The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 5,287,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,607,478 people compared to 5,362,441 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 4.59 times bigger than New Zealand's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.36% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.06% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs +1.6% in New Zealand.
- Since 2006, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 14.4M people to 24.6M (71.2% growth), while New Zealand has grown from 4.18M to 5.36M (28.1% growth).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people compared to the peak of 5.95M people in 2078 for New Zealand.
Burkina Faso vs New Zealand: live population counter
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| Current population |
24607478
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5362441
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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6.01 minutes
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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9.31 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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14 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | +240 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | +87,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | +1.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 39/197 | 65/197 |
Burkina Faso and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 2,419,700 | 1.46% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 2,482,000 | 1.47% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 2,531,800 | 1.5% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 2,585,400 | 1.55% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 2,628,400 | 1.61% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 2,675,900 | 1.65% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 2,724,100 | 1.69% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 2,748,100 | 1.73% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 2,772,800 | 1.74% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 2,810,700 | 1.76% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 2,853,000 | 1.74% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 2,903,900 | 1.74% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 2,961,300 | 1.8% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 3,023,700 | 1.91% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 3,083,100 | 2.04% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 3,110,500 | 2.16% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 3,120,200 | 2.36% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 3,121,200 | 2.52% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 3,109,000 | 2.62% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 3,112,900 | 2.72% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 3,124,900 | 2.77% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 3,156,100 | 2.8% | 1% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 3,199,300 | 2.87% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 3,227,100 | 2.93% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 3,247,100 | 2.93% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 3,246,300 | 2.86% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 3,274,400 | 2.77% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 3,283,400 | 2.72% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 3,299,200 | 2.69% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 3,329,800 | 2.67% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 3,495,100 | 2.57% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 3,531,700 | 2.5% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 3,572,200 | 2.52% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 3,620,000 | 2.55% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 3,673,400 | 2.6% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 3,732,000 | 2.59% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 3,781,300 | 2.61% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 3,815,000 | 2.8% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 3,835,100 | 2.97% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 3,857,700 | 3.03% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 3,880,500 | 3.1% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 3,948,500 | 3.14% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 4,027,200 | 3.17% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 4,087,500 | 3.2% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 4,133,900 | 3.2% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 4,184,600 | 3.17% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 4,223,800 | 3.08% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 4,259,800 | 2.98% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 4,302,600 | 2.96% | 1% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 4,350,700 | 2.97% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 4,384,000 | 3% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 4,408,100 | 3.06% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 4,442,100 | 3.05% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 4,516,500 | 3.02% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 4,609,400 | 3.01% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 4,714,100 | 2.97% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 4,813,600 | 2.89% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 4,900,600 | 2.73% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 4,970,300 | 2.56% | 1.42% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 5,072,400 | 2.47% | 2.05% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 5,084,600 | 2.4% | 0.24% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 5,081,700 | 2.34% | -0.06% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 5,200,000 | 2.3% | 2.33% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 5,287,500 | 2.27% | 1.68% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 5,325,989 | 2.23% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 5,362,071 | 2.19% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 5,395,933 | 2.15% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 5,427,327 | 2.11% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 5,456,502 | 2.08% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 5,483,630 | 2.05% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 5,509,118 | 2.02% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 5,533,087 | 2% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 5,555,912 | 1.97% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 5,577,658 | 1.95% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 5,598,481 | 1.91% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 5,618,949 | 1.87% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 5,638,796 | 1.82% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 5,658,606 | 1.78% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 5,677,983 | 1.74% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 5,696,537 | 1.7% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 5,715,286 | 1.66% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 5,733,881 | 1.63% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 5,750,997 | 1.59% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 5,766,545 | 1.55% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 5,780,970 | 1.51% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 5,794,046 | 1.46% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 5,805,663 | 1.42% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 5,816,692 | 1.38% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 5,826,512 | 1.34% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 5,836,471 | 1.31% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.
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 |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between Burkina Faso and New Zealand
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| Life expectancy | 61.6 years | 82.5 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 52 ppl/mi² |
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