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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Syria	Burkina Faso	Syria
1960	4,778,621	4,673,500	-	-
1961	4,848,224	4,815,466	1.46%	3.04%
1962	4,919,672	4,959,340	1.47%	2.99%
1963	4,993,623	5,110,467	1.5%	3.05%
1964	5,071,034	5,269,087	1.55%	3.1%
1965	5,152,833	5,435,267	1.61%	3.15%
1966	5,237,933	5,609,047	1.65%	3.2%
1967	5,326,348	5,790,198	1.69%	3.23%
1968	5,418,644	5,978,742	1.73%	3.26%
1969	5,513,177	6,175,166	1.74%	3.29%
1970	5,610,304	6,380,609	1.76%	3.33%
1971	5,707,999	6,598,094	1.74%	3.41%
1972	5,807,234	6,826,024	1.74%	3.45%
1973	5,911,927	7,060,321	1.8%	3.43%
1974	6,024,904	7,302,160	1.91%	3.43%
1975	6,147,569	7,554,364	2.04%	3.45%
1976	6,280,635	7,817,320	2.16%	3.48%
1977	6,428,734	8,090,501	2.36%	3.49%
1978	6,590,984	8,372,759	2.52%	3.49%
1979	6,763,903	8,661,909	2.62%	3.45%
1980	6,947,900	8,957,663	2.72%	3.41%
1981	7,140,271	9,260,189	2.77%	3.38%
1982	7,340,197	9,572,511	2.8%	3.37%
1983	7,551,129	9,904,809	2.87%	3.47%
1984	7,772,256	10,258,398	2.93%	3.57%
1985	7,999,935	10,625,672	2.93%	3.58%
1986	8,228,847	11,002,844	2.86%	3.55%
1987	8,457,109	11,388,923	2.77%	3.51%
1988	8,687,435	11,782,264	2.72%	3.45%
1989	8,921,175	12,179,060	2.69%	3.37%
1990	9,159,356	12,579,208	2.67%	3.29%
1991	9,394,632	12,980,821	2.57%	3.19%
1992	9,629,275	13,385,571	2.5%	3.12%
1993	9,871,713	13,795,686	2.52%	3.06%
1994	10,123,798	14,208,583	2.55%	2.99%
1995	10,386,722	14,616,801	2.6%	2.87%
1996	10,655,942	15,018,104	2.59%	2.75%
1997	10,934,223	15,417,542	2.61%	2.66%
1998	11,240,664	15,820,413	2.8%	2.61%
1999	11,574,928	16,228,061	2.97%	2.58%
2000	11,925,546	16,637,888	3.03%	2.53%
2001	12,295,001	17,051,338	3.1%	2.48%
2002	12,680,897	17,468,332	3.14%	2.45%
2003	13,082,532	17,889,296	3.17%	2.41%
2004	13,500,533	18,336,875	3.2%	2.5%
2005	13,932,123	18,814,091	3.2%	2.6%
2006	14,373,707	19,637,022	3.17%	4.37%
2007	14,816,307	20,884,125	3.08%	6.35%
2008	15,258,093	21,636,564	2.98%	3.6%
2009	15,710,066	21,976,969	2.96%	1.57%
2010	16,176,498	22,482,421	2.97%	2.3%
2011	16,661,908	22,878,098	3%	1.76%
2012	17,172,287	22,759,763	3.06%	-0.52%
2013	17,695,409	21,666,917	3.05%	-4.8%
2014	18,229,461	20,273,659	3.02%	-6.43%
2015	18,777,487	19,424,618	3.01%	-4.19%
2016	19,334,856	19,193,834	2.97%	-1.19%
2017	19,894,407	19,224,668	2.89%	0.16%
2018	20,438,288	19,577,845	2.73%	1.84%
2019	20,961,952	20,353,534	2.56%	3.96%
2020	21,478,690	21,049,429	2.47%	3.42%
2021	21,995,243	21,628,839	2.4%	2.75%
2022	22,509,038	22,462,173	2.34%	3.85%
2023	23,025,776	23,594,623	2.3%	5.04%
2024	23,548,781	24,672,760	2.27%	4.57%
2025	24,074,578	25,620,422	2.23%	3.84%
2026	24,601,695	26,472,499	2.19%	3.33%
2027	25,130,909	27,261,544	2.15%	2.98%
2028	25,661,935	28,006,558	2.11%	2.73%
2029	26,194,607	28,719,309	2.08%	2.54%
2030	26,730,315	29,395,545	2.05%	2.35%
2031	27,270,863	30,029,824	2.02%	2.16%
2032	27,815,172	30,633,661	2%	2.01%
2033	28,363,848	31,212,478	1.97%	1.89%
2034	28,916,943	31,768,138	1.95%	1.78%
2035	29,469,748	32,294,792	1.91%	1.66%
2036	30,019,874	32,788,153	1.87%	1.53%
2037	30,567,561	33,258,407	1.82%	1.43%
2038	31,112,525	33,710,718	1.78%	1.36%
2039	31,654,867	34,131,238	1.74%	1.25%
2040	32,193,641	34,533,185	1.7%	1.18%
2041	32,728,834	34,916,936	1.66%	1.11%
2042	33,260,944	35,279,863	1.63%	1.04%
2043	33,788,597	35,623,325	1.59%	0.97%
2044	34,311,733	35,944,394	1.55%	0.9%
2045	34,829,690	36,265,295	1.51%	0.89%
2046	35,339,501	36,583,260	1.46%	0.88%
2047	35,842,178	36,878,640	1.42%	0.81%
2048	36,336,700	37,171,029	1.38%	0.79%
2049	36,823,426	37,477,690	1.34%	0.83%
2050	37,304,383	37,793,378	1.31%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.