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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Spain	Burkina Faso	Spain
1960	4,778,621	30,455,000	-	-
1961	4,848,224	30,739,250	1.46%	0.93%
1962	4,919,672	31,023,366	1.47%	0.92%
1963	4,993,623	31,296,651	1.5%	0.88%
1964	5,071,034	31,609,195	1.55%	1%
1965	5,152,833	31,954,292	1.61%	1.09%
1966	5,237,933	32,283,194	1.65%	1.03%
1967	5,326,348	32,682,947	1.69%	1.24%
1968	5,418,644	33,113,134	1.73%	1.32%
1969	5,513,177	33,441,054	1.74%	0.99%
1970	5,610,304	33,814,531	1.76%	1.12%
1971	5,707,999	34,224,490	1.74%	1.21%
1972	5,807,234	34,604,469	1.74%	1.11%
1973	5,911,927	34,988,947	1.8%	1.11%
1974	6,024,904	35,373,335	1.91%	1.1%
1975	6,147,569	35,757,900	2.04%	1.09%
1976	6,280,635	36,137,812	2.16%	1.06%
1977	6,428,734	36,511,638	2.36%	1.03%
1978	6,590,984	36,864,898	2.52%	0.97%
1979	6,763,903	37,191,330	2.62%	0.89%
1980	6,947,900	37,491,165	2.72%	0.81%
1981	7,140,271	37,758,631	2.77%	0.71%
1982	7,340,197	37,986,012	2.8%	0.6%
1983	7,551,129	38,171,525	2.87%	0.49%
1984	7,772,256	38,330,364	2.93%	0.42%
1985	7,999,935	38,469,512	2.93%	0.36%
1986	8,228,847	38,584,624	2.86%	0.3%
1987	8,457,109	38,684,815	2.77%	0.26%
1988	8,687,435	38,766,939	2.72%	0.21%
1989	8,921,175	38,827,764	2.69%	0.16%
1990	9,159,356	38,867,322	2.67%	0.1%
1991	9,394,632	38,966,376	2.57%	0.25%
1992	9,629,275	39,157,685	2.5%	0.49%
1993	9,871,713	39,361,262	2.52%	0.52%
1994	10,123,798	39,549,108	2.55%	0.48%
1995	10,386,722	39,724,050	2.6%	0.44%
1996	10,655,942	39,889,852	2.59%	0.42%
1997	10,934,223	40,057,389	2.61%	0.42%
1998	11,240,664	40,223,509	2.8%	0.41%
1999	11,574,928	40,386,875	2.97%	0.41%
2000	11,925,546	40,567,864	3.03%	0.45%
2001	12,295,001	40,850,412	3.1%	0.7%
2002	12,680,897	41,431,558	3.14%	1.42%
2003	13,082,532	42,187,645	3.17%	1.82%
2004	13,500,533	42,921,895	3.2%	1.74%
2005	13,932,123	43,653,155	3.2%	1.7%
2006	14,373,707	44,397,319	3.17%	1.7%
2007	14,816,307	45,226,803	3.08%	1.87%
2008	15,258,093	45,954,106	2.98%	1.61%
2009	15,710,066	46,362,946	2.96%	0.89%
2010	16,176,498	46,576,897	2.97%	0.46%
2011	16,661,908	46,742,697	3%	0.36%
2012	17,172,287	46,773,055	3.06%	0.06%
2013	17,695,409	46,604,197	3.05%	-0.36%
2014	18,229,461	46,460,733	3.02%	-0.31%
2015	18,777,487	46,422,303	3.01%	-0.08%
2016	19,334,856	46,458,139	2.97%	0.08%
2017	19,894,407	46,571,232	2.89%	0.24%
2018	20,438,288	46,782,011	2.73%	0.45%
2019	20,961,952	47,118,501	2.56%	0.72%
2020	21,478,690	47,359,424	2.47%	0.51%
2021	21,995,243	47,443,821	2.4%	0.18%
2022	22,509,038	47,786,102	2.34%	0.72%
2023	23,025,776	48,347,910	2.3%	1.18%
2024	23,548,781	48,807,137	2.27%	0.95%
2025	24,074,578	48,786,181	2.23%	-0.04%
2026	24,601,695	48,746,279	2.19%	-0.08%
2027	25,130,909	48,696,847	2.15%	-0.1%
2028	25,661,935	48,642,132	2.11%	-0.11%
2029	26,194,607	48,578,166	2.08%	-0.13%
2030	26,730,315	48,501,513	2.05%	-0.16%
2031	27,270,863	48,412,854	2.02%	-0.18%
2032	27,815,172	48,321,195	2%	-0.19%
2033	28,363,848	48,230,054	1.97%	-0.19%
2034	28,916,943	48,136,421	1.95%	-0.19%
2035	29,469,748	48,036,650	1.91%	-0.21%
2036	30,019,874	47,929,957	1.87%	-0.22%
2037	30,567,561	47,819,257	1.82%	-0.23%
2038	31,112,525	47,706,580	1.78%	-0.24%
2039	31,654,867	47,588,878	1.74%	-0.25%
2040	32,193,641	47,463,597	1.7%	-0.26%
2041	32,728,834	47,332,618	1.66%	-0.28%
2042	33,260,944	47,194,588	1.63%	-0.29%
2043	33,788,597	47,052,293	1.59%	-0.3%
2044	34,311,733	46,902,636	1.55%	-0.32%
2045	34,829,690	46,738,565	1.51%	-0.35%
2046	35,339,501	46,564,383	1.46%	-0.37%
2047	35,842,178	46,381,681	1.42%	-0.39%
2048	36,336,700	46,190,642	1.38%	-0.41%
2049	36,823,426	45,985,428	1.34%	-0.44%
2050	37,304,383	45,769,362	1.31%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.