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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Burkina Faso was 23,548,781 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burkina Faso's population is 24,497,999 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.

Population statistics:

  • Ukraine's population is 1.61 times bigger than Burkina Faso's.
  • Burkina Faso is ranked the 59th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
  • The countries together account for 0.77% of the world: 0.3% for Burkina Faso vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
  • For the last 10 years, Burkina Faso has had an average growth rate of +2.63% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
  • Since 2005, the population of Burkina Faso has increased from 13.9M people to 24.5M (75.8% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
  • Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.

Burkina Faso vs Ukraine: live population counter

Burkina Faso Ukraine
Current population
24497999
39426577
Population rank 59/197 40/197
Percent of world population 0.3% 0.48%
One net population change
1 minute
4.13 minutes
One birth every
43.3 seconds
2.48 minutes
One death every
2.87 minutes
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
20.4 minutes
27.5 seconds
Annual migration change -25,807 +1,146,012
Daily growth/decline +1,433 +349
Annual growth/decline +523,005 +127,385
Annual growth/decline rate +2.27% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 41/197 146/197

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

Burkina Faso
Population

Growth rate
Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Burkina Faso Ukraine Burkina Faso Ukraine
1960 4,778,621 42,824,093 - -
1961 4,848,224 43,399,766 1.46% 1.34%
1962 4,919,672 43,943,674 1.47% 1.25%
1963 4,993,623 44,462,372 1.5% 1.18%
1964 5,071,034 44,951,156 1.55% 1.1%
1965 5,152,833 45,386,892 1.61% 0.97%
1966 5,237,933 45,802,519 1.65% 0.92%
1967 5,326,348 46,215,988 1.69% 0.9%
1968 5,418,644 46,614,325 1.73% 0.86%
1969 5,513,177 46,976,256 1.74% 0.78%
1970 5,610,304 47,261,306 1.76% 0.61%
1971 5,707,999 47,573,287 1.74% 0.66%
1972 5,807,234 47,946,893 1.74% 0.79%
1973 5,911,927 48,277,121 1.8% 0.69%
1974 6,024,904 48,576,570 1.91% 0.62%
1975 6,147,569 48,865,229 2.04% 0.59%
1976 6,280,635 49,120,842 2.16% 0.52%
1977 6,428,734 49,336,481 2.36% 0.44%
1978 6,590,984 49,521,243 2.52% 0.37%
1979 6,763,903 49,721,381 2.62% 0.4%
1980 6,947,900 49,955,152 2.72% 0.47%
1981 7,140,271 50,189,281 2.77% 0.47%
1982 7,340,197 50,402,724 2.8% 0.43%
1983 7,551,129 50,637,029 2.87% 0.46%
1984 7,772,256 50,887,599 2.93% 0.49%
1985 7,999,935 51,108,770 2.93% 0.43%
1986 8,228,847 51,318,745 2.86% 0.41%
1987 8,457,109 51,515,732 2.77% 0.38%
1988 8,687,435 51,724,853 2.72% 0.41%
1989 8,921,175 51,917,817 2.69% 0.37%
1990 9,159,356 52,054,092 2.67% 0.26%
1991 9,394,632 52,170,961 2.57% 0.22%
1992 9,629,275 52,323,671 2.5% 0.29%
1993 9,871,713 52,350,126 2.52% 0.05%
1994 10,123,798 52,075,998 2.55% -0.52%
1995 10,386,722 51,665,539 2.6% -0.79%
1996 10,655,942 51,226,109 2.59% -0.85%
1997 10,934,223 50,786,885 2.61% -0.86%
1998 11,240,664 50,379,731 2.8% -0.8%
1999 11,574,928 49,976,446 2.97% -0.8%
2000 11,925,546 49,556,660 3.03% -0.84%
2001 12,295,001 49,106,855 3.1% -0.91%
2002 12,680,897 48,677,281 3.14% -0.87%
2003 13,082,532 48,315,136 3.17% -0.74%
2004 13,500,533 47,979,507 3.2% -0.69%
2005 13,932,123 47,585,556 3.2% -0.82%
2006 14,373,707 47,278,694 3.17% -0.64%
2007 14,816,307 47,062,798 3.08% -0.46%
2008 15,258,093 46,819,175 2.98% -0.52%
2009 15,710,066 46,623,731 2.96% -0.42%
2010 16,176,498 46,456,003 2.97% -0.36%
2011 16,661,908 46,307,853 3% -0.32%
2012 17,172,287 46,210,056 3.06% -0.21%
2013 17,695,409 46,126,770 3.05% -0.18%
2014 18,229,461 45,972,380 3.02% -0.33%
2015 18,777,487 45,784,896 3.01% -0.41%
2016 19,334,856 45,616,832 2.97% -0.37%
2017 19,894,407 45,436,041 2.89% -0.4%
2018 20,438,288 45,208,907 2.73% -0.5%
2019 20,961,952 44,957,458 2.56% -0.56%
2020 21,478,690 44,680,014 2.47% -0.62%
2021 21,995,243 44,298,640 2.4% -0.85%
2022 22,509,038 41,048,766 2.34% -7.34%
2023 23,025,776 37,732,836 2.3% -8.08%
2024 23,548,781 37,860,221 2.27% 0.34%
2025 24,074,578 38,980,379 2.23% 2.96%
2026 24,601,695 39,535,850 2.19% 1.43%
2027 25,130,909 39,245,208 2.15% -0.74%
2028 25,661,935 38,952,086 2.11% -0.75%
2029 26,194,607 38,654,416 2.08% -0.76%
2030 26,730,315 38,353,848 2.05% -0.78%
2031 27,270,863 38,050,624 2.02% -0.79%
2032 27,815,172 37,746,688 2% -0.8%
2033 28,363,848 37,442,088 1.97% -0.81%
2034 28,916,943 37,135,839 1.95% -0.82%
2035 29,469,748 36,828,149 1.91% -0.83%
2036 30,019,874 36,519,767 1.87% -0.84%
2037 30,567,561 36,209,679 1.82% -0.85%
2038 31,112,525 35,897,705 1.78% -0.86%
2039 31,654,867 35,584,263 1.74% -0.87%
2040 32,193,641 35,270,911 1.7% -0.88%
2041 32,728,834 34,957,580 1.66% -0.89%
2042 33,260,944 34,641,778 1.63% -0.9%
2043 33,788,597 34,324,132 1.59% -0.92%
2044 34,311,733 34,004,074 1.55% -0.93%
2045 34,829,690 33,680,448 1.51% -0.95%
2046 35,339,501 33,351,499 1.46% -0.98%
2047 35,842,178 33,017,828 1.42% -1%
2048 36,336,700 32,680,968 1.38% -1.02%
2049 36,823,426 32,338,515 1.34% -1.05%
2050 37,304,383 31,990,136 1.31% -1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.

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