Population in Burkina Faso compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
1960	4,778,621	2,268,356	-	-
1961	4,848,224	2,304,227	1.46%	1.58%
1962	4,919,672	2,342,242	1.47%	1.65%
1963	4,993,623	2,382,258	1.5%	1.71%
1964	5,071,034	2,424,390	1.55%	1.77%
1965	5,152,833	2,468,666	1.61%	1.83%
1966	5,237,933	2,514,638	1.65%	1.86%
1967	5,326,348	2,562,384	1.69%	1.9%
1968	5,418,644	2,611,532	1.73%	1.92%
1969	5,513,177	2,661,365	1.74%	1.91%
1970	5,610,304	2,712,286	1.76%	1.91%
1971	5,707,999	2,763,222	1.74%	1.88%
1972	5,807,234	2,814,388	1.74%	1.85%
1973	5,911,927	2,866,955	1.8%	1.87%
1974	6,024,904	2,920,459	1.91%	1.87%
1975	6,147,569	2,974,657	2.04%	1.86%
1976	6,280,635	3,028,820	2.16%	1.82%
1977	6,428,734	3,085,354	2.36%	1.87%
1978	6,590,984	3,145,517	2.52%	1.95%
1979	6,763,903	3,207,499	2.62%	1.97%
1980	6,947,900	3,272,089	2.72%	2.01%
1981	7,140,271	3,338,940	2.77%	2.04%
1982	7,340,197	3,408,183	2.8%	2.07%
1983	7,551,129	3,481,646	2.87%	2.16%
1984	7,772,256	3,558,758	2.93%	2.21%
1985	7,999,935	3,638,438	2.93%	2.24%
1986	8,228,847	3,728,380	2.86%	2.47%
1987	8,457,109	3,829,718	2.77%	2.72%
1988	8,687,435	3,934,517	2.72%	2.74%
1989	8,921,175	4,034,037	2.69%	2.53%
1990	9,159,356	4,196,828	2.67%	4.04%
1991	9,394,632	4,246,267	2.57%	1.18%
1992	9,629,275	4,166,366	2.5%	-1.88%
1993	9,871,713	4,157,130	2.52%	-0.22%
1994	10,123,798	4,173,105	2.55%	0.38%
1995	10,386,722	4,179,179	2.6%	0.15%
1996	10,655,942	4,199,210	2.59%	0.48%
1997	10,934,223	4,253,716	2.61%	1.3%
1998	11,240,664	4,295,785	2.8%	0.99%
1999	11,574,928	4,318,043	2.97%	0.52%
2000	11,925,546	4,423,611	3.03%	2.44%
2001	12,295,001	4,692,716	3.1%	6.08%
2002	12,680,897	4,971,435	3.14%	5.94%
2003	13,082,532	5,177,687	3.17%	4.15%
2004	13,500,533	5,355,717	3.2%	3.44%
2005	13,932,123	5,501,712	3.2%	2.73%
2006	14,373,707	5,624,466	3.17%	2.23%
2007	14,816,307	5,749,352	3.08%	2.22%
2008	15,258,093	5,894,722	2.98%	2.53%
2009	15,710,066	6,055,646	2.96%	2.73%
2010	16,176,498	6,222,714	2.97%	2.76%
2011	16,661,908	6,387,251	3%	2.64%
2012	17,172,287	6,551,080	3.06%	2.56%
2013	17,695,409	6,714,051	3.05%	2.49%
2014	18,229,461	6,876,385	3.02%	2.42%
2015	18,777,487	7,037,655	3.01%	2.35%
2016	19,334,856	7,205,328	2.97%	2.38%
2017	19,894,407	7,379,299	2.89%	2.41%
2018	20,438,288	7,554,563	2.73%	2.38%
2019	20,961,952	7,731,991	2.56%	2.35%
2020	21,478,690	7,912,558	2.47%	2.34%
2021	21,995,243	8,094,602	2.4%	2.3%
2022	22,509,038	8,276,807	2.34%	2.25%
2023	23,025,776	8,460,512	2.3%	2.22%
2024	23,548,781	8,642,022	2.27%	2.15%
2025	24,074,578	8,819,789	2.23%	2.06%
2026	24,601,695	8,996,743	2.19%	2.01%
2027	25,130,909	9,174,695	2.15%	1.98%
2028	25,661,935	9,349,021	2.11%	1.9%
2029	26,194,607	9,520,811	2.08%	1.84%
2030	26,730,315	9,694,851	2.05%	1.83%
2031	27,270,863	9,870,295	2.02%	1.81%
2032	27,815,172	10,047,193	2%	1.79%
2033	28,363,848	10,221,006	1.97%	1.73%
2034	28,916,943	10,391,485	1.95%	1.67%
2035	29,469,748	10,563,163	1.91%	1.65%
2036	30,019,874	10,734,341	1.87%	1.62%
2037	30,567,561	10,902,263	1.82%	1.56%
2038	31,112,525	11,066,143	1.78%	1.5%
2039	31,654,867	11,230,060	1.74%	1.48%
2040	32,193,641	11,398,391	1.7%	1.5%
2041	32,728,834	11,566,213	1.66%	1.47%
2042	33,260,944	11,728,787	1.63%	1.41%
2043	33,788,597	11,887,934	1.59%	1.36%
2044	34,311,733	12,049,424	1.55%	1.36%
2045	34,829,690	12,208,872	1.51%	1.32%
2046	35,339,501	12,363,446	1.46%	1.27%
2047	35,842,178	12,512,739	1.42%	1.21%
2048	36,336,700	12,659,609	1.38%	1.17%
2049	36,823,426	12,805,136	1.34%	1.15%
2050	37,304,383	12,948,320	1.31%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.