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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Malta	Burkina Faso	Malta
1960	4,778,621	326,550	-	-
1961	4,848,224	325,250	1.46%	-0.4%
1962	4,919,672	323,900	1.47%	-0.42%
1963	4,993,623	322,550	1.5%	-0.42%
1964	5,071,034	321,250	1.55%	-0.4%
1965	5,152,833	318,800	1.61%	-0.76%
1966	5,237,933	315,200	1.65%	-1.13%
1967	5,326,348	311,550	1.69%	-1.16%
1968	5,418,644	307,900	1.73%	-1.17%
1969	5,513,177	304,300	1.74%	-1.17%
1970	5,610,304	302,650	1.76%	-0.54%
1971	5,707,999	302,700	1.74%	0.02%
1972	5,807,234	302,450	1.74%	-0.08%
1973	5,911,927	302,200	1.8%	-0.08%
1974	6,024,904	301,996	1.91%	-0.07%
1975	6,147,569	304,222	2.04%	0.74%
1976	6,280,635	305,774	2.16%	0.51%
1977	6,428,734	306,970	2.36%	0.39%
1978	6,590,984	310,182	2.52%	1.05%
1979	6,763,903	313,342	2.62%	1.02%
1980	6,947,900	316,645	2.72%	1.05%
1981	7,140,271	318,982	2.77%	0.74%
1982	7,340,197	325,898	2.8%	2.17%
1983	7,551,129	330,524	2.87%	1.42%
1984	7,772,256	330,593	2.93%	0.02%
1985	7,999,935	336,452	2.93%	1.77%
1986	8,228,847	342,121	2.86%	1.68%
1987	8,457,109	344,485	2.77%	0.69%
1988	8,687,435	347,325	2.72%	0.82%
1989	8,921,175	350,722	2.69%	0.98%
1990	9,159,356	354,170	2.67%	0.98%
1991	9,394,632	363,845	2.57%	2.73%
1992	9,629,275	367,618	2.5%	1.04%
1993	9,871,713	371,308	2.52%	1%
1994	10,123,798	374,797	2.55%	0.94%
1995	10,386,722	377,419	2.6%	0.7%
1996	10,655,942	379,905	2.59%	0.66%
1997	10,934,223	382,791	2.61%	0.76%
1998	11,240,664	385,287	2.8%	0.65%
1999	11,574,928	387,578	2.97%	0.59%
2000	11,925,546	390,087	3.03%	0.65%
2001	12,295,001	393,028	3.1%	0.75%
2002	12,680,897	395,969	3.14%	0.75%
2003	13,082,532	398,582	3.17%	0.66%
2004	13,500,533	401,268	3.2%	0.67%
2005	13,932,123	403,834	3.2%	0.64%
2006	14,373,707	405,308	3.17%	0.37%
2007	14,816,307	406,724	3.08%	0.35%
2008	15,258,093	409,379	2.98%	0.65%
2009	15,710,066	412,477	2.96%	0.76%
2010	16,176,498	414,508	2.97%	0.49%
2011	16,661,908	416,268	3%	0.42%
2012	17,172,287	420,028	3.06%	0.9%
2013	17,695,409	424,810	3.05%	1.14%
2014	18,229,461	433,481	3.02%	2.04%
2015	18,777,487	444,220	3.01%	2.48%
2016	19,334,856	454,505	2.97%	2.32%
2017	19,894,407	467,106	2.89%	2.77%
2018	20,438,288	483,903	2.73%	3.6%
2019	20,961,952	503,912	2.56%	4.13%
2020	21,478,690	515,490	2.47%	2.3%
2021	21,995,243	518,150	2.4%	0.52%
2022	22,509,038	531,113	2.34%	2.5%
2023	23,025,776	552,747	2.3%	4.07%
2024	23,548,781	568,847	2.27%	2.91%
2025	24,074,578	574,955	2.23%	1.07%
2026	24,601,695	578,756	2.19%	0.66%
2027	25,130,909	580,829	2.15%	0.36%
2028	25,661,935	582,657	2.11%	0.31%
2029	26,194,607	584,129	2.08%	0.25%
2030	26,730,315	585,315	2.05%	0.2%
2031	27,270,863	586,254	2.02%	0.16%
2032	27,815,172	586,948	2%	0.12%
2033	28,363,848	587,297	1.97%	0.06%
2034	28,916,943	587,151	1.95%	-0.02%
2035	29,469,748	586,661	1.91%	-0.08%
2036	30,019,874	586,003	1.87%	-0.11%
2037	30,567,561	585,174	1.82%	-0.14%
2038	31,112,525	584,125	1.78%	-0.18%
2039	31,654,867	582,893	1.74%	-0.21%
2040	32,193,641	581,634	1.7%	-0.22%
2041	32,728,834	580,285	1.66%	-0.23%
2042	33,260,944	578,871	1.63%	-0.24%
2043	33,788,597	577,384	1.59%	-0.26%
2044	34,311,733	575,789	1.55%	-0.28%
2045	34,829,690	574,143	1.51%	-0.29%
2046	35,339,501	572,420	1.46%	-0.3%
2047	35,842,178	570,534	1.42%	-0.33%
2048	36,336,700	568,553	1.38%	-0.35%
2049	36,823,426	566,709	1.34%	-0.32%
2050	37,304,383	564,751	1.31%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.