The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 23,548,781 people in Burkina Faso in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 24,607,478 in Burkina Faso.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 2.73 times bigger than Belarus'.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Burkina Faso is the 59th.
- The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.3% for Burkina Faso.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +2.63% in Burkina Faso.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while Burkina Faso has grown from 14.4M to 24.6M (71.2% growth).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while Belarus' population already peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and is projected to decrease to 4.39M people by 2100.
Belarus vs Burkina Faso: live population counter
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| Current population |
9011944
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24607478
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 59/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.3% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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1 minute
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| One birth every |
8.02 minutes
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43.3 seconds
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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20.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | -25,807 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | +1,433 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | +523,005 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | +2.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 39/197 |
Belarus and Burkina Faso: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 4,778,621 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 4,848,224 | 0.89% | 1.46% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 4,919,672 | 0.98% | 1.47% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 4,993,623 | 1.02% | 1.5% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 5,071,034 | 1.03% | 1.55% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 5,152,833 | 1.01% | 1.61% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 5,237,933 | 1% | 1.65% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 5,326,348 | 1.03% | 1.69% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 5,418,644 | 1.01% | 1.73% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 5,513,177 | 0.97% | 1.74% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 5,610,304 | 0.89% | 1.76% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 5,707,999 | 0.84% | 1.74% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 5,807,234 | 0.81% | 1.74% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 5,911,927 | 0.74% | 1.8% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 6,024,904 | 0.65% | 1.91% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 6,147,569 | 0.53% | 2.04% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 6,280,635 | 0.47% | 2.16% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 6,428,734 | 0.55% | 2.36% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 6,590,984 | 0.66% | 2.52% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 6,763,903 | 0.62% | 2.62% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 6,947,900 | 0.62% | 2.72% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 7,140,271 | 0.69% | 2.77% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 7,340,197 | 0.68% | 2.8% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 7,551,129 | 0.69% | 2.87% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 7,772,256 | 0.68% | 2.93% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 7,999,935 | 0.66% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 8,228,847 | 0.68% | 2.86% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 8,457,109 | 0.68% | 2.77% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 8,687,435 | 0.29% | 2.72% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 8,921,175 | 0.3% | 2.69% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 9,159,356 | 0.19% | 2.67% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 9,394,632 | 0.05% | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 9,629,275 | 0.22% | 2.5% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 9,871,713 | 0.22% | 2.52% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 10,123,798 | -0.12% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 10,386,722 | -0.32% | 2.6% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 10,655,942 | -0.34% | 2.59% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 10,934,223 | -0.41% | 2.61% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 11,240,664 | -0.45% | 2.8% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 11,574,928 | -0.45% | 2.97% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 11,925,546 | -0.47% | 3.03% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 12,295,001 | -0.51% | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 12,680,897 | -0.63% | 3.14% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 13,082,532 | -0.7% | 3.17% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 13,500,533 | -0.68% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 13,932,123 | -0.68% | 3.2% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 14,373,707 | -0.61% | 3.17% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 14,816,307 | -0.46% | 3.08% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 15,258,093 | -0.34% | 2.98% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 15,710,066 | -0.25% | 2.96% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 16,176,498 | -0.22% | 2.97% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 16,661,908 | -0.23% | 3% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 17,172,287 | -0.16% | 3.06% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 17,695,409 | -0.04% | 3.05% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 18,229,461 | 0.06% | 3.02% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 18,777,487 | 0.13% | 3.01% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 19,334,856 | 0.09% | 2.97% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 19,894,407 | -0.11% | 2.89% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 20,438,288 | -0.21% | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 20,961,952 | -0.2% | 2.56% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 21,478,690 | -0.42% | 2.47% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 21,995,243 | -0.82% | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 22,509,038 | -0.8% | 2.34% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 23,025,776 | -0.54% | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 23,548,781 | -0.5% | 2.27% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 24,074,578 | -0.65% | 2.23% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 24,601,695 | -0.67% | 2.19% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 25,130,909 | -0.69% | 2.15% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 25,661,935 | -0.7% | 2.11% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 26,194,607 | -0.71% | 2.08% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 26,730,315 | -0.72% | 2.05% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 27,270,863 | -0.73% | 2.02% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 27,815,172 | -0.73% | 2% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 28,363,848 | -0.74% | 1.97% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 28,916,943 | -0.74% | 1.95% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 29,469,748 | -0.74% | 1.91% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 30,019,874 | -0.74% | 1.87% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 30,567,561 | -0.74% | 1.82% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 31,112,525 | -0.74% | 1.78% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 31,654,867 | -0.75% | 1.74% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 32,193,641 | -0.75% | 1.7% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 32,728,834 | -0.76% | 1.66% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 33,260,944 | -0.76% | 1.63% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 33,788,597 | -0.75% | 1.59% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 34,311,733 | -0.76% | 1.55% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 34,829,690 | -0.77% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 35,339,501 | -0.77% | 1.46% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 35,842,178 | -0.79% | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 36,336,700 | -0.81% | 1.38% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 36,823,426 | -0.83% | 1.34% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 37,304,383 | -0.85% | 1.31% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Burkina Faso gained 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Burkina Faso's population increased by 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Burkina Faso will increase by 51.6% to 37,304,383 people and rank change from 59th to 56th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Minsk | 2M |
| Gomel | 501K |
| Grodno | 364K |
| Vitebsk | 359K |
| Mogilev | 353K |
| Brest | 346K |
| Babruysk | 206K |
| Baranavichy | 171K |
| Barysaw | 135K |
| Pinsk | 124K |
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| City | Population |
| Ouagadougou | 2.45M |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | 904K |
| Koudougou | 160K |
| Ouahigouya | 125K |
| Fada N'gourma | 73.2K |
| Dedougou | 63.6K |
| Leo | 51.7K |
| Dori | 46.5K |
| Nouna | 32.4K |
| Manga | 28.6K |
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Population differences between Belarus and Burkina Faso
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 61.6 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 22.9 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 18.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 4.19 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 222.9 ppl/mi² |
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