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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	Nigeria
1960	4,778,621	45,053,782	-	-
1961	4,848,224	45,989,310	1.46%	2.08%
1962	4,919,672	46,965,292	1.47%	2.12%
1963	4,993,623	47,973,575	1.5%	2.15%
1964	5,071,034	49,012,016	1.55%	2.16%
1965	5,152,833	50,086,764	1.61%	2.19%
1966	5,237,933	51,188,234	1.65%	2.2%
1967	5,326,348	52,293,065	1.69%	2.16%
1968	5,418,644	53,432,783	1.73%	2.18%
1969	5,513,177	54,631,914	1.74%	2.24%
1970	5,610,304	55,893,838	1.76%	2.31%
1971	5,707,999	57,214,684	1.74%	2.36%
1972	5,807,234	58,601,748	1.74%	2.42%
1973	5,911,927	60,082,139	1.8%	2.53%
1974	6,024,904	61,679,144	1.91%	2.66%
1975	6,147,569	63,410,815	2.04%	2.81%
1976	6,280,635	65,258,009	2.16%	2.91%
1977	6,428,734	67,234,590	2.36%	3.03%
1978	6,590,984	69,326,532	2.52%	3.11%
1979	6,763,903	71,498,242	2.62%	3.13%
1980	6,947,900	73,764,641	2.72%	3.17%
1981	7,140,271	76,068,103	2.77%	3.12%
1982	7,340,197	78,378,701	2.8%	3.04%
1983	7,551,129	80,438,260	2.87%	2.63%
1984	7,772,256	82,526,443	2.93%	2.6%
1985	7,999,935	84,897,973	2.93%	2.87%
1986	8,228,847	87,235,953	2.86%	2.75%
1987	8,457,109	89,591,716	2.77%	2.7%
1988	8,687,435	92,020,090	2.72%	2.71%
1989	8,921,175	94,531,014	2.69%	2.73%
1990	9,159,356	97,120,925	2.67%	2.74%
1991	9,394,632	99,720,162	2.57%	2.68%
1992	9,629,275	102,372,770	2.5%	2.66%
1993	9,871,713	105,122,069	2.52%	2.69%
1994	10,123,798	107,935,714	2.55%	2.68%
1995	10,386,722	110,819,428	2.6%	2.67%
1996	10,655,942	113,754,779	2.59%	2.65%
1997	10,934,223	116,754,792	2.61%	2.64%
1998	11,240,664	119,846,254	2.8%	2.65%
1999	11,574,928	123,047,320	2.97%	2.67%
2000	11,925,546	126,382,494	3.03%	2.71%
2001	12,295,001	129,862,595	3.1%	2.75%
2002	12,680,897	133,471,989	3.14%	2.78%
2003	13,082,532	137,202,644	3.17%	2.8%
2004	13,500,533	141,057,045	3.2%	2.81%
2005	13,932,123	145,017,253	3.2%	2.81%
2006	14,373,707	149,077,334	3.17%	2.8%
2007	14,816,307	153,267,261	3.08%	2.81%
2008	15,258,093	157,595,014	2.98%	2.82%
2009	15,710,066	162,049,464	2.96%	2.83%
2010	16,176,498	166,642,886	2.97%	2.83%
2011	16,661,908	171,379,598	3%	2.84%
2012	17,172,287	176,200,625	3.06%	2.81%
2013	17,695,409	181,049,443	3.05%	2.75%
2014	18,229,461	185,896,915	3.02%	2.68%
2015	18,777,487	190,671,878	3.01%	2.57%
2016	19,334,856	195,443,700	2.97%	2.5%
2017	19,894,407	200,254,579	2.89%	2.46%
2018	20,438,288	204,938,755	2.73%	2.34%
2019	20,961,952	209,485,641	2.56%	2.22%
2020	21,478,690	213,996,181	2.47%	2.15%
2021	21,995,243	218,529,286	2.4%	2.12%
2022	22,509,038	223,150,896	2.34%	2.11%
2023	23,025,776	227,882,945	2.3%	2.12%
2024	23,548,781	232,679,478	2.27%	2.1%
2025	24,074,578	237,527,783	2.23%	2.08%
2026	24,601,695	242,431,830	2.19%	2.06%
2027	25,130,909	247,374,258	2.15%	2.04%
2028	25,661,935	252,346,128	2.11%	2.01%
2029	26,194,607	257,352,638	2.08%	1.98%
2030	26,730,315	262,380,975	2.05%	1.95%
2031	27,270,863	267,421,079	2.02%	1.92%
2032	27,815,172	272,483,635	2%	1.89%
2033	28,363,848	277,555,116	1.97%	1.86%
2034	28,916,943	282,622,388	1.95%	1.83%
2035	29,469,748	287,685,757	1.91%	1.79%
2036	30,019,874	292,739,390	1.87%	1.76%
2037	30,567,561	297,773,236	1.82%	1.72%
2038	31,112,525	302,782,350	1.78%	1.68%
2039	31,654,867	307,764,754	1.74%	1.65%
2040	32,193,641	312,710,403	1.7%	1.61%
2041	32,728,834	317,607,237	1.66%	1.57%
2042	33,260,944	322,450,302	1.63%	1.52%
2043	33,788,597	327,243,941	1.59%	1.49%
2044	34,311,733	331,983,354	1.55%	1.45%
2045	34,829,690	336,662,502	1.51%	1.41%
2046	35,339,501	341,281,757	1.46%	1.37%
2047	35,842,178	345,844,004	1.42%	1.34%
2048	36,336,700	350,347,757	1.38%	1.3%
2049	36,823,426	354,792,418	1.34%	1.27%
2050	37,304,383	359,185,550	1.31%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.