The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 1,824,359 people in North Macedonia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,607,478 people compared to 1,805,395 in North Macedonia.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 13.6 times bigger than North Macedonia's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while North Macedonia is the 150th.
- The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.02% for North Macedonia.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs -0.48% in North Macedonia.
- Since 2006, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 14.4M people to 24.6M (71.2% growth), while North Macedonia has declined from 1.99M to 1.81M (9.47% decline).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while North Macedonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 2.06M people and is projected to decrease to 864K people by 2100.
Burkina Faso vs North Macedonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
24607478
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1805395
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 150/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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2.53 hours
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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31.3 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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26.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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1.53 hours
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | -5,728 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | -9 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | -3,457 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | -0.19% |
| Population growth rate rank | 39/197 | 177/197 |
Burkina Faso and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 1,435,059 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 1,455,171 | 1.46% | 1.4% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 1,471,745 | 1.47% | 1.14% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 1,488,737 | 1.5% | 1.15% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 1,510,900 | 1.55% | 1.49% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 1,533,466 | 1.61% | 1.49% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 1,557,349 | 1.65% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 1,582,492 | 1.69% | 1.61% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 1,608,930 | 1.73% | 1.67% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 1,636,345 | 1.74% | 1.7% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 1,664,208 | 1.76% | 1.7% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 1,691,216 | 1.74% | 1.62% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 1,717,395 | 1.74% | 1.55% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 1,743,816 | 1.8% | 1.54% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 1,770,545 | 1.91% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 1,797,972 | 2.04% | 1.55% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 1,825,830 | 2.16% | 1.55% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 1,853,138 | 2.36% | 1.5% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 1,879,847 | 2.52% | 1.44% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 1,906,523 | 2.62% | 1.42% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 1,933,038 | 2.72% | 1.39% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 1,959,065 | 2.77% | 1.35% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 1,978,956 | 2.8% | 1.02% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 1,991,901 | 2.87% | 0.65% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 2,003,399 | 2.93% | 0.58% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 2,014,331 | 2.93% | 0.55% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 2,024,732 | 2.86% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 2,035,157 | 2.77% | 0.51% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 2,045,737 | 2.72% | 0.52% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 2,055,649 | 2.69% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 2,063,689 | 2.67% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 2,055,994 | 2.57% | -0.37% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 2,032,523 | 2.5% | -1.14% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 2,006,854 | 2.52% | -1.26% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 1,992,666 | 2.55% | -0.71% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 1,998,534 | 2.6% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 2,012,553 | 2.59% | 0.7% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 1,996,869 | 2.61% | -0.78% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 2,007,523 | 2.8% | 0.53% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 2,017,142 | 2.97% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 2,026,350 | 3.03% | 0.46% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 2,034,882 | 3.1% | 0.42% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 2,020,157 | 3.14% | -0.72% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 2,022,725 | 3.17% | 0.13% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 2,016,186 | 3.2% | -0.32% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 2,005,330 | 3.2% | -0.54% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 1,994,287 | 3.17% | -0.55% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 1,982,933 | 3.08% | -0.57% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 1,971,493 | 2.98% | -0.58% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 1,958,782 | 2.96% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 1,946,298 | 2.97% | -0.64% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 1,937,398 | 3% | -0.46% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 1,929,821 | 3.06% | -0.39% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 1,922,716 | 3.05% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 1,917,557 | 3.02% | -0.27% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 1,912,430 | 3.01% | -0.27% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 1,906,313 | 2.97% | -0.32% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 1,898,657 | 2.89% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 1,889,051 | 2.73% | -0.51% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 1,876,262 | 2.56% | -0.68% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 1,856,124 | 2.47% | -1.07% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 1,837,114 | 2.4% | -1.02% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 1,831,712 | 2.34% | -0.29% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 1,827,816 | 2.3% | -0.21% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 1,824,359 | 2.27% | -0.19% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 1,815,133 | 2.23% | -0.51% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 1,805,395 | 2.19% | -0.54% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 1,795,422 | 2.15% | -0.55% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 1,785,331 | 2.11% | -0.56% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 1,774,860 | 2.08% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 1,763,791 | 2.05% | -0.62% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 1,752,330 | 2.02% | -0.65% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 1,740,795 | 2% | -0.66% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 1,729,225 | 1.97% | -0.66% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 1,717,480 | 1.95% | -0.68% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 1,705,456 | 1.91% | -0.7% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 1,693,196 | 1.87% | -0.72% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 1,680,741 | 1.82% | -0.74% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 1,668,308 | 1.78% | -0.74% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 1,655,824 | 1.74% | -0.75% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 1,643,124 | 1.7% | -0.77% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 1,630,336 | 1.66% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 1,617,428 | 1.63% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 1,604,359 | 1.59% | -0.81% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 1,591,423 | 1.55% | -0.81% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 1,578,519 | 1.51% | -0.81% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 1,565,479 | 1.46% | -0.83% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 1,552,566 | 1.42% | -0.82% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 1,539,797 | 1.38% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 1,526,883 | 1.34% | -0.84% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 1,513,804 | 1.31% | -0.86% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.
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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Population differences between Burkina Faso and North Macedonia
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| Life expectancy | 61.6 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 41.2 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 41.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.6:51.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 187.4 ppl/mi² |
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