Population in Burkina Faso compared to the Dominican Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Dominican Republic	Burkina Faso	Dominican Republic
1960	4,778,621	3,268,336	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,373,233	1.46%	3.21%
1962	4,919,672	3,479,936	1.47%	3.16%
1963	4,993,623	3,588,287	1.5%	3.11%
1964	5,071,034	3,698,559	1.55%	3.07%
1965	5,152,833	3,808,963	1.61%	2.99%
1966	5,237,933	3,921,847	1.65%	2.96%
1967	5,326,348	4,038,928	1.69%	2.99%
1968	5,418,644	4,157,189	1.73%	2.93%
1969	5,513,177	4,277,035	1.74%	2.88%
1970	5,610,304	4,399,290	1.76%	2.86%
1971	5,707,999	4,524,234	1.74%	2.84%
1972	5,807,234	4,651,883	1.74%	2.82%
1973	5,911,927	4,782,227	1.8%	2.8%
1974	6,024,904	4,914,197	1.91%	2.76%
1975	6,147,569	5,046,776	2.04%	2.7%
1976	6,280,635	5,180,404	2.16%	2.65%
1977	6,428,734	5,315,443	2.36%	2.61%
1978	6,590,984	5,451,882	2.52%	2.57%
1979	6,763,903	5,589,690	2.62%	2.53%
1980	6,947,900	5,729,037	2.72%	2.49%
1981	7,140,271	5,868,453	2.77%	2.43%
1982	7,340,197	6,007,114	2.8%	2.36%
1983	7,551,129	6,147,248	2.87%	2.33%
1984	7,772,256	6,289,040	2.93%	2.31%
1985	7,999,935	6,430,404	2.93%	2.25%
1986	8,228,847	6,571,208	2.86%	2.19%
1987	8,457,109	6,712,515	2.77%	2.15%
1988	8,687,435	6,855,734	2.72%	2.13%
1989	8,921,175	7,002,295	2.69%	2.14%
1990	9,159,356	7,151,166	2.67%	2.13%
1991	9,394,632	7,299,853	2.57%	2.08%
1992	9,629,275	7,447,474	2.5%	2.02%
1993	9,871,713	7,594,572	2.52%	1.98%
1994	10,123,798	7,741,694	2.55%	1.94%
1995	10,386,722	7,888,115	2.6%	1.89%
1996	10,655,942	8,032,894	2.59%	1.84%
1997	10,934,223	8,174,078	2.61%	1.76%
1998	11,240,664	8,310,362	2.8%	1.67%
1999	11,574,928	8,446,208	2.97%	1.63%
2000	11,925,546	8,584,190	3.03%	1.63%
2001	12,295,001	8,720,283	3.1%	1.59%
2002	12,680,897	8,852,235	3.14%	1.51%
2003	13,082,532	8,980,620	3.17%	1.45%
2004	13,500,533	9,104,892	3.2%	1.38%
2005	13,932,123	9,225,034	3.2%	1.32%
2006	14,373,707	9,341,183	3.17%	1.26%
2007	14,816,307	9,455,658	3.08%	1.23%
2008	15,258,093	9,573,130	2.98%	1.24%
2009	15,710,066	9,695,265	2.96%	1.28%
2010	16,176,498	9,820,175	2.97%	1.29%
2011	16,661,908	9,945,621	3%	1.28%
2012	17,172,287	10,070,411	3.06%	1.25%
2013	17,695,409	10,193,833	3.05%	1.23%
2014	18,229,461	10,315,528	3.02%	1.19%
2015	18,777,487	10,434,829	3.01%	1.16%
2016	19,334,856	10,551,430	2.97%	1.12%
2017	19,894,407	10,666,843	2.89%	1.09%
2018	20,438,288	10,782,053	2.73%	1.08%
2019	20,961,952	10,894,043	2.56%	1.04%
2020	21,478,690	11,008,300	2.47%	1.05%
2021	21,995,243	11,123,476	2.4%	1.05%
2022	22,509,038	11,230,734	2.34%	0.96%
2023	23,025,776	11,331,265	2.3%	0.9%
2024	23,548,781	11,427,557	2.27%	0.85%
2025	24,074,578	11,520,480	2.23%	0.81%
2026	24,601,695	11,609,496	2.19%	0.77%
2027	25,130,909	11,695,935	2.15%	0.74%
2028	25,661,935	11,779,929	2.11%	0.72%
2029	26,194,607	11,860,814	2.08%	0.69%
2030	26,730,315	11,938,853	2.05%	0.66%
2031	27,270,863	12,014,148	2.02%	0.63%
2032	27,815,172	12,086,669	2%	0.6%
2033	28,363,848	12,156,523	1.97%	0.58%
2034	28,916,943	12,224,121	1.95%	0.56%
2035	29,469,748	12,289,431	1.91%	0.53%
2036	30,019,874	12,352,228	1.87%	0.51%
2037	30,567,561	12,412,542	1.82%	0.49%
2038	31,112,525	12,470,656	1.78%	0.47%
2039	31,654,867	12,526,156	1.74%	0.45%
2040	32,193,641	12,579,320	1.7%	0.42%
2041	32,728,834	12,630,679	1.66%	0.41%
2042	33,260,944	12,680,019	1.63%	0.39%
2043	33,788,597	12,727,289	1.59%	0.37%
2044	34,311,733	12,772,651	1.55%	0.36%
2045	34,829,690	12,816,003	1.51%	0.34%
2046	35,339,501	12,856,883	1.46%	0.32%
2047	35,842,178	12,895,158	1.42%	0.3%
2048	36,336,700	12,931,165	1.38%	0.28%
2049	36,823,426	12,964,841	1.34%	0.26%
2050	37,304,383	12,996,290	1.31%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,059,010 (a 10% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2006 and ranked 84th 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 the Dominican Republic will increase by 11.9% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.