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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Chad	Burkina Faso	Chad
1960	4,778,621	3,049,838	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,111,947	1.46%	2.04%
1962	4,919,672	3,175,598	1.47%	2.05%
1963	4,993,623	3,240,905	1.5%	2.06%
1964	5,071,034	3,307,479	1.55%	2.05%
1965	5,152,833	3,374,220	1.61%	2.02%
1966	5,237,933	3,440,903	1.65%	1.98%
1967	5,326,348	3,508,512	1.69%	1.96%
1968	5,418,644	3,578,231	1.73%	1.99%
1969	5,513,177	3,651,113	1.74%	2.04%
1970	5,610,304	3,727,828	1.76%	2.1%
1971	5,707,999	3,807,316	1.74%	2.13%
1972	5,807,234	3,893,252	1.74%	2.26%
1973	5,911,927	3,985,909	1.8%	2.38%
1974	6,024,904	4,078,356	1.91%	2.32%
1975	6,147,569	4,167,234	2.04%	2.18%
1976	6,280,635	4,251,297	2.16%	2.02%
1977	6,428,734	4,331,667	2.36%	1.89%
1978	6,590,984	4,411,366	2.52%	1.84%
1979	6,763,903	4,505,384	2.62%	2.13%
1980	6,947,900	4,515,453	2.72%	0.22%
1981	7,140,271	4,520,959	2.77%	0.12%
1982	7,340,197	4,738,483	2.8%	4.81%
1983	7,551,129	4,979,130	2.87%	5.08%
1984	7,772,256	5,045,145	2.93%	1.33%
1985	7,999,935	5,096,269	2.93%	1.01%
1986	8,228,847	5,251,069	2.86%	3.04%
1987	8,457,109	5,438,309	2.77%	3.57%
1988	8,687,435	5,625,602	2.72%	3.44%
1989	8,921,175	5,819,586	2.69%	3.45%
1990	9,159,356	5,982,833	2.67%	2.81%
1991	9,394,632	6,205,676	2.57%	3.72%
1992	9,629,275	6,474,656	2.5%	4.33%
1993	9,871,713	6,629,146	2.52%	2.39%
1994	10,123,798	6,783,450	2.55%	2.33%
1995	10,386,722	7,089,064	2.6%	4.51%
1996	10,655,942	7,410,108	2.59%	4.53%
1997	10,934,223	7,670,366	2.61%	3.51%
1998	11,240,664	7,938,840	2.8%	3.5%
1999	11,574,928	8,222,705	2.97%	3.58%
2000	11,925,546	8,512,093	3.03%	3.52%
2001	12,295,001	8,804,124	3.1%	3.43%
2002	12,680,897	9,116,192	3.14%	3.54%
2003	13,082,532	9,487,833	3.17%	4.08%
2004	13,500,533	9,920,036	3.2%	4.56%
2005	13,932,123	10,328,092	3.2%	4.11%
2006	14,373,707	10,706,424	3.17%	3.66%
2007	14,816,307	11,081,660	3.08%	3.5%
2008	15,258,093	11,476,296	2.98%	3.56%
2009	15,710,066	11,893,754	2.96%	3.64%
2010	16,176,498	12,312,575	2.97%	3.52%
2011	16,661,908	12,754,997	3%	3.59%
2012	17,172,287	13,210,998	3.06%	3.58%
2013	17,695,409	13,691,079	3.05%	3.63%
2014	18,229,461	14,188,678	3.02%	3.63%
2015	18,777,487	14,647,621	3.01%	3.23%
2016	19,334,856	15,114,655	2.97%	3.19%
2017	19,894,407	15,622,759	2.89%	3.36%
2018	20,438,288	16,156,531	2.73%	3.42%
2019	20,961,952	16,685,223	2.56%	3.27%
2020	21,478,690	17,224,679	2.47%	3.23%
2021	21,995,243	17,828,273	2.4%	3.5%
2022	22,509,038	18,455,316	2.34%	3.52%
2023	23,025,776	19,319,064	2.3%	4.68%
2024	23,548,781	20,299,123	2.27%	5.07%
2025	24,074,578	21,003,694	2.23%	3.47%
2026	24,601,695	21,560,377	2.19%	2.65%
2027	25,130,909	22,175,373	2.15%	2.85%
2028	25,661,935	22,847,740	2.11%	3.03%
2029	26,194,607	23,526,035	2.08%	2.97%
2030	26,730,315	24,207,481	2.05%	2.9%
2031	27,270,863	24,897,231	2.02%	2.85%
2032	27,815,172	25,596,224	2%	2.81%
2033	28,363,848	26,297,830	1.97%	2.74%
2034	28,916,943	26,997,395	1.95%	2.66%
2035	29,469,748	27,697,268	1.91%	2.59%
2036	30,019,874	28,410,489	1.87%	2.58%
2037	30,567,561	29,132,961	1.82%	2.54%
2038	31,112,525	29,856,451	1.78%	2.48%
2039	31,654,867	30,584,696	1.74%	2.44%
2040	32,193,641	31,307,329	1.7%	2.36%
2041	32,728,834	32,035,111	1.66%	2.32%
2042	33,260,944	32,777,662	1.63%	2.32%
2043	33,788,597	33,525,238	1.59%	2.28%
2044	34,311,733	34,272,313	1.55%	2.23%
2045	34,829,690	35,026,384	1.51%	2.2%
2046	35,339,501	35,788,056	1.46%	2.17%
2047	35,842,178	36,546,910	1.42%	2.12%
2048	36,336,700	37,317,460	1.38%	2.11%
2049	36,823,426	38,088,916	1.34%	2.07%
2050	37,304,383	38,857,671	1.31%	2.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Chad gained 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Chad's population increased by 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Chad was ranked 78th in 2005 and ranked 64th 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 Chad will increase by 81.1% to 38,857,671 people and rank change from 64th to 52nd.