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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 34,217,848 people in Peru in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 34,854,181 in Peru.

Population statistics:

  • Peru's population is 1.42 times bigger than Burkina Faso's.
  • Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Peru is the 48th.
  • The countries together account for 0.72% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.42% for Peru.
  • For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs +1.26% in Peru.
  • Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Peru has grown from 28.1M to 34.9M (24% growth).
  • Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people compared to the peak of 41.7M people in 2066 for Peru.

Burkina Faso vs Peru: live population counter

Burkina Faso Peru
Current population
24497999
34854181
Population rank 59/197 48/197
Percent of world population 0.3% 0.42%
One net population change
1 minute
1.41 minutes
One birth every
43.3 seconds
58.4 seconds
One death every
2.87 minutes
2.83 minutes
One migration net change every
20.4 minutes
28.6 minutes
Annual migration change -25,807 +18,406
Daily growth/decline +1,433 +1,020
Annual growth/decline +523,005 +372,231
Annual growth/decline rate +2.27% +1.1%
Population growth rate rank 41/197 97/197

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

Burkina Faso
Population

Growth rate
Peru
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Burkina Faso Peru Burkina Faso Peru
1960 4,778,621 10,174,127 - -
1961 4,848,224 10,475,123 1.46% 2.96%
1962 4,919,672 10,784,612 1.47% 2.95%
1963 4,993,623 11,102,099 1.5% 2.94%
1964 5,071,034 11,427,978 1.55% 2.94%
1965 5,152,833 11,761,085 1.61% 2.91%
1966 5,237,933 12,101,297 1.65% 2.89%
1967 5,326,348 12,448,814 1.69% 2.87%
1968 5,418,644 12,803,993 1.73% 2.85%
1969 5,513,177 13,166,767 1.74% 2.83%
1970 5,610,304 13,501,237 1.76% 2.54%
1971 5,707,999 13,838,067 1.74% 2.49%
1972 5,807,234 14,210,147 1.74% 2.69%
1973 5,911,927 14,582,867 1.8% 2.62%
1974 6,024,904 14,956,552 1.91% 2.56%
1975 6,147,569 15,333,957 2.04% 2.52%
1976 6,280,635 15,716,809 2.16% 2.5%
1977 6,428,734 16,109,806 2.36% 2.5%
1978 6,590,984 16,516,059 2.52% 2.52%
1979 6,763,903 16,933,139 2.62% 2.53%
1980 6,947,900 17,360,949 2.72% 2.53%
1981 7,140,271 17,798,805 2.77% 2.52%
1982 7,340,197 18,246,503 2.8% 2.52%
1983 7,551,129 18,705,957 2.87% 2.52%
1984 7,772,256 19,174,716 2.93% 2.51%
1985 7,999,935 19,648,204 2.93% 2.47%
1986 8,228,847 20,117,122 2.86% 2.39%
1987 8,457,109 20,582,320 2.77% 2.31%
1988 8,687,435 21,054,702 2.72% 2.3%
1989 8,921,175 21,532,589 2.69% 2.27%
1990 9,159,356 22,014,771 2.67% 2.24%
1991 9,394,632 22,483,775 2.57% 2.13%
1992 9,629,275 22,946,340 2.5% 2.06%
1993 9,871,713 23,413,783 2.52% 2.04%
1994 10,123,798 23,881,493 2.55% 2%
1995 10,386,722 24,348,919 2.6% 1.96%
1996 10,655,942 24,811,171 2.59% 1.9%
1997 10,934,223 25,274,147 2.61% 1.87%
1998 11,240,664 25,738,095 2.8% 1.84%
1999 11,574,928 26,186,504 2.97% 1.74%
2000 11,925,546 26,598,331 3.03% 1.57%
2001 12,295,001 26,964,601 3.1% 1.38%
2002 12,680,897 27,288,217 3.14% 1.2%
2003 13,082,532 27,580,490 3.17% 1.07%
2004 13,500,533 27,852,190 3.2% 0.99%
2005 13,932,123 28,101,180 3.2% 0.89%
2006 14,373,707 28,324,491 3.17% 0.79%
2007 14,816,307 28,530,699 3.08% 0.73%
2008 15,258,093 28,719,041 2.98% 0.66%
2009 15,710,066 28,896,811 2.96% 0.62%
2010 16,176,498 29,086,019 2.97% 0.65%
2011 16,661,908 29,304,086 3% 0.75%
2012 17,172,287 29,550,366 3.06% 0.84%
2013 17,695,409 29,817,919 3.05% 0.91%
2014 18,229,461 30,115,826 3.02% 1%
2015 18,777,487 30,457,600 3.01% 1.13%
2016 19,334,856 30,866,494 2.97% 1.34%
2017 19,894,407 31,324,637 2.89% 1.48%
2018 20,438,288 31,897,584 2.73% 1.83%
2019 20,961,952 32,449,303 2.56% 1.73%
2020 21,478,690 32,838,579 2.47% 1.2%
2021 21,995,243 33,155,882 2.4% 0.97%
2022 22,509,038 33,475,438 2.34% 0.96%
2023 23,025,776 33,845,617 2.3% 1.11%
2024 23,548,781 34,217,848 2.27% 1.1%
2025 24,074,578 34,576,670 2.23% 1.05%
2026 24,601,695 34,922,144 2.19% 1%
2027 25,130,909 35,255,683 2.15% 0.96%
2028 25,661,935 35,578,281 2.11% 0.92%
2029 26,194,607 35,890,705 2.08% 0.88%
2030 26,730,315 36,193,882 2.05% 0.84%
2031 27,270,863 36,488,437 2.02% 0.81%
2032 27,815,172 36,774,937 2% 0.79%
2033 28,363,848 37,054,380 1.97% 0.76%
2034 28,916,943 37,326,798 1.95% 0.74%
2035 29,469,748 37,591,420 1.91% 0.71%
2036 30,019,874 37,848,147 1.87% 0.68%
2037 30,567,561 38,096,898 1.82% 0.66%
2038 31,112,525 38,337,328 1.78% 0.63%
2039 31,654,867 38,569,891 1.74% 0.61%
2040 32,193,641 38,794,647 1.7% 0.58%
2041 32,728,834 39,011,537 1.66% 0.56%
2042 33,260,944 39,220,371 1.63% 0.54%
2043 33,788,597 39,420,647 1.59% 0.51%
2044 34,311,733 39,612,847 1.55% 0.49%
2045 34,829,690 39,796,723 1.51% 0.46%
2046 35,339,501 39,971,719 1.46% 0.44%
2047 35,842,178 40,137,869 1.42% 0.42%
2048 36,336,700 40,294,857 1.38% 0.39%
2049 36,823,426 40,443,273 1.34% 0.37%
2050 37,304,383 40,583,875 1.31% 0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.

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