Population in Algeria compared to Burkina Faso: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Burkina Faso: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Burkina Faso	Algeria	Burkina Faso
1960	11,424,922	4,778,621	-	-
1961	11,628,883	4,848,224	1.79%	1.46%
1962	11,800,771	4,919,672	1.48%	1.47%
1963	11,982,118	4,993,623	1.54%	1.5%
1964	12,179,813	5,071,034	1.65%	1.55%
1965	12,365,976	5,152,833	1.53%	1.61%
1966	12,590,069	5,237,933	1.81%	1.65%
1967	12,876,118	5,326,348	2.27%	1.69%
1968	13,172,614	5,418,644	2.3%	1.73%
1969	13,475,960	5,513,177	2.3%	1.74%
1970	13,783,719	5,610,304	2.28%	1.76%
1971	14,098,936	5,707,999	2.29%	1.74%
1972	14,427,072	5,807,234	2.33%	1.74%
1973	14,771,147	5,911,927	2.38%	1.8%
1974	15,133,502	6,024,904	2.45%	1.91%
1975	15,678,596	6,147,569	3.6%	2.04%
1976	16,409,170	6,280,635	4.66%	2.16%
1977	17,015,994	6,428,734	3.7%	2.36%
1978	17,506,974	6,590,984	2.89%	2.52%
1979	18,036,655	6,763,903	3.03%	2.62%
1980	18,607,174	6,947,900	3.16%	2.72%
1981	19,220,704	7,140,271	3.3%	2.77%
1982	19,872,348	7,340,197	3.39%	2.8%
1983	20,558,115	7,551,129	3.45%	2.87%
1984	21,271,969	7,772,256	3.47%	2.93%
1985	22,008,544	7,999,935	3.46%	2.93%
1986	22,745,499	8,228,847	3.35%	2.86%
1987	23,443,624	8,457,109	3.07%	2.77%
1988	24,109,536	8,687,435	2.84%	2.72%
1989	24,754,485	8,921,175	2.68%	2.69%
1990	25,375,810	9,159,356	2.51%	2.67%
1991	25,987,928	9,394,632	2.41%	2.57%
1992	26,628,568	9,629,275	2.47%	2.5%
1993	27,277,048	9,871,713	2.44%	2.52%
1994	27,887,279	10,123,798	2.24%	2.55%
1995	28,470,191	10,386,722	2.09%	2.6%
1996	29,033,044	10,655,942	1.98%	2.59%
1997	29,579,301	10,934,223	1.88%	2.61%
1998	30,054,133	11,240,664	1.61%	2.8%
1999	30,474,354	11,574,928	1.4%	2.97%
2000	30,903,893	11,925,546	1.41%	3.03%
2001	31,331,221	12,295,001	1.38%	3.1%
2002	31,750,835	12,680,897	1.34%	3.14%
2003	32,175,818	13,082,532	1.34%	3.17%
2004	32,628,286	13,500,533	1.41%	3.2%
2005	33,109,249	13,932,123	1.47%	3.2%
2006	33,623,506	14,373,707	1.55%	3.17%
2007	34,189,416	14,816,307	1.68%	3.08%
2008	34,816,961	15,258,093	1.84%	2.98%
2009	35,490,445	15,710,066	1.93%	2.96%
2010	36,188,236	16,176,498	1.97%	2.97%
2011	36,903,376	16,661,908	1.98%	3%
2012	37,646,166	17,172,287	2.01%	3.06%
2013	38,414,171	17,695,409	2.04%	3.05%
2014	39,205,031	18,229,461	2.06%	3.02%
2015	40,019,529	18,777,487	2.08%	3.01%
2016	40,850,721	19,334,856	2.08%	2.97%
2017	41,689,299	19,894,407	2.05%	2.89%
2018	42,505,035	20,438,288	1.96%	2.73%
2019	43,294,546	20,961,952	1.86%	2.56%
2020	44,042,091	21,478,690	1.73%	2.47%
2021	44,761,099	21,995,243	1.63%	2.4%
2022	45,477,389	22,509,038	1.6%	2.34%
2023	46,164,219	23,025,776	1.51%	2.3%
2024	46,814,308	23,548,781	1.41%	2.27%
2025	47,435,316	24,074,578	1.33%	2.23%
2026	48,028,344	24,601,695	1.25%	2.19%
2027	48,593,419	25,130,909	1.18%	2.15%
2028	49,135,532	25,661,935	1.12%	2.11%
2029	49,655,386	26,194,607	1.06%	2.08%
2030	50,154,168	26,730,315	1%	2.05%
2031	50,637,369	27,270,863	0.96%	2.02%
2032	51,113,505	27,815,172	0.94%	2%
2033	51,584,249	28,363,848	0.92%	1.97%
2034	52,048,009	28,916,943	0.9%	1.95%
2035	52,516,794	29,469,748	0.9%	1.91%
2036	52,986,277	30,019,874	0.89%	1.87%
2037	53,452,788	30,567,561	0.88%	1.82%
2038	53,921,847	31,112,525	0.88%	1.78%
2039	54,396,263	31,654,867	0.88%	1.74%
2040	54,873,482	32,193,641	0.88%	1.7%
2041	55,351,998	32,728,834	0.87%	1.66%
2042	55,834,554	33,260,944	0.87%	1.63%
2043	56,319,606	33,788,597	0.87%	1.59%
2044	56,806,185	34,311,733	0.86%	1.55%
2045	57,290,162	34,829,690	0.85%	1.51%
2046	57,767,681	35,339,501	0.83%	1.46%
2047	58,234,183	35,842,178	0.81%	1.42%
2048	58,690,893	36,336,700	0.78%	1.38%
2049	59,136,165	36,823,426	0.76%	1.34%
2050	59,565,558	37,304,383	0.73%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Burkina Faso gained 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Burkina Faso's population increased by 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd in 2006 and ranked 59th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Burkina Faso will increase by 51.6% to 37,304,383 people and rank change from 59th to 56th.