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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Yemen
1960	4,778,621	5,532,301	-	-
1961	4,848,224	5,655,232	1.46%	2.22%
1962	4,919,672	5,782,221	1.47%	2.25%
1963	4,993,623	5,911,135	1.5%	2.23%
1964	5,071,034	6,048,006	1.55%	2.32%
1965	5,152,833	6,195,593	1.61%	2.44%
1966	5,237,933	6,351,494	1.65%	2.52%
1967	5,326,348	6,516,444	1.69%	2.6%
1968	5,418,644	6,690,524	1.73%	2.67%
1969	5,513,177	6,875,859	1.74%	2.77%
1970	5,610,304	7,065,279	1.76%	2.75%
1971	5,707,999	7,257,462	1.74%	2.72%
1972	5,807,234	7,460,068	1.74%	2.79%
1973	5,911,927	7,672,796	1.8%	2.85%
1974	6,024,904	7,896,783	1.91%	2.92%
1975	6,147,569	8,133,598	2.04%	3%
1976	6,280,635	8,384,113	2.16%	3.08%
1977	6,428,734	8,648,222	2.36%	3.15%
1978	6,590,984	8,926,586	2.52%	3.22%
1979	6,763,903	9,224,194	2.62%	3.33%
1980	6,947,900	9,543,358	2.72%	3.46%
1981	7,140,271	9,882,362	2.77%	3.55%
1982	7,340,197	10,241,006	2.8%	3.63%
1983	7,551,129	10,621,499	2.87%	3.72%
1984	7,772,256	11,025,597	2.93%	3.8%
1985	7,999,935	11,453,825	2.93%	3.88%
1986	8,228,847	11,901,040	2.86%	3.9%
1987	8,457,109	12,369,912	2.77%	3.94%
1988	8,687,435	12,859,708	2.72%	3.96%
1989	8,921,175	13,364,174	2.69%	3.92%
1990	9,159,356	13,887,862	2.67%	3.92%
1991	9,394,632	14,430,201	2.57%	3.91%
1992	9,629,275	14,989,494	2.5%	3.88%
1993	9,871,713	15,563,914	2.52%	3.83%
1994	10,123,798	16,149,147	2.55%	3.76%
1995	10,386,722	16,740,058	2.6%	3.66%
1996	10,655,942	17,313,177	2.59%	3.42%
1997	10,934,223	17,873,936	2.61%	3.24%
1998	11,240,664	18,446,013	2.8%	3.2%
1999	11,574,928	19,029,420	2.97%	3.16%
2000	11,925,546	19,624,141	3.03%	3.13%
2001	12,295,001	20,226,147	3.1%	3.07%
2002	12,680,897	20,835,086	3.14%	3.01%
2003	13,082,532	21,456,379	3.17%	2.98%
2004	13,500,533	22,095,167	3.2%	2.98%
2005	13,932,123	22,790,085	3.2%	3.15%
2006	14,373,707	23,543,083	3.17%	3.3%
2007	14,816,307	24,318,082	3.08%	3.29%
2008	15,258,093	25,111,941	2.98%	3.26%
2009	15,710,066	25,927,724	2.96%	3.25%
2010	16,176,498	26,754,387	2.97%	3.19%
2011	16,661,908	27,582,897	3%	3.1%
2012	17,172,287	28,433,647	3.06%	3.08%
2013	17,695,409	29,312,952	3.05%	3.09%
2014	18,229,461	30,226,309	3.02%	3.12%
2015	18,777,487	31,159,379	3.01%	3.09%
2016	19,334,856	32,109,010	2.97%	3.05%
2017	19,894,407	33,090,921	2.89%	3.06%
2018	20,438,288	34,085,182	2.73%	3%
2019	20,961,952	35,111,408	2.56%	3.01%
2020	21,478,690	36,134,863	2.47%	2.91%
2021	21,995,243	37,140,230	2.4%	2.78%
2022	22,509,038	38,222,876	2.34%	2.92%
2023	23,025,776	39,390,799	2.3%	3.06%
2024	23,548,781	40,583,164	2.27%	3.03%
2025	24,074,578	41,773,871	2.23%	2.93%
2026	24,601,695	42,961,650	2.19%	2.84%
2027	25,130,909	44,145,620	2.15%	2.76%
2028	25,661,935	45,323,685	2.11%	2.67%
2029	26,194,607	46,497,573	2.08%	2.59%
2030	26,730,315	47,667,649	2.05%	2.52%
2031	27,270,863	48,827,503	2.02%	2.43%
2032	27,815,172	49,979,089	2%	2.36%
2033	28,363,848	51,129,867	1.97%	2.3%
2034	28,916,943	52,279,989	1.95%	2.25%
2035	29,469,748	53,429,308	1.91%	2.2%
2036	30,019,874	54,578,046	1.87%	2.15%
2037	30,567,561	55,724,259	1.82%	2.1%
2038	31,112,525	56,872,152	1.78%	2.06%
2039	31,654,867	58,024,713	1.74%	2.03%
2040	32,193,641	59,181,514	1.7%	1.99%
2041	32,728,834	60,345,667	1.66%	1.97%
2042	33,260,944	61,517,965	1.63%	1.94%
2043	33,788,597	62,696,517	1.59%	1.92%
2044	34,311,733	63,880,172	1.55%	1.89%
2045	34,829,690	65,066,344	1.51%	1.86%
2046	35,339,501	66,253,578	1.46%	1.82%
2047	35,842,178	67,438,796	1.42%	1.79%
2048	36,336,700	68,620,844	1.38%	1.75%
2049	36,823,426	69,799,794	1.34%	1.72%
2050	37,304,383	70,976,389	1.31%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.