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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	South Korea	Burkina Faso	South Korea
1960	4,778,621	25,012,374	-	-
1961	4,848,224	25,765,673	1.46%	3.01%
1962	4,919,672	26,513,030	1.47%	2.9%
1963	4,993,623	27,261,747	1.5%	2.82%
1964	5,071,034	27,984,155	1.55%	2.65%
1965	5,152,833	28,704,674	1.61%	2.57%
1966	5,237,933	29,435,571	1.65%	2.55%
1967	5,326,348	30,130,983	1.69%	2.36%
1968	5,418,644	30,838,302	1.73%	2.35%
1969	5,513,177	31,544,266	1.74%	2.29%
1970	5,610,304	32,240,827	1.76%	2.21%
1971	5,707,999	32,882,704	1.74%	1.99%
1972	5,807,234	33,505,406	1.74%	1.89%
1973	5,911,927	34,103,149	1.8%	1.78%
1974	6,024,904	34,692,266	1.91%	1.73%
1975	6,147,569	35,280,725	2.04%	1.7%
1976	6,280,635	35,848,523	2.16%	1.61%
1977	6,428,734	36,411,795	2.36%	1.57%
1978	6,590,984	36,969,185	2.52%	1.53%
1979	6,763,903	37,534,236	2.62%	1.53%
1980	6,947,900	38,123,775	2.72%	1.57%
1981	7,140,271	38,723,248	2.77%	1.57%
1982	7,340,197	39,326,352	2.8%	1.56%
1983	7,551,129	39,910,403	2.87%	1.49%
1984	7,772,256	40,405,956	2.93%	1.24%
1985	7,999,935	40,805,744	2.93%	0.99%
1986	8,228,847	41,213,674	2.86%	1%
1987	8,457,109	41,621,690	2.77%	0.99%
1988	8,687,435	42,031,247	2.72%	0.98%
1989	8,921,175	42,449,038	2.69%	0.99%
1990	9,159,356	42,869,283	2.67%	0.99%
1991	9,394,632	43,295,704	2.57%	0.99%
1992	9,629,275	43,747,962	2.5%	1.04%
1993	9,871,713	44,194,628	2.52%	1.02%
1994	10,123,798	44,641,540	2.55%	1.01%
1995	10,386,722	45,092,991	2.6%	1.01%
1996	10,655,942	45,524,681	2.59%	0.96%
1997	10,934,223	45,953,580	2.61%	0.94%
1998	11,240,664	46,286,503	2.8%	0.72%
1999	11,574,928	46,616,677	2.97%	0.71%
2000	11,925,546	47,008,111	3.03%	0.84%
2001	12,295,001	47,370,164	3.1%	0.77%
2002	12,680,897	47,644,736	3.14%	0.58%
2003	13,082,532	47,892,330	3.17%	0.52%
2004	13,500,533	48,082,519	3.2%	0.4%
2005	13,932,123	48,184,561	3.2%	0.21%
2006	14,373,707	48,438,292	3.17%	0.53%
2007	14,816,307	48,683,638	3.08%	0.51%
2008	15,258,093	49,054,708	2.98%	0.76%
2009	15,710,066	49,307,835	2.96%	0.52%
2010	16,176,498	49,554,112	2.97%	0.5%
2011	16,661,908	49,936,638	3%	0.77%
2012	17,172,287	50,199,853	3.06%	0.53%
2013	17,695,409	50,428,893	3.05%	0.46%
2014	18,229,461	50,746,659	3.02%	0.63%
2015	18,777,487	51,014,947	3.01%	0.53%
2016	19,334,856	51,217,803	2.97%	0.4%
2017	19,894,407	51,361,911	2.89%	0.28%
2018	20,438,288	51,585,058	2.73%	0.43%
2019	20,961,952	51,764,822	2.56%	0.35%
2020	21,478,690	51,836,239	2.47%	0.14%
2021	21,995,243	51,769,539	2.4%	-0.13%
2022	22,509,038	51,672,569	2.34%	-0.19%
2023	23,025,776	51,712,619	2.3%	0.08%
2024	23,548,781	51,751,065	2.27%	0.07%
2025	24,074,578	51,700,480	2.23%	-0.1%
2026	24,601,695	51,633,793	2.19%	-0.13%
2027	25,130,909	51,552,198	2.15%	-0.16%
2028	25,661,935	51,456,707	2.11%	-0.19%
2029	26,194,607	51,347,230	2.08%	-0.21%
2030	26,730,315	51,221,713	2.05%	-0.24%
2031	27,270,863	51,081,220	2.02%	-0.27%
2032	27,815,172	50,924,233	2%	-0.31%
2033	28,363,848	50,747,132	1.97%	-0.35%
2034	28,916,943	50,549,508	1.95%	-0.39%
2035	29,469,748	50,333,286	1.91%	-0.43%
2036	30,019,874	50,098,951	1.87%	-0.47%
2037	30,567,561	49,845,669	1.82%	-0.51%
2038	31,112,525	49,573,234	1.78%	-0.55%
2039	31,654,867	49,283,770	1.74%	-0.58%
2040	32,193,641	48,980,369	1.7%	-0.62%
2041	32,728,834	48,661,905	1.66%	-0.65%
2042	33,260,944	48,331,004	1.63%	-0.68%
2043	33,788,597	47,990,085	1.59%	-0.71%
2044	34,311,733	47,634,183	1.55%	-0.74%
2045	34,829,690	47,263,526	1.51%	-0.78%
2046	35,339,501	46,881,228	1.46%	-0.81%
2047	35,842,178	46,482,133	1.42%	-0.85%
2048	36,336,700	46,063,595	1.38%	-0.9%
2049	36,823,426	45,626,805	1.34%	-0.95%
2050	37,304,383	45,172,356	1.31%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.