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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Canada	Burkina Faso	Canada
1960	4,778,621	17,909,356	-	-
1961	4,848,224	18,271,000	1.46%	2.02%
1962	4,919,672	18,614,000	1.47%	1.88%
1963	4,993,623	18,964,000	1.5%	1.88%
1964	5,071,034	19,325,000	1.55%	1.9%
1965	5,152,833	19,678,000	1.61%	1.83%
1966	5,237,933	20,048,000	1.65%	1.88%
1967	5,326,348	20,412,000	1.69%	1.82%
1968	5,418,644	20,744,000	1.73%	1.63%
1969	5,513,177	21,028,000	1.74%	1.37%
1970	5,610,304	21,324,000	1.76%	1.41%
1971	5,707,999	21,962,032	1.74%	2.99%
1972	5,807,234	22,218,463	1.74%	1.17%
1973	5,911,927	22,491,777	1.8%	1.23%
1974	6,024,904	22,807,969	1.91%	1.41%
1975	6,147,569	23,143,275	2.04%	1.47%
1976	6,280,635	23,449,808	2.16%	1.32%
1977	6,428,734	23,725,843	2.36%	1.18%
1978	6,590,984	23,963,203	2.52%	1%
1979	6,763,903	24,201,544	2.62%	0.99%
1980	6,947,900	24,515,667	2.72%	1.3%
1981	7,140,271	24,819,915	2.77%	1.24%
1982	7,340,197	25,116,942	2.8%	1.2%
1983	7,551,129	25,366,451	2.87%	0.99%
1984	7,772,256	25,607,053	2.93%	0.95%
1985	7,999,935	25,842,116	2.93%	0.92%
1986	8,228,847	26,100,278	2.86%	1%
1987	8,457,109	26,446,601	2.77%	1.33%
1988	8,687,435	26,791,747	2.72%	1.31%
1989	8,921,175	27,276,781	2.69%	1.81%
1990	9,159,356	27,691,138	2.67%	1.52%
1991	9,394,632	28,037,420	2.57%	1.25%
1992	9,629,275	28,371,264	2.5%	1.19%
1993	9,871,713	28,684,764	2.52%	1.1%
1994	10,123,798	29,000,663	2.55%	1.1%
1995	10,386,722	29,302,311	2.6%	1.04%
1996	10,655,942	29,610,218	2.59%	1.05%
1997	10,934,223	29,905,948	2.61%	1%
1998	11,240,664	30,155,173	2.8%	0.83%
1999	11,574,928	30,401,286	2.97%	0.82%
2000	11,925,546	30,685,730	3.03%	0.94%
2001	12,295,001	31,020,855	3.1%	1.09%
2002	12,680,897	31,359,199	3.14%	1.09%
2003	13,082,532	31,642,461	3.17%	0.9%
2004	13,500,533	31,938,807	3.2%	0.94%
2005	13,932,123	32,242,732	3.2%	0.95%
2006	14,373,707	32,571,193	3.17%	1.02%
2007	14,816,307	32,888,886	3.08%	0.98%
2008	15,258,093	33,247,298	2.98%	1.09%
2009	15,710,066	33,630,069	2.96%	1.15%
2010	16,176,498	34,005,902	2.97%	1.12%
2011	16,661,908	34,339,221	3%	0.98%
2012	17,172,287	34,713,395	3.06%	1.09%
2013	17,695,409	35,080,992	3.05%	1.06%
2014	18,229,461	35,434,066	3.02%	1.01%
2015	18,777,487	35,704,498	3.01%	0.76%
2016	19,334,856	36,110,803	2.97%	1.14%
2017	19,894,407	36,545,075	2.89%	1.2%
2018	20,438,288	37,072,620	2.73%	1.44%
2019	20,961,952	37,618,495	2.56%	1.47%
2020	21,478,690	38,028,638	2.47%	1.09%
2021	21,995,243	38,239,864	2.4%	0.56%
2022	22,509,038	38,935,934	2.34%	1.82%
2023	23,025,776	40,083,484	2.3%	2.95%
2024	23,548,781	41,288,599	2.27%	3.01%
2025	24,074,578	41,687,850	2.23%	0.97%
2026	24,601,695	42,042,113	2.19%	0.85%
2027	25,130,909	42,368,857	2.15%	0.78%
2028	25,661,935	42,683,927	2.11%	0.74%
2029	26,194,607	42,986,030	2.08%	0.71%
2030	26,730,315	43,276,190	2.05%	0.68%
2031	27,270,863	43,559,839	2.02%	0.66%
2032	27,815,172	43,833,228	2%	0.63%
2033	28,363,848	44,089,067	1.97%	0.58%
2034	28,916,943	44,336,794	1.95%	0.56%
2035	29,469,748	44,574,481	1.91%	0.54%
2036	30,019,874	44,802,196	1.87%	0.51%
2037	30,567,561	45,029,252	1.82%	0.51%
2038	31,112,525	45,250,482	1.78%	0.49%
2039	31,654,867	45,461,809	1.74%	0.47%
2040	32,193,641	45,661,339	1.7%	0.44%
2041	32,728,834	45,855,081	1.66%	0.42%
2042	33,260,944	46,046,286	1.63%	0.42%
2043	33,788,597	46,232,447	1.59%	0.4%
2044	34,311,733	46,413,908	1.55%	0.39%
2045	34,829,690	46,594,973	1.51%	0.39%
2046	35,339,501	46,768,120	1.46%	0.37%
2047	35,842,178	46,930,946	1.42%	0.35%
2048	36,336,700	47,092,745	1.38%	0.34%
2049	36,823,426	47,246,217	1.34%	0.33%
2050	37,304,383	47,396,788	1.31%	0.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Burkina Faso's population will grow by 52.3% to 37,304,383 people with a rank change from 59th to 56th. The population of Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.