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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Morocco	Burkina Faso	Morocco
1960	4,778,621	11,624,933	-	-
1961	4,848,224	11,931,085	1.46%	2.63%
1962	4,919,672	12,253,092	1.47%	2.7%
1963	4,993,623	12,577,502	1.5%	2.65%
1964	5,071,034	12,898,886	1.55%	2.56%
1965	5,152,833	13,239,171	1.61%	2.64%
1966	5,237,933	13,597,065	1.65%	2.7%
1967	5,326,348	13,968,175	1.69%	2.73%
1968	5,418,644	14,347,899	1.73%	2.72%
1969	5,513,177	14,734,255	1.74%	2.69%
1970	5,610,304	15,129,449	1.76%	2.68%
1971	5,707,999	15,527,225	1.74%	2.63%
1972	5,807,234	15,924,692	1.74%	2.56%
1973	5,911,927	16,326,269	1.8%	2.52%
1974	6,024,904	16,733,842	1.91%	2.5%
1975	6,147,569	17,150,786	2.04%	2.49%
1976	6,280,635	17,574,182	2.16%	2.47%
1977	6,428,734	18,014,756	2.36%	2.51%
1978	6,590,984	18,477,385	2.52%	2.57%
1979	6,763,903	18,955,589	2.62%	2.59%
1980	6,947,900	19,459,943	2.72%	2.66%
1981	7,140,271	19,985,401	2.77%	2.7%
1982	7,340,197	20,520,318	2.8%	2.68%
1983	7,551,129	21,060,696	2.87%	2.63%
1984	7,772,256	21,593,778	2.93%	2.53%
1985	7,999,935	22,113,953	2.93%	2.41%
1986	8,228,847	22,600,803	2.86%	2.2%
1987	8,457,109	23,054,392	2.77%	2.01%
1988	8,687,435	23,500,524	2.72%	1.94%
1989	8,921,175	23,939,414	2.69%	1.87%
1990	9,159,356	24,375,551	2.67%	1.82%
1991	9,394,632	24,799,014	2.57%	1.74%
1992	9,629,275	25,212,468	2.5%	1.67%
1993	9,871,713	25,614,586	2.52%	1.59%
1994	10,123,798	26,000,822	2.55%	1.51%
1995	10,386,722	26,399,429	2.6%	1.53%
1996	10,655,942	26,808,107	2.59%	1.55%
1997	10,934,223	27,213,337	2.61%	1.51%
1998	11,240,664	27,621,648	2.8%	1.5%
1999	11,574,928	28,027,179	2.97%	1.47%
2000	11,925,546	28,423,435	3.03%	1.41%
2001	12,295,001	28,814,643	3.1%	1.38%
2002	12,680,897	29,198,142	3.14%	1.33%
2003	13,082,532	29,571,415	3.17%	1.28%
2004	13,500,533	29,953,018	3.2%	1.29%
2005	13,932,123	30,358,144	3.2%	1.35%
2006	14,373,707	30,771,178	3.17%	1.36%
2007	14,816,307	31,186,468	3.08%	1.35%
2008	15,258,093	31,606,767	2.98%	1.35%
2009	15,710,066	32,030,778	2.96%	1.34%
2010	16,176,498	32,467,016	2.97%	1.36%
2011	16,661,908	32,912,588	3%	1.37%
2012	17,172,287	33,355,241	3.06%	1.34%
2013	17,695,409	33,787,571	3.05%	1.3%
2014	18,229,461	34,204,780	3.02%	1.23%
2015	18,777,487	34,607,588	3.01%	1.18%
2016	19,334,856	35,023,457	2.97%	1.2%
2017	19,894,407	35,446,392	2.89%	1.21%
2018	20,438,288	35,839,760	2.73%	1.11%
2019	20,961,952	36,210,898	2.56%	1.04%
2020	21,478,690	36,584,208	2.47%	1.03%
2021	21,995,243	36,954,442	2.4%	1.01%
2022	22,509,038	37,329,064	2.34%	1.01%
2023	23,025,776	37,712,505	2.3%	1.03%
2024	23,548,781	38,081,173	2.27%	0.98%
2025	24,074,578	38,430,771	2.23%	0.92%
2026	24,601,695	38,762,439	2.19%	0.86%
2027	25,130,909	39,080,092	2.15%	0.82%
2028	25,661,935	39,384,122	2.11%	0.78%
2029	26,194,607	39,674,554	2.08%	0.74%
2030	26,730,315	39,953,461	2.05%	0.7%
2031	27,270,863	40,221,736	2.02%	0.67%
2032	27,815,172	40,477,986	2%	0.64%
2033	28,363,848	40,722,975	1.97%	0.61%
2034	28,916,943	40,957,241	1.95%	0.58%
2035	29,469,748	41,182,092	1.91%	0.55%
2036	30,019,874	41,398,224	1.87%	0.52%
2037	30,567,561	41,604,025	1.82%	0.5%
2038	31,112,525	41,802,267	1.78%	0.48%
2039	31,654,867	41,990,437	1.74%	0.45%
2040	32,193,641	42,168,202	1.7%	0.42%
2041	32,728,834	42,339,039	1.66%	0.41%
2042	33,260,944	42,500,324	1.63%	0.38%
2043	33,788,597	42,650,491	1.59%	0.35%
2044	34,311,733	42,792,499	1.55%	0.33%
2045	34,829,690	42,925,305	1.51%	0.31%
2046	35,339,501	43,046,175	1.46%	0.28%
2047	35,842,178	43,158,165	1.42%	0.26%
2048	36,336,700	43,262,402	1.38%	0.24%
2049	36,823,426	43,355,724	1.34%	0.22%
2050	37,304,383	43,440,428	1.31%	0.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Morocco gained 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2005 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.