The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 20,592,571 people in Kazakhstan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 21,036,432 in Kazakhstan.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 1.16 times bigger than Kazakhstan's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Kazakhstan is the 65th.
- The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.25% for Kazakhstan.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs +1.46% in Kazakhstan.
- Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Kazakhstan has grown from 16M to 21M (31.7% growth).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people compared to the peak of 33.7M people in 2100 for Kazakhstan.
Burkina Faso vs Kazakhstan: live population counter
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| Current population |
24497999
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21036432
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 65/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.25% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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2 minutes
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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1.28 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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3.85 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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1.19 hours
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | -7,368 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | +719 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | +262,467 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | +1.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 41/197 | 84/197 |
Burkina Faso and Kazakhstan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 9,429,981 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 9,742,085 | 1.46% | 3.31% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 10,058,928 | 1.47% | 3.25% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 10,377,466 | 1.5% | 3.17% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 10,690,309 | 1.55% | 3.01% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 10,993,183 | 1.61% | 2.83% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 11,288,989 | 1.65% | 2.69% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 11,584,428 | 1.69% | 2.62% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 11,879,182 | 1.73% | 2.54% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 12,156,212 | 1.74% | 2.33% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 12,419,057 | 1.76% | 2.16% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 12,684,813 | 1.74% | 2.14% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 12,951,798 | 1.74% | 2.1% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 13,208,121 | 1.8% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 13,454,570 | 1.91% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 13,700,843 | 2.04% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 13,998,738 | 2.16% | 2.17% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 14,353,265 | 2.36% | 2.53% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 14,711,497 | 2.52% | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 14,978,696 | 2.62% | 1.82% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 15,152,949 | 2.72% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 15,323,082 | 2.77% | 1.12% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 15,492,595 | 2.8% | 1.11% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 15,665,551 | 2.87% | 1.12% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 15,844,621 | 2.93% | 1.14% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 16,031,090 | 2.93% | 1.18% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 16,262,702 | 2.86% | 1.44% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 16,527,715 | 2.77% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 16,781,168 | 2.72% | 1.53% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 16,997,013 | 2.69% | 1.29% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 17,154,054 | 2.67% | 0.92% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 17,278,600 | 2.57% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 17,332,625 | 2.5% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 17,274,487 | 2.52% | -0.34% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 17,043,771 | 2.55% | -1.34% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 16,730,536 | 2.6% | -1.84% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 16,416,027 | 2.59% | -1.88% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 16,043,251 | 2.61% | -2.27% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 15,647,785 | 2.8% | -2.46% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 15,455,874 | 2.97% | -1.23% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 15,501,103 | 3.03% | 0.29% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 15,575,550 | 3.1% | 0.48% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 15,656,677 | 3.14% | 0.52% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 15,747,380 | 3.17% | 0.58% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 15,850,159 | 3.2% | 0.65% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 15,968,117 | 3.2% | 0.74% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 16,103,716 | 3.17% | 0.85% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 16,257,214 | 3.08% | 0.95% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 16,426,525 | 2.98% | 1.04% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 16,619,846 | 2.96% | 1.18% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 16,836,810 | 2.97% | 1.31% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 17,066,002 | 3% | 1.36% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 17,306,106 | 3.06% | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 17,556,502 | 3.05% | 1.45% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 17,816,285 | 3.02% | 1.48% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 18,084,169 | 3.01% | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 18,363,600 | 2.97% | 1.55% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 18,651,931 | 2.89% | 1.57% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 18,932,727 | 2.73% | 1.51% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 19,209,555 | 2.56% | 1.46% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 19,482,117 | 2.47% | 1.42% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 19,743,603 | 2.4% | 1.34% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 20,034,609 | 2.34% | 1.47% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 20,330,104 | 2.3% | 1.47% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 20,592,571 | 2.27% | 1.29% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 20,843,753 | 2.23% | 1.22% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 21,083,619 | 2.19% | 1.15% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 21,316,177 | 2.15% | 1.1% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 21,547,638 | 2.11% | 1.09% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 21,777,008 | 2.08% | 1.06% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 22,003,192 | 2.05% | 1.04% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 22,227,045 | 2.02% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 22,452,639 | 2% | 1.01% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 22,679,377 | 1.97% | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 22,903,209 | 1.95% | 0.99% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 23,125,951 | 1.91% | 0.97% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 23,349,072 | 1.87% | 0.96% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 23,571,233 | 1.82% | 0.95% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 23,793,387 | 1.78% | 0.94% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 24,017,887 | 1.74% | 0.94% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 24,246,822 | 1.7% | 0.95% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 24,477,612 | 1.66% | 0.95% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 24,707,974 | 1.63% | 0.94% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 24,941,020 | 1.59% | 0.94% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 25,175,225 | 1.55% | 0.94% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 25,409,749 | 1.51% | 0.93% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 25,642,870 | 1.46% | 0.92% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 25,875,743 | 1.42% | 0.91% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 26,106,834 | 1.38% | 0.89% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 26,328,898 | 1.34% | 0.85% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 26,544,261 | 1.31% | 0.82% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Kazakhstan gained 2,116,052 people (a 13.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Kazakhstan's population increased by 2,952,263 (a 16.3% growth).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Kazakhstan was ranked 62nd in 2005 and ranked 65th 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 Kazakhstan will increase by 26.2% to 26,544,261 people and rank change from 65th to 64th.
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 Kazakhstan
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| Life expectancy | 61.5 years | 74.7 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 32 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 30.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 3.01 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 19.8 ppl/mi² |
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