Population in Burkina Faso compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	South Africa	Burkina Faso	South Africa
1960	4,778,621	16,440,172	-	-
1961	4,848,224	16,908,035	1.46%	2.85%
1962	4,919,672	17,418,522	1.47%	3.02%
1963	4,993,623	17,954,564	1.5%	3.08%
1964	5,071,034	18,511,361	1.55%	3.1%
1965	5,152,833	19,089,380	1.61%	3.12%
1966	5,237,933	19,690,087	1.65%	3.15%
1967	5,326,348	20,314,066	1.69%	3.17%
1968	5,418,644	20,957,287	1.73%	3.17%
1969	5,513,177	21,614,676	1.74%	3.14%
1970	5,610,304	22,279,984	1.76%	3.08%
1971	5,707,999	22,942,143	1.74%	2.97%
1972	5,807,234	23,609,456	1.74%	2.91%
1973	5,911,927	24,294,263	1.8%	2.9%
1974	6,024,904	24,989,108	1.91%	2.86%
1975	6,147,569	25,690,940	2.04%	2.81%
1976	6,280,635	26,395,450	2.16%	2.74%
1977	6,428,734	27,118,952	2.36%	2.74%
1978	6,590,984	27,869,507	2.52%	2.77%
1979	6,763,903	28,634,162	2.62%	2.74%
1980	6,947,900	29,518,857	2.72%	3.09%
1981	7,140,271	30,541,044	2.77%	3.46%
1982	7,340,197	31,615,339	2.8%	3.52%
1983	7,551,129	32,739,304	2.87%	3.56%
1984	7,772,256	33,892,788	2.93%	3.52%
1985	7,999,935	35,042,093	2.93%	3.39%
1986	8,228,847	36,180,515	2.86%	3.25%
1987	8,457,109	37,326,190	2.77%	3.17%
1988	8,687,435	38,480,649	2.72%	3.09%
1989	8,921,175	39,628,575	2.69%	2.98%
1990	9,159,356	40,746,268	2.67%	2.82%
1991	9,394,632	41,687,898	2.57%	2.31%
1992	9,629,275	42,443,509	2.5%	1.81%
1993	9,871,713	43,297,156	2.52%	2.01%
1994	10,123,798	44,004,139	2.55%	1.63%
1995	10,386,722	44,541,554	2.6%	1.22%
1996	10,655,942	45,123,018	2.59%	1.31%
1997	10,934,223	45,666,838	2.61%	1.21%
1998	11,240,664	46,223,880	2.8%	1.22%
1999	11,574,928	46,730,335	2.97%	1.1%
2000	11,925,546	47,159,719	3.03%	0.92%
2001	12,295,001	47,566,800	3.1%	0.86%
2002	12,680,897	48,019,415	3.14%	0.95%
2003	13,082,532	48,500,348	3.17%	1%
2004	13,500,533	48,991,421	3.2%	1.01%
2005	13,932,123	49,490,033	3.2%	1.02%
2006	14,373,707	49,998,277	3.17%	1.03%
2007	14,816,307	50,528,584	3.08%	1.06%
2008	15,258,093	51,114,599	2.98%	1.16%
2009	15,710,066	51,728,516	2.96%	1.2%
2010	16,176,498	52,344,051	2.97%	1.19%
2011	16,661,908	52,995,205	3%	1.24%
2012	17,172,287	53,782,567	3.06%	1.49%
2013	17,695,409	54,678,791	3.05%	1.67%
2014	18,229,461	55,594,838	3.02%	1.68%
2015	18,777,487	56,723,537	3.01%	2.03%
2016	19,334,856	57,259,551	2.97%	0.94%
2017	19,894,407	57,635,162	2.89%	0.66%
2018	20,438,288	58,613,001	2.73%	1.7%
2019	20,961,952	59,587,885	2.56%	1.66%
2020	21,478,690	60,562,381	2.47%	1.64%
2021	21,995,243	61,502,603	2.4%	1.55%
2022	22,509,038	62,378,410	2.34%	1.42%
2023	23,025,776	63,212,384	2.3%	1.34%
2024	23,548,781	64,007,187	2.27%	1.26%
2025	24,074,578	64,747,317	2.23%	1.16%
2026	24,601,695	65,453,086	2.19%	1.09%
2027	25,130,909	66,143,018	2.15%	1.05%
2028	25,661,935	66,830,384	2.11%	1.04%
2029	26,194,607	67,506,850	2.08%	1.01%
2030	26,730,315	68,161,357	2.05%	0.97%
2031	27,270,863	68,798,574	2.02%	0.93%
2032	27,815,172	69,426,441	2%	0.91%
2033	28,363,848	70,040,484	1.97%	0.88%
2034	28,916,943	70,641,572	1.95%	0.86%
2035	29,469,748	71,234,749	1.91%	0.84%
2036	30,019,874	71,816,372	1.87%	0.82%
2037	30,567,561	72,387,807	1.82%	0.8%
2038	31,112,525	72,949,611	1.78%	0.78%
2039	31,654,867	73,496,152	1.74%	0.75%
2040	32,193,641	74,035,615	1.7%	0.73%
2041	32,728,834	74,575,444	1.66%	0.73%
2042	33,260,944	75,111,899	1.63%	0.72%
2043	33,788,597	75,641,512	1.59%	0.71%
2044	34,311,733	76,164,461	1.55%	0.69%
2045	34,829,690	76,681,448	1.51%	0.68%
2046	35,339,501	77,199,542	1.46%	0.68%
2047	35,842,178	77,716,650	1.42%	0.67%
2048	36,336,700	78,215,323	1.38%	0.64%
2049	36,823,426	78,699,584	1.34%	0.62%
2050	37,304,383	79,177,329	1.31%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Burkina Faso's population will grow by 51.6% to 37,304,383 people with a rank change from 59th to 56th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.