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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Ghana	Burkina Faso	Ghana
1960	4,778,621	6,961,215	-	-
1961	4,848,224	7,162,667	1.46%	2.89%
1962	4,919,672	7,337,375	1.47%	2.44%
1963	4,993,623	7,514,714	1.5%	2.42%
1964	5,071,034	7,695,739	1.55%	2.41%
1965	5,152,833	7,882,606	1.61%	2.43%
1966	5,237,933	8,074,521	1.65%	2.43%
1967	5,326,348	8,271,913	1.69%	2.44%
1968	5,418,644	8,475,729	1.73%	2.46%
1969	5,513,177	8,690,383	1.74%	2.53%
1970	5,610,304	8,925,813	1.76%	2.71%
1971	5,707,999	9,176,264	1.74%	2.81%
1972	5,807,234	9,438,187	1.74%	2.85%
1973	5,911,927	9,714,617	1.8%	2.93%
1974	6,024,904	10,000,523	1.91%	2.94%
1975	6,147,569	10,294,308	2.04%	2.94%
1976	6,280,635	10,594,913	2.16%	2.92%
1977	6,428,734	10,911,871	2.36%	2.99%
1978	6,590,984	11,248,450	2.52%	3.08%
1979	6,763,903	11,597,255	2.62%	3.1%
1980	6,947,900	11,941,448	2.72%	2.97%
1981	7,140,271	12,281,712	2.77%	2.85%
1982	7,340,197	12,643,819	2.8%	2.95%
1983	7,551,129	13,029,836	2.87%	3.05%
1984	7,772,256	13,370,590	2.93%	2.62%
1985	7,999,935	13,661,229	2.93%	2.17%
1986	8,228,847	13,965,217	2.86%	2.23%
1987	8,457,109	14,289,108	2.77%	2.32%
1988	8,687,435	14,636,568	2.72%	2.43%
1989	8,921,175	15,006,813	2.69%	2.53%
1990	9,159,356	15,394,648	2.67%	2.58%
1991	9,394,632	15,787,496	2.57%	2.55%
1992	9,629,275	16,184,855	2.5%	2.52%
1993	9,871,713	16,589,519	2.52%	2.5%
1994	10,123,798	16,993,190	2.55%	2.43%
1995	10,386,722	17,399,017	2.6%	2.39%
1996	10,655,942	17,810,181	2.59%	2.36%
1997	10,934,223	18,238,958	2.61%	2.41%
1998	11,240,664	18,688,036	2.8%	2.46%
1999	11,574,928	19,149,864	2.97%	2.47%
2000	11,925,546	19,637,087	3.03%	2.54%
2001	12,295,001	20,167,069	3.1%	2.7%
2002	12,680,897	20,729,388	3.14%	2.79%
2003	13,082,532	21,296,705	3.17%	2.74%
2004	13,500,533	21,868,298	3.2%	2.68%
2005	13,932,123	22,449,438	3.2%	2.66%
2006	14,373,707	23,040,702	3.17%	2.63%
2007	14,816,307	23,642,279	3.08%	2.61%
2008	15,258,093	24,249,946	2.98%	2.57%
2009	15,710,066	24,862,664	2.96%	2.53%
2010	16,176,498	25,474,995	2.97%	2.46%
2011	16,661,908	26,095,088	3%	2.43%
2012	17,172,287	26,734,268	3.06%	2.45%
2013	17,695,409	27,386,193	3.05%	2.44%
2014	18,229,461	28,041,592	3.02%	2.39%
2015	18,777,487	28,696,068	3.01%	2.33%
2016	19,334,856	29,356,742	2.97%	2.3%
2017	19,894,407	30,008,354	2.89%	2.22%
2018	20,438,288	30,637,585	2.73%	2.1%
2019	20,961,952	31,258,945	2.56%	2.03%
2020	21,478,690	31,887,809	2.47%	2.01%
2021	21,995,243	32,518,665	2.4%	1.98%
2022	22,509,038	33,149,152	2.34%	1.94%
2023	23,025,776	33,787,914	2.3%	1.93%
2024	23,548,781	34,427,414	2.27%	1.89%
2025	24,074,578	35,064,273	2.23%	1.85%
2026	24,601,695	35,697,555	2.19%	1.81%
2027	25,130,909	36,328,265	2.15%	1.77%
2028	25,661,935	36,959,310	2.11%	1.74%
2029	26,194,607	37,589,709	2.08%	1.71%
2030	26,730,315	38,222,075	2.05%	1.68%
2031	27,270,863	38,856,804	2.02%	1.66%
2032	27,815,172	39,492,788	2%	1.64%
2033	28,363,848	40,132,720	1.97%	1.62%
2034	28,916,943	40,774,152	1.95%	1.6%
2035	29,469,748	41,412,555	1.91%	1.57%
2036	30,019,874	42,047,450	1.87%	1.53%
2037	30,567,561	42,682,177	1.82%	1.51%
2038	31,112,525	43,314,971	1.78%	1.48%
2039	31,654,867	43,942,852	1.74%	1.45%
2040	32,193,641	44,568,346	1.7%	1.42%
2041	32,728,834	45,190,628	1.66%	1.4%
2042	33,260,944	45,808,597	1.63%	1.37%
2043	33,788,597	46,421,960	1.59%	1.34%
2044	34,311,733	47,030,351	1.55%	1.31%
2045	34,829,690	47,634,271	1.51%	1.28%
2046	35,339,501	48,231,602	1.46%	1.25%
2047	35,842,178	48,823,456	1.42%	1.23%
2048	36,336,700	49,408,506	1.38%	1.2%
2049	36,823,426	49,984,435	1.34%	1.17%
2050	37,304,383	50,553,041	1.31%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Ghana was ranked 48th in 2006 and ranked 47th 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 Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.