Burkina Faso vs Liberia statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 5.61M in Liberia (ranked 117/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 37,189 sq mi for Liberia (ranked 73rd vs. 106th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846).

Burkina Faso and Liberia: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Liberia economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Liberia

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Liberia
1960	$330,442,816	$190,495,600
1961	$350,247,234	$183,920,900
1962	$379,567,099	$191,861,800
1963	$394,040,667	$200,229,600
1964	$410,321,645	$218,929,100
1965	$422,916,790	$229,260,800
1966	$433,889,766	$244,459,500
1967	$450,753,924	$261,024,300
1968	$460,442,689	$276,820,700
1969	$478,298,645	$306,961,800
1970	$458,404,269	$323,099,700
1971	$482,411,179	$341,543,100
1972	$578,595,522	$368,098,000
1973	$674,773,570	$386,968,300
1974	$751,133,430	$486,955,000
1975	$939,972,703	$577,549,300
1976	$976,547,188	$596,675,700
1977	$1,131,224,878	$673,010,600
1978	$1,475,583,645	$717,240,400
1979	$1,748,480,621	$814,067,900
1980	$1,928,719,888	$854,711,500
1981	$1,775,842,334	$846,514,500
1982	$1,754,450,096	$863,933,200
1983	$1,600,278,605	$823,374,900
1984	$1,459,880,132	$848,478,300
1985	$1,552,493,196	$851,296,100
1986	$2,036,303,358	$840,964,400
1987	$2,369,834,950	$972,800,000
1988	$2,616,040,479	$1,038,300,000
1989	$2,615,587,734	$786,300,000
1990	$3,101,300,779	$384,400,000
1991	$3,135,045,584	$348,000,000
1992	$3,356,692,505	$223,500,000
1993	$3,199,536,465	$160,400,000
1994	$1,895,290,637	$132,200,000
1995	$2,379,517,975	$134,800,000
1996	$2,586,550,595	$159,400,000
1997	$2,447,669,102	$295,900,000
1998	$2,804,902,367	$359,600,000
1999	$3,389,566,713	$441,800,000
2000	$2,968,370,088	$874,000,000
2001	$3,190,371,081	$906,000,000
2002	$3,622,350,063	$927,000,000
2003	$4,740,768,143	$748,000,000
2004	$5,451,688,538	$897,000,000
2005	$6,146,353,173	$949,000,000
2006	$6,547,419,820	$1,119,000,000
2007	$7,625,722,837	$1,373,000,000
2008	$9,451,435,490	$1,726,000,000
2009	$9,450,696,873	$1,768,000,000
2010	$10,109,619,741	$1,998,000,000
2011	$12,080,295,978	$2,398,000,000
2012	$12,561,015,157	$2,791,614,000
2013	$13,444,300,486	$3,177,198,100
2014	$13,943,016,077	$3,225,652,000
2015	$11,832,159,316	$3,227,075,700
2016	$12,833,363,045	$3,398,419,600
2017	$14,106,955,615	$3,390,703,400
2018	$15,890,066,221	$3,422,754,800
2019	$16,032,813,503	$3,319,596,500
2020	$17,725,010,533	$3,176,126,300
2021	$19,697,516,284	$3,513,049,500
2022	$18,820,218,691	$4,001,047,000
2023	$20,324,617,845	$4,390,000,000
2024	$23,250,214,910	$4,750,000,000

Burkina Faso and Liberia economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Liberia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Liberia
1960	$69.2	$167.2
1961	$72.2	$157.5
1962	$77.2	$160.3
1963	$78.9	$163.1
1964	$80.9	$173.9
1965	$82.1	$177.6
1966	$82.8	$184.6
1967	$84.6	$192.2
1968	$85	$198.6
1969	$86.8	$214.7
1970	$81.7	$220.3
1971	$84.5	$227.1
1972	$99.6	$238.6
1973	$114.1	$244.4
1974	$124.7	$299.4
1975	$152.9	$346
1976	$155.5	$347
1977	$176	$381
1978	$223.9	$394
1979	$258.5	$435
1980	$277.6	$443
1981	$248.7	$426
1982	$239	$422
1983	$211.9	$391
1984	$187.8	$390
1985	$194.1	$380
1986	$247.5	$364
1987	$280.2	$409
1988	$301	$424
1989	$293.2	$312
1990	$339	$172.9
1991	$334	$177.9
1992	$349	$107.8
1993	$324	$74.4
1994	$187.2	$61.5
1995	$229.1	$62.1
1996	$242.7	$71.4
1997	$223.9	$122.6
1998	$249.5	$134.7
1999	$292.8	$156.6
2000	$248.9	$298.5
2001	$259.5	$300
2002	$285.7	$299.5
2003	$362	$239.8
2004	$404	$284.1
2005	$441	$287.5
2006	$456	$321
2007	$515	$374
2008	$619	$452
2009	$602	$448
2010	$625	$492
2011	$725	$568
2012	$731	$638
2013	$760	$711
2014	$765	$707
2015	$630	$693
2016	$664	$715
2017	$709	$699
2018	$777	$692
2019	$765	$658
2020	$825	$617
2021	$896	$668
2022	$836	$745
2023	$883	$799
2024	$987	$846

Burkina Faso vs. Liberia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Liberia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Liberia
1950	33	38
1951	33.4	38
1952	33.6	38.1
1953	33.9	38.1
1954	34.2	38.1
1955	34.5	38.1
1956	34.8	38.1
1957	35.1	38.1
1958	35.4	38.1
1959	35.7	38.1
1960	36.1	38.1
1961	36.4	38.1
1962	36.8	38.2
1963	37.1	38.3
1964	37.4	38.5
1965	37.8	38.7
1966	38.1	39
1967	38.4	39.3
1968	38.8	39.6
1969	39	40
1970	39.5	40.4
1971	39.9	40.7
1972	40.4	41.2
1973	40.9	41.6
1974	41.7	42.1
1975	42.5	42.5
1976	43.3	42.9
1977	44.2	43.2
1978	45	43.6
1979	45.7	43.9
1980	46.5	44.1
1981	46.9	44.3
1982	47.6	44.4
1983	48.1	44.6
1984	48.5	44.7
1985	48.7	44
1986	49	44.5
1987	49.1	44.3
1988	49.2	44.1
1989	49.3	43.9
1990	49.3	37.6
1991	49.3	43.6
1992	49.4	43.6
1993	49.4	43
1994	49.5	42.6
1995	49.6	44.6
1996	49.7	44.9
1997	49.6	48.3
1998	50.2	49.4
1999	50.5	50.4
2000	50.8	51.9
2001	51.2	53.1
2002	51.4	54.1
2003	52	53
2004	52.6	55.9
2005	53.3	56.8
2006	53.8	57.5
2007	54.4	58.1
2008	55.2	58.7
2009	55.8	59.1
2010	56.3	59.4
2011	57	59.5
2012	57.5	59.8
2013	57.9	60
2014	58.3	59.2
2015	58.8	59.2
2016	59.2	60.5
2017	59.6	60.8
2018	60	61
2019	60.2	61.2
2020	60.5	61.3
2021	60	61.2
2022	60.7	61.9
2023	61.1	62.2
2024	61.3	62.3
2025	61.5	62.5

Burkina Faso and Liberia population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Liberia

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Liberia
1960	4,778,621	1,139,522
1961	4,848,224	1,167,717
1962	4,919,672	1,197,039
1963	4,993,623	1,227,414
1964	5,071,034	1,258,745
1965	5,152,833	1,291,156
1966	5,237,933	1,324,383
1967	5,326,348	1,358,435
1968	5,418,644	1,393,530
1969	5,513,177	1,429,605
1970	5,610,304	1,466,676
1971	5,707,999	1,504,077
1972	5,807,234	1,542,670
1973	5,911,927	1,583,588
1974	6,024,904	1,626,362
1975	6,147,569	1,670,913
1976	6,280,635	1,717,060
1977	6,428,734	1,766,019
1978	6,590,984	1,818,247
1979	6,763,903	1,872,713
1980	6,947,900	1,929,253
1981	7,140,271	1,986,867
1982	7,340,197	2,045,073
1983	7,551,129	2,107,113
1984	7,772,256	2,173,312
1985	7,999,935	2,240,539
1986	8,228,847	2,308,511
1987	8,457,109	2,377,229
1988	8,687,435	2,446,941
1989	8,921,175	2,517,858
1990	9,159,356	2,223,667
1991	9,394,632	1,956,518
1992	9,629,275	2,072,461
1993	9,871,713	2,155,126
1994	10,123,798	2,149,928
1995	10,386,722	2,169,162
1996	10,655,942	2,232,289
1997	10,934,223	2,412,989
1998	11,240,664	2,670,124
1999	11,574,928	2,821,684
2000	11,925,546	2,928,117
2001	12,295,001	3,015,338
2002	12,680,897	3,094,782
2003	13,082,532	3,119,532
2004	13,500,533	3,156,892
2005	13,932,123	3,301,015
2006	14,373,707	3,490,787
2007	14,816,307	3,669,050
2008	15,258,093	3,821,003
2009	15,710,066	3,943,028
2010	16,176,498	4,058,890
2011	16,661,908	4,221,178
2012	17,172,287	4,373,043
2013	17,695,409	4,470,239
2014	18,229,461	4,564,293
2015	18,777,487	4,659,431
2016	19,334,856	4,755,608
2017	19,894,407	4,848,925
2018	20,438,288	4,944,726
2019	20,961,952	5,043,721
2020	21,478,690	5,149,463
2021	21,995,243	5,259,323
2022	22,509,038	5,373,294
2023	23,025,776	5,493,031
2024	23,548,781	5,612,817

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Liberia

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Liberia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Liberia
1960	6.25	6.39
1961	6.29	6.45
1962	6.32	6.5
1963	6.36	6.56
1964	6.42	6.59
1965	6.47	6.62
1966	6.53	6.63
1967	6.59	6.65
1968	6.65	6.66
1969	6.66	6.64
1970	6.69	6.58
1971	6.7	6.54
1972	6.72	6.6
1973	6.77	6.65
1974	6.84	6.69
1975	6.91	6.74
1976	6.95	6.79
1977	7.05	6.84
1978	7.15	6.88
1979	7.19	6.92
1980	7.22	6.87
1981	7.26	6.83
1982	7.25	6.79
1983	7.25	6.76
1984	7.25	6.73
1985	7.24	6.69
1986	7.22	6.64
1987	7.17	6.57
1988	7.11	6.51
1989	7.05	6.43
1990	7.01	6.37
1991	6.97	6.32
1992	6.94	6.28
1993	6.89	6.25
1994	6.84	6.21
1995	6.81	6.17
1996	6.78	6.13
1997	6.72	6.08
1998	6.66	6.02
1999	6.59	5.95
2000	6.52	5.88
2001	6.43	5.77
2002	6.34	5.65
2003	6.28	5.55
2004	6.22	5.51
2005	6.18	5.52
2006	6.17	5.53
2007	6.11	5.46
2008	6.05	5.33
2009	5.99	5.17
2010	5.94	5.06
2011	5.87	4.97
2012	5.79	4.88
2013	5.7	4.75
2014	5.6	4.62
2015	5.48	4.52
2016	5.33	4.46
2017	5.17	4.4
2018	4.92	4.34
2019	4.68	4.26
2020	4.44	4.17
2021	4.36	4.09
2022	4.28	4.02
2023	4.19	3.95

Burkina Faso and Liberia demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Liberia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Liberia
1960	19.8	19.3
1961	19.7	19.3
1962	19.7	19.3
1963	19.7	19.3
1964	19.6	19.2
1965	19.6	19.2
1966	19.5	19.2
1967	19.5	19.1
1968	19.3	19
1969	19.1	18.8
1970	18.9	18.7
1971	18.8	18.6
1972	18.6	18.6
1973	18.5	18.5
1974	18.3	18.4
1975	18.2	18.3
1976	18.1	18.2
1977	17.9	18.2
1978	17.8	18.1
1979	17.7	18
1980	17.6	18
1981	17.5	17.9
1982	17.4	17.9
1983	17.3	17.9
1984	17.2	17.9
1985	17.1	17.9
1986	16.9	17.9
1987	16.8	17.9
1988	16.7	17.9
1989	16.6	17.9
1990	16.5	17.9
1991	16.4	17.9
1992	16.3	17.9
1993	16.3	17.9
1994	16.3	18
1995	16.3	18
1996	16.3	18.1
1997	16.3	18.1
1998	16.3	18.2
1999	16.4	18.2
2000	16.5	18.3
2001	16.6	18.3
2002	16.7	18.3
2003	16.8	18.4
2004	16.9	18.4
2005	17	18.4
2006	17.1	18.4
2007	17.1	18.4
2008	17.1	18.4
2009	17.1	18.4
2010	17.1	18.4
2011	17.1	18.6
2012	17.1	18.8
2013	17.1	18.7
2014	17.1	18.7
2015	17.1	18.7
2016	17.2	18.7
2017	17.3	18.7
2018	17.4	18.8
2019	17.6	18.8
2020	17.7	19
2021	18	19.1
2022	18.2	19.2
2023	18.4	19.4
2024	18.6	19.6

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