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Population in Burkina Faso compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Burkina Faso's population is 675 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.3% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Burkina Faso vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Burkina Faso Marshall Islands
Current population
24497999
36281
Population rank 59/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.3% 0.0004%
One net population change
1 minute
6.85 hours
One birth every
43.3 seconds
10.7 hours
One death every
2.87 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
20.4 minutes
4.96 hours
Annual migration change -25,807 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +1,433 -4
Annual growth/decline +523,005 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +2.27% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 41/197 197/197

Burkina Faso and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Burkina Faso
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Burkina Faso Marshall Islands Burkina Faso Marshall Islands
1960 4,778,621 14,703 - -
1961 4,848,224 15,219 1.46% 3.51%
1962 4,919,672 15,755 1.47% 3.52%
1963 4,993,623 16,302 1.5% 3.47%
1964 5,071,034 16,852 1.55% 3.37%
1965 5,152,833 17,402 1.61% 3.26%
1966 5,237,933 17,927 1.65% 3.02%
1967 5,326,348 18,655 1.69% 4.06%
1968 5,418,644 19,862 1.73% 6.47%
1969 5,513,177 21,305 1.74% 7.27%
1970 5,610,304 22,530 1.76% 5.75%
1971 5,707,999 23,366 1.74% 3.71%
1972 5,807,234 23,992 1.74% 2.68%
1973 5,911,927 24,581 1.8% 2.45%
1974 6,024,904 25,296 1.91% 2.91%
1975 6,147,569 26,154 2.04% 3.39%
1976 6,280,635 27,021 2.16% 3.31%
1977 6,428,734 27,906 2.36% 3.28%
1978 6,590,984 28,809 2.52% 3.24%
1979 6,763,903 29,738 2.62% 3.22%
1980 6,947,900 30,774 2.72% 3.48%
1981 7,140,271 32,017 2.77% 4.04%
1982 7,340,197 33,397 2.8% 4.31%
1983 7,551,129 34,811 2.87% 4.23%
1984 7,772,256 36,264 2.93% 4.17%
1985 7,999,935 37,761 2.93% 4.13%
1986 8,228,847 39,286 2.86% 4.04%
1987 8,457,109 40,828 2.77% 3.93%
1988 8,687,435 42,321 2.72% 3.66%
1989 8,921,175 43,586 2.69% 2.99%
1990 9,159,356 44,629 2.67% 2.39%
1991 9,394,632 45,568 2.57% 2.1%
1992 9,629,275 46,388 2.5% 1.8%
1993 9,871,713 47,093 2.52% 1.52%
1994 10,123,798 47,712 2.55% 1.31%
1995 10,386,722 48,266 2.6% 1.16%
1996 10,655,942 48,775 2.59% 1.05%
1997 10,934,223 49,259 2.61% 0.99%
1998 11,240,664 49,717 2.8% 0.93%
1999 11,574,928 50,202 2.97% 0.98%
2000 11,925,546 50,706 3.03% 1%
2001 12,295,001 51,123 3.1% 0.82%
2002 12,680,897 51,425 3.14% 0.59%
2003 13,082,532 51,639 3.17% 0.42%
2004 13,500,533 51,791 3.2% 0.29%
2005 13,932,123 51,906 3.2% 0.22%
2006 14,373,707 51,992 3.17% 0.17%
2007 14,816,307 52,035 3.08% 0.08%
2008 15,258,093 52,030 2.98% -0.01%
2009 15,710,066 52,019 2.96% -0.02%
2010 16,176,498 52,044 2.97% 0.05%
2011 16,661,908 51,907 3% -0.26%
2012 17,172,287 51,419 3.06% -0.94%
2013 17,695,409 50,681 3.05% -1.44%
2014 18,229,461 49,796 3.02% -1.75%
2015 18,777,487 48,800 3.01% -2%
2016 19,334,856 47,709 2.97% -2.24%
2017 19,894,407 46,529 2.89% -2.47%
2018 20,438,288 45,285 2.73% -2.67%
2019 20,961,952 44,007 2.56% -2.82%
2020 21,478,690 42,706 2.47% -2.96%
2021 21,995,243 41,367 2.4% -3.14%
2022 22,509,038 40,077 2.34% -3.12%
2023 23,025,776 38,827 2.3% -3.12%
2024 23,548,781 37,548 2.27% -3.29%
2025 24,074,578 36,281 2.23% -3.37%
2026 24,601,695 35,078 2.19% -3.32%
2027 25,130,909 33,976 2.15% -3.14%
2028 25,661,935 32,977 2.11% -2.94%
2029 26,194,607 32,054 2.08% -2.8%
2030 26,730,315 31,191 2.05% -2.69%
2031 27,270,863 30,420 2.02% -2.47%
2032 27,815,172 29,740 2% -2.23%
2033 28,363,848 29,142 1.97% -2.01%
2034 28,916,943 28,608 1.95% -1.83%
2035 29,469,748 28,147 1.91% -1.61%
2036 30,019,874 27,751 1.87% -1.41%
2037 30,567,561 27,405 1.82% -1.25%
2038 31,112,525 27,092 1.78% -1.14%
2039 31,654,867 26,836 1.74% -0.94%
2040 32,193,641 26,598 1.7% -0.89%
2041 32,728,834 26,396 1.66% -0.76%
2042 33,260,944 26,217 1.63% -0.68%
2043 33,788,597 26,054 1.59% -0.62%
2044 34,311,733 25,913 1.55% -0.54%
2045 34,829,690 25,777 1.51% -0.52%
2046 35,339,501 25,653 1.46% -0.48%
2047 35,842,178 25,543 1.42% -0.43%
2048 36,336,700 25,429 1.38% -0.45%
2049 36,823,426 25,311 1.34% -0.46%
2050 37,304,383 25,195 1.31% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

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