Burkina Faso vs Zambia statistics compared

Burkina Faso has a population of 23.5M (ranked 59/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Burkina Faso's land area is 105,638 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 73rd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Burkina Faso ranks 122/197 ($23.3B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Burkina Faso ranks 179/197 ($987), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Burkina Faso and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Burkina Faso and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1960	$330,442,816	$698,739,721
1961	$350,247,234	$682,359,727
1962	$379,567,099	$679,279,729
1963	$394,040,667	$704,339,719
1964	$410,321,645	$822,639,671
1965	$422,916,790	$1,061,199,576
1966	$433,889,766	$1,238,999,505
1967	$450,753,924	$1,340,639,464
1968	$460,442,689	$1,573,739,371
1969	$478,298,645	$1,926,399,230
1970	$458,404,269	$1,788,779,285
1971	$482,411,179	$1,653,259,341
1972	$578,595,522	$1,872,416,680
1973	$674,773,570	$2,434,255,237
1974	$751,133,430	$2,910,981,262
1975	$939,972,703	$2,442,672,141
1976	$976,547,188	$2,742,859,263
1977	$1,131,224,878	$2,515,296,940
1978	$1,475,583,645	$2,811,032,473
1979	$1,748,480,621	$3,353,445,378
1980	$1,928,719,888	$3,884,530,854
1981	$1,775,842,334	$4,008,126,497
1982	$1,754,450,096	$3,871,117,093
1983	$1,600,278,605	$3,321,048,451
1984	$1,459,880,132	$2,719,518,933
1985	$1,552,493,196	$2,252,454,500
1986	$2,036,303,358	$1,664,413,508
1987	$2,369,834,950	$2,265,250,972
1988	$2,616,040,479	$3,728,878,149
1989	$2,615,587,734	$3,994,673,161
1990	$3,101,300,779	$3,288,381,797
1991	$3,135,045,584	$3,376,806,697
1992	$3,356,692,505	$3,182,810,841
1993	$3,199,536,465	$3,273,505,344
1994	$1,895,290,637	$3,656,806,166
1995	$2,379,517,975	$3,806,983,413
1996	$2,586,550,595	$3,597,220,962
1997	$2,447,669,102	$4,303,288,480
1998	$2,804,902,367	$3,537,741,942
1999	$3,389,566,713	$3,404,284,891
2000	$2,968,370,088	$3,600,632,111
2001	$3,190,371,081	$4,094,441,301
2002	$3,622,350,063	$4,193,850,445
2003	$4,740,768,143	$4,901,869,764
2004	$5,451,688,538	$6,221,110,219
2005	$6,146,353,173	$8,331,870,169
2006	$6,547,419,820	$12,756,858,899
2007	$7,625,722,837	$14,056,957,976
2008	$9,451,435,490	$17,910,858,638
2009	$9,450,696,873	$15,328,342,304
2010	$10,109,619,741	$20,265,559,484
2011	$12,080,295,978	$23,459,515,276
2012	$12,561,015,157	$25,503,060,420
2013	$13,444,300,486	$28,037,239,463
2014	$13,943,016,077	$27,141,023,558
2015	$11,832,159,316	$21,251,216,799
2016	$12,833,363,045	$20,958,412,538
2017	$14,106,955,615	$25,873,601,261
2018	$15,890,066,221	$26,311,507,274
2019	$16,032,813,503	$23,308,667,781
2020	$17,725,010,533	$18,137,764,931
2021	$19,697,516,284	$22,096,416,932
2022	$18,820,218,691	$29,163,782,140
2023	$20,324,617,845	$27,577,956,471
2024	$23,250,214,910	$26,325,775,287

Burkina Faso and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1960	$69.2	$221.6
1961	$72.2	$209.7
1962	$77.2	$202.3
1963	$78.9	$203.2
1964	$80.9	$230
1965	$82.1	$287.4
1966	$82.8	$325
1967	$84.6	$341
1968	$85	$387
1969	$86.8	$459
1970	$81.7	$414
1971	$84.5	$372
1972	$99.6	$410
1973	$114.1	$518
1974	$124.7	$601
1975	$152.9	$490
1976	$155.5	$533
1977	$176	$474
1978	$223.9	$514
1979	$258.5	$595
1980	$277.6	$669
1981	$248.7	$670
1982	$239	$627
1983	$211.9	$520
1984	$187.8	$413
1985	$194.1	$332
1986	$247.5	$238.2
1987	$280.2	$315
1988	$301	$504
1989	$293.2	$526
1990	$339	$422
1991	$334	$423
1992	$349	$389
1993	$324	$391
1994	$187.2	$426
1995	$229.1	$433
1996	$242.7	$400
1997	$223.9	$466
1998	$249.5	$373
1999	$292.8	$350
2000	$248.9	$359
2001	$259.5	$397
2002	$285.7	$394
2003	$362	$446
2004	$404	$549
2005	$441	$711
2006	$456	$1,052
2007	$515	$1,119
2008	$619	$1,376
2009	$602	$1,136
2010	$625	$1,451
2011	$725	$1,625
2012	$731	$1,710
2013	$760	$1,821
2014	$765	$1,707
2015	$630	$1,296
2016	$664	$1,239
2017	$709	$1,483
2018	$777	$1,464
2019	$765	$1,259
2020	$825	$952
2021	$896	$1,127
2022	$836	$1,447
2023	$883	$1,331
2024	$987	$1,235

Burkina Faso vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1950	33	46.8
1951	33.4	47.2
1952	33.6	47.6
1953	33.9	48
1954	34.2	48.4
1955	34.5	48.8
1956	34.8	49.1
1957	35.1	49.5
1958	35.4	49.9
1959	35.7	50.3
1960	36.1	50.6
1961	36.4	51
1962	36.8	51.3
1963	37.1	51.6
1964	37.4	51.2
1965	37.8	52.1
1966	38.1	52.3
1967	38.4	52.5
1968	38.8	52.7
1969	39	53
1970	39.5	53.4
1971	39.9	53.9
1972	40.4	54.4
1973	40.9	54.9
1974	41.7	55.4
1975	42.5	55.7
1976	43.3	56.1
1977	44.2	56.3
1978	45	56.3
1979	45.7	56
1980	46.5	55.5
1981	46.9	55
1982	47.6	54.4
1983	48.1	53.7
1984	48.5	52.9
1985	48.7	52
1986	49	51.1
1987	49.1	50.4
1988	49.2	49.7
1989	49.3	48.9
1990	49.3	48.2
1991	49.3	47.4
1992	49.4	47
1993	49.4	46.7
1994	49.5	46.3
1995	49.6	46.1
1996	49.7	45.8
1997	49.6	45.7
1998	50.2	45.7
1999	50.5	45.9
2000	50.8	46.6
2001	51.2	47.4
2002	51.4	48.5
2003	52	49.6
2004	52.6	50.5
2005	53.3	51.6
2006	53.8	52.7
2007	54.4	53.7
2008	55.2	54.8
2009	55.8	55.9
2010	56.3	56.9
2011	57	57.8
2012	57.5	58.7
2013	57.9	59.4
2014	58.3	60.1
2015	58.8	60.7
2016	59.2	61.1
2017	59.6	61.6
2018	60	62.1
2019	60.2	62.9
2020	60.5	63.4
2021	60	62.4
2022	60.7	65.3
2023	61.1	66.3
2024	61.3	66.5
2025	61.5	66.7

Burkina Faso and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1960	4,778,621	3,153,729
1961	4,848,224	3,254,086
1962	4,919,672	3,358,099
1963	4,993,623	3,465,907
1964	5,071,034	3,577,017
1965	5,152,833	3,692,086
1966	5,237,933	3,812,003
1967	5,326,348	3,936,343
1968	5,418,644	4,065,593
1969	5,513,177	4,197,116
1970	5,610,304	4,321,718
1971	5,707,999	4,442,525
1972	5,807,234	4,569,309
1973	5,911,927	4,702,693
1974	6,024,904	4,842,746
1975	6,147,569	4,990,086
1976	6,280,635	5,143,842
1977	6,428,734	5,302,480
1978	6,590,984	5,465,374
1979	6,763,903	5,631,728
1980	6,947,900	5,802,833
1981	7,140,271	5,983,289
1982	7,340,197	6,178,637
1983	7,551,129	6,381,038
1984	7,772,256	6,580,490
1985	7,999,935	6,780,953
1986	8,228,847	6,986,471
1987	8,457,109	7,191,282
1988	8,687,435	7,391,440
1989	8,921,175	7,589,216
1990	9,159,356	7,786,169
1991	9,394,632	7,981,650
1992	9,629,275	8,176,680
1993	9,871,713	8,373,921
1994	10,123,798	8,576,269
1995	10,386,722	8,785,763
1996	10,655,942	9,004,053
1997	10,934,223	9,237,063
1998	11,240,664	9,482,408
1999	11,574,928	9,740,005
2000	11,925,546	10,017,631
2001	12,295,001	10,325,185
2002	12,680,897	10,647,949
2003	13,082,532	10,983,595
2004	13,500,533	11,338,198
2005	13,932,123	11,718,819
2006	14,373,707	12,129,553
2007	14,816,307	12,565,085
2008	15,258,093	13,021,324
2009	15,710,066	13,490,389
2010	16,176,498	13,965,594
2011	16,661,908	14,437,796
2012	17,172,287	14,913,629
2013	17,695,409	15,398,997
2014	18,229,461	15,895,315
2015	18,777,487	16,399,089
2016	19,334,856	16,914,423
2017	19,894,407	17,441,320
2018	20,438,288	17,973,569
2019	20,961,952	18,513,839
2020	21,478,690	19,059,395
2021	21,995,243	19,603,607
2022	22,509,038	20,152,938
2023	23,025,776	20,723,965
2024	23,548,781	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Burkina Faso and Zambia

Fertility rate

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1960	6.25	6.95
1961	6.29	6.98
1962	6.32	7.01
1963	6.36	7.06
1964	6.42	7.09
1965	6.47	7.12
1966	6.53	7.14
1967	6.59	7.15
1968	6.65	7.18
1969	6.66	7.18
1970	6.69	7.22
1971	6.7	7.26
1972	6.72	7.3
1973	6.77	7.34
1974	6.84	7.36
1975	6.91	7.42
1976	6.95	7.39
1977	7.05	7.35
1978	7.15	7.29
1979	7.19	7.22
1980	7.22	7.14
1981	7.26	7.07
1982	7.25	7.04
1983	7.25	7.01
1984	7.25	6.97
1985	7.24	6.93
1986	7.22	6.87
1987	7.17	6.8
1988	7.11	6.7
1989	7.05	6.64
1990	7.01	6.57
1991	6.97	6.46
1992	6.94	6.35
1993	6.89	6.3
1994	6.84	6.26
1995	6.81	6.23
1996	6.78	6.18
1997	6.72	6.12
1998	6.66	6.07
1999	6.59	6
2000	6.52	5.92
2001	6.43	5.85
2002	6.34	5.77
2003	6.28	5.71
2004	6.22	5.7
2005	6.18	5.7
2006	6.17	5.68
2007	6.11	5.61
2008	6.05	5.53
2009	5.99	5.45
2010	5.94	5.36
2011	5.87	5.26
2012	5.79	5.14
2013	5.7	5.01
2014	5.6	4.89
2015	5.48	4.78
2016	5.33	4.67
2017	5.17	4.57
2018	4.92	4.49
2019	4.68	4.42
2020	4.44	4.32
2021	4.36	4.25
2022	4.28	4.18
2023	4.19	4.1

Burkina Faso and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1960	19.8	17
1961	19.7	16.9
1962	19.7	16.8
1963	19.7	16.7
1964	19.6	16.6
1965	19.6	16.6
1966	19.5	16.5
1967	19.5	16.5
1968	19.3	16.4
1969	19.1	16.4
1970	18.9	16.2
1971	18.8	16.1
1972	18.6	15.9
1973	18.5	15.8
1974	18.3	15.7
1975	18.2	15.5
1976	18.1	15.4
1977	17.9	15.4
1978	17.8	15.3
1979	17.7	15.3
1980	17.6	15.2
1981	17.5	15.3
1982	17.4	15.3
1983	17.3	15.4
1984	17.2	15.4
1985	17.1	15.5
1986	16.9	15.5
1987	16.8	15.6
1988	16.7	15.6
1989	16.6	15.7
1990	16.5	15.7
1991	16.4	15.7
1992	16.3	15.8
1993	16.3	15.8
1994	16.3	15.8
1995	16.3	15.8
1996	16.3	15.8
1997	16.3	15.8
1998	16.3	15.8
1999	16.4	15.8
2000	16.5	15.9
2001	16.6	15.9
2002	16.7	16
2003	16.8	16.1
2004	16.9	16.2
2005	17	16.3
2006	17.1	16.3
2007	17.1	16.4
2008	17.1	16.5
2009	17.1	16.6
2010	17.1	16.7
2011	17.1	16.8
2012	17.1	16.9
2013	17.1	17
2014	17.1	17.1
2015	17.1	17.2
2016	17.2	17.4
2017	17.3	17.5
2018	17.4	17.7
2019	17.6	17.9
2020	17.7	18
2021	18	18.2
2022	18.2	18.4
2023	18.4	18.6
2024	18.6	18.8

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