Population in Burkina Faso compared to Cape Verde: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Cape Verde: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde
1960	4,778,621	210,024	-	-
1961	4,848,224	215,087	1.46%	2.41%
1962	4,919,672	221,919	1.47%	3.18%
1963	4,993,623	229,373	1.5%	3.36%
1964	5,071,034	237,006	1.55%	3.33%
1965	5,152,833	244,856	1.61%	3.31%
1966	5,237,933	252,976	1.65%	3.32%
1967	5,326,348	261,404	1.69%	3.33%
1968	5,418,644	270,164	1.73%	3.35%
1969	5,513,177	279,248	1.74%	3.36%
1970	5,610,304	287,885	1.76%	3.09%
1971	5,707,999	294,046	1.74%	2.14%
1972	5,807,234	297,386	1.74%	1.14%
1973	5,911,927	299,881	1.8%	0.84%
1974	6,024,904	302,570	1.91%	0.9%
1975	6,147,569	305,847	2.04%	1.08%
1976	6,280,635	309,455	2.16%	1.18%
1977	6,428,734	312,834	2.36%	1.09%
1978	6,590,984	316,147	2.52%	1.06%
1979	6,763,903	319,480	2.62%	1.05%
1980	6,947,900	323,301	2.72%	1.2%
1981	7,140,271	327,846	2.77%	1.41%
1982	7,340,197	332,724	2.8%	1.49%
1983	7,551,129	337,654	2.87%	1.48%
1984	7,772,256	342,505	2.93%	1.44%
1985	7,999,935	347,365	2.93%	1.42%
1986	8,228,847	352,312	2.86%	1.42%
1987	8,457,109	357,302	2.77%	1.42%
1988	8,687,435	362,329	2.72%	1.41%
1989	8,921,175	367,803	2.69%	1.51%
1990	9,159,356	375,428	2.67%	2.07%
1991	9,394,632	384,586	2.57%	2.44%
1992	9,629,275	393,415	2.5%	2.3%
1993	9,871,713	401,965	2.52%	2.17%
1994	10,123,798	410,228	2.55%	2.06%
1995	10,386,722	418,104	2.6%	1.92%
1996	10,655,942	425,581	2.59%	1.79%
1997	10,934,223	432,798	2.61%	1.7%
1998	11,240,664	439,784	2.8%	1.61%
1999	11,574,928	446,519	2.97%	1.53%
2000	11,925,546	453,317	3.03%	1.52%
2001	12,295,001	460,293	3.1%	1.54%
2002	12,680,897	467,046	3.14%	1.47%
2003	13,082,532	473,383	3.17%	1.36%
2004	13,500,533	479,370	3.2%	1.26%
2005	13,932,123	485,115	3.2%	1.2%
2006	14,373,707	490,728	3.17%	1.16%
2007	14,816,307	496,190	3.08%	1.11%
2008	15,258,093	501,355	2.98%	1.04%
2009	15,710,066	506,141	2.96%	0.95%
2010	16,176,498	509,784	2.97%	0.72%
2011	16,661,908	511,447	3%	0.33%
2012	17,172,287	511,955	3.06%	0.1%
2013	17,695,409	512,225	3.05%	0.05%
2014	18,229,461	512,326	3.02%	0.02%
2015	18,777,487	512,394	3.01%	0.01%
2016	19,334,856	512,554	2.97%	0.03%
2017	19,894,407	512,893	2.89%	0.07%
2018	20,438,288	513,415	2.73%	0.1%
2019	20,961,952	514,104	2.56%	0.13%
2020	21,478,690	514,679	2.47%	0.11%
2021	21,995,243	516,649	2.4%	0.38%
2022	22,509,038	519,741	2.34%	0.6%
2023	23,025,776	522,331	2.3%	0.5%
2024	23,548,781	524,877	2.27%	0.49%
2025	24,074,578	527,331	2.23%	0.47%
2026	24,601,695	529,641	2.19%	0.44%
2027	25,130,909	531,874	2.15%	0.42%
2028	25,661,935	534,119	2.11%	0.42%
2029	26,194,607	536,345	2.08%	0.42%
2030	26,730,315	538,617	2.05%	0.42%
2031	27,270,863	540,769	2.02%	0.4%
2032	27,815,172	542,801	2%	0.38%
2033	28,363,848	544,769	1.97%	0.36%
2034	28,916,943	546,653	1.95%	0.35%
2035	29,469,748	548,594	1.91%	0.36%
2036	30,019,874	550,481	1.87%	0.34%
2037	30,567,561	552,294	1.82%	0.33%
2038	31,112,525	554,085	1.78%	0.32%
2039	31,654,867	555,802	1.74%	0.31%
2040	32,193,641	557,378	1.7%	0.28%
2041	32,728,834	558,819	1.66%	0.26%
2042	33,260,944	560,139	1.63%	0.24%
2043	33,788,597	561,350	1.59%	0.22%
2044	34,311,733	562,468	1.55%	0.2%
2045	34,829,690	563,484	1.51%	0.18%
2046	35,339,501	564,357	1.46%	0.15%
2047	35,842,178	565,018	1.42%	0.12%
2048	36,336,700	565,511	1.38%	0.09%
2049	36,823,426	565,896	1.34%	0.07%
2050	37,304,383	566,140	1.31%	0.04%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Cape Verde gained 21,826 people (a 4.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Cape Verde's population increased by 17,111 (a 3.34% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Cape Verde was ranked 166th in 2006 and ranked 169th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Burkina Faso's population will grow by 51.6% to 37,304,383 people with a rank change from 59th to 56th. The population of Cape Verde will increase by 6.89% to 566,140 people and rank change from 169th to 167th.