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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Romania	Burkina Faso	Romania
1960	4,778,621	18,406,905	-	-
1961	4,848,224	18,555,250	1.46%	0.81%
1962	4,919,672	18,676,550	1.47%	0.65%
1963	4,993,623	18,797,850	1.5%	0.65%
1964	5,071,034	18,919,126	1.55%	0.65%
1965	5,152,833	19,031,576	1.61%	0.59%
1966	5,237,933	19,215,450	1.65%	0.97%
1967	5,326,348	19,534,242	1.69%	1.66%
1968	5,418,644	19,799,831	1.73%	1.36%
1969	5,513,177	20,009,141	1.74%	1.06%
1970	5,610,304	20,250,398	1.76%	1.21%
1971	5,707,999	20,461,567	1.74%	1.04%
1972	5,807,234	20,657,957	1.74%	0.96%
1973	5,911,927	20,835,681	1.8%	0.86%
1974	6,024,904	21,029,429	1.91%	0.93%
1975	6,147,569	21,293,583	2.04%	1.26%
1976	6,280,635	21,551,634	2.16%	1.21%
1977	6,428,734	21,756,096	2.36%	0.95%
1978	6,590,984	21,951,464	2.52%	0.9%
1979	6,763,903	22,090,488	2.62%	0.63%
1980	6,947,900	22,207,282	2.72%	0.53%
1981	7,140,271	22,353,070	2.77%	0.66%
1982	7,340,197	22,475,741	2.8%	0.55%
1983	7,551,129	22,560,478	2.87%	0.38%
1984	7,772,256	22,640,547	2.93%	0.35%
1985	7,999,935	22,732,999	2.93%	0.41%
1986	8,228,847	22,836,841	2.86%	0.46%
1987	8,457,109	22,949,430	2.77%	0.49%
1988	8,687,435	23,057,662	2.72%	0.47%
1989	8,921,175	23,161,458	2.69%	0.45%
1990	9,159,356	23,201,835	2.67%	0.17%
1991	9,394,632	23,001,155	2.57%	-0.86%
1992	9,629,275	22,794,284	2.5%	-0.9%
1993	9,871,713	22,763,280	2.52%	-0.14%
1994	10,123,798	22,730,211	2.55%	-0.15%
1995	10,386,722	22,684,270	2.6%	-0.2%
1996	10,655,942	22,619,004	2.59%	-0.29%
1997	10,934,223	22,553,978	2.61%	-0.29%
1998	11,240,664	22,507,344	2.8%	-0.21%
1999	11,574,928	22,472,040	2.97%	-0.16%
2000	11,925,546	22,442,971	3.03%	-0.13%
2001	12,295,001	22,131,970	3.1%	-1.39%
2002	12,680,897	21,730,496	3.14%	-1.81%
2003	13,082,532	21,574,326	3.17%	-0.72%
2004	13,500,533	21,451,748	3.2%	-0.57%
2005	13,932,123	21,319,685	3.2%	-0.62%
2006	14,373,707	21,193,760	3.17%	-0.59%
2007	14,816,307	20,882,982	3.08%	-1.47%
2008	15,258,093	20,537,875	2.98%	-1.65%
2009	15,710,066	20,367,487	2.96%	-0.83%
2010	16,176,498	20,246,871	2.97%	-0.59%
2011	16,661,908	20,147,528	3%	-0.49%
2012	17,172,287	20,058,035	3.06%	-0.44%
2013	17,695,409	19,983,693	3.05%	-0.37%
2014	18,229,461	19,908,979	3.02%	-0.37%
2015	18,777,487	19,815,616	3.01%	-0.47%
2016	19,334,856	19,702,267	2.97%	-0.57%
2017	19,894,407	19,588,715	2.89%	-0.58%
2018	20,438,288	19,473,970	2.73%	-0.59%
2019	20,961,952	19,371,648	2.56%	-0.53%
2020	21,478,690	19,265,250	2.47%	-0.55%
2021	21,995,243	19,122,059	2.4%	-0.74%
2022	22,509,038	19,048,502	2.34%	-0.38%
2023	23,025,776	19,059,479	2.3%	0.06%
2024	23,548,781	19,069,340	2.27%	0.05%
2025	24,074,578	18,962,595	2.23%	-0.56%
2026	24,601,695	18,854,232	2.19%	-0.57%
2027	25,130,909	18,744,883	2.15%	-0.58%
2028	25,661,935	18,634,894	2.11%	-0.59%
2029	26,194,607	18,523,736	2.08%	-0.6%
2030	26,730,315	18,411,878	2.05%	-0.6%
2031	27,270,863	18,299,820	2.02%	-0.61%
2032	27,815,172	18,187,406	2%	-0.61%
2033	28,363,848	18,074,282	1.97%	-0.62%
2034	28,916,943	17,960,330	1.95%	-0.63%
2035	29,469,748	17,845,182	1.91%	-0.64%
2036	30,019,874	17,728,480	1.87%	-0.65%
2037	30,567,561	17,611,384	1.82%	-0.66%
2038	31,112,525	17,493,684	1.78%	-0.67%
2039	31,654,867	17,375,991	1.74%	-0.67%
2040	32,193,641	17,258,810	1.7%	-0.67%
2041	32,728,834	17,140,535	1.66%	-0.69%
2042	33,260,944	17,022,168	1.63%	-0.69%
2043	33,788,597	16,904,427	1.59%	-0.69%
2044	34,311,733	16,786,029	1.55%	-0.7%
2045	34,829,690	16,667,734	1.51%	-0.7%
2046	35,339,501	16,550,066	1.46%	-0.71%
2047	35,842,178	16,431,566	1.42%	-0.72%
2048	36,336,700	16,312,099	1.38%	-0.73%
2049	36,823,426	16,192,424	1.34%	-0.73%
2050	37,304,383	16,072,989	1.31%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.