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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Lesotho	Burkina Faso	Lesotho
1960	4,778,621	736,500	-	-
1961	4,848,224	758,824	1.46%	3.03%
1962	4,919,672	781,814	1.47%	3.03%
1963	4,993,623	805,373	1.5%	3.01%
1964	5,071,034	829,437	1.55%	2.99%
1965	5,152,833	854,090	1.61%	2.97%
1966	5,237,933	881,870	1.65%	3.25%
1967	5,326,348	913,982	1.69%	3.64%
1968	5,418,644	948,105	1.73%	3.73%
1969	5,513,177	983,202	1.74%	3.7%
1970	5,610,304	1,019,273	1.76%	3.67%
1971	5,707,999	1,056,246	1.74%	3.63%
1972	5,807,234	1,094,063	1.74%	3.58%
1973	5,911,927	1,132,697	1.8%	3.53%
1974	6,024,904	1,172,420	1.91%	3.51%
1975	6,147,569	1,213,643	2.04%	3.52%
1976	6,280,635	1,253,214	2.16%	3.26%
1977	6,428,734	1,289,967	2.36%	2.93%
1978	6,590,984	1,327,240	2.52%	2.89%
1979	6,763,903	1,366,169	2.62%	2.93%
1980	6,947,900	1,406,521	2.72%	2.95%
1981	7,140,271	1,448,069	2.77%	2.95%
1982	7,340,197	1,490,732	2.8%	2.95%
1983	7,551,129	1,534,413	2.87%	2.93%
1984	7,772,256	1,578,986	2.93%	2.9%
1985	7,999,935	1,624,379	2.93%	2.87%
1986	8,228,847	1,666,138	2.86%	2.57%
1987	8,457,109	1,703,390	2.77%	2.24%
1988	8,687,435	1,739,841	2.72%	2.14%
1989	8,921,175	1,775,436	2.69%	2.05%
1990	9,159,356	1,809,696	2.67%	1.93%
1991	9,394,632	1,842,379	2.57%	1.81%
1992	9,629,275	1,873,274	2.5%	1.68%
1993	9,871,713	1,901,793	2.52%	1.52%
1994	10,123,798	1,927,707	2.55%	1.36%
1995	10,386,722	1,951,437	2.6%	1.23%
1996	10,655,942	1,972,418	2.59%	1.08%
1997	10,934,223	1,988,130	2.61%	0.8%
1998	11,240,664	1,998,049	2.8%	0.5%
1999	11,574,928	2,003,234	2.97%	0.26%
2000	11,925,546	2,003,913	3.03%	0.03%
2001	12,295,001	2,000,853	3.1%	-0.15%
2002	12,680,897	1,994,679	3.14%	-0.31%
2003	13,082,532	1,985,059	3.17%	-0.48%
2004	13,500,533	1,971,129	3.2%	-0.7%
2005	13,932,123	1,953,076	3.2%	-0.92%
2006	14,373,707	1,945,063	3.17%	-0.41%
2007	14,816,307	1,953,268	3.08%	0.42%
2008	15,258,093	1,966,541	2.98%	0.68%
2009	15,710,066	1,980,883	2.96%	0.73%
2010	16,176,498	1,996,251	2.97%	0.78%
2011	16,661,908	2,014,009	3%	0.89%
2012	17,172,287	2,034,354	3.06%	1.01%
2013	17,695,409	2,056,504	3.05%	1.09%
2014	18,229,461	2,080,089	3.02%	1.15%
2015	18,777,487	2,104,611	3.01%	1.18%
2016	19,334,856	2,130,422	2.97%	1.23%
2017	19,894,407	2,157,110	2.89%	1.25%
2018	20,438,288	2,183,603	2.73%	1.23%
2019	20,961,952	2,209,405	2.56%	1.18%
2020	21,478,690	2,235,727	2.47%	1.19%
2021	21,995,243	2,261,542	2.4%	1.15%
2022	22,509,038	2,286,110	2.34%	1.09%
2023	23,025,776	2,311,472	2.3%	1.11%
2024	23,548,781	2,337,423	2.27%	1.12%
2025	24,074,578	2,363,324	2.23%	1.11%
2026	24,601,695	2,389,334	2.19%	1.1%
2027	25,130,909	2,415,365	2.15%	1.09%
2028	25,661,935	2,441,435	2.11%	1.08%
2029	26,194,607	2,467,677	2.08%	1.07%
2030	26,730,315	2,493,816	2.05%	1.06%
2031	27,270,863	2,520,014	2.02%	1.05%
2032	27,815,172	2,546,489	2%	1.05%
2033	28,363,848	2,573,106	1.97%	1.05%
2034	28,916,943	2,599,777	1.95%	1.04%
2035	29,469,748	2,626,560	1.91%	1.03%
2036	30,019,874	2,653,503	1.87%	1.03%
2037	30,567,561	2,680,081	1.82%	1%
2038	31,112,525	2,706,197	1.78%	0.97%
2039	31,654,867	2,732,138	1.74%	0.96%
2040	32,193,641	2,757,868	1.7%	0.94%
2041	32,728,834	2,783,361	1.66%	0.92%
2042	33,260,944	2,808,538	1.63%	0.9%
2043	33,788,597	2,833,257	1.59%	0.88%
2044	34,311,733	2,857,499	1.55%	0.86%
2045	34,829,690	2,881,333	1.51%	0.83%
2046	35,339,501	2,904,780	1.46%	0.81%
2047	35,842,178	2,927,859	1.42%	0.79%
2048	36,336,700	2,950,411	1.38%	0.77%
2049	36,823,426	2,972,156	1.34%	0.74%
2050	37,304,383	2,993,080	1.31%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.