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Burkina Faso vs Latvia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 73rd vs. 121st).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Main facts and rankings

Burkina Faso Latvia
Population
24497999
1844219
Population rank 59/197 149/197
GDP
$23.3B
2024
$43.5B
2024
GDP rank 122/197 100/197
GDP per capita
$987
2024
$23,368
2024
GDP per capita rank 179/197 53/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,896
2024
$43,867
2024
Government debt
$12.2B
2024
$20.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.2%
2025
48.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$520
2024
$11,068
2024
Government debt per person rank 166/185 52/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,810
2025
$15,995
2025
Land area
105,638 sq mi
2025
24,027 sq mi
2025
Population density
222.9 ppl/mi²
2024
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.19
2023
1.36
2023
Median age
18.6 years
2024
44.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
61.5 years
2025
76.5 years
2025

Burkina Faso and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Latvia economies compared

GDP
Burkina Faso

Latvia
Year GDP
Burkina Faso Latvia
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 -
1971 $482,411,179 -
1972 $578,595,522 -
1973 $674,773,570 -
1974 $751,133,430 -
1975 $939,972,703 -
1976 $976,547,188 -
1977 $1,131,224,878 -
1978 $1,475,583,645 -
1979 $1,748,480,621 -
1980 $1,928,719,888 -
1981 $1,775,842,334 -
1982 $1,754,450,096 -
1983 $1,600,278,605 -
1984 $1,459,880,132 -
1985 $1,552,493,196 -
1986 $2,036,303,358 -
1987 $2,369,834,950 -
1988 $2,616,040,479 -
1989 $2,615,587,734 -
1990 $3,101,300,779 -
1991 $3,135,045,584 -
1992 $3,356,692,505 -
1993 $3,199,536,465 -
1994 $1,895,290,637 -
1995 $2,379,517,975 $5,608,208,785
1996 $2,586,550,595 $5,799,465,288
1997 $2,447,669,102 $6,349,481,007
1998 $2,804,902,367 $6,974,112,951
1999 $3,389,566,713 $7,324,192,890
2000 $2,968,370,088 $7,761,252,607
2001 $3,190,371,081 $8,190,888,740
2002 $3,622,350,063 $9,249,030,241
2003 $4,740,768,143 $11,244,337,720
2004 $5,451,688,538 $13,827,070,379
2005 $6,146,353,173 $16,306,935,905
2006 $6,547,419,820 $20,434,922,247
2007 $7,625,722,837 $29,420,499,248
2008 $9,451,435,490 $34,135,200,994
2009 $9,450,696,873 $25,691,530,442
2010 $10,109,619,741 $23,468,324,572
2011 $12,080,295,978 $26,575,547,901
2012 $12,561,015,157 $27,116,149,949
2013 $13,444,300,486 $29,152,128,168
2014 $13,943,016,077 $30,277,203,767
2015 $11,832,159,316 $26,344,565,877
2016 $12,833,363,045 $27,117,105,060
2017 $14,106,955,615 $29,391,059,767
2018 $15,890,066,221 $33,247,935,477
2019 $16,032,813,503 $33,099,503,951
2020 $17,725,010,533 $33,379,927,435
2021 $19,697,516,284 $38,183,326,785
2022 $18,820,218,691 $38,014,713,596
2023 $20,324,617,845 $42,572,151,720
2024 $23,250,214,910 $43,520,773,851

Burkina Faso and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita
Burkina Faso

Latvia
Year GDP per capita
Burkina Faso Latvia
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 -
1971 $84.5 -
1972 $99.6 -
1973 $114.1 -
1974 $124.7 -
1975 $152.9 -
1976 $155.5 -
1977 $176 -
1978 $223.9 -
1979 $258.5 -
1980 $277.6 -
1981 $248.7 -
1982 $239 -
1983 $211.9 -
1984 $187.8 -
1985 $194.1 -
1986 $247.5 -
1987 $280.2 -
1988 $301 -
1989 $293.2 -
1990 $339 -
1991 $334 -
1992 $349 -
1993 $324 -
1994 $187.2 -
1995 $229.1 $2,257
1996 $242.7 $2,360
1997 $223.9 $2,610
1998 $249.5 $2,894
1999 $292.8 $3,064
2000 $248.9 $3,278
2001 $259.5 $3,505
2002 $285.7 $4,004
2003 $362 $4,915
2004 $404 $6,110
2005 $441 $7,284
2006 $456 $9,212
2007 $515 $13,371
2008 $619 $15,678
2009 $602 $11,996
2010 $625 $11,188
2011 $725 $12,903
2012 $731 $13,329
2013 $760 $14,484
2014 $765 $15,186
2015 $630 $13,322
2016 $664 $13,839
2017 $709 $15,132
2018 $777 $17,252
2019 $765 $17,295
2020 $825 $17,564
2021 $896 $20,262
2022 $836 $20,227
2023 $883 $22,676
2024 $987 $23,368

Burkina Faso vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Burkina Faso

Latvia
Year Life expectancy, years
Burkina Faso Latvia
1950 33 64.6
1951 33.4 65.2
1952 33.6 65.7
1953 33.9 66.2
1954 34.2 66.7
1955 34.5 67.1
1956 34.8 67.6
1957 35.1 68.3
1958 35.4 68.9
1959 35.7 69.5
1960 36.1 70.3
1961 36.4 70.5
1962 36.8 69.9
1963 37.1 70.3
1964 37.4 71.5
1965 37.8 71.2
1966 38.1 71.2
1967 38.4 70.9
1968 38.8 70.5
1969 39 70.2
1970 39.5 70.2
1971 39.9 70.6
1972 40.4 70.3
1973 40.9 70.2
1974 41.7 70.1
1975 42.5 69.3
1976 43.3 69.4
1977 44.2 69.4
1978 45 69.3
1979 45.7 68.8
1980 46.5 69.1
1981 46.9 69.1
1982 47.6 69.6
1983 48.1 69.4
1984 48.5 69.4
1985 48.7 69.6
1986 49 71
1987 49.1 71
1988 49.2 70.9
1989 49.3 70.4
1990 49.3 69.5
1991 49.3 69.2
1992 49.4 68.5
1993 49.4 66.6
1994 49.5 65.2
1995 49.6 66
1996 49.7 68.6
1997 49.6 69.2
1998 50.2 68.9
1999 50.5 69.6
2000 50.8 70.2
2001 51.2 69.9
2002 51.4 70.2
2003 52 70.6
2004 52.6 70.9
2005 53.3 70.6
2006 53.8 70.6
2007 54.4 70.8
2008 55.2 72
2009 55.8 72.7
2010 56.3 73
2011 57 73.7
2012 57.5 73.9
2013 57.9 74.2
2014 58.3 74.3
2015 58.8 74.7
2016 59.2 74.8
2017 59.6 74.8
2018 60 75
2019 60.2 75.6
2020 60.5 75.5
2021 60 73.2
2022 60.7 74.9
2023 61.1 76.2
2024 61.3 76.3
2025 61.5 76.5

Burkina Faso and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population
Burkina Faso

Latvia
Year Population
Burkina Faso Latvia
1960 4,778,621 2,120,979
1961 4,848,224 2,152,681
1962 4,919,672 2,181,586
1963 4,993,623 2,210,919
1964 5,071,034 2,240,623
1965 5,152,833 2,265,919
1966 5,237,933 2,283,217
1967 5,326,348 2,301,220
1968 5,418,644 2,323,619
1969 5,513,177 2,343,173
1970 5,610,304 2,359,164
1971 5,707,999 2,376,389
1972 5,807,234 2,395,674
1973 5,911,927 2,415,819
1974 6,024,904 2,437,186
1975 6,147,569 2,456,130
1976 6,280,635 2,470,989
1977 6,428,734 2,485,073
1978 6,590,984 2,497,921
1979 6,763,903 2,505,953
1980 6,947,900 2,511,701
1981 7,140,271 2,519,421
1982 7,340,197 2,531,080
1983 7,551,129 2,546,011
1984 7,772,256 2,562,047
1985 7,999,935 2,578,873
1986 8,228,847 2,599,892
1987 8,457,109 2,626,583
1988 8,687,435 2,653,434
1989 8,921,175 2,666,955
1990 9,159,356 2,663,151
1991 9,394,632 2,650,581
1992 9,629,275 2,614,338
1993 9,871,713 2,563,290
1994 10,123,798 2,520,742
1995 10,386,722 2,485,056
1996 10,655,942 2,457,222
1997 10,934,223 2,432,851
1998 11,240,664 2,410,019
1999 11,574,928 2,390,482
2000 11,925,546 2,367,550
2001 12,295,001 2,337,170
2002 12,680,897 2,310,173
2003 13,082,532 2,287,955
2004 13,500,533 2,263,122
2005 13,932,123 2,238,799
2006 14,373,707 2,218,357
2007 14,816,307 2,200,325
2008 15,258,093 2,177,322
2009 15,710,066 2,141,669
2010 16,176,498 2,097,555
2011 16,661,908 2,059,709
2012 17,172,287 2,034,319
2013 17,695,409 2,012,647
2014 18,229,461 1,993,782
2015 18,777,487 1,977,527
2016 19,334,856 1,959,537
2017 19,894,407 1,942,248
2018 20,438,288 1,927,174
2019 20,961,952 1,913,822
2020 21,478,690 1,900,449
2021 21,995,243 1,884,490
2022 22,509,038 1,879,383
2023 23,025,776 1,877,445
2024 23,548,781 1,862,441

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Latvia

Fertility rate
Burkina Faso

Latvia
Year Fertility rate
Burkina Faso Latvia
1960 6.25 1.94
1961 6.29 1.94
1962 6.32 1.91
1963 6.36 1.85
1964 6.42 1.79
1965 6.47 1.74
1966 6.53 1.76
1967 6.59 1.8
1968 6.65 1.83
1969 6.66 1.88
1970 6.69 1.96
1971 6.7 2
1972 6.72 2
1973 6.77 1.98
1974 6.84 1.97
1975 6.91 1.96
1976 6.95 1.93
1977 7.05 1.89
1978 7.15 1.87
1979 7.19 1.87
1980 7.22 1.86
1981 7.26 1.88
1982 7.25 1.97
1983 7.25 2.07
1984 7.25 2.09
1985 7.24 2.08
1986 7.22 2.12
1987 7.17 2.15
1988 7.11 2.11
1989 7.05 2.05
1990 7.01 2.02
1991 6.97 1.86
1992 6.94 1.73
1993 6.89 1.51
1994 6.84 1.39
1995 6.81 1.25
1996 6.78 1.16
1997 6.72 1.11
1998 6.66 1.09
1999 6.59 1.16
2000 6.52 1.25
2001 6.43 1.22
2002 6.34 1.26
2003 6.28 1.32
2004 6.22 1.29
2005 6.18 1.39
2006 6.17 1.46
2007 6.11 1.54
2008 6.05 1.58
2009 5.99 1.46
2010 5.94 1.36
2011 5.87 1.33
2012 5.79 1.44
2013 5.7 1.52
2014 5.6 1.65
2015 5.48 1.7
2016 5.33 1.74
2017 5.17 1.69
2018 4.92 1.6
2019 4.68 1.61
2020 4.44 1.55
2021 4.36 1.57
2022 4.28 1.47
2023 4.19 1.36

Burkina Faso and Latvia demographics compared

Median age
Burkina Faso

Latvia
Year Median age, years
Burkina Faso Latvia
1960 19.8 32.3
1961 19.7 32.4
1962 19.7 32.6
1963 19.7 32.8
1964 19.6 33
1965 19.6 33.2
1966 19.5 33.5
1967 19.5 33.8
1968 19.3 34
1969 19.1 34.1
1970 18.9 34.2
1971 18.8 34.3
1972 18.6 34.5
1973 18.5 34.6
1974 18.3 34.7
1975 18.2 34.9
1976 18.1 35
1977 17.9 35.1
1978 17.8 35.1
1979 17.7 35.1
1980 17.6 34.9
1981 17.5 34.8
1982 17.4 34.7
1983 17.3 34.6
1984 17.2 34.7
1985 17.1 34.7
1986 16.9 34.7
1987 16.8 34.6
1988 16.7 34.6
1989 16.6 34.5
1990 16.5 34.6
1991 16.4 34.8
1992 16.3 35.2
1993 16.3 35.6
1994 16.3 36
1995 16.3 36.2
1996 16.3 36.6
1997 16.3 36.9
1998 16.3 37.3
1999 16.4 37.6
2000 16.5 37.9
2001 16.6 38.3
2002 16.7 38.6
2003 16.8 38.9
2004 16.9 39.2
2005 17 39.4
2006 17.1 39.7
2007 17.1 39.9
2008 17.1 40.1
2009 17.1 40.5
2010 17.1 41.1
2011 17.1 41.6
2012 17.1 42
2013 17.1 42.3
2014 17.1 42.5
2015 17.1 42.8
2016 17.2 43
2017 17.3 43.2
2018 17.4 43.4
2019 17.6 43.6
2020 17.7 43.8
2021 18 43.9
2022 18.2 44
2023 18.4 44.1
2024 18.6 44.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Burkina Faso Latvia
GNI, Atlas method
$20.7B
2024
$40.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.1%
2025
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.33%
2023
4.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
4.01%
2023
2.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
11,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.31%
2025
-3.63%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.44%
2024
6.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
40.2%
2024
63.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.7%
2024
19.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
51
2025
71.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
30.2%
2021
26.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2021
2.6%
2023
Listed domestic companies n/a
56
2003
Total reserves including gold n/a
$5.14B
2024
Personal remittances received
$590M
2024
$1.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
67,000
2020
3,204,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.87%
2019
7.25%
2007
Banked people share
51.4%
2024
95%
2024

Energy

Burkina Faso Latvia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
313 kg
2022
2,248 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.44
2022
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
6 megatons
2023
6.55 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.26 tons
2023
3.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
47.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
71.4%
2022
44%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.18%
2022
8.79%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
34.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
131.2 kWh
2022
3,629 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
14%
2021
63.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
4.91%
2022
59.4%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
21.7%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Burkina Faso Latvia
% of world population
0.29%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-25,807
2024
-2,225
2024
Urban population
33.2%
2024
68.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.64 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
21.5
2025
74.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
31
2025
70
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.3
2017
2.5
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
31
2019
8.1
2019
Visa free countries
66
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
41.4%
2023
99.9%
2021
English speaking
1%
2025
45.9%
2023
People using the Internet
17%
2023
92.7%
2024

Health

Burkina Faso Latvia
Government health expenditure per capita
$56.8
2022
$1,642
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$19.6
2022
$505
2022
Life expectancy
61.5 years
2025
76.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
20.9%
2022
0.18%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.15
2022
3.38
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.1 years
2025
28 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
242
2023
19
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
77.3
2023
3
2023
Obesity rate
6.9%
2022
24.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.5%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
19
2025
75
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.3%
2022
33.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.3 liters
2020
12.9 liters
2020

Territory

Burkina Faso Latvia
% of world land
0.18%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
4,486 sq mi
2024
12,901 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
56,413 sq mi
2025
7,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
23,423 sq mi
2025
13,214 sq mi
2025
Roads length
9,509 mi
2014
n/a

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