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
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| Current population |
24497999
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36281
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 192/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.0004% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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6.85 hours
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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10.7 hours
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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1.35 days
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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4.96 hours
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| 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
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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.
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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| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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Population differences between Burkina Faso and the Marshall Islands
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| Life expectancy | 61.5 years | 67.2 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 27.5 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 21.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 51.2:48.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 2.92 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 540 ppl/mi² |
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