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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Malawi	Burkina Faso	Malawi
1960	4,778,621	3,628,134	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,715,534	1.46%	2.41%
1962	4,919,672	3,806,307	1.47%	2.44%
1963	4,993,623	3,900,506	1.5%	2.47%
1964	5,071,034	3,997,305	1.55%	2.48%
1965	5,152,833	4,096,157	1.61%	2.47%
1966	5,237,933	4,197,926	1.65%	2.48%
1967	5,326,348	4,303,012	1.69%	2.5%
1968	5,418,644	4,411,054	1.73%	2.51%
1969	5,513,177	4,521,184	1.74%	2.5%
1970	5,610,304	4,633,944	1.76%	2.49%
1971	5,707,999	4,751,434	1.74%	2.54%
1972	5,807,234	4,874,475	1.74%	2.59%
1973	5,911,927	5,003,938	1.8%	2.66%
1974	6,024,904	5,141,337	1.91%	2.75%
1975	6,147,569	5,287,367	2.04%	2.84%
1976	6,280,635	5,443,384	2.16%	2.95%
1977	6,428,734	5,614,983	2.36%	3.15%
1978	6,590,984	5,810,132	2.52%	3.48%
1979	6,763,903	6,028,749	2.62%	3.76%
1980	6,947,900	6,265,529	2.72%	3.93%
1981	7,140,271	6,516,454	2.77%	4%
1982	7,340,197	6,778,879	2.8%	4.03%
1983	7,551,129	7,051,709	2.87%	4.02%
1984	7,772,256	7,332,810	2.93%	3.99%
1985	7,999,935	7,620,508	2.93%	3.92%
1986	8,228,847	7,906,480	2.86%	3.75%
1987	8,457,109	8,293,174	2.77%	4.89%
1988	8,687,435	8,753,262	2.72%	5.55%
1989	8,921,175	9,176,220	2.69%	4.83%
1990	9,159,356	9,545,852	2.67%	4.03%
1991	9,394,632	9,844,227	2.57%	3.13%
1992	9,629,275	10,135,079	2.5%	2.95%
1993	9,871,713	10,284,024	2.52%	1.47%
1994	10,123,798	10,164,894	2.55%	-1.16%
1995	10,386,722	10,150,117	2.6%	-0.15%
1996	10,655,942	10,352,228	2.59%	1.99%
1997	10,934,223	10,562,035	2.61%	2.03%
1998	11,240,664	10,792,876	2.8%	2.19%
1999	11,574,928	11,047,804	2.97%	2.36%
2000	11,925,546	11,315,942	3.03%	2.43%
2001	12,295,001	11,593,058	3.1%	2.45%
2002	12,680,897	11,880,440	3.14%	2.48%
2003	13,082,532	12,181,574	3.17%	2.53%
2004	13,500,533	12,500,737	3.2%	2.62%
2005	13,932,123	12,840,031	3.2%	2.71%
2006	14,373,707	13,198,701	3.17%	2.79%
2007	14,816,307	13,576,343	3.08%	2.86%
2008	15,258,093	13,976,417	2.98%	2.95%
2009	15,710,066	14,395,788	2.96%	3%
2010	16,176,498	14,826,463	2.97%	2.99%
2011	16,661,908	15,265,022	3%	2.96%
2012	17,172,287	15,709,577	3.06%	2.91%
2013	17,695,409	16,161,816	3.05%	2.88%
2014	18,229,461	16,621,538	3.02%	2.84%
2015	18,777,487	17,085,587	3.01%	2.79%
2016	19,334,856	17,557,739	2.97%	2.76%
2017	19,894,407	18,039,715	2.89%	2.75%
2018	20,438,288	18,528,081	2.73%	2.71%
2019	20,961,952	19,025,752	2.56%	2.69%
2020	21,478,690	19,533,888	2.47%	2.67%
2021	21,995,243	20,047,258	2.4%	2.63%
2022	22,509,038	20,568,728	2.34%	2.6%
2023	23,025,776	21,104,482	2.3%	2.6%
2024	23,548,781	21,655,286	2.27%	2.61%
2025	24,074,578	22,216,113	2.23%	2.59%
2026	24,601,695	22,785,530	2.19%	2.56%
2027	25,130,909	23,366,187	2.15%	2.55%
2028	25,661,935	23,954,450	2.11%	2.52%
2029	26,194,607	24,553,499	2.08%	2.5%
2030	26,730,315	25,160,293	2.05%	2.47%
2031	27,270,863	25,763,534	2.02%	2.4%
2032	27,815,172	26,366,760	2%	2.34%
2033	28,363,848	26,978,417	1.97%	2.32%
2034	28,916,943	27,595,295	1.95%	2.29%
2035	29,469,748	28,213,784	1.91%	2.24%
2036	30,019,874	28,835,595	1.87%	2.2%
2037	30,567,561	29,462,509	1.82%	2.17%
2038	31,112,525	30,081,741	1.78%	2.1%
2039	31,654,867	30,691,578	1.74%	2.03%
2040	32,193,641	31,302,092	1.7%	1.99%
2041	32,728,834	31,911,242	1.66%	1.95%
2042	33,260,944	32,517,509	1.63%	1.9%
2043	33,788,597	33,122,481	1.59%	1.86%
2044	34,311,733	33,736,523	1.55%	1.85%
2045	34,829,690	34,350,947	1.51%	1.82%
2046	35,339,501	34,959,606	1.46%	1.77%
2047	35,842,178	35,567,989	1.42%	1.74%
2048	36,336,700	36,165,757	1.38%	1.68%
2049	36,823,426	36,760,998	1.34%	1.65%
2050	37,304,383	37,361,672	1.31%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.