63.6
2023	61.1	64.1
2024	61.3	64.3
2025	61.5	64.4

Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
1960	4,778,621	577,633
1961	4,848,224	582,532
1962	4,919,672	589,474
1963	4,993,623	594,418
1964	5,071,034	588,543
1965	5,152,833	575,005
1966	5,237,933	566,908
1967	5,326,348	569,011
1968	5,418,644	578,170
1969	5,513,177	581,610
1970	5,610,304	584,403
1971	5,707,999	586,221
1972	5,807,234	586,620
1973	5,911,927	592,808
1974	6,024,904	613,338
1975	6,147,569	650,966
1976	6,280,635	694,191
1977	6,428,734	741,789
1978	6,590,984	791,694
1979	6,763,903	819,867
1980	6,947,900	829,303
1981	7,140,271	842,432
1982	7,340,197	855,891
1983	7,551,129	869,592
1984	7,772,256	883,519
1985	7,999,935	897,697
1986	8,228,847	912,126
1987	8,457,109	926,862
1988	8,687,435	942,061
1989	8,921,175	957,789
1990	9,159,356	973,669
1991	9,394,632	994,639
1992	9,629,275	1,024,356
1993	9,871,713	1,058,745
1994	10,123,798	1,092,031
1995	10,386,722	1,119,949
1996	10,655,942	1,143,535
1997	10,934,223	1,165,545
1998	11,240,664	1,187,473
1999	11,574,928	1,210,206
2000	11,925,546	1,234,741
2001	12,295,001	1,261,273
2002	12,680,897	1,289,307
2003	13,082,532	1,318,806
2004	13,500,533	1,349,563
2005	13,932,123	1,381,585
2006	14,373,707	1,415,303
2007	14,816,307	1,450,986
2008	15,258,093	1,488,054
2009	15,710,066	1,526,377
2010	16,176,498	1,566,347
2011	16,661,908	1,608,076
2012	17,172,287	1,651,417
2013	17,695,409	1,695,973
2014	18,229,461	1,741,122
2015	18,777,487	1,786,457
2016	19,334,856	1,831,893
2017	19,894,407	1,877,072
2018	20,438,288	1,922,168
2019	20,961,952	1,967,696
2020	21,478,690	2,013,255
2021	21,995,243	2,058,841
2022	22,509,038	2,105,529
2023	23,025,776	2,153,339
2024	23,548,781	2,201,352

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.25	5.92
1961	6.29	5.93
1962	6.32	5.94
1963	6.36	5.95
1964	6.42	5.96
1965	6.47	5.97
1966	6.53	5.98
1967	6.59	5.99
1968	6.65	6.01
1969	6.66	6.02
1970	6.69	6.04
1971	6.7	6.06
1972	6.72	6.08
1973	6.77	6.1
1974	6.84	6.12
1975	6.91	6.15
1976	6.95	6.19
1977	7.05	6.25
1978	7.15	6.32
1979	7.19	6.4
1980	7.22	6.49
1981	7.26	6.57
1982	7.25	6.64
1983	7.25	6.69
1984	7.25	6.73
1985	7.24	6.74
1986	7.22	6.73
1987	7.17	6.72
1988	7.11	6.69
1989	7.05	6.66
1990	7.01	6.5
1991	6.97	6.47
1992	6.94	6.44
1993	6.89	6.37
1994	6.84	6.3
1995	6.81	6.22
1996	6.78	6.14
1997	6.72	6.06
1998	6.66	5.97
1999	6.59	5.87
2000	6.52	5.79
2001	6.43	5.69
2002	6.34	5.63
2003	6.28	5.58
2004	6.22	5.5
2005	6.18	5.46
2006	6.17	5.41
2007	6.11	5.37
2008	6.05	5.27
2009	5.99	5.18
2010	5.94	5.11
2011	5.87	5.07
2012	5.79	5
2013	5.7	4.93
2014	5.6	4.79
2015	5.48	4.66
2016	5.33	4.52
2017	5.17	4.35
2018	4.92	4.24
2019	4.68	4.15
2020	4.44	4.08
2021	4.36	4
2022	4.28	3.91
2023	4.19	3.84

Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Guinea-Bissau

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau
1960	19.8	22.9
1961	19.7	22.9
1962	19.7	22.6
1963	19.7	22.3
1964	19.6	21.7
1965	19.6	20.7
1966	19.5	19.9
1967	19.5	19.6
1968	19.3	19.5
1969	19.1	19.3
1970	18.9	19.1
1971	18.8	19
1972	18.6	18.8
1973	18.5	18.9
1974	18.3	18.9
1975	18.2	18.8
1976	18.1	18.5
1977	17.9	18.2
1978	17.8	17.8
1979	17.7	17.6
1980	17.6	17.7
1981	17.5	17.6
1982	17.4	17.5
1983	17.3	17.3
1984	17.2	17.2
1985	17.1	17.2
1986	16.9	17.1
1987	16.8	17.1
1988	16.7	17
1989	16.6	17
1990	16.5	17.1
1991	16.4	17.1
1992	16.3	17.1
1993	16.3	17.1
1994	16.3	17.1
1995	16.3	17.2
1996	16.3	17.2
1997	16.3	17.3
1998	16.3	17.3
1999	16.4	17.4
2000	16.5	17.4
2001	16.6	17.5
2002	16.7	17.6
2003	16.8	17.6
2004	16.9	17.7
2005	17	17.8
2006	17.1	17.9
2007	17.1	17.9
2008	17.1	18
2009	17.1	18.1
2010	17.1	18.2
2011	17.1	18.3
2012	17.1	18.3
2013	17.1	18.4
2014	17.1	18.5
2015	17.1	18.6
2016	17.2	18.8
2017	17.3	18.9
2018	17.4	19.1
2019	17.6	19.2
2020	17.7	19.4
2021	18	19.6
2022	18.2	19.8
2023	18.4	19.9
2024	18.6	20.2

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