Burkina Faso vs Mali statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 24.5M in Mali (ranked 58/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 471,118 sq mi for Mali (ranked 73rd vs. 23rd).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.1B) and Mali ranks 113/197 ($26.8B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 180/197 ($982), while Mali ranks 173/197 ($1,095).

Burkina Faso and Mali: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Mali economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Mali

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Mali
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	$275,494,478
1968	$460,442,689	$343,771,973
1969	$478,298,645	$339,913,867
1970	$458,404,269	$359,772,315
1971	$482,411,179	$395,218,629
1972	$578,595,522	$486,617,280
1973	$674,773,570	$563,683,703
1974	$751,133,430	$538,747,340
1975	$939,972,703	$830,710,615
1976	$976,547,188	$939,228,017
1977	$1,131,224,878	$1,049,838,548
1978	$1,475,583,645	$1,222,702,573
1979	$1,748,480,621	$1,595,422,956
1980	$1,928,719,888	$2,704,362,789
1981	$1,775,842,334	$2,234,583,940
1982	$1,754,450,096	$1,680,304,773
1983	$1,600,278,605	$1,496,616,127
1984	$1,459,880,132	$1,387,809,615
1985	$1,552,493,196	$1,594,347,021
1986	$2,036,303,358	$2,132,938,007
1987	$2,369,834,950	$2,437,004,680
1988	$2,616,040,479	$2,712,207,901
1989	$2,615,587,734	$2,824,822,489
1990	$3,101,300,779	$3,248,417,791
1991	$3,135,045,584	$3,576,562,682
1992	$3,356,692,505	$3,680,775,037
1993	$3,199,536,465	$3,632,801,877
1994	$1,895,290,637	$2,655,768,636
1995	$2,379,517,975	$3,373,322,735
1996	$2,586,550,595	$3,743,103,420
1997	$2,447,669,102	$3,414,879,486
1998	$2,804,902,367	$3,894,433,432
1999	$3,389,566,713	$4,091,446,054
2000	$2,968,370,088	$3,521,570,876
2001	$3,190,371,081	$4,124,281,594
2002	$3,622,350,063	$4,647,238,257
2003	$4,740,768,143	$5,605,613,011
2004	$5,451,688,538	$6,485,774,930
2005	$6,146,353,173	$7,429,066,951
2006	$6,547,419,820	$8,212,007,554
2007	$7,625,722,837	$9,699,047,443
2008	$9,451,435,490	$11,462,490,840
2009	$9,450,696,873	$12,155,217,833
2010	$10,109,619,741	$12,710,739,159
2011	$12,080,295,978	$15,452,791,789
2012	$12,561,015,157	$14,795,114,603
2013	$13,444,300,486	$15,747,192,681
2014	$13,943,016,077	$17,081,681,993
2015	$11,832,159,316	$15,583,181,170
2016	$12,833,363,045	$16,743,796,800
2017	$14,106,955,615	$18,308,362,040
2018	$15,890,066,221	$20,368,015,381
2019	$16,032,813,503	$20,477,421,885
2020	$17,725,010,533	$20,698,560,939
2021	$19,697,516,284	$22,999,245,263
2022	$18,622,421,395	$22,539,987,719
2023	$20,112,614,449	$24,813,860,599
2024	$23,124,729,853	$26,794,747,240

Burkina Faso and Mali economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Mali

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Mali
1960	$69.2	-
1961	$72.2	-
1962	$77.2	-
1963	$78.9	-
1964	$80.9	-
1965	$82.1	-
1966	$82.8	-
1967	$84.6	$46
1968	$85	$56.5
1969	$86.8	$55
1970	$81.7	$57.3
1971	$84.5	$62
1972	$99.6	$75.1
1973	$114.1	$85.4
1974	$124.7	$80.2
1975	$152.9	$121.5
1976	$155.5	$134.9
1977	$176	$148.1
1978	$223.9	$169.1
1979	$258.5	$216.3
1980	$277.6	$359
1981	$248.7	$290.5
1982	$239	$213.8
1983	$211.9	$186.3
1984	$187.8	$169.1
1985	$194.1	$190.4
1986	$247.5	$250
1987	$280.2	$280.7
1988	$301	$307
1989	$293.2	$314
1990	$339	$354
1991	$334	$382
1992	$349	$385
1993	$324	$372
1994	$187.2	$266.5
1995	$229.1	$331
1996	$242.7	$360
1997	$223.9	$321
1998	$249.5	$357
1999	$292.8	$364
2000	$248.9	$305
2001	$259.5	$346
2002	$285.7	$378
2003	$362	$442
2004	$404	$495
2005	$441	$549
2006	$456	$587
2007	$515	$671
2008	$619	$767
2009	$602	$787
2010	$625	$797
2011	$725	$938
2012	$731	$873
2013	$760	$902
2014	$765	$948
2015	$630	$838
2016	$664	$872
2017	$709	$924
2018	$777	$996
2019	$765	$972
2020	$825	$953
2021	$896	$1,027
2022	$827	$977
2023	$873	$1,044
2024	$982	$1,095

Burkina Faso vs. Mali life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Mali

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Mali
1950	33	28.7
1951	33.4	28.9
1952	33.6	29.1
1953	33.9	29.4
1954	34.2	29.5
1955	34.5	29.7
1956	34.8	29.9
1957	35.1	30.1
1958	35.4	30.2
1959	35.7	30.3
1960	36.1	30.5
1961	36.4	30.6
1962	36.8	30.8
1963	37.1	31
1964	37.4	31.2
1965	37.8	31.5
1966	38.1	31.8
1967	38.4	32.2
1968	38.8	32.6
1969	39	32.9
1970	39.5	33.4
1971	39.9	33.8
1972	40.4	34.5
1973	40.9	35.1
1974	41.7	35.7
1975	42.5	36.5
1976	43.3	37.2
1977	44.2	38
1978	45	38.8
1979	45.7	39.5
1980	46.5	40.3
1981	46.9	41
1982	47.6	41.8
1983	48.1	42.7
1984	48.5	43.4
1985	48.7	43.9
1986	49	44.6
1987	49.1	45.2
1988	49.2	45.7
1989	49.3	46.2
1990	49.3	46.5
1991	49.3	46.9
1992	49.4	47.2
1993	49.4	47.6
1994	49.5	47.9
1995	49.6	48.3
1996	49.7	48.5
1997	49.6	49.1
1998	50.2	49.6
1999	50.5	50.1
2000	50.8	50.6
2001	51.2	51.3
2002	51.4	52
2003	52	52.6
2004	52.6	53.3
2005	53.3	53.8
2006	53.8	54.3
2007	54.4	54.8
2008	55.2	55.2
2009	55.8	55.6
2010	56.3	56
2011	57	56.4
2012	57.5	56.7
2013	57.9	57.1
2014	58.3	57.5
2015	58.8	57.9
2016	59.2	58.3
2017	59.6	58.6
2018	60	58.9
2019	60.2	59.2
2020	60.5	58.9
2021	60	59.1
2022	60.7	60
2023	61.1	60.4
2024	61.3	60.7
2025	61.5	60.9
2026	61.6	61.1

Burkina Faso and Mali population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Mali

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Mali
1960	4,778,621	5,402,550
1961	4,848,224	5,482,283
1962	4,919,672	5,563,917
1963	4,993,623	5,646,605
1964	5,071,034	5,730,125
1965	5,152,833	5,815,487
1966	5,237,933	5,902,204
1967	5,326,348	5,990,906
1968	5,418,644	6,082,979
1969	5,513,177	6,177,704
1970	5,610,304	6,276,472
1971	5,707,999	6,377,944
1972	5,807,234	6,483,726
1973	5,911,927	6,597,106
1974	6,024,904	6,715,436
1975	6,147,569	6,837,261
1976	6,280,635	6,960,979
1977	6,428,734	7,090,979
1978	6,590,984	7,229,651
1979	6,763,903	7,375,266
1980	6,947,900	7,530,515
1981	7,140,271	7,692,766
1982	7,340,197	7,860,194
1983	7,551,129	8,034,400
1984	7,772,256	8,208,599
1985	7,999,935	8,374,663
1986	8,228,847	8,531,277
1987	8,457,109	8,681,164
1988	8,687,435	8,833,996
1989	8,921,175	8,999,938
1990	9,159,356	9,178,830
1991	9,394,632	9,362,888
1992	9,629,275	9,553,540
1993	9,871,713	9,754,786
1994	10,123,798	9,967,031
1995	10,386,722	10,185,365
1996	10,655,942	10,407,278
1997	10,934,223	10,646,495
1998	11,240,664	10,919,573
1999	11,574,928	11,227,415
2000	11,925,546	11,559,290
2001	12,295,001	11,912,158
2002	12,680,897	12,288,050
2003	13,082,532	12,684,955
2004	13,500,533	13,102,409
2005	13,932,123	13,538,647
2006	14,373,707	13,990,139
2007	14,816,307	14,457,775
2008	15,258,093	14,940,782
2009	15,710,066	15,435,539
2010	16,176,498	15,945,198
2011	16,661,908	16,469,049
2012	17,172,287	16,957,033
2013	17,695,409	17,459,615
2014	18,229,461	18,020,267
2015	18,777,487	18,593,022
2016	19,334,856	19,191,289
2017	19,894,407	19,813,011
2018	20,438,288	20,442,030
2019	20,961,952	21,068,405
2020	21,478,690	21,713,836
2021	21,995,243	22,388,630
2022	22,509,038	23,072,640
2023	23,025,776	23,769,127
2024	23,548,781	24,478,595

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Mali

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Mali

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Mali
1960	6.25	7.02
1961	6.29	7.03
1962	6.32	7.04
1963	6.36	7.05
1964	6.42	7.06
1965	6.47	7.08
1966	6.53	7.11
1967	6.59	7.14
1968	6.65	7.16
1969	6.66	7.18
1970	6.69	7.18
1971	6.7	7.2
1972	6.72	7.22
1973	6.77	7.22
1974	6.84	7.23
1975	6.91	7.25
1976	6.95	7.27
1977	7.05	7.3
1978	7.15	7.32
1979	7.19	7.35
1980	7.22	7.37
1981	7.26	7.37
1982	7.25	7.32
1983	7.25	7.28
1984	7.25	7.26
1985	7.24	7.26
1986	7.22	7.31
1987	7.17	7.31
1988	7.11	7.32
1989	7.05	7.33
1990	7.01	7.31
1991	6.97	7.28
1992	6.94	7.24
1993	6.89	7.18
1994	6.84	7.12
1995	6.81	7.05
1996	6.78	7.01
1997	6.72	6.97
1998	6.66	6.94
1999	6.59	6.91
2000	6.52	6.89
2001	6.43	6.85
2002	6.34	6.82
2003	6.28	6.78
2004	6.22	6.74
2005	6.18	6.71
2006	6.17	6.68
2007	6.11	6.65
2008	6.05	6.62
2009	5.99	6.59
2010	5.94	6.58
2011	5.87	6.55
2012	5.79	6.52
2013	5.7	6.49
2014	5.6	6.44
2015	5.48	6.39
2016	5.33	6.32
2017	5.17	6.25
2018	4.92	6.12
2019	4.68	5.89
2020	4.44	5.85
2021	4.36	5.78
2022	4.28	5.69
2023	4.19	5.61

Burkina Faso and Mali demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Mali

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Mali
1960	19.8	19.8
1961	19.7	19.8
1962	19.7	19.8
1963	19.7	19.8
1964	19.6	19.8
1965	19.6	19.8
1966	19.5	19.7
1967	19.5	19.6
1968	19.3	19.6
1969	19.1	19.5
1970	18.9	19.4
1971	18.8	19.3
1972	18.6	19.2
1973	18.5	19.1
1974	18.3	19
1975	18.2	18.9
1976	18.1	18.7
1977	17.9	18.6
1978	17.8	18.4
1979	17.7	18.3
1980	17.6	18.1
1981	17.5	17.9
1982	17.4	17.8
1983	17.3	17.6
1984	17.2	17.5
1985	17.1	17.3
1986	16.9	17.1
1987	16.8	16.9
1988	16.7	16.8
1989	16.6	16.6
1990	16.5	16.5
1991	16.4	16.4
1992	16.3	16.4
1993	16.3	16.3
1994	16.3	16.3
1995	16.3	16.3
1996	16.3	16.3
1997	16.3	16.3
1998	16.3	16.4
1999	16.4	16.4
2000	16.5	16.5
2001	16.6	16.5
2002	16.7	16.6
2003	16.8	16.6
2004	16.9	16.6
2005	17	16.6
2006	17.1	16.6
2007	17.1	16.6
2008	17.1	16.5
2009	17.1	16.4
2010	17.1	16.4
2011	17.1	16.3
2012	17.1	16.1
2013	17.1	16
2014	17.1	16
2015	17.1	16
2016	17.2	16
2017	17.3	16
2018	17.4	16
2019	17.6	16.1
2020	17.7	16.2
2021	18	16.3
2022	18.2	16.5
2023	18.4	16.6
2024	18.6	16.7

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