The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 10,388,805 people in Greece in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 10,276,140 in Greece.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 2.38 times bigger than Greece's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Greece is the 95th.
- The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.12% for Greece.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs -0.49% in Greece.
- Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Greece has declined from 11M to 10.3M (6.47% decline).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.49M people by 2100.
Burkina Faso vs Greece: live population counter
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| Current population |
24497999
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10276140
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 95/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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31.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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7.43 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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4.14 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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4.28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | -122,772 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | -46 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | -16,783 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | -0.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 41/197 | 175/197 |
Burkina Faso and Greece: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 8,331,725 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 8,398,050 | 1.46% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 8,448,233 | 1.47% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 8,479,625 | 1.5% | 0.37% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 8,510,429 | 1.55% | 0.36% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 8,550,333 | 1.61% | 0.47% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 8,613,651 | 1.65% | 0.74% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 8,684,088 | 1.69% | 0.82% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 8,740,765 | 1.73% | 0.65% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 8,772,764 | 1.74% | 0.37% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 8,792,806 | 1.76% | 0.23% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 8,831,036 | 1.74% | 0.43% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 8,888,628 | 1.74% | 0.65% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 8,929,086 | 1.8% | 0.46% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 8,962,022 | 1.91% | 0.37% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 9,046,541 | 2.04% | 0.94% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 9,188,150 | 2.16% | 1.57% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 9,308,479 | 2.36% | 1.31% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 9,429,959 | 2.52% | 1.31% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 9,548,258 | 2.62% | 1.25% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 9,642,505 | 2.72% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 9,729,350 | 2.77% | 0.9% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 9,789,513 | 2.8% | 0.62% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 9,846,627 | 2.87% | 0.58% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 9,895,801 | 2.93% | 0.5% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 9,934,300 | 2.93% | 0.39% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 9,967,213 | 2.86% | 0.33% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 10,000,595 | 2.77% | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 10,036,983 | 2.72% | 0.36% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 10,089,498 | 2.69% | 0.52% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 10,196,792 | 2.67% | 1.06% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 10,319,927 | 2.57% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 10,399,061 | 2.5% | 0.77% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 10,460,415 | 2.52% | 0.59% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 10,512,922 | 2.55% | 0.5% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 10,562,153 | 2.6% | 0.47% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 10,608,800 | 2.59% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 10,661,259 | 2.61% | 0.49% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 10,720,509 | 2.8% | 0.56% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 10,761,698 | 2.97% | 0.38% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 10,805,808 | 3.03% | 0.41% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 10,862,132 | 3.1% | 0.52% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 10,902,022 | 3.14% | 0.37% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 10,928,070 | 3.17% | 0.24% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 10,955,141 | 3.2% | 0.25% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 10,987,314 | 3.2% | 0.29% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 11,020,362 | 3.17% | 0.3% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 11,048,473 | 3.08% | 0.26% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 11,077,841 | 2.98% | 0.27% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 11,107,017 | 2.96% | 0.26% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 11,121,341 | 2.97% | 0.13% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 11,104,899 | 3% | -0.15% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 11,045,011 | 3.06% | -0.54% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 10,965,211 | 3.05% | -0.72% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 10,892,413 | 3.02% | -0.66% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 10,820,883 | 3.01% | -0.66% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 10,775,971 | 2.97% | -0.42% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 10,754,679 | 2.89% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 10,732,882 | 2.73% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 10,721,582 | 2.56% | -0.11% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 10,698,599 | 2.47% | -0.21% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 10,569,207 | 2.4% | -1.21% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 10,436,882 | 2.34% | -1.25% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 10,405,588 | 2.3% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 10,388,805 | 2.27% | -0.16% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 10,276,140 | 2.23% | -1.08% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 10,232,997 | 2.19% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 10,188,386 | 2.15% | -0.44% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 10,143,203 | 2.11% | -0.44% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 10,097,603 | 2.08% | -0.45% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 10,051,921 | 2.05% | -0.45% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 10,006,045 | 2.02% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 9,959,048 | 2% | -0.47% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 9,911,765 | 1.97% | -0.47% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 9,865,342 | 1.95% | -0.47% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 9,818,783 | 1.91% | -0.47% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 9,772,426 | 1.87% | -0.47% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 9,726,502 | 1.82% | -0.47% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 9,680,639 | 1.78% | -0.47% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 9,635,315 | 1.74% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 9,590,401 | 1.7% | -0.47% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 9,545,637 | 1.66% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 9,501,568 | 1.63% | -0.46% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 9,457,398 | 1.59% | -0.46% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 9,411,943 | 1.55% | -0.48% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 9,365,737 | 1.51% | -0.49% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 9,319,023 | 1.46% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 9,269,970 | 1.42% | -0.53% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 9,218,699 | 1.38% | -0.55% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 9,165,668 | 1.34% | -0.58% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 9,111,122 | 1.31% | -0.6% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Greece lost 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -544,743 (a 5.03% decline).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Greece was ranked 74th in 2005 and ranked 95th 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 Greece will decrease by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people and rank change from 95th to 106th.
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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| City | Population |
| Athens | 643K |
| Crete | 623K |
| Thessaloniki | 310K |
| Piraeus | 168K |
| Larissa | 146K |
| Peristeri | 134K |
| Glyfada | 89.6K |
| Nikaia | 88.1K |
| Nea Smyrni | 72.9K |
| Palaio Faliro | 64.9K |
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Population differences between Burkina Faso and Greece
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| Life expectancy | 61.5 years | 82.2 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 45.5 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 47.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 208.7 ppl/mi² |
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