Burkina Faso vs Tanzania statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 73rd vs. 31st).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Burkina Faso and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Tanzania
1960	$330,442,816	$2,651,729,807
1961	$350,247,234	$2,826,179,031
1962	$379,567,099	$3,101,589,993
1963	$394,040,667	$3,456,579,293
1964	$410,321,645	$3,748,840,925
1965	$422,916,790	$3,817,226,546
1966	$433,889,766	$4,377,998,825
1967	$450,753,924	$4,565,132,048
1968	$460,442,689	$4,895,251,824
1969	$478,298,645	$5,142,066,811
1970	$458,404,269	$2,851,419,386
1971	$482,411,179	$3,050,673,517
1972	$578,595,522	$3,472,787,266
1973	$674,773,570	$4,144,104,535
1974	$751,133,430	$4,977,337,978
1975	$939,972,703	$5,729,917,840
1976	$976,547,188	$6,472,511,988
1977	$1,131,224,878	$7,732,598,995
1978	$1,475,583,645	$9,261,675,710
1979	$1,748,480,621	$9,804,637,491
1980	$1,928,719,888	$11,409,228,087
1981	$1,775,842,334	$13,161,540,378
1982	$1,754,450,096	$13,927,383,240
1983	$1,600,278,605	$14,049,883,809
1984	$1,459,880,132	$12,906,635,133
1985	$1,552,493,196	$15,328,295,175
1986	$2,036,303,358	$10,840,864,521
1987	$2,369,834,950	$7,824,193,222
1988	$2,616,040,479	$7,406,614,407
1989	$2,615,587,734	$6,418,799,007
1990	$3,101,300,779	$6,184,384,225
1991	$3,135,045,584	$7,197,768,159
1992	$3,356,692,505	$6,681,997,469
1993	$3,199,536,465	$6,182,872,708
1994	$1,895,290,637	$6,550,480,484
1995	$2,379,517,975	$7,631,431,840
1996	$2,586,550,595	$9,433,528,150
1997	$2,447,669,102	$11,158,197,942
1998	$2,804,902,367	$12,172,790,056
1999	$3,389,566,713	$12,704,334,196
2000	$2,968,370,088	$13,371,767,082
2001	$3,190,371,081	$13,563,990,022
2002	$3,622,350,063	$14,129,651,896
2003	$4,740,768,143	$15,211,487,709
2004	$5,451,688,538	$16,673,062,473
2005	$6,146,353,173	$18,395,383,647
2006	$6,547,419,820	$18,619,859,795
2007	$7,625,722,837	$21,860,434,823
2008	$9,451,435,490	$27,947,821,398
2009	$9,450,696,873	$29,400,573,554
2010	$10,109,619,741	$32,012,892,919
2011	$12,080,295,978	$34,657,140,096
2012	$12,561,015,157	$39,650,394,363
2013	$13,444,300,486	$45,648,857,242
2014	$13,943,016,077	$49,986,726,461
2015	$11,832,159,316	$47,413,919,817
2016	$12,833,363,045	$49,774,409,374
2017	$14,106,955,615	$53,274,884,533
2018	$15,890,066,221	$57,003,712,892
2019	$16,032,813,503	$61,026,731,926
2020	$17,725,010,533	$66,068,737,786
2021	$19,697,516,284	$70,655,628,148
2022	$18,820,218,691	$75,769,974,505
2023	$20,324,617,845	$79,062,403,837
2024	$23,250,214,910	$78,779,864,877

Burkina Faso and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Tanzania
1960	$69.2	$267.8
1961	$72.2	$277.4
1962	$77.2	$295.7
1963	$78.9	$320
1964	$80.9	$337
1965	$82.1	$333
1966	$82.8	$370
1967	$84.6	$374
1968	$85	$388
1969	$86.8	$394
1970	$81.7	$211.3
1971	$84.5	$218.4
1972	$99.6	$239.8
1973	$114.1	$276.1
1974	$124.7	$320
1975	$152.9	$355
1976	$155.5	$387
1977	$176	$446
1978	$223.9	$515
1979	$258.5	$527
1980	$277.6	$595
1981	$248.7	$665
1982	$239	$683
1983	$211.9	$667
1984	$187.8	$593
1985	$194.1	$681
1986	$247.5	$466
1987	$280.2	$326
1988	$301	$299
1989	$293.2	$252.3
1990	$339	$236.9
1991	$334	$268.8
1992	$349	$243.4
1993	$324	$218.2
1994	$187.2	$222.5
1995	$229.1	$251.2
1996	$242.7	$305
1997	$223.9	$353
1998	$249.5	$375
1999	$292.8	$382
2000	$248.9	$390
2001	$259.5	$385
2002	$285.7	$391
2003	$362	$410
2004	$404	$438
2005	$441	$469
2006	$456	$462
2007	$515	$528
2008	$619	$657
2009	$602	$674
2010	$625	$715
2011	$725	$753
2012	$731	$837
2013	$760	$935
2014	$765	$993
2015	$630	$911
2016	$664	$925
2017	$709	$957
2018	$777	$992
2019	$765	$1,031
2020	$825	$1,084
2021	$896	$1,125
2022	$836	$1,171
2023	$883	$1,187
2024	$987	$1,149

Burkina Faso vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Tanzania
1950	33	41
1951	33.4	41.2
1952	33.6	41.4
1953	33.9	41.5
1954	34.2	41.7
1955	34.5	41.8
1956	34.8	42
1957	35.1	42.1
1958	35.4	42.3
1959	35.7	42.5
1960	36.1	42.6
1961	36.4	42.8
1962	36.8	43.2
1963	37.1	43.6
1964	37.4	44.1
1965	37.8	44.5
1966	38.1	44.9
1967	38.4	45.2
1968	38.8	45.6
1969	39	46
1970	39.5	46.5
1971	39.9	47
1972	40.4	47.4
1973	40.9	47.9
1974	41.7	48.4
1975	42.5	48.9
1976	43.3	49.5
1977	44.2	50
1978	45	50.4
1979	45.7	50.8
1980	46.5	51.3
1981	46.9	51.7
1982	47.6	52
1983	48.1	52.2
1984	48.5	52.2
1985	48.7	52.2
1986	49	52.2
1987	49.1	52.2
1988	49.2	52.2
1989	49.3	52.1
1990	49.3	52
1991	49.3	51.8
1992	49.4	51.4
1993	49.4	51.2
1994	49.5	51.1
1995	49.6	51
1996	49.7	51.1
1997	49.6	51.2
1998	50.2	51.8
1999	50.5	52.4
2000	50.8	53.2
2001	51.2	54.1
2002	51.4	54.9
2003	52	55.9
2004	52.6	56.8
2005	53.3	57.7
2006	53.8	58.5
2007	54.4	59.3
2008	55.2	59.9
2009	55.8	60.5
2010	56.3	61.1
2011	57	61.6
2012	57.5	62.3
2013	57.9	62.8
2014	58.3	63.4
2015	58.8	63.9
2016	59.2	64.4
2017	59.6	65
2018	60	65.5
2019	60.2	66
2020	60.5	66.8
2021	60	66.1
2022	60.7	66.9
2023	61.1	67
2024	61.3	67.2
2025	61.5	67.4

Burkina Faso and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Tanzania
1960	4,778,621	9,901,419
1961	4,848,224	10,187,886
1962	4,919,672	10,487,756
1963	4,993,623	10,799,528
1964	5,071,034	11,127,826
1965	5,152,833	11,470,728
1966	5,237,933	11,827,459
1967	5,326,348	12,200,109
1968	5,418,644	12,602,076
1969	5,513,177	13,036,700
1970	5,610,304	13,492,677
1971	5,707,999	13,971,451
1972	5,807,234	14,479,308
1973	5,911,927	15,010,101
1974	6,024,904	15,561,630
1975	6,147,569	16,138,361
1976	6,280,635	16,736,211
1977	6,428,734	17,352,929
1978	6,590,984	17,976,566
1979	6,763,903	18,592,038
1980	6,947,900	19,189,769
1981	7,140,271	19,784,703
1982	7,340,197	20,398,571
1983	7,551,129	21,079,874
1984	7,772,256	21,779,066
1985	7,999,935	22,501,693
1986	8,228,847	23,258,959
1987	8,457,109	24,030,378
1988	8,687,435	24,769,686
1989	8,921,175	25,438,759
1990	9,159,356	26,110,207
1991	9,394,632	26,780,436
1992	9,629,275	27,457,588
1993	9,871,713	28,332,692
1994	10,123,798	29,442,356
1995	10,386,722	30,383,497
1996	10,655,942	30,945,762
1997	10,934,223	31,578,089
1998	11,240,664	32,420,458
1999	11,574,928	33,300,330
2000	11,925,546	34,260,139
2001	12,295,001	35,198,299
2002	12,680,897	36,121,304
2003	13,082,532	37,089,555
2004	13,500,533	38,109,668
2005	13,932,123	39,182,076
2006	14,373,707	40,294,902
2007	14,816,307	41,435,512
2008	15,258,093	42,570,728
2009	15,710,066	43,633,982
2010	16,176,498	44,758,488
2011	16,661,908	46,029,367
2012	17,172,287	47,374,260
2013	17,695,409	48,824,128
2014	18,229,461	50,351,512
2015	18,777,487	52,020,962
2016	19,334,856	53,824,013
2017	19,894,407	55,652,890
2018	20,438,288	57,437,145
2019	20,961,952	59,174,891
2020	21,478,690	60,972,798
2021	21,995,243	62,830,412
2022	22,509,038	64,711,821
2023	23,025,776	66,617,606
2024	23,548,781	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Tanzania
1960	6.25	6.54
1961	6.29	6.56
1962	6.32	6.61
1963	6.36	6.65
1964	6.42	6.68
1965	6.47	6.73
1966	6.53	6.8
1967	6.59	6.86
1968	6.65	6.9
1969	6.66	6.95
1970	6.69	7
1971	6.7	7.04
1972	6.72	7.05
1973	6.77	7.06
1974	6.84	7.12
1975	6.91	7.1
1976	6.95	7.09
1977	7.05	7.07
1978	7.15	7.06
1979	7.19	7.04
1980	7.22	6.99
1981	7.26	6.93
1982	7.25	6.87
1983	7.25	6.81
1984	7.25	6.72
1985	7.24	6.6
1986	7.22	6.49
1987	7.17	6.41
1988	7.11	6.38
1989	7.05	6.3
1990	7.01	6.2
1991	6.97	6.14
1992	6.94	6.08
1993	6.89	6
1994	6.84	5.89
1995	6.81	5.82
1996	6.78	5.83
1997	6.72	5.84
1998	6.66	5.81
1999	6.59	5.75
2000	6.52	5.67
2001	6.43	5.62
2002	6.34	5.57
2003	6.28	5.58
2004	6.22	5.6
2005	6.18	5.58
2006	6.17	5.51
2007	6.11	5.4
2008	6.05	5.32
2009	5.99	5.26
2010	5.94	5.23
2011	5.87	5.14
2012	5.79	5.14
2013	5.7	5.16
2014	5.6	5.12
2015	5.48	5.03
2016	5.33	5.01
2017	5.17	4.99
2018	4.92	4.93
2019	4.68	4.87
2020	4.44	4.8
2021	4.36	4.73
2022	4.28	4.67
2023	4.19	4.61

Burkina Faso and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Tanzania

Table

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

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