The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 2,126,324 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 2,124,696 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- Burkina Faso's population is 11.5 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Slovenia has grown from 2M to 2.12M (6.21% growth).
- Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Burkina Faso vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
24497999
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2124696
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| Population rank | 59/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.3% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
1 minute
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1.49 hours
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| One birth every |
43.3 seconds
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
2.87 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
20.4 minutes
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | -25,807 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,433 | +16 |
| Annual growth/decline | +523,005 | +5,863 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.27% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 41/197 | 151/197 |
Burkina Faso and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,778,621 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,848,224 | 1,594,131 | 1.46% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 4,919,672 | 1,603,649 | 1.47% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 4,993,623 | 1,616,971 | 1.5% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 5,071,034 | 1,632,114 | 1.55% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 5,152,833 | 1,649,160 | 1.61% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 5,237,933 | 1,669,905 | 1.65% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 5,326,348 | 1,689,528 | 1.69% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 5,418,644 | 1,704,546 | 1.73% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 5,513,177 | 1,713,874 | 1.74% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 5,610,304 | 1,724,891 | 1.76% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 5,707,999 | 1,738,335 | 1.74% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 5,807,234 | 1,752,233 | 1.74% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 5,911,927 | 1,766,697 | 1.8% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 6,024,904 | 1,776,132 | 1.91% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 6,147,569 | 1,793,581 | 2.04% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 6,280,635 | 1,820,249 | 2.16% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 6,428,734 | 1,842,377 | 2.36% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 6,590,984 | 1,862,548 | 2.52% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 6,763,903 | 1,882,599 | 2.62% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 6,947,900 | 1,901,315 | 2.72% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 7,140,271 | 1,906,531 | 2.77% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 7,340,197 | 1,910,334 | 2.8% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 7,551,129 | 1,922,321 | 2.87% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 7,772,256 | 1,932,154 | 2.93% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 7,999,935 | 1,941,641 | 2.93% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 8,228,847 | 1,965,964 | 2.86% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 8,457,109 | 1,989,776 | 2.77% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 8,687,435 | 1,995,196 | 2.72% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 8,921,175 | 1,996,351 | 2.69% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 9,159,356 | 1,998,161 | 2.67% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 9,394,632 | 1,999,429 | 2.57% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 9,629,275 | 1,996,498 | 2.5% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 9,871,713 | 1,991,746 | 2.52% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 10,123,798 | 1,989,443 | 2.55% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 10,386,722 | 1,989,872 | 2.6% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 10,655,942 | 1,988,628 | 2.59% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 10,934,223 | 1,985,956 | 2.61% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 11,240,664 | 1,981,629 | 2.8% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 11,574,928 | 1,983,045 | 2.97% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 11,925,546 | 1,988,925 | 3.03% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 12,295,001 | 1,992,060 | 3.1% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 12,680,897 | 1,994,530 | 3.14% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 13,082,532 | 1,995,733 | 3.17% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 13,500,533 | 1,997,012 | 3.2% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 13,932,123 | 2,000,474 | 3.2% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 14,373,707 | 2,006,868 | 3.17% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 14,816,307 | 2,018,122 | 3.08% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 15,258,093 | 2,021,316 | 2.98% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 15,710,066 | 2,039,669 | 2.96% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 16,176,498 | 2,048,583 | 2.97% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 16,661,908 | 2,052,843 | 3% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 17,172,287 | 2,057,159 | 3.06% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 17,695,409 | 2,059,953 | 3.05% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 18,229,461 | 2,061,980 | 3.02% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 18,777,487 | 2,063,531 | 3.01% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 19,334,856 | 2,065,042 | 2.97% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 19,894,407 | 2,066,388 | 2.89% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 20,438,288 | 2,073,894 | 2.73% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 20,961,952 | 2,088,385 | 2.56% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 21,478,690 | 2,102,419 | 2.47% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 21,995,243 | 2,108,079 | 2.4% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 22,509,038 | 2,112,076 | 2.34% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 23,025,776 | 2,120,461 | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 23,548,781 | 2,126,324 | 2.27% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 24,074,578 | 2,124,696 | 2.23% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 24,601,695 | 2,122,189 | 2.19% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 25,130,909 | 2,119,145 | 2.15% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 25,661,935 | 2,115,423 | 2.11% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 26,194,607 | 2,111,105 | 2.08% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 26,730,315 | 2,106,524 | 2.05% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 27,270,863 | 2,101,619 | 2.02% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 27,815,172 | 2,096,578 | 2% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 28,363,848 | 2,091,480 | 1.97% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 28,916,943 | 2,086,418 | 1.95% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 29,469,748 | 2,081,306 | 1.91% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 30,019,874 | 2,075,930 | 1.87% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 30,567,561 | 2,070,284 | 1.82% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 31,112,525 | 2,064,791 | 1.78% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 31,654,867 | 2,059,470 | 1.74% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 32,193,641 | 2,054,131 | 1.7% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 32,728,834 | 2,048,670 | 1.66% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 33,260,944 | 2,042,743 | 1.63% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 33,788,597 | 2,036,503 | 1.59% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 34,311,733 | 2,030,103 | 1.55% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 34,829,690 | 2,023,552 | 1.51% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 35,339,501 | 2,016,934 | 1.46% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 35,842,178 | 2,010,203 | 1.42% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 36,336,700 | 2,003,376 | 1.38% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 36,823,426 | 1,996,286 | 1.34% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 37,304,383 | 1,988,691 | 1.31% | -0.38% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Slovenia gained 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Slovenia's population increased by 61,165 (a 2.96% growth).
Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Slovenia was ranked 142nd in 2005 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people and rank change from 147th to 148th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ouagadougou | 2.45M |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | 904K |
| Koudougou | 160K |
| Ouahigouya | 125K |
| Fada N'gourma | 73.2K |
| Dedougou | 63.6K |
| Leo | 51.7K |
| Dori | 46.5K |
| Nouna | 32.4K |
| Manga | 28.6K |
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Burkina Faso and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 61.5 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 22.9 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 18.6 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 4.19 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 222.9 ppl/mi² | 273.5 ppl/mi² |
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