Population in Burkina Faso compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	DR Congo	Burkina Faso	DR Congo
1960	4,778,621	15,264,846	-	-
1961	4,848,224	15,662,374	1.46%	2.6%
1962	4,919,672	16,075,724	1.47%	2.64%
1963	4,993,623	16,507,599	1.5%	2.69%
1964	5,071,034	16,955,327	1.55%	2.71%
1965	5,152,833	17,427,802	1.61%	2.79%
1966	5,237,933	17,931,929	1.65%	2.89%
1967	5,326,348	18,462,782	1.69%	2.96%
1968	5,418,644	19,012,189	1.73%	2.98%
1969	5,513,177	19,570,445	1.74%	2.94%
1970	5,610,304	20,137,436	1.76%	2.9%
1971	5,707,999	20,695,569	1.74%	2.77%
1972	5,807,234	21,251,160	1.74%	2.68%
1973	5,911,927	21,827,665	1.8%	2.71%
1974	6,024,904	22,418,878	1.91%	2.71%
1975	6,147,569	23,021,101	2.04%	2.69%
1976	6,280,635	23,624,031	2.16%	2.62%
1977	6,428,734	24,229,061	2.36%	2.56%
1978	6,590,984	24,992,689	2.52%	3.15%
1979	6,763,903	25,886,782	2.62%	3.58%
1980	6,947,900	26,711,099	2.72%	3.18%
1981	7,140,271	27,500,515	2.77%	2.96%
1982	7,340,197	28,338,190	2.8%	3.05%
1983	7,551,129	29,250,963	2.87%	3.22%
1984	7,772,256	30,245,081	2.93%	3.4%
1985	7,999,935	31,264,816	2.93%	3.37%
1986	8,228,847	32,265,196	2.86%	3.2%
1987	8,457,109	33,298,904	2.77%	3.2%
1988	8,687,435	34,382,752	2.72%	3.25%
1989	8,921,175	35,486,866	2.69%	3.21%
1990	9,159,356	36,684,063	2.67%	3.37%
1991	9,394,632	37,925,817	2.57%	3.38%
1992	9,629,275	39,228,910	2.5%	3.44%
1993	9,871,713	40,656,336	2.52%	3.64%
1994	10,123,798	42,626,876	2.55%	4.85%
1995	10,386,722	44,433,704	2.6%	4.24%
1996	10,655,942	45,296,124	2.59%	1.94%
1997	10,934,223	46,029,902	2.61%	1.62%
1998	11,240,664	47,297,600	2.8%	2.75%
1999	11,574,928	48,912,971	2.97%	3.42%
2000	11,925,546	50,507,442	3.03%	3.26%
2001	12,295,001	52,132,646	3.1%	3.22%
2002	12,680,897	53,750,524	3.14%	3.1%
2003	13,082,532	55,343,867	3.17%	2.96%
2004	13,500,533	56,997,741	3.2%	2.99%
2005	13,932,123	58,775,724	3.2%	3.12%
2006	14,373,707	60,615,908	3.17%	3.13%
2007	14,816,307	62,477,752	3.08%	3.07%
2008	15,258,093	64,390,664	2.98%	3.06%
2009	15,710,066	66,412,044	2.96%	3.14%
2010	16,176,498	68,563,038	2.97%	3.24%
2011	16,661,908	70,849,311	3%	3.33%
2012	17,172,287	73,254,618	3.06%	3.39%
2013	17,695,409	75,789,395	3.05%	3.46%
2014	18,229,461	78,403,242	3.02%	3.45%
2015	18,777,487	81,035,531	3.01%	3.36%
2016	19,334,856	83,956,415	2.97%	3.6%
2017	19,894,407	87,083,398	2.89%	3.72%
2018	20,438,288	90,047,644	2.73%	3.4%
2019	20,961,952	92,947,442	2.56%	3.22%
2020	21,478,690	95,989,998	2.47%	3.27%
2021	21,995,243	99,148,932	2.4%	3.29%
2022	22,509,038	102,396,968	2.34%	3.28%
2023	23,025,776	105,789,731	2.3%	3.31%
2024	23,548,781	109,276,265	2.27%	3.3%
2025	24,074,578	112,832,475	2.23%	3.25%
2026	24,601,695	116,452,162	2.19%	3.21%
2027	25,130,909	120,129,744	2.15%	3.16%
2028	25,661,935	123,871,555	2.11%	3.11%
2029	26,194,607	127,674,141	2.08%	3.07%
2030	26,730,315	131,532,201	2.05%	3.02%
2031	27,270,863	135,447,495	2.02%	2.98%
2032	27,815,172	139,408,613	2%	2.92%
2033	28,363,848	143,414,031	1.97%	2.87%
2034	28,916,943	147,468,142	1.95%	2.83%
2035	29,469,748	151,560,102	1.91%	2.77%
2036	30,019,874	155,689,453	1.87%	2.72%
2037	30,567,561	159,848,574	1.82%	2.67%
2038	31,112,525	164,045,610	1.78%	2.63%
2039	31,654,867	168,296,695	1.74%	2.59%
2040	32,193,641	172,595,578	1.7%	2.55%
2041	32,728,834	176,946,261	1.66%	2.52%
2042	33,260,944	181,350,407	1.63%	2.49%
2043	33,788,597	185,805,168	1.59%	2.46%
2044	34,311,733	190,312,004	1.55%	2.43%
2045	34,829,690	194,865,386	1.51%	2.39%
2046	35,339,501	199,464,487	1.46%	2.36%
2047	35,842,178	204,105,925	1.42%	2.33%
2048	36,336,700	208,783,692	1.38%	2.29%
2049	36,823,426	213,497,692	1.34%	2.26%
2050	37,304,383	218,246,073	1.31%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.