Population in Burkina Faso compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Papua New Guinea	Burkina Faso	Papua New Guinea
1960	4,778,621	1,995,110	-	-
1961	4,848,224	2,046,127	1.46%	2.56%
1962	4,919,672	2,093,919	1.47%	2.34%
1963	4,993,623	2,141,376	1.5%	2.27%
1964	5,071,034	2,188,325	1.55%	2.19%
1965	5,152,833	2,235,820	1.61%	2.17%
1966	5,237,933	2,285,774	1.65%	2.23%
1967	5,326,348	2,337,532	1.69%	2.26%
1968	5,418,644	2,390,803	1.73%	2.28%
1969	5,513,177	2,446,927	1.74%	2.35%
1970	5,610,304	2,505,628	1.76%	2.4%
1971	5,707,999	2,566,421	1.74%	2.43%
1972	5,807,234	2,628,432	1.74%	2.42%
1973	5,911,927	2,690,629	1.8%	2.37%
1974	6,024,904	2,752,671	1.91%	2.31%
1975	6,147,569	2,814,820	2.04%	2.26%
1976	6,280,635	2,877,327	2.16%	2.22%
1977	6,428,734	2,940,327	2.36%	2.19%
1978	6,590,984	3,003,714	2.52%	2.16%
1979	6,763,903	3,067,341	2.62%	2.12%
1980	6,947,900	3,131,512	2.72%	2.09%
1981	7,140,271	3,197,019	2.77%	2.09%
1982	7,340,197	3,264,291	2.8%	2.1%
1983	7,551,129	3,333,633	2.87%	2.12%
1984	7,772,256	3,405,198	2.93%	2.15%
1985	7,999,935	3,478,936	2.93%	2.17%
1986	8,228,847	3,554,793	2.86%	2.18%
1987	8,457,109	3,632,543	2.77%	2.19%
1988	8,687,435	3,711,880	2.72%	2.18%
1989	8,921,175	3,796,078	2.69%	2.27%
1990	9,159,356	3,896,481	2.67%	2.64%
1991	9,394,632	4,021,837	2.57%	3.22%
1992	9,629,275	4,166,699	2.5%	3.6%
1993	9,871,713	4,320,872	2.52%	3.7%
1994	10,123,798	4,480,208	2.55%	3.69%
1995	10,386,722	4,644,278	2.6%	3.66%
1996	10,655,942	4,813,361	2.59%	3.64%
1997	10,934,223	4,987,883	2.61%	3.63%
1998	11,240,664	5,166,390	2.8%	3.58%
1999	11,574,928	5,349,333	2.97%	3.54%
2000	11,925,546	5,537,064	3.03%	3.51%
2001	12,295,001	5,728,435	3.1%	3.46%
2002	12,680,897	5,924,003	3.14%	3.41%
2003	13,082,532	6,123,997	3.17%	3.38%
2004	13,500,533	6,328,041	3.2%	3.33%
2005	13,932,123	6,535,905	3.2%	3.28%
2006	14,373,707	6,747,720	3.17%	3.24%
2007	14,816,307	6,963,345	3.08%	3.2%
2008	15,258,093	7,183,002	2.98%	3.15%
2009	15,710,066	7,406,438	2.96%	3.11%
2010	16,176,498	7,633,523	2.97%	3.07%
2011	16,661,908	7,859,346	3%	2.96%
2012	17,172,287	8,081,390	3.06%	2.83%
2013	17,695,409	8,302,698	3.05%	2.74%
2014	18,229,461	8,523,441	3.02%	2.66%
2015	18,777,487	8,743,246	3.01%	2.58%
2016	19,334,856	8,961,718	2.97%	2.5%
2017	19,894,407	9,178,714	2.89%	2.42%
2018	20,438,288	9,394,513	2.73%	2.35%
2019	20,961,952	9,609,010	2.56%	2.28%
2020	21,478,690	9,815,746	2.47%	2.15%
2021	21,995,243	10,012,896	2.4%	2.01%
2022	22,509,038	10,203,169	2.34%	1.9%
2023	23,025,776	10,389,635	2.3%	1.83%
2024	23,548,781	10,576,502	2.27%	1.8%
2025	24,074,578	10,762,813	2.23%	1.76%
2026	24,601,695	10,947,845	2.19%	1.72%
2027	25,130,909	11,131,268	2.15%	1.68%
2028	25,661,935	11,312,895	2.11%	1.63%
2029	26,194,607	11,492,799	2.08%	1.59%
2030	26,730,315	11,671,420	2.05%	1.55%
2031	27,270,863	11,848,221	2.02%	1.51%
2032	27,815,172	12,023,121	2%	1.48%
2033	28,363,848	12,196,639	1.97%	1.44%
2034	28,916,943	12,369,248	1.95%	1.42%
2035	29,469,748	12,540,596	1.91%	1.39%
2036	30,019,874	12,710,682	1.87%	1.36%
2037	30,567,561	12,879,737	1.82%	1.33%
2038	31,112,525	13,047,122	1.78%	1.3%
2039	31,654,867	13,212,668	1.74%	1.27%
2040	32,193,641	13,376,156	1.7%	1.24%
2041	32,728,834	13,537,361	1.66%	1.21%
2042	33,260,944	13,696,139	1.63%	1.17%
2043	33,788,597	13,853,410	1.59%	1.15%
2044	34,311,733	14,009,926	1.55%	1.13%
2045	34,829,690	14,165,578	1.51%	1.11%
2046	35,339,501	14,318,889	1.46%	1.08%
2047	35,842,178	14,469,210	1.42%	1.05%
2048	36,336,700	14,617,364	1.38%	1.02%
2049	36,823,426	14,763,600	1.34%	1%
2050	37,304,383	14,906,584	1.31%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.