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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Iraq	Burkina Faso	Iraq
1960	4,778,621	7,022,052	-	-
1961	4,848,224	7,194,553	1.46%	2.46%
1962	4,919,672	7,413,875	1.47%	3.05%
1963	4,993,623	7,667,928	1.5%	3.43%
1964	5,071,034	7,929,566	1.55%	3.41%
1965	5,152,833	8,202,140	1.61%	3.44%
1966	5,237,933	8,485,104	1.65%	3.45%
1967	5,326,348	8,778,869	1.69%	3.46%
1968	5,418,644	9,085,016	1.73%	3.49%
1969	5,513,177	9,403,356	1.74%	3.5%
1970	5,610,304	9,735,611	1.76%	3.53%
1971	5,707,999	10,077,809	1.74%	3.51%
1972	5,807,234	10,430,164	1.74%	3.5%
1973	5,911,927	10,795,869	1.8%	3.51%
1974	6,024,904	11,167,761	1.91%	3.44%
1975	6,147,569	11,543,639	2.04%	3.37%
1976	6,280,635	11,927,651	2.16%	3.33%
1977	6,428,734	12,331,046	2.36%	3.38%
1978	6,590,984	12,753,355	2.52%	3.42%
1979	6,763,903	13,170,365	2.62%	3.27%
1980	6,947,900	13,591,992	2.72%	3.2%
1981	7,140,271	14,006,381	2.77%	3.05%
1982	7,340,197	14,406,083	2.8%	2.85%
1983	7,551,129	14,840,555	2.87%	3.02%
1984	7,772,256	15,310,733	2.93%	3.17%
1985	7,999,935	15,683,430	2.93%	2.43%
1986	8,228,847	16,074,145	2.86%	2.49%
1987	8,457,109	16,521,049	2.77%	2.78%
1988	8,687,435	16,908,819	2.72%	2.35%
1989	8,921,175	17,364,542	2.69%	2.7%
1990	9,159,356	17,581,206	2.67%	1.25%
1991	9,394,632	17,767,253	2.57%	1.06%
1992	9,629,275	18,300,845	2.5%	3%
1993	9,871,713	19,201,195	2.52%	4.92%
1994	10,123,798	20,139,807	2.55%	4.89%
1995	10,386,722	20,825,860	2.6%	3.41%
1996	10,655,942	21,501,321	2.59%	3.24%
1997	10,934,223	22,176,593	2.61%	3.14%
1998	11,240,664	22,884,399	2.8%	3.19%
1999	11,574,928	23,636,527	2.97%	3.29%
2000	11,925,546	24,424,056	3.03%	3.33%
2001	12,295,001	25,197,840	3.1%	3.17%
2002	12,680,897	26,006,559	3.14%	3.21%
2003	13,082,532	26,802,659	3.17%	3.06%
2004	13,500,533	27,577,878	3.2%	2.89%
2005	13,932,123	28,407,448	3.2%	3.01%
2006	14,373,707	28,616,515	3.17%	0.74%
2007	14,816,307	28,391,607	3.08%	-0.79%
2008	15,258,093	28,971,036	2.98%	2.04%
2009	15,710,066	30,058,206	2.96%	3.75%
2010	16,176,498	31,045,366	2.97%	3.28%
2011	16,661,908	32,161,424	3%	3.59%
2012	17,172,287	33,654,842	3.06%	4.64%
2013	17,695,409	35,281,989	3.05%	4.83%
2014	18,229,461	36,550,059	3.02%	3.59%
2015	18,777,487	37,560,535	3.01%	2.76%
2016	19,334,856	38,469,627	2.97%	2.42%
2017	19,894,407	39,337,353	2.89%	2.26%
2018	20,438,288	40,265,624	2.73%	2.36%
2019	20,961,952	41,192,171	2.56%	2.3%
2020	21,478,690	42,116,605	2.47%	2.24%
2021	21,995,243	43,071,211	2.4%	2.27%
2022	22,509,038	44,070,551	2.34%	2.32%
2023	23,025,776	45,074,049	2.3%	2.28%
2024	23,548,781	46,042,015	2.27%	2.15%
2025	24,074,578	47,020,778	2.23%	2.13%
2026	24,601,695	48,007,435	2.19%	2.1%
2027	25,130,909	48,987,424	2.15%	2.04%
2028	25,661,935	49,960,955	2.11%	1.99%
2029	26,194,607	50,943,339	2.08%	1.97%
2030	26,730,315	51,937,208	2.05%	1.95%
2031	27,270,863	52,934,373	2.02%	1.92%
2032	27,815,172	53,953,395	2%	1.93%
2033	28,363,848	54,985,129	1.97%	1.91%
2034	28,916,943	56,012,641	1.95%	1.87%
2035	29,469,748	57,035,917	1.91%	1.83%
2036	30,019,874	58,071,740	1.87%	1.82%
2037	30,567,561	59,109,258	1.82%	1.79%
2038	31,112,525	60,132,232	1.78%	1.73%
2039	31,654,867	61,174,679	1.74%	1.73%
2040	32,193,641	62,223,208	1.7%	1.71%
2041	32,728,834	63,249,167	1.66%	1.65%
2042	33,260,944	64,260,847	1.63%	1.6%
2043	33,788,597	65,257,000	1.59%	1.55%
2044	34,311,733	66,237,772	1.55%	1.5%
2045	34,829,690	67,204,176	1.51%	1.46%
2046	35,339,501	68,150,060	1.46%	1.41%
2047	35,842,178	69,098,087	1.42%	1.39%
2048	36,336,700	70,050,118	1.38%	1.38%
2049	36,823,426	70,999,566	1.34%	1.36%
2050	37,304,383	71,928,759	1.31%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.