The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 11,552,876 people in Jordan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 11,575,983 in Jordan.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 2.12 times bigger than Jordan's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Jordan is the 85th.
- The countries together account for 0.44% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.14% for Jordan.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs +3.45% in Jordan.
- Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Jordan has grown from 6.03M to 11.6M (92% growth).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people compared to the peak of 21.3M people in 2100 for Jordan.
Burkina Faso vs Jordan: live population counter
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| Current population |
24497999
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11575983
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 85/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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4.62 minutes
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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2.23 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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15.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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3.36 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | -156,369 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | +311 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | +113,663 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | +0.99% |
| Population growth rate rank | 41/197 | 103/197 |
Burkina Faso and Jordan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 853,471 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 897,591 | 1.46% | 5.17% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 940,554 | 1.47% | 4.79% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 984,714 | 1.5% | 4.7% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 1,035,640 | 1.55% | 5.17% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 1,099,440 | 1.61% | 6.16% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 1,178,360 | 1.65% | 7.18% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 1,271,183 | 1.69% | 7.88% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 1,372,460 | 1.73% | 7.97% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 1,473,100 | 1.74% | 7.33% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 1,565,163 | 1.76% | 6.25% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 1,645,145 | 1.74% | 5.11% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 1,714,555 | 1.74% | 4.22% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 1,778,094 | 1.8% | 3.71% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 1,839,182 | 1.91% | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 1,899,055 | 2.04% | 3.26% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 1,958,177 | 2.16% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 2,019,002 | 2.36% | 3.11% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 2,083,595 | 2.52% | 3.2% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 2,153,882 | 2.62% | 3.37% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 2,234,186 | 2.72% | 3.73% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 2,325,517 | 2.77% | 4.09% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 2,426,927 | 2.8% | 4.36% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 2,537,307 | 2.87% | 4.55% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 2,654,688 | 2.93% | 4.63% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 2,778,810 | 2.93% | 4.68% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 2,909,887 | 2.86% | 4.72% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 3,047,634 | 2.77% | 4.73% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 3,193,039 | 2.72% | 4.77% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 3,349,627 | 2.69% | 4.9% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 3,621,908 | 2.67% | 8.13% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 3,915,149 | 2.57% | 8.1% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 4,127,693 | 2.5% | 5.43% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 4,348,020 | 2.52% | 5.34% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 4,561,406 | 2.55% | 4.91% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 4,752,096 | 2.6% | 4.18% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 4,912,516 | 2.59% | 3.38% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 5,046,285 | 2.61% | 2.72% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 5,164,284 | 2.8% | 2.34% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 5,276,444 | 2.97% | 2.17% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 5,386,945 | 3.03% | 2.09% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 5,498,894 | 3.1% | 2.08% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 5,616,066 | 3.14% | 2.13% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 5,741,828 | 3.17% | 2.24% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 5,882,061 | 3.2% | 2.44% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 6,029,587 | 3.2% | 2.51% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 6,427,371 | 3.17% | 6.6% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 6,827,227 | 3.08% | 6.22% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 6,989,866 | 2.98% | 2.38% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 7,141,753 | 2.96% | 2.17% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 7,297,043 | 2.97% | 2.17% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 7,480,424 | 3% | 2.51% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 7,587,127 | 3.06% | 1.43% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 7,991,809 | 3.05% | 5.33% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 8,791,710 | 3.02% | 10% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 9,544,729 | 3.01% | 8.57% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 10,006,367 | 2.97% | 4.84% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 10,234,226 | 2.89% | 2.28% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 10,462,306 | 2.73% | 2.23% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 10,671,891 | 2.56% | 2% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 10,865,228 | 2.47% | 1.81% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 11,066,356 | 2.4% | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 11,256,263 | 2.34% | 1.72% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 11,439,213 | 2.3% | 1.63% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 11,552,876 | 2.27% | 0.99% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 11,520,678 | 2.23% | -0.28% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 11,589,528 | 2.19% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 11,819,454 | 2.15% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 12,034,459 | 2.11% | 1.82% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 12,245,726 | 2.08% | 1.76% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 12,448,772 | 2.05% | 1.66% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 12,652,545 | 2.02% | 1.64% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 12,854,926 | 2% | 1.6% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 13,050,713 | 1.97% | 1.52% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 13,245,158 | 1.95% | 1.49% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 13,440,821 | 1.91% | 1.48% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 13,638,248 | 1.87% | 1.47% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 13,840,237 | 1.82% | 1.48% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 14,048,303 | 1.78% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 14,256,684 | 1.74% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 14,471,288 | 1.7% | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 14,684,501 | 1.66% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 14,883,641 | 1.63% | 1.36% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 15,077,789 | 1.59% | 1.3% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 15,273,526 | 1.55% | 1.3% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 15,471,971 | 1.51% | 1.3% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 15,662,312 | 1.46% | 1.23% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 15,841,619 | 1.42% | 1.14% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 16,021,374 | 1.38% | 1.13% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 16,197,518 | 1.34% | 1.1% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 16,367,341 | 1.31% | 1.05% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Jordan gained 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Jordan's population increased by 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Jordan was ranked 101st in 2005 and ranked 85th 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 Jordan will increase by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people and rank change from 85th to 79th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ouagadougou | 2.45M |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | 904K |
| Koudougou | 160K |
| Ouahigouya | 125K |
| Fada N'gourma | 73.2K |
| Dedougou | 63.6K |
| Leo | 51.7K |
| Dori | 46.5K |
| Nouna | 32.4K |
| Manga | 28.6K |
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Population differences between Burkina Faso and Jordan
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| Life expectancy | 61.5 years | 78.1 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 28.4 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 25.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 51.6:48.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 337 ppl/mi² |
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