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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	South Sudan	Burkina Faso	South Sudan
1960	4,778,621	2,931,559	-	-
1961	4,848,224	2,976,724	1.46%	1.54%
1962	4,919,672	3,024,308	1.47%	1.6%
1963	4,993,623	3,072,669	1.5%	1.6%
1964	5,071,034	3,129,918	1.55%	1.86%
1965	5,152,833	3,189,835	1.61%	1.91%
1966	5,237,933	3,236,423	1.65%	1.46%
1967	5,326,348	3,277,648	1.69%	1.27%
1968	5,418,644	3,321,528	1.73%	1.34%
1969	5,513,177	3,365,533	1.74%	1.32%
1970	5,610,304	3,409,614	1.76%	1.31%
1971	5,707,999	3,468,646	1.74%	1.73%
1972	5,807,234	3,542,497	1.74%	2.13%
1973	5,911,927	3,627,383	1.8%	2.4%
1974	6,024,904	3,723,259	1.91%	2.64%
1975	6,147,569	3,821,494	2.04%	2.64%
1976	6,280,635	3,921,910	2.16%	2.63%
1977	6,428,734	4,024,032	2.36%	2.6%
1978	6,590,984	4,127,657	2.52%	2.58%
1979	6,763,903	4,232,605	2.62%	2.54%
1980	6,947,900	4,339,030	2.72%	2.51%
1981	7,140,271	4,447,272	2.77%	2.49%
1982	7,340,197	4,557,686	2.8%	2.48%
1983	7,551,129	4,661,574	2.87%	2.28%
1984	7,772,256	4,750,627	2.93%	1.91%
1985	7,999,935	4,834,296	2.93%	1.76%
1986	8,228,847	4,921,240	2.86%	1.8%
1987	8,457,109	4,962,395	2.77%	0.84%
1988	8,687,435	4,848,029	2.72%	-2.3%
1989	8,921,175	4,713,229	2.69%	-2.78%
1990	9,159,356	4,737,633	2.67%	0.52%
1991	9,394,632	4,836,677	2.57%	2.09%
1992	9,629,275	4,909,749	2.5%	1.51%
1993	9,871,713	4,956,002	2.52%	0.94%
1994	10,123,798	5,071,184	2.55%	2.32%
1995	10,386,722	5,225,836	2.6%	3.05%
1996	10,655,942	5,356,925	2.59%	2.51%
1997	10,934,223	5,509,136	2.61%	2.84%
1998	11,240,664	5,620,068	2.8%	2.01%
1999	11,574,928	5,771,628	2.97%	2.7%
2000	11,925,546	6,032,267	3.03%	4.52%
2001	12,295,001	6,308,391	3.1%	4.58%
2002	12,680,897	6,596,806	3.14%	4.57%
2003	13,082,532	6,903,127	3.17%	4.64%
2004	13,500,533	7,233,041	3.2%	4.78%
2005	13,932,123	7,590,143	3.2%	4.94%
2006	14,373,707	7,976,526	3.17%	5.09%
2007	14,816,307	8,388,788	3.08%	5.17%
2008	15,258,093	8,817,647	2.98%	5.11%
2009	15,710,066	9,243,556	2.96%	4.83%
2010	16,176,498	9,745,953	2.97%	5.44%
2011	16,661,908	10,288,109	3%	5.56%
2012	17,172,287	10,756,240	3.06%	4.55%
2013	17,695,409	11,166,275	3.05%	3.81%
2014	18,229,461	11,235,073	3.02%	0.62%
2015	18,777,487	11,107,561	3.01%	-1.13%
2016	19,334,856	10,830,102	2.97%	-2.5%
2017	19,894,407	10,259,154	2.89%	-5.27%
2018	20,438,288	10,122,977	2.73%	-1.33%
2019	20,961,952	10,423,384	2.56%	2.97%
2020	21,478,690	10,698,467	2.47%	2.64%
2021	21,995,243	10,865,780	2.4%	1.56%
2022	22,509,038	11,021,177	2.34%	1.43%
2023	23,025,776	11,483,374	2.3%	4.19%
2024	23,548,781	11,943,408	2.27%	4.01%
2025	24,074,578	12,188,793	2.23%	2.05%
2026	24,601,695	12,436,036	2.19%	2.03%
2027	25,130,909	12,687,301	2.15%	2.02%
2028	25,661,935	12,941,503	2.11%	2%
2029	26,194,607	13,198,080	2.08%	1.98%
2030	26,730,315	13,457,446	2.05%	1.97%
2031	27,270,863	13,725,413	2.02%	1.99%
2032	27,815,172	13,996,343	2%	1.97%
2033	28,363,848	14,261,762	1.97%	1.9%
2034	28,916,943	14,527,550	1.95%	1.86%
2035	29,469,748	14,798,602	1.91%	1.87%
2036	30,019,874	15,070,098	1.87%	1.83%
2037	30,567,561	15,335,700	1.82%	1.76%
2038	31,112,525	15,595,968	1.78%	1.7%
2039	31,654,867	15,850,696	1.74%	1.63%
2040	32,193,641	16,101,470	1.7%	1.58%
2041	32,728,834	16,350,149	1.66%	1.54%
2042	33,260,944	16,593,361	1.63%	1.49%
2043	33,788,597	16,829,209	1.59%	1.42%
2044	34,311,733	17,060,176	1.55%	1.37%
2045	34,829,690	17,286,412	1.51%	1.33%
2046	35,339,501	17,509,693	1.46%	1.29%
2047	35,842,178	17,728,331	1.42%	1.25%
2048	36,336,700	17,938,437	1.38%	1.19%
2049	36,823,426	18,142,893	1.34%	1.14%
2050	37,304,383	18,341,968	1.31%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.