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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burkina Faso	Zimbabwe	Burkina Faso	Zimbabwe
1960	4,778,621	3,809,389	-	-
1961	4,848,224	3,930,401	1.46%	3.18%
1962	4,919,672	4,055,959	1.47%	3.19%
1963	4,993,623	4,185,877	1.5%	3.2%
1964	5,071,034	4,320,006	1.55%	3.2%
1965	5,152,833	4,458,462	1.61%	3.2%
1966	5,237,933	4,601,217	1.65%	3.2%
1967	5,326,348	4,748,307	1.69%	3.2%
1968	5,418,644	4,900,440	1.73%	3.2%
1969	5,513,177	5,058,181	1.74%	3.22%
1970	5,610,304	5,215,918	1.76%	3.12%
1971	5,707,999	5,374,712	1.74%	3.04%
1972	5,807,234	5,542,445	1.74%	3.12%
1973	5,911,927	5,720,404	1.8%	3.21%
1974	6,024,904	5,908,328	1.91%	3.29%
1975	6,147,569	6,098,658	2.04%	3.22%
1976	6,280,635	6,287,105	2.16%	3.09%
1977	6,428,734	6,449,512	2.36%	2.58%
1978	6,590,984	6,543,575	2.52%	1.46%
1979	6,763,903	6,647,556	2.62%	1.59%
1980	6,947,900	7,041,303	2.72%	5.92%
1981	7,140,271	7,498,635	2.77%	6.49%
1982	7,340,197	7,796,496	2.8%	3.97%
1983	7,551,129	8,098,404	2.87%	3.87%
1984	7,772,256	8,391,488	2.93%	3.62%
1985	7,999,935	8,686,813	2.93%	3.52%
1986	8,228,847	8,982,578	2.86%	3.4%
1987	8,457,109	9,284,644	2.77%	3.36%
1988	8,687,435	9,583,094	2.72%	3.21%
1989	8,921,175	9,864,798	2.69%	2.94%
1990	9,159,356	10,137,281	2.67%	2.76%
1991	9,394,632	10,404,816	2.57%	2.64%
1992	9,629,275	10,702,700	2.5%	2.86%
1993	9,871,713	10,860,288	2.52%	1.47%
1994	10,123,798	10,873,148	2.55%	0.12%
1995	10,386,722	10,974,599	2.6%	0.93%
1996	10,655,942	11,158,360	2.59%	1.67%
1997	10,934,223	11,369,827	2.61%	1.9%
1998	11,240,664	11,594,297	2.8%	1.97%
1999	11,574,928	11,783,458	2.97%	1.63%
2000	11,925,546	11,892,055	3.03%	0.92%
2001	12,295,001	11,971,901	3.1%	0.67%
2002	12,680,897	12,087,653	3.14%	0.97%
2003	13,082,532	12,232,323	3.17%	1.2%
2004	13,500,533	12,365,896	3.2%	1.09%
2005	13,932,123	12,483,432	3.2%	0.95%
2006	14,373,707	12,636,445	3.17%	1.23%
2007	14,816,307	12,804,058	3.08%	1.33%
2008	15,258,093	12,959,149	2.98%	1.21%
2009	15,710,066	13,142,790	2.96%	1.42%
2010	16,176,498	13,356,548	2.97%	1.63%
2011	16,661,908	13,595,424	3%	1.79%
2012	17,172,287	13,817,887	3.06%	1.64%
2013	17,695,409	14,013,808	3.05%	1.42%
2014	18,229,461	14,207,359	3.02%	1.38%
2015	18,777,487	14,399,013	3.01%	1.35%
2016	19,334,856	14,600,294	2.97%	1.4%
2017	19,894,407	14,812,482	2.89%	1.45%
2018	20,438,288	15,034,452	2.73%	1.5%
2019	20,961,952	15,271,368	2.56%	1.58%
2020	21,478,690	15,526,888	2.47%	1.67%
2021	21,995,243	15,797,210	2.4%	1.74%
2022	22,509,038	16,069,056	2.34%	1.72%
2023	23,025,776	16,340,822	2.3%	1.69%
2024	23,548,781	16,634,373	2.27%	1.8%
2025	24,074,578	16,950,805	2.23%	1.9%
2026	24,601,695	17,273,591	2.19%	1.9%
2027	25,130,909	17,600,621	2.15%	1.89%
2028	25,661,935	17,932,015	2.11%	1.88%
2029	26,194,607	18,268,967	2.08%	1.88%
2030	26,730,315	18,610,356	2.05%	1.87%
2031	27,270,863	18,956,207	2.02%	1.86%
2032	27,815,172	19,311,368	2%	1.87%
2033	28,363,848	19,675,929	1.97%	1.89%
2034	28,916,943	20,041,125	1.95%	1.86%
2035	29,469,748	20,409,159	1.91%	1.84%
2036	30,019,874	20,778,662	1.87%	1.81%
2037	30,567,561	21,144,748	1.82%	1.76%
2038	31,112,525	21,512,919	1.78%	1.74%
2039	31,654,867	21,881,123	1.74%	1.71%
2040	32,193,641	22,250,123	1.7%	1.69%
2041	32,728,834	22,627,428	1.66%	1.7%
2042	33,260,944	23,000,906	1.63%	1.65%
2043	33,788,597	23,371,301	1.59%	1.61%
2044	34,311,733	23,740,630	1.55%	1.58%
2045	34,829,690	24,102,391	1.51%	1.52%
2046	35,339,501	24,462,491	1.46%	1.49%
2047	35,842,178	24,816,449	1.42%	1.45%
2048	36,336,700	25,168,419	1.38%	1.42%
2049	36,823,426	25,518,513	1.34%	1.39%
2050	37,304,383	25,866,397	1.31%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burkina Faso increased by 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burkina Faso gained 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd most populous country in 2005 and is 59th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.