Burkina Faso vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 73rd vs. 78th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Burkina Faso and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1960	$330,442,816	$73,233,967,692
1961	$350,247,234	$77,741,965,703
1962	$379,567,099	$81,247,564,157
1963	$394,040,667	$86,561,961,812
1964	$410,321,645	$94,407,558,351
1965	$422,916,790	$101,824,755,079
1966	$433,889,766	$108,572,752,102
1967	$450,753,924	$113,116,888,211
1968	$460,442,689	$107,759,910,068
1969	$478,298,645	$116,464,702,803
1970	$458,404,269	$130,671,946,244
1971	$482,411,179	$148,113,896,325
1972	$578,595,522	$169,965,034,965
1973	$674,773,570	$192,537,971,583
1974	$751,133,430	$206,131,369,799
1975	$939,972,703	$241,756,637,168
1976	$976,547,188	$232,614,555,256
1977	$1,131,224,878	$263,066,457,352
1978	$1,475,583,645	$335,883,029,722
1979	$1,748,480,621	$438,994,070,309
1980	$1,928,719,888	$564,947,710,899
1981	$1,775,842,334	$540,765,675,241
1982	$1,754,450,096	$515,048,916,841
1983	$1,600,278,605	$489,618,008,186
1984	$1,459,880,132	$461,487,097,632
1985	$1,552,493,196	$489,285,164,271
1986	$2,036,303,358	$601,452,653,181
1987	$2,369,834,950	$745,162,608,269
1988	$2,616,040,479	$910,122,732,124
1989	$2,615,587,734	$926,884,816,754
1990	$3,101,300,779	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$3,135,045,584	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$3,356,692,505	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$3,199,536,465	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$1,895,290,637	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$2,379,517,975	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$2,586,550,595	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$2,447,669,102	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$2,804,902,367	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$3,389,566,713	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$2,968,370,088	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$3,190,371,081	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$3,622,350,063	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$4,740,768,143	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$5,451,688,538	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$6,146,353,173	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$6,547,419,820	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$7,625,722,837	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$9,451,435,490	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$9,450,696,873	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$10,109,619,741	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$12,080,295,978	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$12,561,015,157	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$13,444,300,486	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$13,943,016,077	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$11,832,159,316	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$12,833,363,045	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$14,106,955,615	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$15,890,066,221	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$16,032,813,503	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$17,725,010,533	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$19,697,516,284	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$18,820,218,691	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$20,324,617,845	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$23,250,214,910	$3,643,834,188,783

Burkina Faso and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1960	$69.2	$1,398
1961	$72.2	$1,472
1962	$77.2	$1,526
1963	$78.9	$1,613
1964	$80.9	$1,748
1965	$82.1	$1,874
1966	$82.8	$1,987
1967	$84.6	$2,059
1968	$85	$1,952
1969	$86.8	$2,101
1970	$81.7	$2,348
1971	$84.5	$2,650
1972	$99.6	$3,030
1973	$114.1	$3,426
1974	$124.7	$3,666
1975	$152.9	$4,300
1976	$155.5	$4,138
1977	$176	$4,681
1978	$223.9	$5,977
1979	$258.5	$7,805
1980	$277.6	$10,032
1981	$248.7	$9,599
1982	$239	$9,146
1983	$211.9	$8,692
1984	$187.8	$8,179
1985	$194.1	$8,652
1986	$247.5	$10,611
1987	$280.2	$13,119
1988	$301	$15,987
1989	$293.2	$16,239
1990	$339	$19,095
1991	$334	$19,901
1992	$349	$20,487
1993	$324	$18,389
1994	$187.2	$19,709
1995	$229.1	$23,169
1996	$242.7	$24,406
1997	$223.9	$26,766
1998	$249.5	$28,275
1999	$292.8	$28,762
2000	$248.9	$28,281
2001	$259.5	$27,907
2002	$285.7	$30,078
2003	$362	$34,443
2004	$404	$40,367
2005	$441	$42,105
2006	$456	$44,512
2007	$515	$50,398
2008	$619	$47,396
2009	$602	$38,744
2010	$625	$39,599
2011	$725	$42,110
2012	$731	$42,490
2013	$760	$43,419
2014	$765	$47,427
2015	$630	$44,984
2016	$664	$40,988
2017	$709	$40,629
2018	$777	$43,315
2019	$765	$42,794
2020	$825	$40,405
2021	$896	$46,926
2022	$836	$46,063
2023	$883	$49,201
2024	$987	$52,637

Burkina Faso vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1950	33	68.6
1951	33.4	68.2
1952	33.6	69.5
1953	33.9	69.8
1954	34.2	70.2
1955	34.5	70.1
1956	34.8	70.4
1957	35.1	70.5
1958	35.4	70.7
1959	35.7	70.8
1960	36.1	71
1961	36.4	70.8
1962	36.8	70.9
1963	37.1	70.8
1964	37.4	71.5
1965	37.8	71.5
1966	38.1	71.4
1967	38.4	72.1
1968	38.8	71.7
1969	39	71.7
1970	39.5	71.9
1971	39.9	72.2
1972	40.4	72
1973	40.9	72.2
1974	41.7	72.4
1975	42.5	72.7
1976	43.3	72.6
1977	44.2	73.1
1978	45	73
1979	45.7	73.2
1980	46.5	73.6
1981	46.9	73.9
1982	47.6	74
1983	48.1	74.3
1984	48.5	74.7
1985	48.7	74.5
1986	49	74.8
1987	49.1	75.1
1988	49.2	75.3
1989	49.3	75.4
1990	49.3	75.7
1991	49.3	75.9
1992	49.4	76.3
1993	49.4	76.2
1994	49.5	76.7
1995	49.6	76.6
1996	49.7	76.9
1997	49.6	77.1
1998	50.2	77.3
1999	50.5	77.4
2000	50.8	77.8
2001	51.2	78.1
2002	51.4	78.2
2003	52	78.3
2004	52.6	78.9
2005	53.3	79.1
2006	53.8	79.3
2007	54.4	79.5
2008	55.2	79.7
2009	55.8	80.2
2010	56.3	80.4
2011	57	80.8
2012	57.5	80.9
2013	57.9	80.9
2014	58.3	81.2
2015	58.8	80.9
2016	59.2	81.1
2017	59.6	81.2
2018	60	81.1
2019	60.2	81.4
2020	60.5	80.4
2021	60	80.7
2022	60.7	81.1
2023	61.1	81.3
2024	61.3	81.4
2025	61.5	81.6

Burkina Faso and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1960	4,778,621	52,400,000
1961	4,848,224	52,800,000
1962	4,919,672	53,250,000
1963	4,993,623	53,650,000
1964	5,071,034	54,000,000
1965	5,152,833	54,348,050
1966	5,237,933	54,648,500
1967	5,326,348	54,943,600
1968	5,418,644	55,211,700
1969	5,513,177	55,441,750
1970	5,610,304	55,663,250
1971	5,707,999	55,896,223
1972	5,807,234	56,086,065
1973	5,911,927	56,194,527
1974	6,024,904	56,229,974
1975	6,147,569	56,225,800
1976	6,280,635	56,211,968
1977	6,428,734	56,193,492
1978	6,590,984	56,196,504
1979	6,763,903	56,246,951
1980	6,947,900	56,314,216
1981	7,140,271	56,333,829
1982	7,340,197	56,313,641
1983	7,551,129	56,332,848
1984	7,772,256	56,422,072
1985	7,999,935	56,550,268
1986	8,228,847	56,681,396
1987	8,457,109	56,802,050
1988	8,687,435	56,928,327
1989	8,921,175	57,076,711
1990	9,159,356	57,247,586
1991	9,394,632	57,424,897
1992	9,629,275	57,580,402
1993	9,871,713	57,718,614
1994	10,123,798	57,865,745
1995	10,386,722	58,019,030
1996	10,655,942	58,166,950
1997	10,934,223	58,316,954
1998	11,240,664	58,487,141
1999	11,574,928	58,682,466
2000	11,925,546	58,892,514
2001	12,295,001	59,119,673
2002	12,680,897	59,370,479
2003	13,082,532	59,647,577
2004	13,500,533	59,987,905
2005	13,932,123	60,401,206
2006	14,373,707	60,846,820
2007	14,816,307	61,322,463
2008	15,258,093	61,806,995
2009	15,710,066	62,276,270
2010	16,176,498	62,766,365
2011	16,661,908	63,258,810
2012	17,172,287	63,711,000
2013	17,695,409	64,139,000
2014	18,229,461	64,620,000
2015	18,777,487	65,088,000
2016	19,334,856	65,607,000
2017	19,894,407	65,966,000
2018	20,438,288	66,289,000
2019	20,961,952	66,631,000
2020	21,478,690	66,744,000
2021	21,995,243	66,984,000
2022	22,509,038	67,604,000
2023	23,025,776	68,492,000
2024	23,548,781	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1960	6.25	2.69
1961	6.29	2.78
1962	6.32	2.86
1963	6.36	2.88
1964	6.42	2.93
1965	6.47	2.86
1966	6.53	2.78
1967	6.59	2.68
1968	6.65	2.6
1969	6.66	2.51
1970	6.69	2.44
1971	6.7	2.41
1972	6.72	2.2
1973	6.77	2.04
1974	6.84	1.92
1975	6.91	1.81
1976	6.95	1.74
1977	7.05	1.69
1978	7.15	1.75
1979	7.19	1.86
1980	7.22	1.9
1981	7.26	1.82
1982	7.25	1.78
1983	7.25	1.77
1984	7.25	1.77
1985	7.24	1.79
1986	7.22	1.78
1987	7.17	1.81
1988	7.11	1.82
1989	7.05	1.79
1990	7.01	1.83
1991	6.97	1.82
1992	6.94	1.79
1993	6.89	1.76
1994	6.84	1.74
1995	6.81	1.71
1996	6.78	1.73
1997	6.72	1.72
1998	6.66	1.71
1999	6.59	1.68
2000	6.52	1.64
2001	6.43	1.63
2002	6.34	1.63
2003	6.28	1.7
2004	6.22	1.75
2005	6.18	1.76
2006	6.17	1.82
2007	6.11	1.86
2008	6.05	1.91
2009	5.99	1.89
2010	5.94	1.92
2011	5.87	1.91
2012	5.79	1.92
2013	5.7	1.83
2014	5.6	1.81
2015	5.48	1.8
2016	5.33	1.79
2017	5.17	1.74
2018	4.92	1.68
2019	4.68	1.63
2020	4.44	1.57
2021	4.36	1.58
2022	4.28	1.56
2023	4.19	1.56

Burkina Faso and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1960	19.8	35.5
1961	19.7	35.4
1962	19.7	35.3
1963	19.7	35.3
1964	19.6	35.2
1965	19.6	35.1
1966	19.5	34.9
1967	19.5	34.8
1968	19.3	34.6
1969	19.1	34.4
1970	18.9	34.2
1971	18.8	34.1
1972	18.6	34
1973	18.5	34
1974	18.3	34
1975	18.2	34
1976	18.1	34
1977	17.9	34.1
1978	17.8	34.2
1979	17.7	34.3
1980	17.6	34.4
1981	17.5	34.5
1982	17.4	34.8
1983	17.3	35
1984	17.2	35.2
1985	17.1	35.3
1986	16.9	35.4
1987	16.8	35.4
1988	16.7	35.7
1989	16.6	35.9
1990	16.5	36
1991	16.4	36.1
1992	16.3	36.2
1993	16.3	36.3
1994	16.3	36.5
1995	16.3	36.6
1996	16.3	36.8
1997	16.3	37
1998	16.3	37.2
1999	16.4	37.4
2000	16.5	37.7
2001	16.6	37.9
2002	16.7	38.1
2003	16.8	38.2
2004	16.9	38.4
2005	17	38.5
2006	17.1	38.6
2007	17.1	38.8
2008	17.1	38.9
2009	17.1	39
2010	17.1	39.2
2011	17.1	39.3
2012	17.1	39.5
2013	17.1	39.6
2014	17.1	39.7
2015	17.1	39.8
2016	17.2	39.8
2017	17.3	39.9
2018	17.4	40
2019	17.6	40.1
2020	17.7	40.2
2021	18	40.3
2022	18.2	40.5
2023	18.4	40.8
2024	18.6	41

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