The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 3,866,300 people in Croatia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 3,839,202 in Croatia.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 6.38 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Croatia is the 129th.
- The countries together account for 0.34% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.05% for Croatia.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs -0.82% in Croatia.
- Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Croatia has declined from 4.31M to 3.84M (10.9% decline).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Burkina Faso vs Croatia: live population counter
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| Current population |
24497999
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3839202
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 129/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.05% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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1.32 hours
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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16.4 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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10.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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1.69 hours
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | -5,186 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | +18 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | +6,614 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | +0.17% |
| Population growth rate rank | 41/197 | 155/197 |
Burkina Faso and Croatia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 4,140,181 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 4,167,292 | 1.46% | 0.65% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 4,196,712 | 1.47% | 0.71% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 4,225,675 | 1.5% | 0.69% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 4,252,876 | 1.55% | 0.64% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 4,280,923 | 1.61% | 0.66% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 4,310,701 | 1.65% | 0.7% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 4,338,683 | 1.69% | 0.65% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 4,365,628 | 1.73% | 0.62% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 4,391,490 | 1.74% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 4,412,252 | 1.76% | 0.47% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 4,431,275 | 1.74% | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 4,450,564 | 1.74% | 0.44% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 4,470,161 | 1.8% | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 4,490,660 | 1.91% | 0.46% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 4,512,082 | 2.04% | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 4,535,934 | 2.16% | 0.53% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 4,559,571 | 2.36% | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 4,581,085 | 2.52% | 0.47% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 4,594,778 | 2.62% | 0.3% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 4,599,782 | 2.72% | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 4,611,509 | 2.77% | 0.25% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 4,634,234 | 2.8% | 0.49% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 4,658,254 | 2.87% | 0.52% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 4,680,285 | 2.93% | 0.47% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 4,701,417 | 2.93% | 0.45% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 4,721,446 | 2.86% | 0.43% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 4,739,745 | 2.77% | 0.39% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 4,755,207 | 2.72% | 0.33% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 4,767,260 | 2.69% | 0.25% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 4,777,368 | 2.67% | 0.21% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 4,689,022 | 2.57% | -1.85% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 4,575,818 | 2.5% | -2.41% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 4,600,463 | 2.52% | 0.54% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 4,652,024 | 2.55% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 4,620,030 | 2.6% | -0.69% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 4,557,097 | 2.59% | -1.36% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 4,534,920 | 2.61% | -0.49% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 4,532,135 | 2.8% | -0.06% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 4,512,597 | 2.97% | -0.43% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 4,468,302 | 3.03% | -0.98% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 4,299,642 | 3.1% | -3.77% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 4,302,174 | 3.14% | 0.06% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 4,303,399 | 3.17% | 0.03% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 4,304,600 | 3.2% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 4,310,145 | 3.2% | 0.13% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 4,311,159 | 3.17% | 0.02% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 4,310,217 | 3.08% | -0.02% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 4,309,705 | 2.98% | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 4,305,181 | 2.96% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 4,295,427 | 2.97% | -0.23% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 4,280,622 | 3% | -0.34% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 4,260,368 | 3.06% | -0.47% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 4,233,922 | 3.05% | -0.62% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 4,201,598 | 3.02% | -0.76% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 4,151,725 | 3.01% | -1.19% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 4,106,867 | 2.97% | -1.08% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 4,041,407 | 2.89% | -1.59% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 3,988,775 | 2.73% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 3,949,390 | 2.56% | -0.99% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 3,914,206 | 2.47% | -0.89% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 3,878,981 | 2.4% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 3,855,641 | 2.34% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 3,859,686 | 2.3% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 3,866,300 | 2.27% | 0.17% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 3,839,202 | 2.23% | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 3,813,444 | 2.19% | -0.67% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 3,788,509 | 2.15% | -0.65% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 3,764,509 | 2.11% | -0.63% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 3,740,864 | 2.08% | -0.63% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 3,717,091 | 2.05% | -0.64% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 3,693,060 | 2.02% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 3,668,891 | 2% | -0.65% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 3,645,252 | 1.97% | -0.64% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 3,621,822 | 1.95% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 3,598,817 | 1.91% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 3,576,022 | 1.87% | -0.63% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 3,552,470 | 1.82% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 3,528,382 | 1.78% | -0.68% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 3,504,319 | 1.74% | -0.68% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 3,480,182 | 1.7% | -0.69% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 3,455,709 | 1.66% | -0.7% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 3,430,926 | 1.63% | -0.72% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 3,406,019 | 1.59% | -0.73% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 3,380,680 | 1.55% | -0.74% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 3,355,131 | 1.51% | -0.76% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 3,329,736 | 1.46% | -0.76% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 3,304,173 | 1.42% | -0.77% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 3,278,352 | 1.38% | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 3,252,533 | 1.34% | -0.79% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 3,226,623 | 1.31% | -0.8% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Croatia lost 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -312,523 (a 7.53% decline).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Croatia was ranked 117th in 2005 and ranked 129th 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 Croatia will decrease by 16% to 3,226,623 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.
Biggest cities by population
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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 Burkina Faso and Croatia
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| Life expectancy | 61.5 years | 78.9 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 44.6 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 46 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.2:51.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 178.9 ppl/mi² |
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