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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Sudan
1960	4,778,621	8,364,489	-	-
1961	4,848,224	8,634,941	1.46%	3.23%
1962	4,919,672	8,919,028	1.47%	3.29%
1963	4,993,623	9,218,077	1.5%	3.35%
1964	5,071,034	9,531,109	1.55%	3.4%
1965	5,152,833	9,858,030	1.61%	3.43%
1966	5,237,933	10,197,578	1.65%	3.44%
1967	5,326,348	10,550,597	1.69%	3.46%
1968	5,418,644	10,917,999	1.73%	3.48%
1969	5,513,177	11,298,936	1.74%	3.49%
1970	5,610,304	11,695,771	1.76%	3.51%
1971	5,707,999	12,105,539	1.74%	3.5%
1972	5,807,234	12,527,856	1.74%	3.49%
1973	5,911,927	13,049,315	1.8%	4.16%
1974	6,024,904	13,580,723	1.91%	4.07%
1975	6,147,569	14,064,798	2.04%	3.56%
1976	6,280,635	14,569,716	2.16%	3.59%
1977	6,428,734	15,086,614	2.36%	3.55%
1978	6,590,984	15,695,003	2.52%	4.03%
1979	6,763,903	16,355,352	2.62%	4.21%
1980	6,947,900	17,058,905	2.72%	4.3%
1981	7,140,271	17,780,572	2.77%	4.23%
1982	7,340,197	18,486,645	2.8%	3.97%
1983	7,551,129	19,109,770	2.87%	3.37%
1984	7,772,256	19,546,528	2.93%	2.29%
1985	7,999,935	19,905,872	2.93%	1.84%
1986	8,228,847	20,288,238	2.86%	1.92%
1987	8,457,109	20,704,904	2.77%	2.05%
1988	8,687,435	21,138,431	2.72%	2.09%
1989	8,921,175	21,578,022	2.69%	2.08%
1990	9,159,356	22,021,481	2.67%	2.06%
1991	9,394,632	22,470,676	2.57%	2.04%
1992	9,629,275	22,927,355	2.5%	2.03%
1993	9,871,713	23,445,592	2.52%	2.26%
1994	10,123,798	24,043,948	2.55%	2.55%
1995	10,386,722	24,672,143	2.6%	2.61%
1996	10,655,942	25,231,528	2.59%	2.27%
1997	10,934,223	25,799,821	2.61%	2.25%
1998	11,240,664	26,458,999	2.8%	2.55%
1999	11,574,928	27,130,613	2.97%	2.54%
2000	11,925,546	27,816,745	3.03%	2.53%
2001	12,295,001	28,516,770	3.1%	2.52%
2002	12,680,897	29,228,727	3.14%	2.5%
2003	13,082,532	29,896,035	3.17%	2.28%
2004	13,500,533	30,556,637	3.2%	2.21%
2005	13,932,123	31,262,444	3.2%	2.31%
2006	14,373,707	31,992,435	3.17%	2.34%
2007	14,816,307	32,764,135	3.08%	2.41%
2008	15,258,093	33,623,980	2.98%	2.62%
2009	15,710,066	34,569,113	2.96%	2.81%
2010	16,176,498	35,414,399	2.97%	2.45%
2011	16,661,908	36,140,806	3%	2.05%
2012	17,172,287	36,923,178	3.06%	2.16%
2013	17,695,409	37,785,849	3.05%	2.34%
2014	18,229,461	38,823,318	3.02%	2.75%
2015	18,777,487	40,024,431	3.01%	3.09%
2016	19,334,856	41,259,892	2.97%	3.09%
2017	19,894,407	42,714,306	2.89%	3.53%
2018	20,438,288	44,230,596	2.73%	3.55%
2019	20,961,952	45,548,175	2.56%	2.98%
2020	21,478,690	46,789,231	2.47%	2.72%
2021	21,995,243	48,066,924	2.4%	2.73%
2022	22,509,038	49,383,346	2.34%	2.74%
2023	23,025,776	50,042,791	2.3%	1.34%
2024	23,548,781	50,448,963	2.27%	0.81%
2025	24,074,578	51,662,152	2.23%	2.4%
2026	24,601,695	53,282,718	2.19%	3.14%
2027	25,130,909	54,724,215	2.15%	2.71%
2028	25,661,935	55,993,833	2.11%	2.32%
2029	26,194,607	57,275,443	2.08%	2.29%
2030	26,730,315	58,571,624	2.05%	2.26%
2031	27,270,863	59,872,936	2.02%	2.22%
2032	27,815,172	61,179,476	2%	2.18%
2033	28,363,848	62,497,205	1.97%	2.15%
2034	28,916,943	63,822,356	1.95%	2.12%
2035	29,469,748	65,148,317	1.91%	2.08%
2036	30,019,874	66,470,018	1.87%	2.03%
2037	30,567,561	67,791,240	1.82%	1.99%
2038	31,112,525	69,107,712	1.78%	1.94%
2039	31,654,867	70,416,631	1.74%	1.89%
2040	32,193,641	71,730,604	1.7%	1.87%
2041	32,728,834	73,056,213	1.66%	1.85%
2042	33,260,944	74,387,562	1.63%	1.82%
2043	33,788,597	75,723,670	1.59%	1.8%
2044	34,311,733	77,066,454	1.55%	1.77%
2045	34,829,690	78,415,205	1.51%	1.75%
2046	35,339,501	79,767,271	1.46%	1.72%
2047	35,842,178	81,115,241	1.42%	1.69%
2048	36,336,700	82,463,202	1.38%	1.66%
2049	36,823,426	83,828,356	1.34%	1.66%
2050	37,304,383	85,206,384	1.31%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.