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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	India	Burkina Faso	India
1960	4,778,621	435,990,338	-	-
1961	4,848,224	446,564,729	1.46%	2.43%
1962	4,919,672	457,283,090	1.47%	2.4%
1963	4,993,623	468,138,575	1.5%	2.37%
1964	5,071,034	479,229,598	1.55%	2.37%
1965	5,152,833	490,140,146	1.61%	2.28%
1966	5,237,933	500,740,247	1.65%	2.16%
1967	5,326,348	511,606,372	1.69%	2.17%
1968	5,418,644	522,716,889	1.73%	2.17%
1969	5,513,177	533,880,544	1.74%	2.14%
1970	5,610,304	545,864,268	1.76%	2.24%
1971	5,707,999	558,096,387	1.74%	2.24%
1972	5,807,234	570,482,142	1.74%	2.22%
1973	5,911,927	583,465,598	1.8%	2.28%
1974	6,024,904	597,041,391	1.91%	2.33%
1975	6,147,569	611,309,535	2.04%	2.39%
1976	6,280,635	625,861,883	2.16%	2.38%
1977	6,428,734	640,801,103	2.36%	2.39%
1978	6,590,984	655,728,229	2.52%	2.33%
1979	6,763,903	671,155,747	2.62%	2.35%
1980	6,947,900	687,354,025	2.72%	2.41%
1981	7,140,271	703,696,250	2.77%	2.38%
1982	7,340,197	720,313,473	2.8%	2.36%
1983	7,551,129	737,372,681	2.87%	2.37%
1984	7,772,256	754,875,449	2.93%	2.37%
1985	7,999,935	772,647,793	2.93%	2.35%
1986	8,228,847	790,689,978	2.86%	2.34%
1987	8,457,109	808,931,270	2.77%	2.31%
1988	8,687,435	827,342,990	2.72%	2.28%
1989	8,921,175	846,039,529	2.69%	2.26%
1990	9,159,356	864,972,221	2.67%	2.24%
1991	9,394,632	883,927,600	2.57%	2.19%
1992	9,629,275	902,957,070	2.5%	2.15%
1993	9,871,713	922,118,387	2.52%	2.12%
1994	10,123,798	941,163,767	2.55%	2.07%
1995	10,386,722	960,301,044	2.6%	2.03%
1996	10,655,942	979,678,458	2.59%	2.02%
1997	10,934,223	999,133,762	2.61%	1.99%
1998	11,240,664	1,018,665,080	2.8%	1.95%
1999	11,574,928	1,038,225,823	2.97%	1.92%
2000	11,925,546	1,057,922,733	3.03%	1.9%
2001	12,295,001	1,077,898,575	3.1%	1.89%
2002	12,680,897	1,097,600,380	3.14%	1.83%
2003	13,082,532	1,116,803,006	3.17%	1.75%
2004	13,500,533	1,135,991,513	3.2%	1.72%
2005	13,932,123	1,154,676,322	3.2%	1.64%
2006	14,373,707	1,172,878,890	3.17%	1.58%
2007	14,816,307	1,190,676,021	3.08%	1.52%
2008	15,258,093	1,207,930,964	2.98%	1.45%
2009	15,710,066	1,225,524,753	2.96%	1.46%
2010	16,176,498	1,243,481,564	2.97%	1.47%
2011	16,661,908	1,261,224,954	3%	1.43%
2012	17,172,287	1,278,674,502	3.06%	1.38%
2013	17,695,409	1,295,829,511	3.05%	1.34%
2014	18,229,461	1,312,277,191	3.02%	1.27%
2015	18,777,487	1,328,024,498	3.01%	1.2%
2016	19,334,856	1,343,944,296	2.97%	1.2%
2017	19,894,407	1,359,657,400	2.89%	1.17%
2018	20,438,288	1,374,659,064	2.73%	1.1%
2019	20,961,952	1,389,030,312	2.56%	1.05%
2020	21,478,690	1,402,617,695	2.47%	0.98%
2021	21,995,243	1,414,203,896	2.4%	0.83%
2022	22,509,038	1,425,423,212	2.34%	0.79%
2023	23,025,776	1,438,069,596	2.3%	0.89%
2024	23,548,781	1,450,935,791	2.27%	0.89%
2025	24,074,578	1,463,865,531	2.23%	0.89%
2026	24,601,695	1,476,625,576	2.19%	0.87%
2027	25,130,909	1,489,164,679	2.15%	0.85%
2028	25,661,935	1,501,432,748	2.11%	0.82%
2029	26,194,607	1,513,423,737	2.08%	0.8%
2030	26,730,315	1,525,138,852	2.05%	0.77%
2031	27,270,863	1,536,540,604	2.02%	0.75%
2032	27,815,172	1,547,607,126	2%	0.72%
2033	28,363,848	1,558,324,087	1.97%	0.69%
2034	28,916,943	1,568,688,356	1.95%	0.67%
2035	29,469,748	1,578,694,799	1.91%	0.64%
2036	30,019,874	1,588,325,366	1.87%	0.61%
2037	30,567,561	1,597,537,009	1.82%	0.58%
2038	31,112,525	1,606,300,646	1.78%	0.55%
2039	31,654,867	1,614,639,243	1.74%	0.52%
2040	32,193,641	1,622,580,052	1.7%	0.49%
2041	32,728,834	1,630,119,374	1.66%	0.46%
2042	33,260,944	1,637,235,363	1.63%	0.44%
2043	33,788,597	1,643,915,269	1.59%	0.41%
2044	34,311,733	1,650,186,610	1.55%	0.38%
2045	34,829,690	1,656,067,585	1.51%	0.36%
2046	35,339,501	1,661,548,400	1.46%	0.33%
2047	35,842,178	1,666,628,151	1.42%	0.31%
2048	36,336,700	1,671,309,727	1.38%	0.28%
2049	36,823,426	1,675,619,893	1.34%	0.26%
2050	37,304,383	1,679,589,268	1.31%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.