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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Greece	Burkina Faso	Greece
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	10,407,351	2.3%	-0.28%
2024	23,548,781	10,405,134	2.27%	-0.02%
2025	24,074,578	10,292,291	2.23%	-1.08%
2026	24,601,695	10,249,082	2.19%	-0.42%
2027	25,130,909	10,204,400	2.15%	-0.44%
2028	25,661,935	10,159,146	2.11%	-0.44%
2029	26,194,607	10,113,475	2.08%	-0.45%
2030	26,730,315	10,067,720	2.05%	-0.45%
2031	27,270,863	10,021,773	2.02%	-0.46%
2032	27,815,172	9,974,701	2%	-0.47%
2033	28,363,848	9,927,344	1.97%	-0.47%
2034	28,916,943	9,880,848	1.95%	-0.47%
2035	29,469,748	9,834,216	1.91%	-0.47%
2036	30,019,874	9,787,786	1.87%	-0.47%
2037	30,567,561	9,741,790	1.82%	-0.47%
2038	31,112,525	9,695,855	1.78%	-0.47%
2039	31,654,867	9,650,459	1.74%	-0.47%
2040	32,193,641	9,605,475	1.7%	-0.47%
2041	32,728,834	9,560,641	1.66%	-0.47%
2042	33,260,944	9,516,502	1.63%	-0.46%
2043	33,788,597	9,472,263	1.59%	-0.46%
2044	34,311,733	9,426,737	1.55%	-0.48%
2045	34,829,690	9,380,458	1.51%	-0.49%
2046	35,339,501	9,333,671	1.46%	-0.5%
2047	35,842,178	9,284,541	1.42%	-0.53%
2048	36,336,700	9,233,189	1.38%	-0.55%
2049	36,823,426	9,180,074	1.34%	-0.58%
2050	37,304,383	9,125,443	1.31%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th 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 Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.