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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Mozambique	Burkina Faso	Mozambique
1960	4,778,621	6,713,695	-	-
1961	4,848,224	6,834,936	1.46%	1.81%
1962	4,919,672	6,969,364	1.47%	1.97%
1963	4,993,623	7,109,828	1.5%	2.02%
1964	5,071,034	7,255,061	1.55%	2.04%
1965	5,152,833	7,406,421	1.61%	2.09%
1966	5,237,933	7,562,990	1.65%	2.11%
1967	5,326,348	7,724,550	1.69%	2.14%
1968	5,418,644	7,892,613	1.73%	2.18%
1969	5,513,177	8,066,951	1.74%	2.21%
1970	5,610,304	8,250,506	1.76%	2.28%
1971	5,707,999	8,456,317	1.74%	2.49%
1972	5,807,234	8,692,935	1.74%	2.8%
1973	5,911,927	8,954,242	1.8%	3.01%
1974	6,024,904	9,236,093	1.91%	3.15%
1975	6,147,569	9,540,817	2.04%	3.3%
1976	6,280,635	9,867,209	2.16%	3.42%
1977	6,428,734	10,224,975	2.36%	3.63%
1978	6,590,984	10,618,250	2.52%	3.85%
1979	6,763,903	11,028,809	2.62%	3.87%
1980	6,947,900	11,336,221	2.72%	2.79%
1981	7,140,271	11,568,127	2.77%	2.05%
1982	7,340,197	11,824,370	2.8%	2.22%
1983	7,551,129	12,073,822	2.87%	2.11%
1984	7,772,256	12,315,954	2.93%	2.01%
1985	7,999,935	12,548,949	2.93%	1.89%
1986	8,228,847	12,770,578	2.86%	1.77%
1987	8,457,109	12,822,574	2.77%	0.41%
1988	8,687,435	12,800,558	2.72%	-0.17%
1989	8,921,175	12,906,842	2.69%	0.83%
1990	9,159,356	13,094,537	2.67%	1.45%
1991	9,394,632	13,352,090	2.57%	1.97%
1992	9,629,275	13,613,316	2.5%	1.96%
1993	9,871,713	14,051,192	2.52%	3.22%
1994	10,123,798	15,033,853	2.55%	6.99%
1995	10,386,722	15,960,530	2.6%	6.16%
1996	10,655,942	16,492,480	2.59%	3.33%
1997	10,934,223	16,949,982	2.61%	2.77%
1998	11,240,664	17,340,464	2.8%	2.3%
1999	11,574,928	17,734,506	2.97%	2.27%
2000	11,925,546	18,129,653	3.03%	2.23%
2001	12,295,001	18,537,729	3.1%	2.25%
2002	12,680,897	18,958,338	3.14%	2.27%
2003	13,082,532	19,392,475	3.17%	2.29%
2004	13,500,533	19,840,313	3.2%	2.31%
2005	13,932,123	20,304,569	3.2%	2.34%
2006	14,373,707	20,787,087	3.17%	2.38%
2007	14,816,307	21,287,635	3.08%	2.41%
2008	15,258,093	21,819,036	2.98%	2.5%
2009	15,710,066	22,391,745	2.96%	2.62%
2010	16,176,498	22,999,235	2.97%	2.71%
2011	16,661,908	23,649,039	3%	2.83%
2012	17,172,287	24,337,846	3.06%	2.91%
2013	17,695,409	25,051,611	3.05%	2.93%
2014	18,229,461	25,788,475	3.02%	2.94%
2015	18,777,487	26,547,572	3.01%	2.94%
2016	19,334,856	27,337,105	2.97%	2.97%
2017	19,894,407	28,166,393	2.89%	3.03%
2018	20,438,288	29,018,644	2.73%	3.03%
2019	20,961,952	29,884,380	2.56%	2.98%
2020	21,478,690	30,783,688	2.47%	3.01%
2021	21,995,243	31,707,800	2.4%	3%
2022	22,509,038	32,656,246	2.34%	2.99%
2023	23,025,776	33,635,160	2.3%	3%
2024	23,548,781	34,631,766	2.27%	2.96%
2025	24,074,578	35,631,656	2.23%	2.89%
2026	24,601,695	36,639,853	2.19%	2.83%
2027	25,130,909	37,668,656	2.15%	2.81%
2028	25,661,935	38,714,097	2.11%	2.78%
2029	26,194,607	39,774,947	2.08%	2.74%
2030	26,730,315	40,846,749	2.05%	2.69%
2031	27,270,863	41,931,250	2.02%	2.66%
2032	27,815,172	43,032,887	2%	2.63%
2033	28,363,848	44,144,533	1.97%	2.58%
2034	28,916,943	45,273,522	1.95%	2.56%
2035	29,469,748	46,411,774	1.91%	2.51%
2036	30,019,874	47,548,671	1.87%	2.45%
2037	30,567,561	48,684,563	1.82%	2.39%
2038	31,112,525	49,822,039	1.78%	2.34%
2039	31,654,867	50,971,124	1.74%	2.31%
2040	32,193,641	52,124,215	1.7%	2.26%
2041	32,728,834	53,271,004	1.66%	2.2%
2042	33,260,944	54,423,407	1.63%	2.16%
2043	33,788,597	55,574,711	1.59%	2.12%
2044	34,311,733	56,716,585	1.55%	2.05%
2045	34,829,690	57,851,787	1.51%	2%
2046	35,339,501	58,981,102	1.46%	1.95%
2047	35,842,178	60,117,587	1.42%	1.93%
2048	36,336,700	61,254,584	1.38%	1.89%
2049	36,823,426	62,397,018	1.34%	1.87%
2050	37,304,383	63,530,955	1.31%	1.82%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,550,018 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,313,991 (a 34.1% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2006 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 73.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.