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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Nauru	Burkina Faso	Nauru
1960	4,778,621	4,607	-	-
1961	4,848,224	4,774	1.46%	3.62%
1962	4,919,672	4,979	1.47%	4.29%
1963	4,993,623	5,226	1.5%	4.96%
1964	5,071,034	5,515	1.55%	5.53%
1965	5,152,833	5,832	1.61%	5.75%
1966	5,237,933	6,043	1.65%	3.62%
1967	5,326,348	6,135	1.69%	1.52%
1968	5,418,644	6,328	1.73%	3.15%
1969	5,513,177	6,581	1.74%	4%
1970	5,610,304	6,710	1.76%	1.96%
1971	5,707,999	6,762	1.74%	0.77%
1972	5,807,234	6,812	1.74%	0.74%
1973	5,911,927	6,866	1.8%	0.79%
1974	6,024,904	6,923	1.91%	0.83%
1975	6,147,569	6,987	2.04%	0.92%
1976	6,280,635	7,064	2.16%	1.1%
1977	6,428,734	7,163	2.36%	1.4%
1978	6,590,984	7,298	2.52%	1.88%
1979	6,763,903	7,468	2.62%	2.33%
1980	6,947,900	7,649	2.72%	2.42%
1981	7,140,271	7,839	2.77%	2.48%
1982	7,340,197	8,040	2.8%	2.56%
1983	7,551,129	8,216	2.87%	2.19%
1984	7,772,256	8,377	2.93%	1.96%
1985	7,999,935	8,551	2.93%	2.08%
1986	8,228,847	8,742	2.86%	2.23%
1987	8,457,109	8,946	2.77%	2.33%
1988	8,687,435	9,165	2.72%	2.45%
1989	8,921,175	9,390	2.69%	2.45%
1990	9,159,356	9,622	2.67%	2.47%
1991	9,394,632	9,850	2.57%	2.37%
1992	9,629,275	10,021	2.5%	1.74%
1993	9,871,713	10,102	2.52%	0.81%
1994	10,123,798	10,137	2.55%	0.35%
1995	10,386,722	10,165	2.6%	0.28%
1996	10,655,942	10,183	2.59%	0.18%
1997	10,934,223	10,197	2.61%	0.14%
1998	11,240,664	10,198	2.8%	0.01%
1999	11,574,928	10,187	2.97%	-0.11%
2000	11,925,546	10,168	3.03%	-0.19%
2001	12,295,001	10,130	3.1%	-0.37%
2002	12,680,897	10,082	3.14%	-0.47%
2003	13,082,532	10,059	3.17%	-0.23%
2004	13,500,533	10,060	3.2%	0.01%
2005	13,932,123	10,049	3.2%	-0.11%
2006	14,373,707	10,034	3.17%	-0.15%
2007	14,816,307	10,020	3.08%	-0.14%
2008	15,258,093	10,009	2.98%	-0.11%
2009	15,710,066	10,016	2.96%	0.07%
2010	16,176,498	10,043	2.97%	0.27%
2011	16,661,908	10,098	3%	0.55%
2012	17,172,287	10,267	3.06%	1.67%
2013	17,695,409	10,517	3.05%	2.43%
2014	18,229,461	10,742	3.02%	2.14%
2015	18,777,487	10,954	3.01%	1.97%
2016	19,334,856	11,150	2.97%	1.79%
2017	19,894,407	11,324	2.89%	1.56%
2018	20,438,288	11,477	2.73%	1.35%
2019	20,961,952	11,587	2.56%	0.96%
2020	21,478,690	11,643	2.47%	0.48%
2021	21,995,243	11,709	2.4%	0.57%
2022	22,509,038	11,801	2.34%	0.79%
2023	23,025,776	11,875	2.3%	0.63%
2024	23,548,781	11,947	2.27%	0.61%
2025	24,074,578	12,030	2.23%	0.7%
2026	24,601,695	12,103	2.19%	0.61%
2027	25,130,909	12,196	2.15%	0.77%
2028	25,661,935	12,296	2.11%	0.82%
2029	26,194,607	12,403	2.08%	0.87%
2030	26,730,315	12,519	2.05%	0.94%
2031	27,270,863	12,645	2.02%	1%
2032	27,815,172	12,785	2%	1.11%
2033	28,363,848	12,921	1.97%	1.06%
2034	28,916,943	13,071	1.95%	1.16%
2035	29,469,748	13,230	1.91%	1.22%
2036	30,019,874	13,391	1.87%	1.21%
2037	30,567,561	13,541	1.82%	1.12%
2038	31,112,525	13,697	1.78%	1.16%
2039	31,654,867	13,857	1.74%	1.17%
2040	32,193,641	14,041	1.7%	1.33%
2041	32,728,834	14,220	1.66%	1.27%
2042	33,260,944	14,402	1.63%	1.28%
2043	33,788,597	14,579	1.59%	1.23%
2044	34,311,733	14,754	1.55%	1.2%
2045	34,829,690	14,920	1.51%	1.13%
2046	35,339,501	15,098	1.46%	1.19%
2047	35,842,178	15,268	1.42%	1.12%
2048	36,336,700	15,431	1.38%	1.07%
2049	36,823,426	15,595	1.34%	1.06%
2050	37,304,383	15,751	1.31%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.