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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Norway	Burkina Faso	Norway
1960	4,778,621	3,581,239	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,609,800	1.46%	0.8%
1962	4,919,672	3,638,918	1.47%	0.81%
1963	4,993,623	3,666,537	1.5%	0.76%
1964	5,071,034	3,694,339	1.55%	0.76%
1965	5,152,833	3,723,168	1.61%	0.78%
1966	5,237,933	3,753,012	1.65%	0.8%
1967	5,326,348	3,784,539	1.69%	0.84%
1968	5,418,644	3,816,486	1.73%	0.84%
1969	5,513,177	3,847,707	1.74%	0.82%
1970	5,610,304	3,875,763	1.76%	0.73%
1971	5,707,999	3,903,039	1.74%	0.7%
1972	5,807,234	3,933,004	1.74%	0.77%
1973	5,911,927	3,960,612	1.8%	0.7%
1974	6,024,904	3,985,258	1.91%	0.62%
1975	6,147,569	4,007,313	2.04%	0.55%
1976	6,280,635	4,026,152	2.16%	0.47%
1977	6,428,734	4,043,205	2.36%	0.42%
1978	6,590,984	4,058,671	2.52%	0.38%
1979	6,763,903	4,072,517	2.62%	0.34%
1980	6,947,900	4,085,620	2.72%	0.32%
1981	7,140,271	4,099,702	2.77%	0.34%
1982	7,340,197	4,114,787	2.8%	0.37%
1983	7,551,129	4,128,432	2.87%	0.33%
1984	7,772,256	4,140,099	2.93%	0.28%
1985	7,999,935	4,152,516	2.93%	0.3%
1986	8,228,847	4,167,354	2.86%	0.36%
1987	8,457,109	4,186,905	2.77%	0.47%
1988	8,687,435	4,209,488	2.72%	0.54%
1989	8,921,175	4,226,901	2.69%	0.41%
1990	9,159,356	4,241,473	2.67%	0.34%
1991	9,394,632	4,261,732	2.57%	0.48%
1992	9,629,275	4,286,401	2.5%	0.58%
1993	9,871,713	4,311,991	2.52%	0.6%
1994	10,123,798	4,336,613	2.55%	0.57%
1995	10,386,722	4,359,184	2.6%	0.52%
1996	10,655,942	4,381,336	2.59%	0.51%
1997	10,934,223	4,405,157	2.61%	0.54%
1998	11,240,664	4,431,464	2.8%	0.6%
1999	11,574,928	4,461,913	2.97%	0.69%
2000	11,925,546	4,490,967	3.03%	0.65%
2001	12,295,001	4,513,751	3.1%	0.51%
2002	12,680,897	4,538,159	3.14%	0.54%
2003	13,082,532	4,564,855	3.17%	0.59%
2004	13,500,533	4,591,910	3.2%	0.59%
2005	13,932,123	4,623,291	3.2%	0.68%
2006	14,373,707	4,660,677	3.17%	0.81%
2007	14,816,307	4,709,153	3.08%	1.04%
2008	15,258,093	4,768,212	2.98%	1.25%
2009	15,710,066	4,828,726	2.96%	1.27%
2010	16,176,498	4,889,252	2.97%	1.25%
2011	16,661,908	4,953,088	3%	1.31%
2012	17,172,287	5,018,573	3.06%	1.32%
2013	17,695,409	5,079,623	3.05%	1.22%
2014	18,229,461	5,137,232	3.02%	1.13%
2015	18,777,487	5,188,607	3.01%	1%
2016	19,334,856	5,234,519	2.97%	0.88%
2017	19,894,407	5,276,968	2.89%	0.81%
2018	20,438,288	5,311,916	2.73%	0.66%
2019	20,961,952	5,347,896	2.56%	0.68%
2020	21,478,690	5,379,475	2.47%	0.59%
2021	21,995,243	5,408,320	2.4%	0.54%
2022	22,509,038	5,457,127	2.34%	0.9%
2023	23,025,776	5,519,601	2.3%	1.14%
2024	23,548,781	5,572,279	2.27%	0.95%
2025	24,074,578	5,618,660	2.23%	0.83%
2026	24,601,695	5,648,550	2.19%	0.53%
2027	25,130,909	5,669,092	2.15%	0.36%
2028	25,661,935	5,688,782	2.11%	0.35%
2029	26,194,607	5,707,214	2.08%	0.32%
2030	26,730,315	5,724,593	2.05%	0.3%
2031	27,270,863	5,741,147	2.02%	0.29%
2032	27,815,172	5,756,671	2%	0.27%
2033	28,363,848	5,771,055	1.97%	0.25%
2034	28,916,943	5,784,415	1.95%	0.23%
2035	29,469,748	5,796,858	1.91%	0.22%
2036	30,019,874	5,808,729	1.87%	0.2%
2037	30,567,561	5,820,002	1.82%	0.19%
2038	31,112,525	5,830,612	1.78%	0.18%
2039	31,654,867	5,840,501	1.74%	0.17%
2040	32,193,641	5,849,280	1.7%	0.15%
2041	32,728,834	5,857,353	1.66%	0.14%
2042	33,260,944	5,864,774	1.63%	0.13%
2043	33,788,597	5,870,964	1.59%	0.11%
2044	34,311,733	5,876,299	1.55%	0.09%
2045	34,829,690	5,881,399	1.51%	0.09%
2046	35,339,501	5,885,779	1.46%	0.07%
2047	35,842,178	5,889,164	1.42%	0.06%
2048	36,336,700	5,892,138	1.38%	0.05%
2049	36,823,426	5,894,308	1.34%	0.04%
2050	37,304,383	5,895,200	1.31%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Norway gained 573,842 people (a 12.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Norway's population increased by 414,255 (a 7.91% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Norway was ranked 116th in 2006 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.36% to 5,895,200 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.