Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 73rd vs. 116th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1960	$330,442,816	$322,151,961
1961	$350,247,234	$327,978,758
1962	$379,567,099	$342,872,549
1963	$394,040,667	$348,700,980
1964	$410,321,645	$372,011,438
1965	$422,916,790	$359,523,810
1966	$433,889,766	$375,630,252
1967	$450,753,924	$348,895,028
1968	$460,442,689	$329,991,597
1969	$478,298,645	$408,853,541
1970	$458,404,269	$434,584,634
1971	$482,411,179	$419,495,788
1972	$578,595,522	$465,254,682
1973	$674,773,570	$575,471,814
1974	$751,133,430	$648,940,351
1975	$939,972,703	$679,352,876
1976	$976,547,188	$594,810,422
1977	$1,131,224,878	$692,079,407
1978	$1,475,583,645	$960,765,043
1979	$1,748,480,621	$1,109,343,425
1980	$1,928,719,888	$1,100,476,190
1981	$1,775,842,334	$1,114,926,661
1982	$1,754,450,096	$1,294,995,964
1983	$1,600,278,605	$995,278,515
1984	$1,459,880,132	$1,087,450,199
1985	$1,552,493,196	$856,890,459
1986	$2,036,303,358	$490,181,457
1987	$2,369,834,950	$660,106,336
1988	$2,616,040,479	$1,055,083,933
1989	$2,615,587,734	$932,974,420
1990	$3,101,300,779	$649,644,098
1991	$3,135,045,584	$779,981,987
1992	$3,356,692,505	$679,940,814
1993	$3,199,536,465	$768,867,883
1994	$1,895,290,637	$911,853,802
1995	$2,379,517,975	$870,740,292
1996	$2,586,550,595	$941,709,423
1997	$2,447,669,102	$850,232,760
1998	$2,804,902,367	$672,368,187
1999	$3,389,566,713	$669,386,624
2000	$2,968,370,088	$635,866,404
2001	$3,190,371,081	$1,681,473,894
2002	$3,622,350,063	$1,933,863,911
2003	$4,740,768,143	$2,142,618,046
2004	$5,451,688,538	$2,237,350,687
2005	$6,146,353,173	$2,545,275,313
2006	$6,547,419,820	$3,263,697,467
2007	$7,625,722,837	$3,632,957,611
2008	$9,451,435,490	$4,157,895,298
2009	$9,450,696,873	$3,953,403,098
2010	$10,109,619,741	$4,262,805,967
2011	$12,080,295,978	$4,861,632,885
2012	$12,561,015,157	$6,141,666,509
2013	$13,444,300,486	$7,502,762,863
2014	$13,943,016,077	$7,686,138,791
2015	$11,832,159,316	$6,788,352,975
2016	$12,833,363,045	$6,084,297,211
2017	$14,106,955,615	$5,749,846,528
2018	$15,890,066,221	$6,390,514,689
2019	$16,032,813,503	$6,526,183,564
2020	$17,725,010,533	$6,693,888,876
2021	$19,697,516,284	$7,173,379,137
2022	$18,820,218,691	$7,124,465,160
2023	$20,324,617,845	$6,411,787,856
2024	$23,250,214,910	$7,547,843,281

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1960	$69.2	$142
1961	$72.2	$142.3
1962	$77.2	$146.4
1963	$78.9	$146.4
1964	$80.9	$153.4
1965	$82.1	$145.6
1966	$82.8	$149.4
1967	$84.6	$136.2
1968	$85	$126.4
1969	$86.8	$153.6
1970	$81.7	$160.2
1971	$84.5	$151.8
1972	$99.6	$165.3
1973	$114.1	$200.7
1974	$124.7	$222.2
1975	$152.9	$228.4
1976	$155.5	$196.4
1977	$176	$224.3
1978	$223.9	$305
1979	$258.5	$346
1980	$277.6	$336
1981	$248.7	$334
1982	$239	$380
1983	$211.9	$285.9
1984	$187.8	$306
1985	$194.1	$235.5
1986	$247.5	$131.5
1987	$280.2	$172.4
1988	$301	$268.2
1989	$293.2	$231.3
1990	$339	$154.8
1991	$334	$183.7
1992	$349	$163.2
1993	$324	$185
1994	$187.2	$218.5
1995	$229.1	$208.4
1996	$242.7	$224.3
1997	$223.9	$199.9
1998	$249.5	$156.5
1999	$292.8	$155
2000	$248.9	$143.7
2001	$259.5	$358
2002	$285.7	$389
2003	$362	$414
2004	$404	$418
2005	$441	$463
2006	$456	$580
2007	$515	$632
2008	$619	$705
2009	$602	$653
2010	$625	$685
2011	$725	$761
2012	$731	$938
2013	$760	$1,117
2014	$765	$1,118
2015	$630	$965
2016	$664	$844
2017	$709	$779
2018	$777	$846
2019	$765	$844
2020	$825	$846
2021	$896	$886
2022	$836	$861
2023	$883	$758
2024	$987	$873

Burkina Faso vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1950	33	28.9
1951	33.4	29.3
1952	33.6	29.7
1953	33.9	30.1
1954	34.2	30.5
1955	34.5	30.9
1956	34.8	31.3
1957	35.1	31.8
1958	35.4	32.1
1959	35.7	32.6
1960	36.1	33.1
1961	36.4	33.6
1962	36.8	34.2
1963	37.1	34.7
1964	37.4	35.3
1965	37.8	35.9
1966	38.1	36.6
1967	38.4	37.3
1968	38.8	37.8
1969	39	38.2
1970	39.5	38.6
1971	39.9	39.1
1972	40.4	39.5
1973	40.9	40
1974	41.7	40.4
1975	42.5	41
1976	43.3	41.4
1977	44.2	41.8
1978	45	42.2
1979	45.7	42.5
1980	46.5	42.8
1981	46.9	43.1
1982	47.6	43.3
1983	48.1	43.5
1984	48.5	43.6
1985	48.7	43.6
1986	49	43.5
1987	49.1	43.7
1988	49.2	43.8
1989	49.3	43.7
1990	49.3	43.7
1991	49.3	43.3
1992	49.4	43.5
1993	49.4	43.4
1994	49.5	42.8
1995	49.6	42.6
1996	49.7	43.5
1997	49.6	43.6
1998	50.2	42.7
1999	50.5	42
2000	50.8	44.8
2001	51.2	45.4
2002	51.4	46.2
2003	52	46.8
2004	52.6	47.5
2005	53.3	48.3
2006	53.8	49.5
2007	54.4	50
2008	55.2	50.7
2009	55.8	51.3
2010	56.3	51.9
2011	57	52.6
2012	57.5	53.2
2013	57.9	54.1
2014	58.3	54.3
2015	58.8	55.5
2016	59.2	56.9
2017	59.6	57.8
2018	60	59.1
2019	60.2	59.6
2020	60.5	59.7
2021	60	60.3
2022	60.7	61.3
2023	61.1	61.8
2024	61.3	62
2025	61.5	62.2

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1960	4,778,621	2,268,356
1961	4,848,224	2,304,227
1962	4,919,672	2,342,242
1963	4,993,623	2,382,258
1964	5,071,034	2,424,390
1965	5,152,833	2,468,666
1966	5,237,933	2,514,638
1967	5,326,348	2,562,384
1968	5,418,644	2,611,532
1969	5,513,177	2,661,365
1970	5,610,304	2,712,286
1971	5,707,999	2,763,222
1972	5,807,234	2,814,388
1973	5,911,927	2,866,955
1974	6,024,904	2,920,459
1975	6,147,569	2,974,657
1976	6,280,635	3,028,820
1977	6,428,734	3,085,354
1978	6,590,984	3,145,517
1979	6,763,903	3,207,499
1980	6,947,900	3,272,089
1981	7,140,271	3,338,940
1982	7,340,197	3,408,183
1983	7,551,129	3,481,646
1984	7,772,256	3,558,758
1985	7,999,935	3,638,438
1986	8,228,847	3,728,380
1987	8,457,109	3,829,718
1988	8,687,435	3,934,517
1989	8,921,175	4,034,037
1990	9,159,356	4,196,828
1991	9,394,632	4,246,267
1992	9,629,275	4,166,366
1993	9,871,713	4,157,130
1994	10,123,798	4,173,105
1995	10,386,722	4,179,179
1996	10,655,942	4,199,210
1997	10,934,223	4,253,716
1998	11,240,664	4,295,785
1999	11,574,928	4,318,043
2000	11,925,546	4,423,611
2001	12,295,001	4,692,716
2002	12,680,897	4,971,435
2003	13,082,532	5,177,687
2004	13,500,533	5,355,717
2005	13,932,123	5,501,712
2006	14,373,707	5,624,466
2007	14,816,307	5,749,352
2008	15,258,093	5,894,722
2009	15,710,066	6,055,646
2010	16,176,498	6,222,714
2011	16,661,908	6,387,251
2012	17,172,287	6,551,080
2013	17,695,409	6,714,051
2014	18,229,461	6,876,385
2015	18,777,487	7,037,655
2016	19,334,856	7,205,328
2017	19,894,407	7,379,299
2018	20,438,288	7,554,563
2019	20,961,952	7,731,991
2020	21,478,690	7,912,558
2021	21,995,243	8,094,602
2022	22,509,038	8,276,807
2023	23,025,776	8,460,512
2024	23,548,781	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1960	6.25	6.18
1961	6.29	6.21
1962	6.32	6.22
1963	6.36	6.26
1964	6.42	6.29
1965	6.47	6.31
1966	6.53	6.35
1967	6.59	6.38
1968	6.65	6.39
1969	6.66	6.39
1970	6.69	6.41
1971	6.7	6.43
1972	6.72	6.45
1973	6.77	6.47
1974	6.84	6.53
1975	6.91	6.55
1976	6.95	6.55
1977	7.05	6.57
1978	7.15	6.59
1979	7.19	6.58
1980	7.22	6.56
1981	7.26	6.55
1982	7.25	6.56
1983	7.25	6.57
1984	7.25	6.59
1985	7.24	6.59
1986	7.22	6.6
1987	7.17	6.61
1988	7.11	6.59
1989	7.05	6.57
1990	7.01	6.57
1991	6.97	6.55
1992	6.94	6.56
1993	6.89	6.57
1994	6.84	6.56
1995	6.81	6.56
1996	6.78	6.55
1997	6.72	6.53
1998	6.66	6.5
1999	6.59	6.42
2000	6.52	6.36
2001	6.43	6.31
2002	6.34	6.23
2003	6.28	6.09
2004	6.22	5.92
2005	6.18	5.81
2006	6.17	5.74
2007	6.11	5.64
2008	6.05	5.56
2009	5.99	5.45
2010	5.94	5.33
2011	5.87	5.21
2012	5.79	5.06
2013	5.7	4.87
2014	5.6	4.7
2015	5.48	4.55
2016	5.33	4.47
2017	5.17	4.39
2018	4.92	4.29
2019	4.68	4.19
2020	4.44	4.08
2021	4.36	3.98
2022	4.28	3.88
2023	4.19	3.79

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1960	19.8	21.1
1961	19.7	21.1
1962	19.7	21.1
1963	19.7	21
1964	19.6	21
1965	19.6	20.9
1966	19.5	20.9
1967	19.5	20.8
1968	19.3	20.7
1969	19.1	20.6
1970	18.9	20.4
1971	18.8	20.2
1972	18.6	20.1
1973	18.5	19.9
1974	18.3	19.8
1975	18.2	19.6
1976	18.1	19.5
1977	17.9	19.4
1978	17.8	19.3
1979	17.7	19.2
1980	17.6	19.1
1981	17.5	19.1
1982	17.4	19
1983	17.3	18.9
1984	17.2	18.9
1985	17.1	18.8
1986	16.9	18.7
1987	16.8	18.7
1988	16.7	18.6
1989	16.6	18.6
1990	16.5	18.5
1991	16.4	18.5
1992	16.3	18.4
1993	16.3	18.4
1994	16.3	18.3
1995	16.3	18.2
1996	16.3	18.2
1997	16.3	18.1
1998	16.3	18.1
1999	16.4	18
2000	16.5	18
2001	16.6	18
2002	16.7	17.9
2003	16.8	17.9
2004	16.9	17.9
2005	17	18
2006	17.1	18
2007	17.1	18
2008	17.1	18.1
2009	17.1	18.1
2010	17.1	18.2
2011	17.1	18.3
2012	17.1	18.4
2013	17.1	18.5
2014	17.1	18.6
2015	17.1	18.7
2016	17.2	18.9
2017	17.3	19.1
2018	17.4	19.2
2019	17.6	19.4
2020	17.7	19.6
2021	18	19.8
2022	18.2	20
2023	18.4	20.3
2024	18.6	20.5

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