Population in Burkina Faso compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Sri Lanka	Burkina Faso	Sri Lanka
1960	4,778,621	9,661,389	-	-
1961	4,848,224	9,899,372	1.46%	2.46%
1962	4,919,672	10,143,754	1.47%	2.47%
1963	4,993,623	10,395,040	1.5%	2.48%
1964	5,071,034	10,653,397	1.55%	2.49%
1965	5,152,833	10,916,965	1.61%	2.47%
1966	5,237,933	11,183,928	1.65%	2.45%
1967	5,326,348	11,457,328	1.69%	2.44%
1968	5,418,644	11,736,088	1.73%	2.43%
1969	5,513,177	12,013,858	1.74%	2.37%
1970	5,610,304	12,287,110	1.76%	2.27%
1971	5,707,999	12,551,910	1.74%	2.16%
1972	5,807,234	12,809,205	1.74%	2.05%
1973	5,911,927	13,060,916	1.8%	1.97%
1974	6,024,904	13,305,693	1.91%	1.87%
1975	6,147,569	13,548,984	2.04%	1.83%
1976	6,280,635	13,796,770	2.16%	1.83%
1977	6,428,734	14,049,371	2.36%	1.83%
1978	6,590,984	14,310,128	2.52%	1.86%
1979	6,763,903	14,579,614	2.62%	1.88%
1980	6,947,900	14,847,974	2.72%	1.84%
1981	7,140,271	15,099,414	2.77%	1.69%
1982	7,340,197	15,286,567	2.8%	1.24%
1983	7,551,129	15,388,794	2.87%	0.67%
1984	7,772,256	15,441,860	2.93%	0.34%
1985	7,999,935	15,544,154	2.93%	0.66%
1986	8,228,847	15,731,256	2.86%	1.2%
1987	8,457,109	15,916,576	2.77%	1.18%
1988	8,687,435	16,078,621	2.72%	1.02%
1989	8,921,175	16,248,557	2.69%	1.06%
1990	9,159,356	16,352,458	2.67%	0.64%
1991	9,394,632	16,475,354	2.57%	0.75%
1992	9,629,275	16,739,284	2.5%	1.6%
1993	9,871,713	17,025,918	2.52%	1.71%
1994	10,123,798	17,275,773	2.55%	1.47%
1995	10,386,722	17,564,068	2.6%	1.67%
1996	10,655,942	17,905,018	2.59%	1.94%
1997	10,934,223	18,248,200	2.61%	1.92%
1998	11,240,664	18,596,003	2.8%	1.91%
1999	11,574,928	18,944,731	2.97%	1.88%
2000	11,925,546	19,293,054	3.03%	1.84%
2001	12,295,001	19,600,362	3.1%	1.59%
2002	12,680,897	19,805,752	3.14%	1.05%
2003	13,082,532	19,951,521	3.17%	0.74%
2004	13,500,533	20,087,605	3.2%	0.68%
2005	13,932,123	20,216,524	3.2%	0.64%
2006	14,373,707	20,352,411	3.17%	0.67%
2007	14,816,307	20,492,545	3.08%	0.69%
2008	15,258,093	20,629,378	2.98%	0.67%
2009	15,710,066	20,756,435	2.96%	0.62%
2010	16,176,498	20,879,089	2.97%	0.59%
2011	16,661,908	21,009,048	3%	0.62%
2012	17,172,287	21,169,458	3.06%	0.76%
2013	17,695,409	20,585,000	3.05%	-2.76%
2014	18,229,461	20,778,000	3.02%	0.94%
2015	18,777,487	20,970,000	3.01%	0.92%
2016	19,334,856	21,209,000	2.97%	1.14%
2017	19,894,407	21,453,000	2.89%	1.15%
2018	20,438,288	21,670,000	2.73%	1.01%
2019	20,961,952	21,803,000	2.56%	0.61%
2020	21,478,690	21,919,000	2.47%	0.53%
2021	21,995,243	22,156,000	2.4%	1.08%
2022	22,509,038	22,181,000	2.34%	0.11%
2023	23,025,776	22,037,000	2.3%	-0.65%
2024	23,548,781	21,916,000	2.27%	-0.55%
2025	24,074,578	22,035,440	2.23%	0.54%
2026	24,601,695	22,148,172	2.19%	0.51%
2027	25,130,909	22,255,601	2.15%	0.49%
2028	25,661,935	22,357,682	2.11%	0.46%
2029	26,194,607	22,453,922	2.08%	0.43%
2030	26,730,315	22,546,245	2.05%	0.41%
2031	27,270,863	22,635,106	2.02%	0.39%
2032	27,815,172	22,720,118	2%	0.38%
2033	28,363,848	22,802,043	1.97%	0.36%
2034	28,916,943	22,879,527	1.95%	0.34%
2035	29,469,748	22,952,739	1.91%	0.32%
2036	30,019,874	23,022,027	1.87%	0.3%
2037	30,567,561	23,088,877	1.82%	0.29%
2038	31,112,525	23,152,480	1.78%	0.28%
2039	31,654,867	23,211,633	1.74%	0.26%
2040	32,193,641	23,265,986	1.7%	0.23%
2041	32,728,834	23,315,260	1.66%	0.21%
2042	33,260,944	23,359,578	1.63%	0.19%
2043	33,788,597	23,398,752	1.59%	0.17%
2044	34,311,733	23,433,096	1.55%	0.15%
2045	34,829,690	23,464,943	1.51%	0.14%
2046	35,339,501	23,492,738	1.46%	0.12%
2047	35,842,178	23,512,629	1.42%	0.08%
2048	36,336,700	23,525,953	1.38%	0.06%
2049	36,823,426	23,533,940	1.34%	0.03%
2050	37,304,383	23,538,230	1.31%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.