Burkina Faso vs Senegal statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 18.5M in Senegal (ranked 69/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 74,336 sq mi for Senegal (ranked 73rd vs. 85th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Senegal ranks 110/197 ($32.3B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Senegal ranks 160/197 ($1,744).

Burkina Faso and Senegal: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Senegal economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Senegal
1960	$330,442,816	$1,003,692,370
1961	$350,247,234	$1,058,975,257
1962	$379,567,099	$1,085,475,791
1963	$394,040,667	$1,122,139,862
1964	$410,321,645	$1,188,930,645
1965	$422,916,790	$1,210,058,228
1966	$433,889,766	$1,246,908,186
1967	$450,753,924	$1,246,480,766
1968	$460,442,689	$1,309,384,862
1969	$478,298,645	$1,245,234,931
1970	$458,404,269	$1,297,407,655
1971	$482,411,179	$1,339,549,033
1972	$578,595,522	$1,620,857,104
1973	$674,773,570	$1,863,398,590
1974	$751,133,430	$2,099,325,229
1975	$939,972,703	$2,830,388,405
1976	$976,547,188	$2,869,777,884
1977	$1,131,224,878	$2,938,046,463
1978	$1,475,583,645	$3,280,354,921
1979	$1,748,480,621	$4,084,877,823
1980	$1,928,719,888	$4,510,108,291
1981	$1,775,842,334	$4,095,892,781
1982	$1,754,450,096	$4,013,951,443
1983	$1,600,278,605	$3,569,356,125
1984	$1,459,880,132	$3,485,165,432
1985	$1,552,493,196	$3,818,944,918
1986	$2,036,303,358	$5,392,093,446
1987	$2,369,834,950	$6,487,353,103
1988	$2,616,040,479	$6,418,419,389
1989	$2,615,587,734	$6,366,039,373
1990	$3,101,300,779	$7,390,967,360
1991	$3,135,045,584	$7,255,210,470
1992	$3,356,692,505	$7,769,817,840
1993	$3,199,536,465	$7,367,986,241
1994	$1,895,290,637	$5,034,588,196
1995	$2,379,517,975	$6,326,342,633
1996	$2,586,550,595	$6,559,712,166
1997	$2,447,669,102	$6,041,478,726
1998	$2,804,902,367	$6,505,607,909
1999	$3,389,566,713	$6,592,834,933
2000	$2,968,370,088	$6,013,185,004
2001	$3,190,371,081	$6,507,824,829
2002	$3,622,350,063	$7,006,402,320
2003	$4,740,768,143	$8,768,721,563
2004	$5,451,688,538	$10,076,816,667
2005	$6,146,353,173	$11,009,033,438
2006	$6,547,419,820	$11,697,918,243
2007	$7,625,722,837	$13,994,218,413
2008	$9,451,435,490	$16,853,989,628
2009	$9,450,696,873	$16,145,867,495
2010	$10,109,619,741	$16,121,315,909
2011	$12,080,295,978	$17,814,283,639
2012	$12,561,015,157	$17,660,870,412
2013	$13,444,300,486	$18,918,667,725
2014	$13,943,016,077	$19,797,253,440
2015	$11,832,159,316	$17,774,766,696
2016	$12,833,363,045	$19,040,312,333
2017	$14,106,955,615	$20,996,562,944
2018	$15,890,066,221	$23,116,701,556
2019	$16,032,813,503	$23,403,995,992
2020	$17,725,010,533	$24,530,513,038
2021	$19,697,516,284	$27,520,784,130
2022	$18,820,218,691	$27,783,332,223
2023	$20,324,617,845	$30,696,331,296
2024	$23,250,214,910	$32,267,254,425

Burkina Faso and Senegal economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Senegal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Senegal
1960	$69.2	$300
1961	$72.2	$308
1962	$77.2	$307
1963	$78.9	$309
1964	$80.9	$318
1965	$82.1	$314
1966	$82.8	$315
1967	$84.6	$305
1968	$85	$311
1969	$86.8	$287.3
1970	$81.7	$290.5
1971	$84.5	$291.1
1972	$99.6	$342
1973	$114.1	$381
1974	$124.7	$417
1975	$152.9	$547
1976	$155.5	$541
1977	$176	$540
1978	$223.9	$589
1979	$258.5	$716
1980	$277.6	$772
1981	$248.7	$683
1982	$239	$652
1983	$211.9	$564
1984	$187.8	$536
1985	$194.1	$571
1986	$247.5	$784
1987	$280.2	$916
1988	$301	$880
1989	$293.2	$849
1990	$339	$957
1991	$334	$913
1992	$349	$951
1993	$324	$878
1994	$187.2	$584
1995	$229.1	$715
1996	$242.7	$723
1997	$223.9	$651
1998	$249.5	$685
1999	$292.8	$678
2000	$248.9	$603
2001	$259.5	$637
2002	$285.7	$669
2003	$362	$818
2004	$404	$918
2005	$441	$980
2006	$456	$1,017
2007	$515	$1,189
2008	$619	$1,399
2009	$602	$1,309
2010	$625	$1,276
2011	$725	$1,375
2012	$731	$1,327
2013	$760	$1,380
2014	$765	$1,399
2015	$630	$1,218
2016	$664	$1,266
2017	$709	$1,357
2018	$777	$1,453
2019	$765	$1,431
2020	$825	$1,461
2021	$896	$1,598
2022	$836	$1,574
2023	$883	$1,698
2024	$987	$1,744

Burkina Faso vs. Senegal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Senegal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Senegal
1950	33	36.5
1951	33.4	36.9
1952	33.6	37.4
1953	33.9	37.8
1954	34.2	38.2
1955	34.5	38.5
1956	34.8	38.9
1957	35.1	39.1
1958	35.4	39.4
1959	35.7	39.5
1960	36.1	39.7
1961	36.4	39.7
1962	36.8	39.7
1963	37.1	39.7
1964	37.4	39.8
1965	37.8	39.8
1966	38.1	39.8
1967	38.4	40
1968	38.8	40.1
1969	39	40.4
1970	39.5	40.8
1971	39.9	41.2
1972	40.4	41.8
1973	40.9	42.4
1974	41.7	43.1
1975	42.5	43.9
1976	43.3	44.8
1977	44.2	45.7
1978	45	46.6
1979	45.7	47.5
1980	46.5	48.3
1981	46.9	49.1
1982	47.6	49.9
1983	48.1	50.8
1984	48.5	51.7
1985	48.7	52.6
1986	49	53.7
1987	49.1	54.6
1988	49.2	55.5
1989	49.3	56.2
1990	49.3	56.7
1991	49.3	57
1992	49.4	57.3
1993	49.4	57.3
1994	49.5	57.5
1995	49.6	57.3
1996	49.7	57.1
1997	49.6	57.1
1998	50.2	57.1
1999	50.5	57.3
2000	50.8	57.6
2001	51.2	58.2
2002	51.4	58.9
2003	52	59.5
2004	52.6	60.3
2005	53.3	61
2006	53.8	61.8
2007	54.4	62.7
2008	55.2	63.2
2009	55.8	63.8
2010	56.3	64.2
2011	57	64.8
2012	57.5	65.2
2013	57.9	65.6
2014	58.3	66
2015	58.8	66.5
2016	59.2	66.7
2017	59.6	67.1
2018	60	67.4
2019	60.2	67.7
2020	60.5	67.5
2021	60	66.9
2022	60.7	67.8
2023	61.1	68.7
2024	61.3	68.9
2025	61.5	69.2

Burkina Faso and Senegal population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Senegal

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Senegal
1960	4,778,621	3,340,907
1961	4,848,224	3,436,375
1962	4,919,672	3,534,686
1963	4,993,623	3,635,876
1964	5,071,034	3,740,535
1965	5,152,833	3,849,788
1966	5,237,933	3,964,299
1967	5,326,348	4,083,870
1968	5,418,644	4,207,587
1969	5,513,177	4,334,974
1970	5,610,304	4,466,328
1971	5,707,999	4,601,864
1972	5,807,234	4,741,631
1973	5,911,927	4,885,181
1974	6,024,904	5,029,437
1975	6,147,569	5,170,810
1976	6,280,635	5,308,564
1977	6,428,734	5,439,549
1978	6,590,984	5,568,096
1979	6,763,903	5,702,895
1980	6,947,900	5,845,638
1981	7,140,271	5,997,160
1982	7,340,197	6,156,961
1983	7,551,129	6,324,504
1984	7,772,256	6,499,364
1985	7,999,935	6,683,287
1986	8,228,847	6,878,192
1987	8,457,109	7,081,530
1988	8,687,435	7,289,618
1989	8,921,175	7,502,207
1990	9,159,356	7,720,523
1991	9,394,632	7,943,085
1992	9,629,275	8,168,395
1993	9,871,713	8,396,288
1994	10,123,798	8,624,078
1995	10,386,722	8,848,101
1996	10,655,942	9,067,014
1997	10,934,223	9,283,495
1998	11,240,664	9,502,952
1999	11,574,928	9,730,887
2000	11,925,546	9,968,260
2001	12,295,001	10,212,942
2002	12,680,897	10,466,214
2003	13,082,532	10,721,176
2004	13,500,533	10,975,704
2005	13,932,123	11,235,472
2006	14,373,707	11,500,094
2007	14,816,307	11,770,344
2008	15,258,093	12,048,959
2009	15,710,066	12,337,389
2010	16,176,498	12,635,413
2011	16,661,908	12,958,897
2012	17,172,287	13,310,495
2013	17,695,409	13,710,849
2014	18,229,461	14,152,102
2015	18,777,487	14,593,331
2016	19,334,856	15,034,521
2017	19,894,407	15,475,002
2018	20,438,288	15,914,498
2019	20,961,952	16,352,922
2020	21,478,690	16,789,219
2021	21,995,243	17,220,867
2022	22,509,038	17,651,103
2023	23,025,776	18,077,573
2024	23,548,781	18,501,984

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Senegal

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Senegal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Senegal
1960	6.25	7
1961	6.29	7.04
1962	6.32	7.08
1963	6.36	7.12
1964	6.42	7.16
1965	6.47	7.19
1966	6.53	7.22
1967	6.59	7.24
1968	6.65	7.25
1969	6.66	7.26
1970	6.69	7.26
1971	6.7	7.26
1972	6.72	7.26
1973	6.77	7.26
1974	6.84	7.25
1975	6.91	7.25
1976	6.95	7.26
1977	7.05	7.27
1978	7.15	7.28
1979	7.19	7.29
1980	7.22	7.29
1981	7.26	7.28
1982	7.25	7.25
1983	7.25	7.19
1984	7.25	7.11
1985	7.24	7.01
1986	7.22	6.9
1987	7.17	6.79
1988	7.11	6.58
1989	7.05	6.48
1990	7.01	6.4
1991	6.97	6.27
1992	6.94	6.15
1993	6.89	6.05
1994	6.84	5.92
1995	6.81	5.82
1996	6.78	5.72
1997	6.72	5.64
1998	6.66	5.58
1999	6.59	5.57
2000	6.52	5.5
2001	6.43	5.4
2002	6.34	5.3
2003	6.28	5.25
2004	6.22	5.19
2005	6.18	5.13
2006	6.17	5.06
2007	6.11	5.02
2008	6.05	5.02
2009	5.99	5.03
2010	5.94	5.06
2011	5.87	5.1
2012	5.79	5.13
2013	5.7	5.05
2014	5.6	4.88
2015	5.48	4.75
2016	5.33	4.65
2017	5.17	4.49
2018	4.92	4.29
2019	4.68	4.1
2020	4.44	4
2021	4.36	3.94
2022	4.28	3.86
2023	4.19	3.82

Burkina Faso and Senegal demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Senegal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Senegal
1960	19.8	18.1
1961	19.7	18
1962	19.7	18
1963	19.7	17.9
1964	19.6	17.9
1965	19.6	17.9
1966	19.5	17.8
1967	19.5	17.9
1968	19.3	17.9
1969	19.1	17.9
1970	18.9	17.9
1971	18.8	17.9
1972	18.6	17.9
1973	18.5	17.9
1974	18.3	17.8
1975	18.2	17.7
1976	18.1	17.6
1977	17.9	17.4
1978	17.8	17.2
1979	17.7	17
1980	17.6	16.8
1981	17.5	16.7
1982	17.4	16.5
1983	17.3	16.4
1984	17.2	16.3
1985	17.1	16.3
1986	16.9	16.3
1987	16.8	16.3
1988	16.7	16.4
1989	16.6	16.5
1990	16.5	16.6
1991	16.4	16.7
1992	16.3	16.8
1993	16.3	16.9
1994	16.3	17
1995	16.3	17.1
1996	16.3	17.2
1997	16.3	17.3
1998	16.3	17.4
1999	16.4	17.5
2000	16.5	17.6
2001	16.6	17.7
2002	16.7	17.8
2003	16.8	18
2004	16.9	18.1
2005	17	18.2
2006	17.1	18.2
2007	17.1	18.3
2008	17.1	18.4
2009	17.1	18.4
2010	17.1	18.5
2011	17.1	18.5
2012	17.1	18.5
2013	17.1	18.5
2014	17.1	18.6
2015	17.1	18.6
2016	17.2	18.7
2017	17.3	18.9
2018	17.4	19
2019	17.6	19.2
2020	17.7	19.4
2021	18	19.7
2022	18.2	19.9
2023	18.4	20.1
2024	18.6	20.4

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