Population in Burkina Faso compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia	Burkina Faso	Saudi Arabia
1960	4,778,621	2,435,403	-	-
1961	4,848,224	2,526,347	1.46%	3.73%
1962	4,919,672	2,620,910	1.47%	3.74%
1963	4,993,623	2,719,341	1.5%	3.76%
1964	5,071,034	2,821,968	1.55%	3.77%
1965	5,152,833	2,928,771	1.61%	3.78%
1966	5,237,933	3,039,887	1.65%	3.79%
1967	5,326,348	3,157,242	1.69%	3.86%
1968	5,418,644	3,282,711	1.73%	3.97%
1969	5,513,177	3,417,114	1.74%	4.09%
1970	5,610,304	3,562,470	1.76%	4.25%
1971	5,707,999	3,724,031	1.74%	4.54%
1972	5,807,234	3,905,722	1.74%	4.88%
1973	5,911,927	4,106,344	1.8%	5.14%
1974	6,024,904	4,323,632	1.91%	5.29%
1975	6,147,569	4,556,287	2.04%	5.38%
1976	6,280,635	4,807,933	2.16%	5.52%
1977	6,428,734	5,083,048	2.36%	5.72%
1978	6,590,984	5,381,902	2.52%	5.88%
1979	6,763,903	5,703,698	2.62%	5.98%
1980	6,947,900	6,047,997	2.72%	6.04%
1981	7,140,271	6,420,551	2.77%	6.16%
1982	7,340,197	6,824,486	2.8%	6.29%
1983	7,551,129	7,252,941	2.87%	6.28%
1984	7,772,256	7,697,307	2.93%	6.13%
1985	7,999,935	8,151,779	2.93%	5.9%
1986	8,228,847	8,628,639	2.86%	5.85%
1987	8,457,109	9,130,194	2.77%	5.81%
1988	8,687,435	9,629,165	2.72%	5.47%
1989	8,921,175	10,128,394	2.69%	5.18%
1990	9,159,356	10,640,691	2.67%	5.06%
1991	9,394,632	11,160,744	2.57%	4.89%
1992	9,629,275	11,686,676	2.5%	4.71%
1993	9,871,713	12,215,862	2.52%	4.53%
1994	10,123,798	12,750,040	2.55%	4.37%
1995	10,386,722	13,289,245	2.6%	4.23%
1996	10,655,942	13,831,009	2.59%	4.08%
1997	10,934,223	14,374,943	2.61%	3.93%
1998	11,240,664	14,922,185	2.8%	3.81%
1999	11,574,928	15,472,075	2.97%	3.69%
2000	11,925,546	16,177,722	3.03%	4.56%
2001	12,295,001	17,041,397	3.1%	5.34%
2002	12,680,897	17,910,910	3.14%	5.1%
2003	13,082,532	18,786,767	3.17%	4.89%
2004	13,500,533	19,669,480	3.2%	4.7%
2005	13,932,123	20,559,890	3.2%	4.53%
2006	14,373,707	21,459,144	3.17%	4.37%
2007	14,816,307	22,368,313	3.08%	4.24%
2008	15,258,093	23,287,877	2.98%	4.11%
2009	15,710,066	24,217,654	2.96%	3.99%
2010	16,176,498	23,978,487	2.97%	-0.99%
2011	16,661,908	25,091,867	3%	4.64%
2012	17,172,287	26,168,861	3.06%	4.29%
2013	17,695,409	27,624,004	3.05%	5.56%
2014	18,229,461	28,309,273	3.02%	2.48%
2015	18,777,487	29,816,382	3.01%	5.32%
2016	19,334,856	30,954,198	2.97%	3.82%
2017	19,894,407	30,977,355	2.89%	0.07%
2018	20,438,288	30,196,281	2.73%	-2.52%
2019	20,961,952	30,063,799	2.56%	-0.44%
2020	21,478,690	31,552,510	2.47%	4.95%
2021	21,995,243	30,784,383	2.4%	-2.43%
2022	22,509,038	32,175,224	2.34%	4.52%
2023	23,025,776	33,702,731	2.3%	4.75%
2024	23,548,781	35,300,280	2.27%	4.74%
2025	24,074,578	35,927,625	2.23%	1.78%
2026	24,601,695	36,550,694	2.19%	1.73%
2027	25,130,909	37,167,513	2.15%	1.69%
2028	25,661,935	37,775,810	2.11%	1.64%
2029	26,194,607	38,364,377	2.08%	1.56%
2030	26,730,315	38,918,375	2.05%	1.44%
2031	27,270,863	39,450,880	2.02%	1.37%
2032	27,815,172	39,983,934	2%	1.35%
2033	28,363,848	40,517,599	1.97%	1.33%
2034	28,916,943	41,052,423	1.95%	1.32%
2035	29,469,748	41,588,429	1.91%	1.31%
2036	30,019,874	42,125,184	1.87%	1.29%
2037	30,567,561	42,661,908	1.82%	1.27%
2038	31,112,525	43,198,420	1.78%	1.26%
2039	31,654,867	43,734,316	1.74%	1.24%
2040	32,193,641	44,269,571	1.7%	1.22%
2041	32,728,834	44,804,338	1.66%	1.21%
2042	33,260,944	45,338,111	1.63%	1.19%
2043	33,788,597	45,870,896	1.59%	1.18%
2044	34,311,733	46,403,116	1.55%	1.16%
2045	34,829,690	46,934,822	1.51%	1.15%
2046	35,339,501	47,465,267	1.46%	1.13%
2047	35,842,178	47,993,976	1.42%	1.11%
2048	36,336,700	48,521,364	1.38%	1.1%
2049	36,823,426	49,047,461	1.34%	1.08%
2050	37,304,383	49,572,202	1.31%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.