Population in Burkina Faso compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burkina Faso and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	UAE	Burkina Faso	UAE
1960	4,778,621	131,334	-	-
1961	4,848,224	137,989	1.46%	5.07%
1962	4,919,672	144,946	1.47%	5.04%
1963	4,993,623	152,211	1.5%	5.01%
1964	5,071,034	159,692	1.55%	4.91%
1965	5,152,833	167,103	1.61%	4.64%
1966	5,237,933	173,976	1.65%	4.11%
1967	5,326,348	179,700	1.69%	3.29%
1968	5,418,644	199,416	1.73%	11%
1969	5,513,177	239,660	1.74%	20.2%
1970	5,610,304	286,536	1.76%	19.6%
1971	5,707,999	335,027	1.74%	16.9%
1972	5,807,234	385,014	1.74%	14.9%
1973	5,911,927	436,399	1.8%	13.3%
1974	6,024,904	489,087	1.91%	12.1%
1975	6,147,569	542,856	2.04%	11%
1976	6,280,635	615,866	2.16%	13.4%
1977	6,428,734	710,209	2.36%	15.3%
1978	6,590,984	809,274	2.52%	13.9%
1979	6,763,903	912,010	2.62%	12.7%
1980	6,947,900	1,015,700	2.72%	11.4%
1981	7,140,271	1,099,855	2.77%	8.29%
1982	7,340,197	1,166,370	2.8%	6.05%
1983	7,551,129	1,235,305	2.87%	5.91%
1984	7,772,256	1,305,996	2.93%	5.72%
1985	7,999,935	1,377,911	2.93%	5.51%
1986	8,228,847	1,467,383	2.86%	6.49%
1987	8,457,109	1,574,244	2.77%	7.28%
1988	8,687,435	1,681,788	2.72%	6.83%
1989	8,921,175	1,789,851	2.69%	6.43%
1990	9,159,356	1,898,220	2.67%	6.05%
1991	9,394,632	2,006,626	2.57%	5.71%
1992	9,629,275	2,114,730	2.5%	5.39%
1993	9,871,713	2,222,093	2.52%	5.08%
1994	10,123,798	2,328,188	2.55%	4.77%
1995	10,386,722	2,434,662	2.6%	4.57%
1996	10,655,942	2,597,564	2.59%	6.69%
1997	10,934,223	2,817,410	2.61%	8.46%
1998	11,240,664	3,040,421	2.8%	7.92%
1999	11,574,928	3,266,009	2.97%	7.42%
2000	11,925,546	3,493,575	3.03%	6.97%
2001	12,295,001	3,723,590	3.1%	6.58%
2002	12,680,897	3,956,826	3.14%	6.26%
2003	13,082,532	4,192,457	3.17%	5.96%
2004	13,500,533	4,428,967	3.2%	5.64%
2005	13,932,123	4,664,790	3.2%	5.32%
2006	14,373,707	5,009,100	3.17%	7.38%
2007	14,816,307	5,624,635	3.08%	12.3%
2008	15,258,093	6,302,664	2.98%	12.1%
2009	15,710,066	6,707,058	2.96%	6.42%
2010	16,176,498	6,869,838	2.97%	2.43%
2011	16,661,908	7,104,538	3%	3.42%
2012	17,172,287	7,391,448	3.06%	4.04%
2013	17,695,409	7,693,031	3.05%	4.08%
2014	18,229,461	8,059,440	3.02%	4.76%
2015	18,777,487	8,505,237	3.01%	5.53%
2016	19,334,856	8,935,095	2.97%	5.05%
2017	19,894,407	9,223,225	2.89%	3.22%
2018	20,438,288	9,346,701	2.73%	1.34%
2019	20,961,952	9,445,785	2.56%	1.06%
2020	21,478,690	9,401,038	2.47%	-0.47%
2021	21,995,243	9,575,152	2.4%	1.85%
2022	22,509,038	10,074,977	2.34%	5.22%
2023	23,025,776	10,483,751	2.3%	4.06%
2024	23,548,781	10,986,400	2.27%	4.79%
2025	24,074,578	11,304,093	2.23%	2.89%
2026	24,601,695	11,531,926	2.19%	2.02%
2027	25,130,909	11,712,175	2.15%	1.56%
2028	25,661,935	11,868,257	2.11%	1.33%
2029	26,194,607	12,010,111	2.08%	1.2%
2030	26,730,315	12,145,577	2.05%	1.13%
2031	27,270,863	12,281,573	2.02%	1.12%
2032	27,815,172	12,421,758	2%	1.14%
2033	28,363,848	12,565,679	1.97%	1.16%
2034	28,916,943	12,712,942	1.95%	1.17%
2035	29,469,748	12,863,015	1.91%	1.18%
2036	30,019,874	13,015,458	1.87%	1.19%
2037	30,567,561	13,169,969	1.82%	1.19%
2038	31,112,525	13,326,337	1.78%	1.19%
2039	31,654,867	13,484,193	1.74%	1.18%
2040	32,193,641	13,643,197	1.7%	1.18%
2041	32,728,834	13,803,349	1.66%	1.17%
2042	33,260,944	13,964,553	1.63%	1.17%
2043	33,788,597	14,126,724	1.59%	1.16%
2044	34,311,733	14,289,828	1.55%	1.15%
2045	34,829,690	14,453,775	1.51%	1.15%
2046	35,339,501	14,619,554	1.46%	1.15%
2047	35,842,178	14,788,991	1.42%	1.16%
2048	36,336,700	14,961,419	1.38%	1.17%
2049	36,823,426	15,135,496	1.34%	1.16%
2050	37,304,383	15,310,628	1.31%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,961,149 people (a 34.5% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burkina Faso gained 5,272,622 (a 27.3% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2006 and is 59th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.