Population in Burkina Faso compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Sao Tome	Burkina Faso	Sao Tome
1960	4,778,621	68,012	-	-
1961	4,848,224	68,707	1.46%	1.02%
1962	4,919,672	69,403	1.47%	1.01%
1963	4,993,623	70,112	1.5%	1.02%
1964	5,071,034	70,865	1.55%	1.07%
1965	5,152,833	71,680	1.61%	1.15%
1966	5,237,933	72,576	1.65%	1.25%
1967	5,326,348	73,596	1.69%	1.41%
1968	5,418,644	74,765	1.73%	1.59%
1969	5,513,177	76,083	1.74%	1.76%
1970	5,610,304	77,626	1.76%	2.03%
1971	5,707,999	79,330	1.74%	2.2%
1972	5,807,234	81,041	1.74%	2.16%
1973	5,911,927	82,798	1.8%	2.17%
1974	6,024,904	84,672	1.91%	2.26%
1975	6,147,569	86,708	2.04%	2.4%
1976	6,280,635	88,922	2.16%	2.55%
1977	6,428,734	91,301	2.36%	2.68%
1978	6,590,984	93,794	2.52%	2.73%
1979	6,763,903	96,252	2.62%	2.62%
1980	6,947,900	98,544	2.72%	2.38%
1981	7,140,271	100,615	2.77%	2.1%
1982	7,340,197	102,508	2.8%	1.88%
1983	7,551,129	104,380	2.87%	1.83%
1984	7,772,256	106,394	2.93%	1.93%
1985	7,999,935	108,658	2.93%	2.13%
1986	8,228,847	111,150	2.86%	2.29%
1987	8,457,109	113,919	2.77%	2.49%
1988	8,687,435	116,939	2.72%	2.65%
1989	8,921,175	119,979	2.69%	2.6%
1990	9,159,356	122,980	2.67%	2.5%
1991	9,394,632	125,697	2.57%	2.21%
1992	9,629,275	128,110	2.5%	1.92%
1993	9,871,713	130,467	2.52%	1.84%
1994	10,123,798	132,732	2.55%	1.74%
1995	10,386,722	134,895	2.6%	1.63%
1996	10,655,942	136,962	2.59%	1.53%
1997	10,934,223	138,922	2.61%	1.43%
1998	11,240,664	140,751	2.8%	1.32%
1999	11,574,928	142,442	2.97%	1.2%
2000	11,925,546	144,018	3.03%	1.11%
2001	12,295,001	146,375	3.1%	1.64%
2002	12,680,897	149,922	3.14%	2.42%
2003	13,082,532	153,814	3.17%	2.6%
2004	13,500,533	157,705	3.2%	2.53%
2005	13,932,123	161,639	3.2%	2.49%
2006	14,373,707	165,638	3.17%	2.47%
2007	14,816,307	169,700	3.08%	2.45%
2008	15,258,093	173,793	2.98%	2.41%
2009	15,710,066	177,853	2.96%	2.34%
2010	16,176,498	181,802	2.97%	2.22%
2011	16,661,908	185,649	3%	2.12%
2012	17,172,287	189,439	3.06%	2.04%
2013	17,695,409	193,148	3.05%	1.96%
2014	18,229,461	196,767	3.02%	1.87%
2015	18,777,487	200,291	3.01%	1.79%
2016	19,334,856	203,689	2.97%	1.7%
2017	19,894,407	206,970	2.89%	1.61%
2018	20,438,288	210,187	2.73%	1.55%
2019	20,961,952	213,392	2.56%	1.52%
2020	21,478,690	217,435	2.47%	1.89%
2021	21,995,243	221,961	2.4%	2.08%
2022	22,509,038	226,305	2.34%	1.96%
2023	23,025,776	230,871	2.3%	2.02%
2024	23,548,781	235,536	2.27%	2.02%
2025	24,074,578	240,251	2.23%	2%
2026	24,601,695	244,987	2.19%	1.97%
2027	25,130,909	249,783	2.15%	1.96%
2028	25,661,935	254,657	2.11%	1.95%
2029	26,194,607	259,597	2.08%	1.94%
2030	26,730,315	264,560	2.05%	1.91%
2031	27,270,863	269,566	2.02%	1.89%
2032	27,815,172	274,643	2%	1.88%
2033	28,363,848	279,761	1.97%	1.86%
2034	28,916,943	284,911	1.95%	1.84%
2035	29,469,748	290,082	1.91%	1.81%
2036	30,019,874	295,269	1.87%	1.79%
2037	30,567,561	300,439	1.82%	1.75%
2038	31,112,525	305,590	1.78%	1.71%
2039	31,654,867	310,729	1.74%	1.68%
2040	32,193,641	315,833	1.7%	1.64%
2041	32,728,834	320,875	1.66%	1.6%
2042	33,260,944	325,888	1.63%	1.56%
2043	33,788,597	330,908	1.59%	1.54%
2044	34,311,733	335,919	1.55%	1.51%
2045	34,829,690	340,911	1.51%	1.49%
2046	35,339,501	345,883	1.46%	1.46%
2047	35,842,178	350,758	1.42%	1.41%
2048	36,336,700	355,569	1.38%	1.37%
2049	36,823,426	360,353	1.34%	1.35%
2050	37,304,383	365,103	1.31%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.