Population in Burkina Faso compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast
1960	4,778,621	3,673,666	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,810,151	1.46%	3.72%
1962	4,919,672	3,956,939	1.47%	3.85%
1963	4,993,623	4,112,061	1.5%	3.92%
1964	5,071,034	4,273,952	1.55%	3.94%
1965	5,152,833	4,442,377	1.61%	3.94%
1966	5,237,933	4,617,519	1.65%	3.94%
1967	5,326,348	4,799,744	1.69%	3.95%
1968	5,418,644	4,990,021	1.73%	3.96%
1969	5,513,177	5,192,221	1.74%	4.05%
1970	5,610,304	5,411,567	1.76%	4.22%
1971	5,707,999	5,650,868	1.74%	4.42%
1972	5,807,234	5,909,716	1.74%	4.58%
1973	5,911,927	6,184,944	1.8%	4.66%
1974	6,024,904	6,474,057	1.91%	4.67%
1975	6,147,569	6,776,297	2.04%	4.67%
1976	6,280,635	7,057,958	2.16%	4.16%
1977	6,428,734	7,321,950	2.36%	3.74%
1978	6,590,984	7,603,130	2.52%	3.84%
1979	6,763,903	7,902,267	2.62%	3.93%
1980	6,947,900	8,220,714	2.72%	4.03%
1981	7,140,271	8,556,596	2.77%	4.09%
1982	7,340,197	8,907,936	2.8%	4.11%
1983	7,551,129	9,272,744	2.87%	4.1%
1984	7,772,256	9,650,516	2.93%	4.07%
1985	7,999,935	10,040,483	2.93%	4.04%
1986	8,228,847	10,440,917	2.86%	3.99%
1987	8,457,109	10,851,475	2.77%	3.93%
1988	8,687,435	11,275,189	2.72%	3.9%
1989	8,921,175	11,719,771	2.69%	3.94%
1990	9,159,356	12,189,778	2.67%	4.01%
1991	9,394,632	12,683,870	2.57%	4.05%
1992	9,629,275	13,200,310	2.5%	4.07%
1993	9,871,713	13,735,951	2.52%	4.06%
1994	10,123,798	14,287,201	2.55%	4.01%
1995	10,386,722	14,855,565	2.6%	3.98%
1996	10,655,942	15,442,312	2.59%	3.95%
1997	10,934,223	16,047,170	2.61%	3.92%
1998	11,240,664	16,663,948	2.8%	3.84%
1999	11,574,928	17,215,935	2.97%	3.31%
2000	11,925,546	17,699,004	3.03%	2.81%
2001	12,295,001	18,178,913	3.1%	2.71%
2002	12,680,897	18,654,771	3.14%	2.62%
2003	13,082,532	19,125,542	3.17%	2.52%
2004	13,500,533	19,595,000	3.2%	2.45%
2005	13,932,123	20,068,458	3.2%	2.42%
2006	14,373,707	20,546,802	3.17%	2.38%
2007	14,816,307	21,030,558	3.08%	2.35%
2008	15,258,093	21,514,439	2.98%	2.3%
2009	15,710,066	21,997,940	2.96%	2.25%
2010	16,176,498	22,488,065	2.97%	2.23%
2011	16,661,908	22,982,000	3%	2.2%
2012	17,172,287	23,467,078	3.06%	2.11%
2013	17,695,409	23,939,775	3.05%	2.01%
2014	18,229,461	24,527,395	3.02%	2.45%
2015	18,777,487	25,246,342	3.01%	2.93%
2016	19,334,856	25,989,405	2.97%	2.94%
2017	19,894,407	26,733,372	2.89%	2.86%
2018	20,438,288	27,464,173	2.73%	2.73%
2019	20,961,952	28,193,009	2.56%	2.65%
2020	21,478,690	28,915,449	2.47%	2.56%
2021	21,995,243	29,639,736	2.4%	2.5%
2022	22,509,038	30,395,002	2.34%	2.55%
2023	23,025,776	31,165,654	2.3%	2.54%
2024	23,548,781	31,934,230	2.27%	2.47%
2025	24,074,578	32,711,547	2.23%	2.43%
2026	24,601,695	33,494,340	2.19%	2.39%
2027	25,130,909	34,281,129	2.15%	2.35%
2028	25,661,935	35,077,094	2.11%	2.32%
2029	26,194,607	35,883,465	2.08%	2.3%
2030	26,730,315	36,699,008	2.05%	2.27%
2031	27,270,863	37,529,369	2.02%	2.26%
2032	27,815,172	38,376,612	2%	2.26%
2033	28,363,848	39,244,388	1.97%	2.26%
2034	28,916,943	40,132,807	1.95%	2.26%
2035	29,469,748	41,033,849	1.91%	2.25%
2036	30,019,874	41,948,468	1.87%	2.23%
2037	30,567,561	42,880,003	1.82%	2.22%
2038	31,112,525	43,824,363	1.78%	2.2%
2039	31,654,867	44,778,750	1.74%	2.18%
2040	32,193,641	45,743,921	1.7%	2.16%
2041	32,728,834	46,717,434	1.66%	2.13%
2042	33,260,944	47,702,165	1.63%	2.11%
2043	33,788,597	48,700,670	1.59%	2.09%
2044	34,311,733	49,709,049	1.55%	2.07%
2045	34,829,690	50,716,074	1.51%	2.03%
2046	35,339,501	51,718,057	1.46%	1.98%
2047	35,842,178	52,721,465	1.42%	1.94%
2048	36,336,700	53,730,594	1.38%	1.91%
2049	36,823,426	54,739,405	1.34%	1.88%
2050	37,304,383	55,746,988	1.31%	1.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd in 2006 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.