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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Rwanda	Burkina Faso	Rwanda
1960	4,778,621	3,022,294	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,106,779	1.46%	2.8%
1962	4,919,672	3,186,025	1.47%	2.55%
1963	4,993,623	3,258,890	1.5%	2.29%
1964	5,071,034	3,334,834	1.55%	2.33%
1965	5,152,833	3,423,210	1.61%	2.65%
1966	5,237,933	3,521,626	1.65%	2.87%
1967	5,326,348	3,629,577	1.69%	3.07%
1968	5,418,644	3,744,010	1.73%	3.15%
1969	5,513,177	3,861,271	1.74%	3.13%
1970	5,610,304	3,980,669	1.76%	3.09%
1971	5,707,999	4,100,044	1.74%	3%
1972	5,807,234	4,220,335	1.74%	2.93%
1973	5,911,927	4,345,047	1.8%	2.96%
1974	6,024,904	4,474,228	1.91%	2.97%
1975	6,147,569	4,607,728	2.04%	2.98%
1976	6,280,635	4,745,954	2.16%	3%
1977	6,428,734	4,888,240	2.36%	3%
1978	6,590,984	5,035,171	2.52%	3.01%
1979	6,763,903	5,189,541	2.62%	3.07%
1980	6,947,900	5,353,259	2.72%	3.15%
1981	7,140,271	5,527,230	2.77%	3.25%
1982	7,340,197	5,711,549	2.8%	3.33%
1983	7,551,129	5,905,311	2.87%	3.39%
1984	7,772,256	6,107,627	2.93%	3.43%
1985	7,999,935	6,317,228	2.93%	3.43%
1986	8,228,847	6,531,881	2.86%	3.4%
1987	8,457,109	6,749,493	2.77%	3.33%
1988	8,687,435	6,968,071	2.72%	3.24%
1989	8,921,175	7,184,706	2.69%	3.11%
1990	9,159,356	7,375,307	2.67%	2.65%
1991	9,394,632	7,526,966	2.57%	2.06%
1992	9,629,275	7,683,266	2.5%	2.08%
1993	9,871,713	7,981,132	2.52%	3.88%
1994	10,123,798	6,792,352	2.55%	-14.9%
1995	10,386,722	5,674,118	2.6%	-16.5%
1996	10,655,942	6,708,764	2.59%	18.2%
1997	10,934,223	7,755,238	2.61%	15.6%
1998	11,240,664	8,081,681	2.8%	4.21%
1999	11,574,928	8,147,912	2.97%	0.82%
2000	11,925,546	8,213,931	3.03%	0.81%
2001	12,295,001	8,287,094	3.1%	0.89%
2002	12,680,897	8,400,180	3.14%	1.36%
2003	13,082,532	8,586,875	3.17%	2.22%
2004	13,500,533	8,816,844	3.2%	2.68%
2005	13,932,123	9,054,528	3.2%	2.7%
2006	14,373,707	9,299,246	3.17%	2.7%
2007	14,816,307	9,549,933	3.08%	2.7%
2008	15,258,093	9,804,269	2.98%	2.66%
2009	15,710,066	10,060,432	2.96%	2.61%
2010	16,176,498	10,317,553	2.97%	2.56%
2011	16,661,908	10,573,733	3%	2.48%
2012	17,172,287	10,829,901	3.06%	2.42%
2013	17,695,409	11,093,340	3.05%	2.43%
2014	18,229,461	11,364,757	3.02%	2.45%
2015	18,777,487	11,640,022	3.01%	2.42%
2016	19,334,856	11,919,183	2.97%	2.4%
2017	19,894,407	12,202,060	2.89%	2.37%
2018	20,438,288	12,487,996	2.73%	2.34%
2019	20,961,952	12,776,103	2.56%	2.31%
2020	21,478,690	13,065,837	2.47%	2.27%
2021	21,995,243	13,355,260	2.4%	2.22%
2022	22,509,038	13,651,030	2.34%	2.21%
2023	23,025,776	13,954,471	2.3%	2.22%
2024	23,548,781	14,256,567	2.27%	2.16%
2025	24,074,578	14,569,343	2.23%	2.19%
2026	24,601,695	14,889,694	2.19%	2.2%
2027	25,130,909	15,214,324	2.15%	2.18%
2028	25,661,935	15,536,461	2.11%	2.12%
2029	26,194,607	15,844,649	2.08%	1.98%
2030	26,730,315	16,154,698	2.05%	1.96%
2031	27,270,863	16,473,106	2.02%	1.97%
2032	27,815,172	16,771,820	2%	1.81%
2033	28,363,848	17,073,475	1.97%	1.8%
2034	28,916,943	17,402,250	1.95%	1.93%
2035	29,469,748	17,746,315	1.91%	1.98%
2036	30,019,874	18,076,769	1.87%	1.86%
2037	30,567,561	18,395,838	1.82%	1.77%
2038	31,112,525	18,729,778	1.78%	1.82%
2039	31,654,867	19,076,783	1.74%	1.85%
2040	32,193,641	19,440,762	1.7%	1.91%
2041	32,728,834	19,806,170	1.66%	1.88%
2042	33,260,944	20,153,979	1.63%	1.76%
2043	33,788,597	20,500,826	1.59%	1.72%
2044	34,311,733	20,837,079	1.55%	1.64%
2045	34,829,690	21,152,650	1.51%	1.51%
2046	35,339,501	21,459,144	1.46%	1.45%
2047	35,842,178	21,764,578	1.42%	1.42%
2048	36,336,700	22,086,112	1.38%	1.48%
2049	36,823,426	22,403,887	1.34%	1.44%
2050	37,304,383	22,707,896	1.31%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.