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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Suriname	Burkina Faso	Suriname
1960	4,778,621	263,918	-	-
1961	4,848,224	272,791	1.46%	3.36%
1962	4,919,672	283,912	1.47%	4.08%
1963	4,993,623	297,034	1.5%	4.62%
1964	5,071,034	309,041	1.55%	4.04%
1965	5,152,833	320,000	1.61%	3.55%
1966	5,237,933	331,135	1.65%	3.48%
1967	5,326,348	342,679	1.69%	3.49%
1968	5,418,644	354,616	1.73%	3.48%
1969	5,513,177	366,906	1.74%	3.47%
1970	5,610,304	379,442	1.76%	3.42%
1971	5,707,999	391,932	1.74%	3.29%
1972	5,807,234	397,413	1.74%	1.4%
1973	5,911,927	395,772	1.8%	-0.41%
1974	6,024,904	393,676	1.91%	-0.53%
1975	6,147,569	391,170	2.04%	-0.64%
1976	6,280,635	388,289	2.16%	-0.74%
1977	6,428,734	385,067	2.36%	-0.83%
1978	6,590,984	381,502	2.52%	-0.93%
1979	6,763,903	377,602	2.62%	-1.02%
1980	6,947,900	375,377	2.72%	-0.59%
1981	7,140,271	375,459	2.77%	0.02%
1982	7,340,197	376,555	2.8%	0.29%
1983	7,551,129	378,746	2.87%	0.58%
1984	7,772,256	382,193	2.93%	0.91%
1985	7,999,935	386,972	2.93%	1.25%
1986	8,228,847	392,330	2.86%	1.38%
1987	8,457,109	396,911	2.77%	1.17%
1988	8,687,435	402,227	2.72%	1.34%
1989	8,921,175	408,409	2.69%	1.54%
1990	9,159,356	412,493	2.67%	1%
1991	9,394,632	415,013	2.57%	0.61%
1992	9,629,275	417,589	2.5%	0.62%
1993	9,871,713	419,352	2.52%	0.42%
1994	10,123,798	422,375	2.55%	0.72%
1995	10,386,722	429,606	2.6%	1.71%
1996	10,655,942	438,830	2.59%	2.15%
1997	10,934,223	448,067	2.61%	2.1%
1998	11,240,664	457,406	2.8%	2.08%
1999	11,574,928	466,916	2.97%	2.08%
2000	11,925,546	476,643	3.03%	2.08%
2001	12,295,001	486,560	3.1%	2.08%
2002	12,680,897	496,551	3.14%	2.05%
2003	13,082,532	506,414	3.17%	1.99%
2004	13,500,533	513,923	3.2%	1.48%
2005	13,932,123	519,313	3.2%	1.05%
2006	14,373,707	524,997	3.17%	1.09%
2007	14,816,307	531,016	3.08%	1.15%
2008	15,258,093	537,245	2.98%	1.17%
2009	15,710,066	543,568	2.96%	1.18%
2010	16,176,498	549,923	2.97%	1.17%
2011	16,661,908	556,269	3%	1.15%
2012	17,172,287	562,633	3.06%	1.14%
2013	17,695,409	569,020	3.05%	1.14%
2014	18,229,461	575,373	3.02%	1.12%
2015	18,777,487	581,627	3.01%	1.09%
2016	19,334,856	587,757	2.97%	1.05%
2017	19,894,407	593,713	2.89%	1.01%
2018	20,438,288	599,513	2.73%	0.98%
2019	20,961,952	605,768	2.56%	1.04%
2020	21,478,690	612,317	2.47%	1.08%
2021	21,995,243	617,896	2.4%	0.91%
2022	22,509,038	623,164	2.34%	0.85%
2023	23,025,776	628,886	2.3%	0.92%
2024	23,548,781	634,431	2.27%	0.88%
2025	24,074,578	639,852	2.23%	0.85%
2026	24,601,695	645,257	2.19%	0.84%
2027	25,130,909	650,564	2.15%	0.82%
2028	25,661,935	655,783	2.11%	0.8%
2029	26,194,607	660,793	2.08%	0.76%
2030	26,730,315	665,650	2.05%	0.74%
2031	27,270,863	670,421	2.02%	0.72%
2032	27,815,172	675,070	2%	0.69%
2033	28,363,848	679,573	1.97%	0.67%
2034	28,916,943	683,911	1.95%	0.64%
2035	29,469,748	688,189	1.91%	0.63%
2036	30,019,874	692,343	1.87%	0.6%
2037	30,567,561	696,213	1.82%	0.56%
2038	31,112,525	699,908	1.78%	0.53%
2039	31,654,867	703,569	1.74%	0.52%
2040	32,193,641	707,156	1.7%	0.51%
2041	32,728,834	710,619	1.66%	0.49%
2042	33,260,944	713,900	1.63%	0.46%
2043	33,788,597	716,999	1.59%	0.43%
2044	34,311,733	719,920	1.55%	0.41%
2045	34,829,690	722,759	1.51%	0.39%
2046	35,339,501	725,322	1.46%	0.35%
2047	35,842,178	727,726	1.42%	0.33%
2048	36,336,700	730,038	1.38%	0.32%
2049	36,823,426	732,021	1.34%	0.27%
2050	37,304,383	733,898	1.31%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.