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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Egypt	Burkina Faso	Egypt
1960	4,778,621	26,896,479	-	-
1961	4,848,224	27,600,898	1.46%	2.62%
1962	4,919,672	28,337,013	1.47%	2.67%
1963	4,993,623	29,091,869	1.5%	2.66%
1964	5,071,034	29,858,922	1.55%	2.64%
1965	5,152,833	30,629,174	1.61%	2.58%
1966	5,237,933	31,406,541	1.65%	2.54%
1967	5,326,348	32,196,360	1.69%	2.51%
1968	5,418,644	32,998,319	1.73%	2.49%
1969	5,513,177	33,811,615	1.74%	2.46%
1970	5,610,304	34,623,990	1.76%	2.4%
1971	5,707,999	35,433,368	1.74%	2.34%
1972	5,807,234	36,258,328	1.74%	2.33%
1973	5,911,927	37,102,043	1.8%	2.33%
1974	6,024,904	37,969,667	1.91%	2.34%
1975	6,147,569	38,875,327	2.04%	2.39%
1976	6,280,635	39,795,557	2.16%	2.37%
1977	6,428,734	40,748,870	2.36%	2.4%
1978	6,590,984	41,761,431	2.52%	2.48%
1979	6,763,903	42,818,628	2.62%	2.53%
1980	6,947,900	43,950,413	2.72%	2.64%
1981	7,140,271	45,147,224	2.77%	2.72%
1982	7,340,197	46,407,611	2.8%	2.79%
1983	7,551,129	47,786,402	2.87%	2.97%
1984	7,772,256	49,247,334	2.93%	3.06%
1985	7,999,935	50,734,968	2.93%	3.02%
1986	8,228,847	52,206,295	2.86%	2.9%
1987	8,457,109	53,674,435	2.77%	2.81%
1988	8,687,435	55,187,681	2.72%	2.82%
1989	8,921,175	56,710,642	2.69%	2.76%
1990	9,159,356	58,396,618	2.67%	2.97%
1991	9,394,632	60,028,997	2.57%	2.8%
1992	9,629,275	61,480,660	2.5%	2.42%
1993	9,871,713	62,915,681	2.52%	2.33%
1994	10,123,798	64,285,589	2.55%	2.18%
1995	10,386,722	65,652,622	2.6%	2.13%
1996	10,655,942	67,028,048	2.59%	2.1%
1997	10,934,223	68,431,740	2.61%	2.09%
1998	11,240,664	69,943,294	2.8%	2.21%
1999	11,574,928	71,520,954	2.97%	2.26%
2000	11,925,546	73,083,284	3.03%	2.18%
2001	12,295,001	74,652,029	3.1%	2.15%
2002	12,680,897	76,239,137	3.14%	2.13%
2003	13,082,532	77,853,548	3.17%	2.12%
2004	13,500,533	79,477,443	3.2%	2.09%
2005	13,932,123	81,101,004	3.2%	2.04%
2006	14,373,707	82,700,403	3.17%	1.97%
2007	14,816,307	84,276,225	3.08%	1.91%
2008	15,258,093	85,864,789	2.98%	1.88%
2009	15,710,066	87,501,636	2.96%	1.91%
2010	16,176,498	89,196,072	2.97%	1.94%
2011	16,661,908	91,093,059	3%	2.13%
2012	17,172,287	93,161,001	3.06%	2.27%
2013	17,695,409	95,333,553	3.05%	2.33%
2014	18,229,461	97,528,654	3.02%	2.3%
2015	18,777,487	99,597,342	3.01%	2.12%
2016	19,334,856	101,644,589	2.97%	2.06%
2017	19,894,407	103,696,057	2.89%	2.02%
2018	20,438,288	105,682,094	2.73%	1.92%
2019	20,961,952	107,553,158	2.56%	1.77%
2020	21,478,690	109,315,124	2.47%	1.64%
2021	21,995,243	110,957,008	2.4%	1.5%
2022	22,509,038	112,618,250	2.34%	1.5%
2023	23,025,776	114,535,772	2.3%	1.7%
2024	23,548,781	116,538,258	2.27%	1.75%
2025	24,074,578	118,365,997	2.23%	1.57%
2026	24,601,695	120,101,181	2.19%	1.47%
2027	25,130,909	121,847,622	2.15%	1.45%
2028	25,661,935	123,608,457	2.11%	1.45%
2029	26,194,607	125,373,058	2.08%	1.43%
2030	26,730,315	127,139,323	2.05%	1.41%
2031	27,270,863	128,912,256	2.02%	1.39%
2032	27,815,172	130,695,084	2%	1.38%
2033	28,363,848	132,485,612	1.97%	1.37%
2034	28,916,943	134,287,838	1.95%	1.36%
2035	29,469,748	136,097,214	1.91%	1.35%
2036	30,019,874	137,913,263	1.87%	1.33%
2037	30,567,561	139,738,699	1.82%	1.32%
2038	31,112,525	141,565,835	1.78%	1.31%
2039	31,654,867	143,393,267	1.74%	1.29%
2040	32,193,641	145,213,662	1.7%	1.27%
2041	32,728,834	147,018,554	1.66%	1.24%
2042	33,260,944	148,800,785	1.63%	1.21%
2043	33,788,597	150,547,655	1.59%	1.17%
2044	34,311,733	152,255,332	1.55%	1.13%
2045	34,829,690	153,919,190	1.51%	1.09%
2046	35,339,501	155,535,951	1.46%	1.05%
2047	35,842,178	157,114,404	1.42%	1.01%
2048	36,336,700	158,657,392	1.38%	0.98%
2049	36,823,426	160,161,615	1.34%	0.95%
2050	37,304,383	161,630,197	1.31%	0.92%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Egypt gained 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Egypt was ranked 14th in 2005 and ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 35% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.