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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Iran	Burkina Faso	Iran
1960	4,778,621	21,470,434	-	-
1961	4,848,224	22,125,726	1.46%	3.05%
1962	4,919,672	22,807,907	1.47%	3.08%
1963	4,993,623	23,519,005	1.5%	3.12%
1964	5,071,034	24,262,859	1.55%	3.16%
1965	5,152,833	25,036,978	1.61%	3.19%
1966	5,237,933	25,829,270	1.65%	3.16%
1967	5,326,348	26,628,432	1.69%	3.09%
1968	5,418,644	27,437,391	1.73%	3.04%
1969	5,513,177	28,273,482	1.74%	3.05%
1970	5,610,304	29,145,100	1.76%	3.08%
1971	5,707,999	30,029,071	1.74%	3.03%
1972	5,807,234	30,921,179	1.74%	2.97%
1973	5,911,927	31,839,838	1.8%	2.97%
1974	6,024,904	32,796,463	1.91%	3%
1975	6,147,569	33,802,973	2.04%	3.07%
1976	6,280,635	34,837,271	2.16%	3.06%
1977	6,428,734	35,933,181	2.36%	3.15%
1978	6,590,984	37,126,535	2.52%	3.32%
1979	6,763,903	38,424,952	2.62%	3.5%
1980	6,947,900	39,842,324	2.72%	3.69%
1981	7,140,271	41,989,312	2.77%	5.39%
1982	7,340,197	44,272,141	2.8%	5.44%
1983	7,551,129	46,029,535	2.87%	3.97%
1984	7,772,256	47,793,998	2.93%	3.83%
1985	7,999,935	49,582,289	2.93%	3.74%
1986	8,228,847	51,446,045	2.86%	3.76%
1987	8,457,109	53,323,493	2.77%	3.65%
1988	8,687,435	55,072,694	2.72%	3.28%
1989	8,921,175	56,704,914	2.69%	2.96%
1990	9,159,356	58,380,092	2.67%	2.95%
1991	9,394,632	59,986,931	2.57%	2.75%
1992	9,629,275	61,184,983	2.5%	2%
1993	9,871,713	61,403,543	2.52%	0.36%
1994	10,123,798	61,520,598	2.55%	0.19%
1995	10,386,722	62,205,567	2.6%	1.11%
1996	10,655,942	62,881,300	2.59%	1.09%
1997	10,934,223	63,639,638	2.61%	1.21%
1998	11,240,664	64,519,859	2.8%	1.38%
1999	11,574,928	65,445,391	2.97%	1.43%
2000	11,925,546	66,418,659	3.03%	1.49%
2001	12,295,001	67,452,005	3.1%	1.56%
2002	12,680,897	68,011,317	3.14%	0.83%
2003	13,082,532	68,769,340	3.17%	1.11%
2004	13,500,533	70,256,316	3.2%	2.16%
2005	13,932,123	71,828,455	3.2%	2.24%
2006	14,373,707	73,392,747	3.17%	2.18%
2007	14,816,307	74,602,648	3.08%	1.65%
2008	15,258,093	75,514,204	2.98%	1.22%
2009	15,710,066	76,457,825	2.96%	1.25%
2010	16,176,498	77,420,842	2.97%	1.26%
2011	16,661,908	78,383,598	3%	1.24%
2012	17,172,287	79,370,580	3.06%	1.26%
2013	17,695,409	80,414,686	3.05%	1.32%
2014	18,229,461	81,502,045	3.02%	1.35%
2015	18,777,487	82,619,362	3.01%	1.37%
2016	19,334,856	83,812,228	2.97%	1.44%
2017	19,894,407	85,026,754	2.89%	1.45%
2018	20,438,288	86,117,998	2.73%	1.28%
2019	20,961,952	87,051,648	2.56%	1.08%
2020	21,478,690	87,723,443	2.47%	0.77%
2021	21,995,243	88,455,488	2.4%	0.83%
2022	22,509,038	89,524,246	2.34%	1.21%
2023	23,025,776	90,608,707	2.3%	1.21%
2024	23,548,781	91,567,738	2.27%	1.06%
2025	24,074,578	92,417,685	2.23%	0.93%
2026	24,601,695	93,168,494	2.19%	0.81%
2027	25,130,909	93,838,646	2.15%	0.72%
2028	25,661,935	94,440,024	2.11%	0.64%
2029	26,194,607	94,985,102	2.08%	0.58%
2030	26,730,315	95,486,672	2.05%	0.53%
2031	27,270,863	95,960,723	2.02%	0.5%
2032	27,815,172	96,415,457	2%	0.47%
2033	28,363,848	96,850,659	1.97%	0.45%
2034	28,916,943	97,271,044	1.95%	0.43%
2035	29,469,748	97,679,258	1.91%	0.42%
2036	30,019,874	98,075,324	1.87%	0.41%
2037	30,567,561	98,458,805	1.82%	0.39%
2038	31,112,525	98,828,318	1.78%	0.38%
2039	31,654,867	99,182,806	1.74%	0.36%
2040	32,193,641	99,524,286	1.7%	0.34%
2041	32,728,834	99,853,719	1.66%	0.33%
2042	33,260,944	100,167,076	1.63%	0.31%
2043	33,788,597	100,462,092	1.59%	0.29%
2044	34,311,733	100,737,592	1.55%	0.27%
2045	34,829,690	100,990,622	1.51%	0.25%
2046	35,339,501	101,219,689	1.46%	0.23%
2047	35,842,178	101,424,009	1.42%	0.2%
2048	36,336,700	101,601,932	1.38%	0.18%
2049	36,823,426	101,748,544	1.34%	0.14%
2050	37,304,383	101,862,002	1.31%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.