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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Somalia	Burkina Faso	Somalia
1960	4,778,621	2,876,331	-	-
1961	4,848,224	2,952,054	1.46%	2.63%
1962	4,919,672	3,030,091	1.47%	2.64%
1963	4,993,623	3,110,361	1.5%	2.65%
1964	5,071,034	3,192,796	1.55%	2.65%
1965	5,152,833	3,277,874	1.61%	2.66%
1966	5,237,933	3,365,106	1.65%	2.66%
1967	5,326,348	3,454,537	1.69%	2.66%
1968	5,418,644	3,546,590	1.73%	2.66%
1969	5,513,177	3,641,015	1.74%	2.66%
1970	5,610,304	3,738,448	1.76%	2.68%
1971	5,707,999	3,837,691	1.74%	2.65%
1972	5,807,234	3,939,436	1.74%	2.65%
1973	5,911,927	4,045,592	1.8%	2.69%
1974	6,024,904	4,151,842	1.91%	2.63%
1975	6,147,569	4,257,535	2.04%	2.55%
1976	6,280,635	4,365,812	2.16%	2.54%
1977	6,428,734	4,484,050	2.36%	2.71%
1978	6,590,984	4,814,892	2.52%	7.38%
1979	6,763,903	5,449,117	2.62%	13.2%
1980	6,947,900	5,936,154	2.72%	8.94%
1981	7,140,271	5,982,849	2.77%	0.79%
1982	7,340,197	6,003,840	2.8%	0.35%
1983	7,551,129	6,198,430	2.87%	3.24%
1984	7,772,256	6,428,389	2.93%	3.71%
1985	7,999,935	6,693,289	2.93%	4.12%
1986	8,228,847	6,974,788	2.86%	4.21%
1987	8,457,109	7,228,302	2.77%	3.63%
1988	8,687,435	7,235,360	2.72%	0.1%
1989	8,921,175	7,114,817	2.69%	-1.67%
1990	9,159,356	7,082,811	2.67%	-0.45%
1991	9,394,632	6,813,760	2.57%	-3.8%
1992	9,629,275	6,495,107	2.5%	-4.68%
1993	9,871,713	6,681,399	2.52%	2.87%
1994	10,123,798	7,026,797	2.55%	5.17%
1995	10,386,722	7,285,007	2.6%	3.67%
1996	10,655,942	7,554,474	2.59%	3.7%
1997	10,934,223	7,824,525	2.61%	3.57%
1998	11,240,664	8,155,417	2.8%	4.23%
1999	11,574,928	8,492,059	2.97%	4.13%
2000	11,925,546	8,838,713	3.03%	4.08%
2001	12,295,001	9,198,493	3.1%	4.07%
2002	12,680,897	9,550,063	3.14%	3.82%
2003	13,082,532	9,909,157	3.17%	3.76%
2004	13,500,533	10,280,998	3.2%	3.75%
2005	13,932,123	10,644,228	3.2%	3.53%
2006	14,373,707	10,975,502	3.17%	3.11%
2007	14,816,307	11,322,582	3.08%	3.16%
2008	15,258,093	11,663,084	2.98%	3.01%
2009	15,710,066	11,961,201	2.96%	2.56%
2010	16,176,498	12,261,756	2.97%	2.51%
2011	16,661,908	12,348,830	3%	0.71%
2012	17,172,287	12,461,160	3.06%	0.91%
2013	17,695,409	12,869,594	3.05%	3.28%
2014	18,229,461	13,339,491	3.02%	3.65%
2015	18,777,487	13,806,963	3.01%	3.5%
2016	19,334,856	14,348,740	2.97%	3.92%
2017	19,894,407	14,916,629	2.89%	3.96%
2018	20,438,288	15,452,487	2.73%	3.59%
2019	20,961,952	16,030,971	2.56%	3.74%
2020	21,478,690	16,651,191	2.47%	3.87%
2021	21,995,243	17,271,431	2.4%	3.72%
2022	22,509,038	17,801,897	2.34%	3.07%
2023	23,025,776	18,358,615	2.3%	3.13%
2024	23,548,781	19,009,151	2.27%	3.54%
2025	24,074,578	19,654,737	2.23%	3.4%
2026	24,601,695	20,305,905	2.19%	3.31%
2027	25,130,909	20,959,056	2.15%	3.22%
2028	25,661,935	21,601,810	2.11%	3.07%
2029	26,194,607	22,247,714	2.08%	2.99%
2030	26,730,315	22,915,042	2.05%	3%
2031	27,270,863	23,589,793	2.02%	2.94%
2032	27,815,172	24,258,789	2%	2.84%
2033	28,363,848	24,921,830	1.97%	2.73%
2034	28,916,943	25,593,666	1.95%	2.7%
2035	29,469,748	26,294,943	1.91%	2.74%
2036	30,019,874	27,009,199	1.87%	2.72%
2037	30,567,561	27,731,170	1.82%	2.67%
2038	31,112,525	28,455,755	1.78%	2.61%
2039	31,654,867	29,167,897	1.74%	2.5%
2040	32,193,641	29,896,286	1.7%	2.5%
2041	32,728,834	30,635,956	1.66%	2.47%
2042	33,260,944	31,350,028	1.63%	2.33%
2043	33,788,597	32,057,980	1.59%	2.26%
2044	34,311,733	32,780,417	1.55%	2.25%
2045	34,829,690	33,510,163	1.51%	2.23%
2046	35,339,501	34,248,030	1.46%	2.2%
2047	35,842,178	34,996,366	1.42%	2.19%
2048	36,336,700	35,743,960	1.38%	2.14%
2049	36,823,426	36,474,683	1.34%	2.04%
2050	37,304,383	37,206,497	1.31%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.