Population in Burkina Faso compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	North Korea	Burkina Faso	North Korea
1960	4,778,621	11,722,953	-	-
1961	4,848,224	11,990,713	1.46%	2.28%
1962	4,919,672	12,262,882	1.47%	2.27%
1963	4,993,623	12,567,057	1.5%	2.48%
1964	5,071,034	12,889,770	1.55%	2.57%
1965	5,152,833	13,219,369	1.61%	2.56%
1966	5,237,933	13,569,094	1.65%	2.65%
1967	5,326,348	13,958,350	1.69%	2.87%
1968	5,418,644	14,365,596	1.73%	2.92%
1969	5,513,177	14,767,615	1.74%	2.8%
1970	5,610,304	15,172,775	1.76%	2.74%
1971	5,707,999	15,572,457	1.74%	2.63%
1972	5,807,234	15,975,069	1.74%	2.59%
1973	5,911,927	16,350,367	1.8%	2.35%
1974	6,024,904	16,673,121	1.91%	1.97%
1975	6,147,569	16,971,055	2.04%	1.79%
1976	6,280,635	17,243,450	2.16%	1.61%
1977	6,428,734	17,492,798	2.36%	1.45%
1978	6,590,984	17,735,995	2.52%	1.39%
1979	6,763,903	17,983,470	2.62%	1.4%
1980	6,947,900	18,236,786	2.72%	1.41%
1981	7,140,271	18,501,295	2.77%	1.45%
1982	7,340,197	18,776,357	2.8%	1.49%
1983	7,551,129	19,054,034	2.87%	1.48%
1984	7,772,256	19,335,043	2.93%	1.47%
1985	7,999,935	19,620,388	2.93%	1.48%
1986	8,228,847	19,910,855	2.86%	1.48%
1987	8,457,109	20,205,483	2.77%	1.48%
1988	8,687,435	20,503,161	2.72%	1.47%
1989	8,921,175	20,804,367	2.69%	1.47%
1990	9,159,356	21,112,137	2.67%	1.48%
1991	9,394,632	21,428,638	2.57%	1.5%
1992	9,629,275	21,750,911	2.5%	1.5%
1993	9,871,713	22,073,352	2.52%	1.48%
1994	10,123,798	22,393,975	2.55%	1.45%
1995	10,386,722	22,669,304	2.6%	1.23%
1996	10,655,942	22,895,746	2.59%	1%
1997	10,934,223	23,110,830	2.61%	0.94%
1998	11,240,664	23,311,564	2.8%	0.87%
1999	11,574,928	23,497,599	2.97%	0.8%
2000	11,925,546	23,665,910	3.03%	0.72%
2001	12,295,001	23,815,358	3.1%	0.63%
2002	12,680,897	23,943,973	3.14%	0.54%
2003	13,082,532	24,090,380	3.17%	0.61%
2004	13,500,533	24,254,943	3.2%	0.68%
2005	13,932,123	24,396,433	3.2%	0.58%
2006	14,373,707	24,524,507	3.17%	0.52%
2007	14,816,307	24,646,383	3.08%	0.5%
2008	15,258,093	24,764,618	2.98%	0.48%
2009	15,710,066	24,878,332	2.96%	0.46%
2010	16,176,498	24,987,258	2.97%	0.44%
2011	16,661,908	25,097,874	3%	0.44%
2012	17,172,287	25,211,728	3.06%	0.45%
2013	17,695,409	25,329,451	3.05%	0.47%
2014	18,229,461	25,451,262	3.02%	0.48%
2015	18,777,487	25,575,350	3.01%	0.49%
2016	19,334,856	25,698,326	2.97%	0.48%
2017	19,894,407	25,817,709	2.89%	0.46%
2018	20,438,288	25,931,147	2.73%	0.44%
2019	20,961,952	26,037,632	2.56%	0.41%
2020	21,478,690	26,136,312	2.47%	0.38%
2021	21,995,243	26,232,534	2.4%	0.37%
2022	22,509,038	26,328,845	2.34%	0.37%
2023	23,025,776	26,418,204	2.3%	0.34%
2024	23,548,781	26,498,823	2.27%	0.31%
2025	24,074,578	26,571,033	2.23%	0.27%
2026	24,601,695	26,633,682	2.19%	0.24%
2027	25,130,909	26,686,492	2.15%	0.2%
2028	25,661,935	26,729,261	2.11%	0.16%
2029	26,194,607	26,762,008	2.08%	0.12%
2030	26,730,315	26,784,894	2.05%	0.09%
2031	27,270,863	26,797,946	2.02%	0.05%
2032	27,815,172	26,801,071	2%	0.01%
2033	28,363,848	26,795,061	1.97%	-0.02%
2034	28,916,943	26,780,481	1.95%	-0.05%
2035	29,469,748	26,757,705	1.91%	-0.09%
2036	30,019,874	26,727,309	1.87%	-0.11%
2037	30,567,561	26,689,907	1.82%	-0.14%
2038	31,112,525	26,646,323	1.78%	-0.16%
2039	31,654,867	26,596,967	1.74%	-0.19%
2040	32,193,641	26,542,417	1.7%	-0.21%
2041	32,728,834	26,483,475	1.66%	-0.22%
2042	33,260,944	26,420,812	1.63%	-0.24%
2043	33,788,597	26,354,324	1.59%	-0.25%
2044	34,311,733	26,284,000	1.55%	-0.27%
2045	34,829,690	26,210,196	1.51%	-0.28%
2046	35,339,501	26,132,922	1.46%	-0.29%
2047	35,842,178	26,052,086	1.42%	-0.31%
2048	36,336,700	25,967,581	1.38%	-0.32%
2049	36,823,426	25,879,244	1.34%	-0.34%
2050	37,304,383	25,787,120	1.31%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.