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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom	Burkina Faso	United Kingdom
1960	4,778,621	52,400,000	-	-
1961	4,848,224	52,800,000	1.46%	0.76%
1962	4,919,672	53,250,000	1.47%	0.85%
1963	4,993,623	53,650,000	1.5%	0.75%
1964	5,071,034	54,000,000	1.55%	0.65%
1965	5,152,833	54,348,050	1.61%	0.64%
1966	5,237,933	54,648,500	1.65%	0.55%
1967	5,326,348	54,943,600	1.69%	0.54%
1968	5,418,644	55,211,700	1.73%	0.49%
1969	5,513,177	55,441,750	1.74%	0.42%
1970	5,610,304	55,663,250	1.76%	0.4%
1971	5,707,999	55,896,223	1.74%	0.42%
1972	5,807,234	56,086,065	1.74%	0.34%
1973	5,911,927	56,194,527	1.8%	0.19%
1974	6,024,904	56,229,974	1.91%	0.06%
1975	6,147,569	56,225,800	2.04%	-0.007%
1976	6,280,635	56,211,968	2.16%	-0.02%
1977	6,428,734	56,193,492	2.36%	-0.03%
1978	6,590,984	56,196,504	2.52%	0.005%
1979	6,763,903	56,246,951	2.62%	0.09%
1980	6,947,900	56,314,216	2.72%	0.12%
1981	7,140,271	56,333,829	2.77%	0.03%
1982	7,340,197	56,313,641	2.8%	-0.04%
1983	7,551,129	56,332,848	2.87%	0.03%
1984	7,772,256	56,422,072	2.93%	0.16%
1985	7,999,935	56,550,268	2.93%	0.23%
1986	8,228,847	56,681,396	2.86%	0.23%
1987	8,457,109	56,802,050	2.77%	0.21%
1988	8,687,435	56,928,327	2.72%	0.22%
1989	8,921,175	57,076,711	2.69%	0.26%
1990	9,159,356	57,247,586	2.67%	0.3%
1991	9,394,632	57,424,897	2.57%	0.31%
1992	9,629,275	57,580,402	2.5%	0.27%
1993	9,871,713	57,718,614	2.52%	0.24%
1994	10,123,798	57,865,745	2.55%	0.25%
1995	10,386,722	58,019,030	2.6%	0.26%
1996	10,655,942	58,166,950	2.59%	0.25%
1997	10,934,223	58,316,954	2.61%	0.26%
1998	11,240,664	58,487,141	2.8%	0.29%
1999	11,574,928	58,682,466	2.97%	0.33%
2000	11,925,546	58,892,514	3.03%	0.36%
2001	12,295,001	59,119,673	3.1%	0.39%
2002	12,680,897	59,370,479	3.14%	0.42%
2003	13,082,532	59,647,577	3.17%	0.47%
2004	13,500,533	59,987,905	3.2%	0.57%
2005	13,932,123	60,401,206	3.2%	0.69%
2006	14,373,707	60,846,820	3.17%	0.74%
2007	14,816,307	61,322,463	3.08%	0.78%
2008	15,258,093	61,806,995	2.98%	0.79%
2009	15,710,066	62,276,270	2.96%	0.76%
2010	16,176,498	62,766,365	2.97%	0.79%
2011	16,661,908	63,258,810	3%	0.78%
2012	17,172,287	63,711,000	3.06%	0.71%
2013	17,695,409	64,139,000	3.05%	0.67%
2014	18,229,461	64,620,000	3.02%	0.75%
2015	18,777,487	65,088,000	3.01%	0.72%
2016	19,334,856	65,607,000	2.97%	0.8%
2017	19,894,407	65,966,000	2.89%	0.55%
2018	20,438,288	66,289,000	2.73%	0.49%
2019	20,961,952	66,631,000	2.56%	0.52%
2020	21,478,690	66,744,000	2.47%	0.17%
2021	21,995,243	66,984,000	2.4%	0.36%
2022	22,509,038	67,604,000	2.34%	0.93%
2023	23,025,776	68,492,000	2.3%	1.31%
2024	23,548,781	69,226,000	2.27%	1.07%
2025	24,074,578	69,639,673	2.23%	0.6%
2026	24,601,695	70,020,350	2.19%	0.55%
2027	25,130,909	70,382,853	2.15%	0.52%
2028	25,661,935	70,732,699	2.11%	0.5%
2029	26,194,607	71,061,482	2.08%	0.46%
2030	26,730,315	71,377,535	2.05%	0.44%
2031	27,270,863	71,678,351	2.02%	0.42%
2032	27,815,172	71,959,934	2%	0.39%
2033	28,363,848	72,234,509	1.97%	0.38%
2034	28,916,943	72,497,650	1.95%	0.36%
2035	29,469,748	72,749,096	1.91%	0.35%
2036	30,019,874	72,990,847	1.87%	0.33%
2037	30,567,561	73,218,850	1.82%	0.31%
2038	31,112,525	73,441,349	1.78%	0.3%
2039	31,654,867	73,658,392	1.74%	0.3%
2040	32,193,641	73,868,334	1.7%	0.29%
2041	32,728,834	74,074,316	1.66%	0.28%
2042	33,260,944	74,275,779	1.63%	0.27%
2043	33,788,597	74,475,035	1.59%	0.27%
2044	34,311,733	74,667,284	1.55%	0.26%
2045	34,829,690	74,848,605	1.51%	0.24%
2046	35,339,501	75,020,949	1.46%	0.23%
2047	35,842,178	75,184,478	1.42%	0.22%
2048	36,336,700	75,337,543	1.38%	0.2%
2049	36,823,426	75,476,141	1.34%	0.18%
2050	37,304,383	75,600,588	1.31%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.