Burkina Faso vs Kenya statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 56.4M in Kenya (ranked 26/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 224,278 sq mi for Kenya (ranked 73rd vs. 45th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206).

Burkina Faso and Kenya: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Kenya economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Kenya
1960	$330,442,816	$791,265,459
1961	$350,247,234	$792,959,473
1962	$379,567,099	$868,111,401
1963	$394,040,667	$926,589,349
1964	$410,321,645	$998,759,334
1965	$422,916,790	$997,919,321
1966	$433,889,766	$1,164,519,674
1967	$450,753,924	$1,232,559,507
1968	$460,442,689	$1,353,295,459
1969	$478,298,645	$1,458,379,417
1970	$458,404,269	$1,603,447,359
1971	$482,411,179	$1,778,391,289
1972	$578,595,522	$2,107,279,157
1973	$674,773,570	$2,509,001,324
1974	$751,133,430	$2,969,958,812
1975	$939,972,703	$3,259,345,083
1976	$976,547,188	$3,474,542,392
1977	$1,131,224,878	$4,494,378,764
1978	$1,475,583,645	$5,303,735,111
1979	$1,748,480,621	$6,234,391,113
1980	$1,928,719,888	$7,265,315,820
1981	$1,775,842,334	$6,854,491,706
1982	$1,754,450,096	$6,431,579,357
1983	$1,600,278,605	$5,979,198,314
1984	$1,459,880,132	$6,191,437,070
1985	$1,552,493,196	$6,135,034,214
1986	$2,036,303,358	$7,239,126,568
1987	$2,369,834,950	$7,970,820,369
1988	$2,616,040,479	$8,355,380,879
1989	$2,615,587,734	$8,283,114,514
1990	$3,101,300,779	$8,572,359,038
1991	$3,135,045,584	$8,151,488,783
1992	$3,356,692,505	$8,209,120,763
1993	$3,199,536,465	$5,751,786,643
1994	$1,895,290,637	$7,148,148,564
1995	$2,379,517,975	$9,046,320,255
1996	$2,586,550,595	$12,045,865,396
1997	$2,447,669,102	$13,115,764,358
1998	$2,804,902,367	$14,093,998,844
1999	$3,389,566,713	$12,896,010,459
2000	$2,968,370,088	$12,705,350,098
2001	$3,190,371,081	$12,986,007,426
2002	$3,622,350,063	$13,147,736,899
2003	$4,740,768,143	$14,904,517,650
2004	$5,451,688,538	$16,095,337,094
2005	$6,146,353,173	$18,737,895,513
2006	$6,547,419,820	$25,825,512,284
2007	$7,625,722,837	$31,958,195,182
2008	$9,451,435,490	$35,895,153,328
2009	$9,450,696,873	$42,347,217,913
2010	$10,109,619,741	$45,405,615,064
2011	$12,080,295,978	$46,869,473,151
2012	$12,561,015,157	$56,396,704,672
2013	$13,444,300,486	$61,671,440,408
2014	$13,943,016,077	$68,285,796,514
2015	$11,832,159,316	$70,120,446,897
2016	$12,833,363,045	$74,815,144,164
2017	$14,106,955,615	$82,036,510,877
2018	$15,890,066,221	$92,202,979,985
2019	$16,032,813,503	$100,378,436,207
2020	$17,725,010,533	$100,657,505,751
2021	$19,697,516,284	$109,703,658,905
2022	$18,820,218,691	$114,448,978,153
2023	$20,324,617,845	$108,038,588,971
2024	$23,250,214,910	$124,498,691,699

Burkina Faso and Kenya economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Kenya
1960	$69.2	$102.8
1961	$72.2	$99.3
1962	$77.2	$104.6
1963	$78.9	$107.4
1964	$80.9	$111.3
1965	$82.1	$106.9
1966	$82.8	$119.8
1967	$84.6	$121.9
1968	$85	$128.7
1969	$86.8	$133.3
1970	$81.7	$141
1971	$84.5	$150.9
1972	$99.6	$172.6
1973	$114.1	$198.6
1974	$124.7	$227.2
1975	$152.9	$241.2
1976	$155.5	$248.9
1977	$176	$311
1978	$223.9	$355
1979	$258.5	$403
1980	$277.6	$454
1981	$248.7	$413
1982	$239	$374
1983	$211.9	$335
1984	$187.8	$334
1985	$194.1	$320
1986	$247.5	$364
1987	$280.2	$387
1988	$301	$391
1989	$293.2	$374
1990	$339	$374
1991	$334	$345
1992	$349	$337
1993	$324	$229
1994	$187.2	$276.4
1995	$229.1	$340
1996	$242.7	$441
1997	$223.9	$467
1998	$249.5	$488
1999	$292.8	$434
2000	$248.9	$415
2001	$259.5	$411
2002	$285.7	$403
2003	$362	$443
2004	$404	$464
2005	$441	$523
2006	$456	$700
2007	$515	$840
2008	$619	$916
2009	$602	$1,048
2010	$625	$1,092
2011	$725	$1,096
2012	$731	$1,285
2013	$760	$1,371
2014	$765	$1,483
2015	$630	$1,489
2016	$664	$1,554
2017	$709	$1,667
2018	$777	$1,836
2019	$765	$1,960
2020	$825	$1,928
2021	$896	$2,061
2022	$836	$2,110
2023	$883	$1,952
2024	$987	$2,206

Burkina Faso vs. Kenya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Kenya
1950	33	36.9
1951	33.4	38
1952	33.6	38.6
1953	33.9	39.8
1954	34.2	41
1955	34.5	42.3
1956	34.8	43.5
1957	35.1	45.3
1958	35.4	46.5
1959	35.7	47.5
1960	36.1	48.5
1961	36.4	49.3
1962	36.8	50.1
1963	37.1	50.8
1964	37.4	51.3
1965	37.8	51.9
1966	38.1	52.4
1967	38.4	52.8
1968	38.8	53.3
1969	39	53.7
1970	39.5	54.1
1971	39.9	54.5
1972	40.4	55
1973	40.9	55.5
1974	41.7	56
1975	42.5	56.6
1976	43.3	57.2
1977	44.2	57.7
1978	45	58.2
1979	45.7	58.7
1980	46.5	59.2
1981	46.9	59.6
1982	47.6	59.9
1983	48.1	60.3
1984	48.5	60.6
1985	48.7	60.9
1986	49	60.8
1987	49.1	60.7
1988	49.2	60.3
1989	49.3	60
1990	49.3	58.3
1991	49.3	57.8
1992	49.4	57.1
1993	49.4	56.7
1994	49.5	56.1
1995	49.6	55.9
1996	49.7	55.6
1997	49.6	55.5
1998	50.2	55.6
1999	50.5	55.9
2000	50.8	56.1
2001	51.2	56.5
2002	51.4	56.8
2003	52	57.4
2004	52.6	57.9
2005	53.3	58.5
2006	53.8	59.1
2007	54.4	59.4
2008	55.2	60
2009	55.8	60.5
2010	56.3	60.9
2011	57	61.3
2012	57.5	61.5
2013	57.9	61.7
2014	58.3	62
2015	58.8	62.3
2016	59.2	62.5
2017	59.6	62.7
2018	60	62.8
2019	60.2	62.9
2020	60.5	61.6
2021	60	61.2
2022	60.7	63.5
2023	61.1	63.6
2024	61.3	63.8
2025	61.5	64

Burkina Faso and Kenya population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Kenya
1960	4,778,621	7,695,307
1961	4,848,224	7,987,770
1962	4,919,672	8,299,308
1963	4,993,623	8,627,971
1964	5,071,034	8,973,535
1965	5,152,833	9,338,078
1966	5,237,933	9,717,816
1967	5,326,348	10,111,057
1968	5,418,644	10,518,823
1969	5,513,177	10,939,695
1970	5,610,304	11,368,791
1971	5,707,999	11,788,904
1972	5,807,234	12,206,060
1973	5,911,927	12,634,835
1974	6,024,904	13,070,078
1975	6,147,569	13,511,671
1976	6,280,635	13,957,623
1977	6,428,734	14,428,819
1978	6,590,984	14,934,126
1979	6,763,903	15,460,666
1980	6,947,900	16,018,459
1981	7,140,271	16,601,507
1982	7,340,197	17,206,175
1983	7,551,129	17,846,374
1984	7,772,256	18,514,906
1985	7,999,935	19,201,768
1986	8,228,847	19,901,646
1987	8,457,109	20,616,096
1988	8,687,435	21,356,219
1989	8,921,175	22,118,434
1990	9,159,356	22,892,651
1991	9,394,632	23,646,514
1992	9,629,275	24,382,460
1993	9,871,713	25,117,188
1994	10,123,798	25,857,130
1995	10,386,722	26,601,751
1996	10,655,942	27,344,211
1997	10,934,223	28,101,768
1998	11,240,664	28,888,057
1999	11,574,928	29,733,408
2000	11,925,546	30,642,890
2001	12,295,001	31,619,170
2002	12,680,897	32,629,808
2003	13,082,532	33,652,223
2004	13,500,533	34,713,455
2005	13,932,123	35,796,484
2006	14,373,707	36,904,008
2007	14,816,307	38,036,349
2008	15,258,093	39,206,351
2009	15,710,066	40,408,891
2010	16,176,498	41,598,567
2011	16,661,908	42,758,461
2012	17,172,287	43,888,303
2013	17,695,409	44,986,791
2014	18,229,461	46,051,440
2015	18,777,487	47,088,526
2016	19,334,856	48,139,687
2017	19,894,407	49,197,766
2018	20,438,288	50,207,107
2019	20,961,952	51,202,827
2020	21,478,690	52,217,334
2021	21,995,243	53,219,166
2022	22,509,038	54,252,461
2023	23,025,776	55,339,003
2024	23,548,781	56,432,944

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Kenya

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Kenya
1960	6.25	7.65
1961	6.29	7.72
1962	6.32	7.77
1963	6.36	7.82
1964	6.42	7.87
1965	6.47	7.92
1966	6.53	7.96
1967	6.59	7.95
1968	6.65	7.95
1969	6.66	7.95
1970	6.69	7.94
1971	6.7	7.92
1972	6.72	7.89
1973	6.77	7.86
1974	6.84	7.82
1975	6.91	7.8
1976	6.95	7.77
1977	7.05	7.73
1978	7.15	7.67
1979	7.19	7.6
1980	7.22	7.53
1981	7.26	7.45
1982	7.25	7.35
1983	7.25	7.22
1984	7.25	7.08
1985	7.24	6.96
1986	7.22	6.84
1987	7.17	6.69
1988	7.11	6.52
1989	7.05	6.33
1990	7.01	6.14
1991	6.97	5.94
1992	6.94	5.74
1993	6.89	5.57
1994	6.84	5.44
1995	6.81	5.37
1996	6.78	5.31
1997	6.72	5.27
1998	6.66	5.24
1999	6.59	5.18
2000	6.52	5.14
2001	6.43	5.09
2002	6.34	5.03
2003	6.28	4.94
2004	6.22	4.86
2005	6.18	4.8
2006	6.17	4.75
2007	6.11	4.72
2008	6.05	4.66
2009	5.99	4.57
2010	5.94	4.45
2011	5.87	4.28
2012	5.79	4.12
2013	5.7	3.96
2014	5.6	3.84
2015	5.48	3.77
2016	5.33	3.69
2017	5.17	3.61
2018	4.92	3.54
2019	4.68	3.43
2020	4.44	3.36
2021	4.36	3.31
2022	4.28	3.26
2023	4.19	3.21

Burkina Faso and Kenya demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Kenya
1960	19.8	15.7
1961	19.7	15.5
1962	19.7	15.3
1963	19.7	15.2
1964	19.6	15.1
1965	19.6	14.9
1966	19.5	14.8
1967	19.5	14.6
1968	19.3	14.5
1969	19.1	14.5
1970	18.9	14.4
1971	18.8	14.4
1972	18.6	14.3
1973	18.5	14.3
1974	18.3	14.3
1975	18.2	14.3
1976	18.1	14.3
1977	17.9	14.3
1978	17.8	14.3
1979	17.7	14.4
1980	17.6	14.5
1981	17.5	14.5
1982	17.4	14.6
1983	17.3	14.7
1984	17.2	14.8
1985	17.1	14.9
1986	16.9	15
1987	16.8	15
1988	16.7	15.1
1989	16.6	15.2
1990	16.5	15.3
1991	16.4	15.5
1992	16.3	15.6
1993	16.3	15.7
1994	16.3	15.9
1995	16.3	16
1996	16.3	16.1
1997	16.3	16.2
1998	16.3	16.4
1999	16.4	16.5
2000	16.5	16.7
2001	16.6	16.8
2002	16.7	17
2003	16.8	17.1
2004	16.9	17.3
2005	17	17.4
2006	17.1	17.5
2007	17.1	17.6
2008	17.1	17.7
2009	17.1	17.8
2010	17.1	17.9
2011	17.1	18.1
2012	17.1	18.2
2013	17.1	18.4
2014	17.1	18.5
2015	17.1	18.7
2016	17.2	18.9
2017	17.3	19.1
2018	17.4	19.3
2019	17.6	19.6
2020	17.7	19.8
2021	18	20
2022	18.2	20.3
2023	18.4	20.6
2024	18.6	20.8

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