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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Netherlands	Burkina Faso	Netherlands
1960	4,778,621	11,486,631	-	-
1961	4,848,224	11,638,712	1.46%	1.32%
1962	4,919,672	11,805,689	1.47%	1.43%
1963	4,993,623	11,965,966	1.5%	1.36%
1964	5,071,034	12,127,120	1.55%	1.35%
1965	5,152,833	12,294,732	1.61%	1.38%
1966	5,237,933	12,456,251	1.65%	1.31%
1967	5,326,348	12,598,201	1.69%	1.14%
1968	5,418,644	12,729,721	1.73%	1.04%
1969	5,513,177	12,877,984	1.74%	1.16%
1970	5,610,304	13,038,526	1.76%	1.25%
1971	5,707,999	13,194,497	1.74%	1.2%
1972	5,807,234	13,328,593	1.74%	1.02%
1973	5,911,927	13,439,322	1.8%	0.83%
1974	6,024,904	13,545,056	1.91%	0.79%
1975	6,147,569	13,666,335	2.04%	0.9%
1976	6,280,635	13,774,037	2.16%	0.79%
1977	6,428,734	13,856,185	2.36%	0.6%
1978	6,590,984	13,941,700	2.52%	0.62%
1979	6,763,903	14,038,270	2.62%	0.69%
1980	6,947,900	14,149,800	2.72%	0.79%
1981	7,140,271	14,247,208	2.77%	0.69%
1982	7,340,197	14,312,690	2.8%	0.46%
1983	7,551,129	14,367,070	2.87%	0.38%
1984	7,772,256	14,424,211	2.93%	0.4%
1985	7,999,935	14,491,632	2.93%	0.47%
1986	8,228,847	14,572,278	2.86%	0.56%
1987	8,457,109	14,665,037	2.77%	0.64%
1988	8,687,435	14,760,094	2.72%	0.65%
1989	8,921,175	14,848,907	2.69%	0.6%
1990	9,159,356	14,951,510	2.67%	0.69%
1991	9,394,632	15,069,798	2.57%	0.79%
1992	9,629,275	15,184,166	2.5%	0.76%
1993	9,871,713	15,290,368	2.52%	0.7%
1994	10,123,798	15,382,838	2.55%	0.6%
1995	10,386,722	15,459,006	2.6%	0.5%
1996	10,655,942	15,530,498	2.59%	0.46%
1997	10,934,223	15,610,650	2.61%	0.52%
1998	11,240,664	15,707,209	2.8%	0.62%
1999	11,574,928	15,812,088	2.97%	0.67%
2000	11,925,546	15,925,513	3.03%	0.72%
2001	12,295,001	16,046,180	3.1%	0.76%
2002	12,680,897	16,148,929	3.14%	0.64%
2003	13,082,532	16,225,302	3.17%	0.47%
2004	13,500,533	16,281,779	3.2%	0.35%
2005	13,932,123	16,319,868	3.2%	0.23%
2006	14,373,707	16,346,101	3.17%	0.16%
2007	14,816,307	16,381,696	3.08%	0.22%
2008	15,258,093	16,445,593	2.98%	0.39%
2009	15,710,066	16,530,388	2.96%	0.52%
2010	16,176,498	16,615,394	2.97%	0.51%
2011	16,661,908	16,693,074	3%	0.47%
2012	17,172,287	16,754,962	3.06%	0.37%
2013	17,695,409	16,804,432	3.05%	0.3%
2014	18,229,461	16,865,008	3.02%	0.36%
2015	18,777,487	16,939,923	3.01%	0.44%
2016	19,334,856	17,030,314	2.97%	0.53%
2017	19,894,407	17,131,296	2.89%	0.59%
2018	20,438,288	17,231,624	2.73%	0.59%
2019	20,961,952	17,344,874	2.56%	0.66%
2020	21,478,690	17,441,500	2.47%	0.56%
2021	21,995,243	17,533,044	2.4%	0.52%
2022	22,509,038	17,700,982	2.34%	0.96%
2023	23,025,776	17,877,117	2.3%	1%
2024	23,548,781	17,993,485	2.27%	0.65%
2025	24,074,578	18,110,044	2.23%	0.65%
2026	24,601,695	18,210,675	2.19%	0.56%
2027	25,130,909	18,298,766	2.15%	0.48%
2028	25,661,935	18,378,805	2.11%	0.44%
2029	26,194,607	18,451,273	2.08%	0.39%
2030	26,730,315	18,515,139	2.05%	0.35%
2031	27,270,863	18,571,158	2.02%	0.3%
2032	27,815,172	18,620,309	2%	0.26%
2033	28,363,848	18,664,195	1.97%	0.24%
2034	28,916,943	18,701,674	1.95%	0.2%
2035	29,469,748	18,732,440	1.91%	0.16%
2036	30,019,874	18,759,270	1.87%	0.14%
2037	30,567,561	18,781,008	1.82%	0.12%
2038	31,112,525	18,797,497	1.78%	0.09%
2039	31,654,867	18,809,490	1.74%	0.06%
2040	32,193,641	18,816,959	1.7%	0.04%
2041	32,728,834	18,820,083	1.66%	0.02%
2042	33,260,944	18,818,821	1.63%	-0.007%
2043	33,788,597	18,814,475	1.59%	-0.02%
2044	34,311,733	18,806,778	1.55%	-0.04%
2045	34,829,690	18,796,219	1.51%	-0.06%
2046	35,339,501	18,784,939	1.46%	-0.06%
2047	35,842,178	18,770,867	1.42%	-0.07%
2048	36,336,700	18,753,541	1.38%	-0.09%
2049	36,823,426	18,734,516	1.34%	-0.1%
2050	37,304,383	18,713,797	1.31%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.