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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Japan	Burkina Faso	Japan
1960	4,778,621	93,216,000	-	-
1961	4,848,224	94,055,000	1.46%	0.9%
1962	4,919,672	94,933,000	1.47%	0.93%
1963	4,993,623	95,900,000	1.5%	1.02%
1964	5,071,034	96,903,000	1.55%	1.05%
1965	5,152,833	97,952,000	1.61%	1.08%
1966	5,237,933	98,851,000	1.65%	0.92%
1967	5,326,348	99,879,000	1.69%	1.04%
1968	5,418,644	101,011,000	1.73%	1.13%
1969	5,513,177	102,219,000	1.74%	1.2%
1970	5,610,304	103,403,000	1.76%	1.16%
1971	5,707,999	105,697,000	1.74%	2.22%
1972	5,807,234	107,188,000	1.74%	1.41%
1973	5,911,927	108,707,000	1.8%	1.42%
1974	6,024,904	110,162,000	1.91%	1.34%
1975	6,147,569	111,573,000	2.04%	1.28%
1976	6,280,635	112,775,000	2.16%	1.08%
1977	6,428,734	113,872,000	2.36%	0.97%
1978	6,590,984	114,913,000	2.52%	0.91%
1979	6,763,903	115,890,000	2.62%	0.85%
1980	6,947,900	116,807,000	2.72%	0.79%
1981	7,140,271	117,661,000	2.77%	0.73%
1982	7,340,197	118,480,000	2.8%	0.7%
1983	7,551,129	119,307,000	2.87%	0.7%
1984	7,772,256	120,083,000	2.93%	0.65%
1985	7,999,935	120,837,000	2.93%	0.63%
1986	8,228,847	121,482,000	2.86%	0.53%
1987	8,457,109	122,069,000	2.77%	0.48%
1988	8,687,435	122,578,000	2.72%	0.42%
1989	8,921,175	123,069,000	2.69%	0.4%
1990	9,159,356	123,478,000	2.67%	0.33%
1991	9,394,632	123,964,000	2.57%	0.39%
1992	9,629,275	124,425,000	2.5%	0.37%
1993	9,871,713	124,829,000	2.52%	0.32%
1994	10,123,798	125,178,000	2.55%	0.28%
1995	10,386,722	125,472,000	2.6%	0.23%
1996	10,655,942	125,757,000	2.59%	0.23%
1997	10,934,223	126,057,000	2.61%	0.24%
1998	11,240,664	126,400,000	2.8%	0.27%
1999	11,574,928	126,631,000	2.97%	0.18%
2000	11,925,546	126,843,000	3.03%	0.17%
2001	12,295,001	127,149,000	3.1%	0.24%
2002	12,680,897	127,445,000	3.14%	0.23%
2003	13,082,532	127,718,000	3.17%	0.21%
2004	13,500,533	127,761,000	3.2%	0.03%
2005	13,932,123	127,773,000	3.2%	0.009%
2006	14,373,707	127,854,000	3.17%	0.06%
2007	14,816,307	128,001,000	3.08%	0.11%
2008	15,258,093	128,063,000	2.98%	0.05%
2009	15,710,066	128,047,000	2.96%	-0.01%
2010	16,176,498	128,070,000	2.97%	0.02%
2011	16,661,908	127,833,000	3%	-0.19%
2012	17,172,287	127,629,000	3.06%	-0.16%
2013	17,695,409	127,445,000	3.05%	-0.14%
2014	18,229,461	127,276,000	3.02%	-0.13%
2015	18,777,487	127,141,000	3.01%	-0.11%
2016	19,334,856	127,076,000	2.97%	-0.05%
2017	19,894,407	126,972,000	2.89%	-0.08%
2018	20,438,288	126,811,000	2.73%	-0.13%
2019	20,961,952	126,633,000	2.56%	-0.14%
2020	21,478,690	126,261,000	2.47%	-0.29%
2021	21,995,243	125,681,593	2.4%	-0.46%
2022	22,509,038	125,124,989	2.34%	-0.44%
2023	23,025,776	124,516,650	2.3%	-0.49%
2024	23,548,781	123,975,371	2.27%	-0.43%
2025	24,074,578	123,324,642	2.23%	-0.52%
2026	24,601,695	122,647,678	2.19%	-0.55%
2027	25,130,909	121,951,038	2.15%	-0.57%
2028	25,661,935	121,241,776	2.11%	-0.58%
2029	26,194,607	120,524,230	2.08%	-0.59%
2030	26,730,315	119,798,959	2.05%	-0.6%
2031	27,270,863	119,065,610	2.02%	-0.61%
2032	27,815,172	118,326,333	2%	-0.62%
2033	28,363,848	117,583,337	1.97%	-0.63%
2034	28,916,943	116,836,274	1.95%	-0.64%
2035	29,469,748	116,084,328	1.91%	-0.64%
2036	30,019,874	115,332,395	1.87%	-0.65%
2037	30,567,561	114,582,890	1.82%	-0.65%
2038	31,112,525	113,837,760	1.78%	-0.65%
2039	31,654,867	113,097,352	1.74%	-0.65%
2040	32,193,641	112,359,802	1.7%	-0.65%
2041	32,728,834	111,622,622	1.66%	-0.66%
2042	33,260,944	110,891,223	1.63%	-0.66%
2043	33,788,597	110,169,955	1.59%	-0.65%
2044	34,311,733	109,455,823	1.55%	-0.65%
2045	34,829,690	108,747,012	1.51%	-0.65%
2046	35,339,501	108,044,346	1.46%	-0.65%
2047	35,842,178	107,350,486	1.42%	-0.64%
2048	36,336,700	106,665,616	1.38%	-0.64%
2049	36,823,426	105,986,908	1.34%	-0.64%
2050	37,304,383	105,312,022	1.31%	-0.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.