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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	United States	Burkina Faso	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	4,778,621	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	4,848,224	183,691,481	1.46%	1.67%
1962	4,919,672	186,537,737	1.47%	1.55%
1963	4,993,623	189,241,798	1.5%	1.45%
1964	5,071,034	191,888,791	1.55%	1.4%
1965	5,152,833	194,302,963	1.61%	1.26%
1966	5,237,933	196,560,338	1.65%	1.16%
1967	5,326,348	198,712,056	1.69%	1.09%
1968	5,418,644	200,706,052	1.73%	1%
1969	5,513,177	202,676,946	1.74%	0.98%
1970	5,610,304	205,052,174	1.76%	1.17%
1971	5,707,999	207,660,677	1.74%	1.27%
1972	5,807,234	209,896,021	1.74%	1.08%
1973	5,911,927	211,908,788	1.8%	0.96%
1974	6,024,904	213,853,928	1.91%	0.92%
1975	6,147,569	215,973,199	2.04%	0.99%
1976	6,280,635	218,035,164	2.16%	0.95%
1977	6,428,734	220,239,425	2.36%	1.01%
1978	6,590,984	222,584,545	2.52%	1.06%
1979	6,763,903	225,055,487	2.62%	1.11%
1980	6,947,900	226,542,250	2.72%	0.66%
1981	7,140,271	229,465,744	2.77%	1.29%
1982	7,340,197	231,664,432	2.8%	0.96%
1983	7,551,129	233,792,014	2.87%	0.92%
1984	7,772,256	235,824,908	2.93%	0.87%
1985	7,999,935	237,923,734	2.93%	0.89%
1986	8,228,847	240,132,831	2.86%	0.93%
1987	8,457,109	242,288,936	2.77%	0.9%
1988	8,687,435	244,499,004	2.72%	0.91%
1989	8,921,175	246,819,222	2.69%	0.95%
1990	9,159,356	250,131,894	2.67%	1.34%
1991	9,394,632	253,492,503	2.57%	1.34%
1992	9,629,275	256,894,189	2.5%	1.34%
1993	9,871,713	260,255,352	2.52%	1.31%
1994	10,123,798	263,435,673	2.55%	1.22%
1995	10,386,722	266,557,091	2.6%	1.18%
1996	10,655,942	269,667,391	2.59%	1.17%
1997	10,934,223	272,911,760	2.61%	1.2%
1998	11,240,664	276,115,288	2.8%	1.17%
1999	11,574,928	279,294,713	2.97%	1.15%
2000	11,925,546	282,162,411	3.03%	1.03%
2001	12,295,001	284,968,955	3.1%	0.99%
2002	12,680,897	287,625,193	3.14%	0.93%
2003	13,082,532	290,107,933	3.17%	0.86%
2004	13,500,533	292,805,298	3.2%	0.93%
2005	13,932,123	295,516,599	3.2%	0.93%
2006	14,373,707	298,379,912	3.17%	0.97%
2007	14,816,307	301,231,207	3.08%	0.96%
2008	15,258,093	304,093,966	2.98%	0.95%
2009	15,710,066	306,771,529	2.96%	0.88%
2010	16,176,498	309,327,143	2.97%	0.83%
2011	16,661,908	311,583,481	3%	0.73%
2012	17,172,287	313,877,662	3.06%	0.74%
2013	17,695,409	316,059,947	3.05%	0.7%
2014	18,229,461	318,386,329	3.02%	0.74%
2015	18,777,487	320,738,994	3.01%	0.74%
2016	19,334,856	323,071,755	2.97%	0.73%
2017	19,894,407	325,122,128	2.89%	0.63%
2018	20,438,288	326,838,199	2.73%	0.53%
2019	20,961,952	328,329,953	2.56%	0.46%
2020	21,478,690	331,526,933	2.47%	0.97%
2021	21,995,243	331,893,745	2.4%	0.11%
2022	22,509,038	333,271,411	2.34%	0.42%
2023	23,025,776	334,914,895	2.3%	0.49%
2024	23,548,781	340,110,988	2.27%	1.55%
2025	24,074,578	341,931,772	2.23%	0.54%
2026	24,601,695	343,664,369	2.19%	0.51%
2027	25,130,909	345,331,185	2.15%	0.49%
2028	25,661,935	346,981,137	2.11%	0.48%
2029	26,194,607	348,601,982	2.08%	0.47%
2030	26,730,315	350,176,974	2.05%	0.45%
2031	27,270,863	351,725,612	2.02%	0.44%
2032	27,815,172	353,249,060	2%	0.43%
2033	28,363,848	354,749,644	1.97%	0.42%
2034	28,916,943	356,234,239	1.95%	0.42%
2035	29,469,748	357,694,316	1.91%	0.41%
2036	30,019,874	359,119,002	1.87%	0.4%
2037	30,567,561	360,517,853	1.82%	0.39%
2038	31,112,525	361,895,407	1.78%	0.38%
2039	31,654,867	363,229,908	1.74%	0.37%
2040	32,193,641	364,512,364	1.7%	0.35%
2041	32,728,834	365,753,139	1.66%	0.34%
2042	33,260,944	366,969,419	1.63%	0.33%
2043	33,788,597	368,146,925	1.59%	0.32%
2044	34,311,733	369,258,123	1.55%	0.3%
2045	34,829,690	370,318,770	1.51%	0.29%
2046	35,339,501	371,328,255	1.46%	0.27%
2047	35,842,178	372,299,116	1.42%	0.26%
2048	36,336,700	373,230,539	1.38%	0.25%
2049	36,823,426	374,119,803	1.34%	0.24%
2050	37,304,383	374,986,259	1.31%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.