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Burkina Faso vs Guyana statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 73rd vs. 82nd).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Main facts and rankings

Burkina Faso Guyana
Population
24497999
839919
Population rank 59/197 162/197
GDP
$23.3B
2024
$24.8B
2024
GDP rank 122/197 119/197
GDP per capita
$987
2024
$29,884
2024
GDP per capita rank 179/197 42/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,896
2024
$79,906
2024
Government debt
$12.2B
2024
$6.03B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.2%
2025
27.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$520
2024
$7,252
2024
Government debt per person rank 166/185 67/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,810
2025
$13,265
2025
Land area
105,638 sq mi
2025
81,522 sq mi
2025
Population density
222.9 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.19
2023
2.41
2023
Median age
18.6 years
2024
26.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.5 years
2025
70.4 years
2025

Burkina Faso and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Guyana economies compared

GDP
Burkina Faso

Guyana
Year GDP
Burkina Faso Guyana
1960 $330,442,816 $170,216,241
1961 $350,247,234 $185,849,535
1962 $379,567,099 $194,949,513
1963 $394,040,667 $175,757,894
1964 $410,321,645 $194,774,513
1965 $422,916,790 $213,235,294
1966 $433,889,766 $228,705,882
1967 $450,753,924 $250,176,471
1968 $460,442,689 $229,750,000
1969 $478,298,645 $249,300,000
1970 $458,404,269 $267,800,000
1971 $482,411,179 $282,050,000
1972 $578,595,522 $285,380,952
1973 $674,773,570 $307,047,619
1974 $751,133,430 $433,954,545
1975 $939,972,703 $494,791,667
1976 $976,547,188 $454,440,000
1977 $1,131,224,878 $449,880,000
1978 $1,475,583,645 $507,080,000
1979 $1,748,480,621 $530,440,000
1980 $1,928,719,888 $603,200,000
1981 $1,775,842,334 $570,357,107
1982 $1,754,450,096 $482,000,000
1983 $1,600,278,605 $489,333,333
1984 $1,459,880,132 $437,631,605
1985 $1,552,493,196 $453,488,372
1986 $2,036,303,358 $504,651,140
1987 $2,369,834,950 $354,591,847
1988 $2,616,040,479 $413,799,990
1989 $2,615,587,734 $379,779,390
1990 $3,101,300,779 $396,582,263
1991 $3,135,045,584 $348,533,095
1992 $3,356,692,505 $373,573,141
1993 $3,199,536,465 $454,101,382
1994 $1,895,290,637 $540,874,934
1995 $2,379,517,975 $621,626,786
1996 $2,586,550,595 $705,406,001
1997 $2,447,669,102 $749,138,010
1998 $2,804,902,367 $717,530,683
1999 $3,389,566,713 $694,754,988
2000 $2,968,370,088 $712,667,897
2001 $3,190,371,081 $712,167,450
2002 $3,622,350,063 $726,131,435
2003 $4,740,768,143 $743,063,950
2004 $5,451,688,538 $787,814,379
2005 $6,146,353,173 $824,880,550
2006 $6,547,419,820 $2,379,817,991
2007 $7,625,722,837 $2,730,971,595
2008 $9,451,435,490 $3,025,187,433
2009 $9,450,696,873 $3,165,663,153
2010 $10,109,619,741 $3,432,912,517
2011 $12,080,295,978 $3,691,384,318
2012 $12,561,015,157 $4,063,088,536
2013 $13,444,300,486 $4,167,800,929
2014 $13,943,016,077 $4,127,660,152
2015 $11,832,159,316 $4,279,840,194
2016 $12,833,363,045 $4,482,697,337
2017 $14,106,955,615 $4,748,174,334
2018 $15,890,066,221 $4,787,636,998
2019 $16,032,813,503 $5,173,760,192
2020 $17,725,010,533 $5,471,256,595
2021 $19,697,516,284 $8,041,362,110
2022 $18,820,218,691 $14,718,388,489
2023 $20,324,617,845 $16,918,503,597
2024 $23,250,214,910 $24,835,899,826

Burkina Faso and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita
Burkina Faso

Guyana
Year GDP per capita
Burkina Faso Guyana
1960 $69.2 $299.1
1961 $72.2 $319
1962 $77.2 $327
1963 $78.9 $288.8
1964 $80.9 $313
1965 $82.1 $336
1966 $82.8 $353
1967 $84.6 $378
1968 $85 $340
1969 $86.8 $361
1970 $81.7 $381
1971 $84.5 $396
1972 $99.6 $395
1973 $114.1 $421
1974 $124.7 $588
1975 $152.9 $664
1976 $155.5 $604
1977 $176 $593
1978 $223.9 $663
1979 $258.5 $689
1980 $277.6 $779
1981 $248.7 $735
1982 $239 $621
1983 $211.9 $631
1984 $187.8 $565
1985 $194.1 $588
1986 $247.5 $657
1987 $280.2 $464
1988 $301 $545
1989 $293.2 $503
1990 $339 $529
1991 $334 $466
1992 $349 $498
1993 $324 $603
1994 $187.2 $716
1995 $229.1 $820
1996 $242.7 $928
1997 $223.9 $983
1998 $249.5 $940
1999 $292.8 $909
2000 $248.9 $932
2001 $259.5 $932
2002 $285.7 $951
2003 $362 $974
2004 $404 $1,033
2005 $441 $1,084
2006 $456 $3,136
2007 $515 $3,608
2008 $619 $4,009
2009 $602 $4,209
2010 $625 $4,582
2011 $725 $4,947
2012 $731 $5,444
2013 $760 $5,557
2014 $765 $5,473
2015 $630 $5,640
2016 $664 $5,871
2017 $709 $6,179
2018 $777 $6,048
2019 $765 $6,406
2020 $825 $6,776
2021 $896 $9,861
2022 $836 $17,913
2023 $883 $20,474
2024 $987 $29,884

Burkina Faso vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Burkina Faso

Guyana
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Guyana
1950 33 49.2
1951 33.4 50.2
1952 33.6 51.3
1953 33.9 52.4
1954 34.2 53.3
1955 34.5 54.1
1956 34.8 55.2
1957 35.1 56.1
1958 35.4 56.4
1959 35.7 57
1960 36.1 57.5
1961 36.4 57.9
1962 36.8 58.3
1963 37.1 58.6
1964 37.4 59
1965 37.8 59.1
1966 38.1 59.3
1967 38.4 59.5
1968 38.8 59.7
1969 39 59.8
1970 39.5 60
1971 39.9 60.1
1972 40.4 60.1
1973 40.9 60.2
1974 41.7 60.3
1975 42.5 60.4
1976 43.3 60.4
1977 44.2 60.6
1978 45 60.6
1979 45.7 60.7
1980 46.5 60.8
1981 46.9 60.9
1982 47.6 61
1983 48.1 61.2
1984 48.5 61.3
1985 48.7 61.4
1986 49 61.5
1987 49.1 61.7
1988 49.2 61.8
1989 49.3 62.1
1990 49.3 62.3
1991 49.3 62.5
1992 49.4 62.8
1993 49.4 63
1994 49.5 63
1995 49.6 62.7
1996 49.7 62.7
1997 49.6 62.9
1998 50.2 63.4
1999 50.5 63.8
2000 50.8 64.1
2001 51.2 64.4
2002 51.4 64.2
2003 52 64.1
2004 52.6 64.2
2005 53.3 64.4
2006 53.8 64.8
2007 54.4 65.5
2008 55.2 65.7
2009 55.8 66
2010 56.3 66.2
2011 57 66.5
2012 57.5 66.4
2013 57.9 66.7
2014 58.3 67.3
2015 58.8 67.7
2016 59.2 68.1
2017 59.6 68.5
2018 60 68.8
2019 60.2 69.1
2020 60.5 67.8
2021 60 64.3
2022 60.7 69.9
2023 61.1 70.2
2024 61.3 70.3
2025 61.5 70.4

Burkina Faso and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population
Burkina Faso

Guyana
Year Population
Burkina Faso Guyana
1960 4,778,621 569,143
1961 4,848,224 582,568
1962 4,919,672 595,461
1963 4,993,623 608,537
1964 5,071,034 621,764
1965 5,152,833 635,128
1966 5,237,933 648,646
1967 5,326,348 662,311
1968 5,418,644 676,160
1969 5,513,177 690,223
1970 5,610,304 702,705
1971 5,707,999 712,662
1972 5,807,234 721,617
1973 5,911,927 730,138
1974 6,024,904 738,057
1975 6,147,569 745,393
1976 6,280,635 752,253
1977 6,428,734 758,654
1978 6,590,984 764,586
1979 6,763,903 770,062
1980 6,947,900 774,367
1981 7,140,271 776,453
1982 7,340,197 776,712
1983 7,551,129 775,891
1984 7,772,256 774,111
1985 7,999,935 771,477
1986 8,228,847 768,098
1987 8,457,109 764,120
1988 8,687,435 759,663
1989 8,921,175 754,865
1990 9,159,356 749,894
1991 9,394,632 747,861
1992 9,629,275 749,911
1993 9,871,713 752,965
1994 10,123,798 755,822
1995 10,386,722 758,388
1996 10,655,942 760,526
1997 10,934,223 762,245
1998 11,240,664 763,586
1999 11,574,928 764,483
2000 11,925,546 764,832
2001 12,295,001 764,477
2002 12,680,897 763,652
2003 13,082,532 763,101
2004 13,500,533 762,418
2005 13,932,123 760,914
2006 14,373,707 758,966
2007 14,816,307 756,861
2008 15,258,093 754,606
2009 15,710,066 752,094
2010 16,176,498 749,256
2011 16,661,908 746,153
2012 17,172,287 746,288
2013 17,695,409 750,021
2014 18,229,461 754,229
2015 18,777,487 758,781
2016 19,334,856 763,548
2017 19,894,407 768,479
2018 20,438,288 791,556
2019 20,961,952 807,665
2020 21,478,690 807,481
2021 21,995,243 815,482
2022 22,509,038 821,637
2023 23,025,776 826,353
2024 23,548,781 831,087

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Guyana

Fertility rate
Burkina Faso

Guyana
Year Fertility rate
Burkina Faso Guyana
1960 6.25 6.33
1961 6.29 6.34
1962 6.32 6.33
1963 6.36 6.31
1964 6.42 6.23
1965 6.47 6.14
1966 6.53 6.02
1967 6.59 5.89
1968 6.65 5.75
1969 6.66 5.58
1970 6.69 5.41
1971 6.7 5.26
1972 6.72 5.08
1973 6.77 4.87
1974 6.84 4.64
1975 6.91 4.45
1976 6.95 4.28
1977 7.05 4.12
1978 7.15 3.97
1979 7.19 3.86
1980 7.22 3.77
1981 7.26 3.72
1982 7.25 3.68
1983 7.25 3.64
1984 7.25 3.54
1985 7.24 3.47
1986 7.22 3.38
1987 7.17 3.31
1988 7.11 3.23
1989 7.05 3.19
1990 7.01 3.18
1991 6.97 3.18
1992 6.94 3.19
1993 6.89 3.2
1994 6.84 3.23
1995 6.81 3.24
1996 6.78 3.23
1997 6.72 3.22
1998 6.66 3.18
1999 6.59 3.13
2000 6.52 3.06
2001 6.43 2.96
2002 6.34 2.84
2003 6.28 2.75
2004 6.22 2.68
2005 6.18 2.65
2006 6.17 2.66
2007 6.11 2.68
2008 6.05 2.7
2009 5.99 2.69
2010 5.94 2.68
2011 5.87 2.69
2012 5.79 2.7
2013 5.7 2.71
2014 5.6 2.7
2015 5.48 2.67
2016 5.33 2.63
2017 5.17 2.59
2018 4.92 2.55
2019 4.68 2.52
2020 4.44 2.49
2021 4.36 2.46
2022 4.28 2.44
2023 4.19 2.41

Burkina Faso and Guyana demographics compared

Median age
Burkina Faso

Guyana
Year Median age, years
Burkina Faso Guyana
1960 19.8 16.7
1961 19.7 16.6
1962 19.7 16.4
1963 19.7 16.3
1964 19.6 16.2
1965 19.6 16.1
1966 19.5 16.1
1967 19.5 16.2
1968 19.3 16.2
1969 19.1 16.4
1970 18.9 16.5
1971 18.8 16.6
1972 18.6 16.7
1973 18.5 16.8
1974 18.3 17
1975 18.2 17.2
1976 18.1 17.4
1977 17.9 17.6
1978 17.8 17.8
1979 17.7 18
1980 17.6 18.2
1981 17.5 18.4
1982 17.4 18.7
1983 17.3 19
1984 17.2 19.3
1985 17.1 19.6
1986 16.9 19.9
1987 16.8 20.2
1988 16.7 20.5
1989 16.6 20.7
1990 16.5 20.9
1991 16.4 21.1
1992 16.3 21.3
1993 16.3 21.4
1994 16.3 21.5
1995 16.3 21.7
1996 16.3 21.8
1997 16.3 21.9
1998 16.3 22
1999 16.4 22.1
2000 16.5 22.2
2001 16.6 22.4
2002 16.7 22.5
2003 16.8 22.7
2004 16.9 22.9
2005 17 23.2
2006 17.1 23.4
2007 17.1 23.6
2008 17.1 23.8
2009 17.1 24
2010 17.1 24.2
2011 17.1 24.4
2012 17.1 24.5
2013 17.1 24.6
2014 17.1 24.6
2015 17.1 24.7
2016 17.2 24.9
2017 17.3 25
2018 17.4 25.4
2019 17.6 25.7
2020 17.7 25.9
2021 18 26.1
2022 18.2 26.4
2023 18.4 26.7
2024 18.6 26.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Burkina Faso Guyana
GNI, Atlas method
$20.7B
2024
$16.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.1%
2025
24.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.33%
2023
4.45%
2018
Military expenditure, % of GDP
4.01%
2023
0.59%
2023
Armed forces personnel
11,000
2020
3,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.31%
2025
-4.95%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.44%
2024
13.2%
2019
Services, % of GDP
40.2%
2024
15.3%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.7%
2024
74.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
51
2025
58.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.2%
2021
34.4%
1998
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2021
1.1%
1998
Total reserves including gold n/a
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$590M
2024
$600M
2024
International tourist arrivals
67,000
2020
86,400
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.87%
2019
4.21%
2003
Banked people share
51.4%
2024
n/a

Energy

Burkina Faso Guyana
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
313 kg
2022
661 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.44
2022
$12.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6 megatons
2023
3.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.26 tons
2023
4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
71.4%
2022
12.1%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.18%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
131.2 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
14%
2021
7.11%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.91%
2022
0.0008%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
21.7%
2023
98.9%
2023

Society

Burkina Faso Guyana
% of world population
0.29%
2024
0.01%
2024
Annual migration change
-25,807
2024
-5,407
2024
Urban population
33.2%
2024
27.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
5.65 ft
2025
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
21.5
2025
49.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
31
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.3
2017
16.2
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
31
2019
22.3
2019
Visa free countries
66
2025
98
2025
Adult literacy rate
41.4%
2023
90%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
90.5%
2023
People using the Internet
17%
2023
81.7%
2023

Health

Burkina Faso Guyana
Government health expenditure per capita
$56.8
2022
$532
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$19.6
2022
$122.6
2022
Life expectancy
61.5 years
2025
70.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.9%
2022
3.25%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.15
2022
1.41
2020
Age at first childbirth
20.1 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
242
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
77.3
2023
25.7
2023
Obesity rate
6.9%
2022
29%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.5%
2024
16.4%
2024
Air quality index
19
2025
46
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.3%
2022
11.1%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.3 liters
2020
5.04 liters
2020

Territory

Burkina Faso Guyana
% of world land
0.18%
2025
0.14%
2025
Land area per capita
4,486 sq mi
2024
98,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
56,413 sq mi
2025
2,780 sq mi
2025
Forest area
23,423 sq mi
2025
70,995 sq mi
2025
Roads length
9,509 mi
2014
2,482 mi
2019

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