Population of Burkina Faso

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jun 2024

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The current population of Burkina Faso is 23,697,545 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Burkina Faso is projected at 23,840,247, or 23.84 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Burkina Faso is projected at 23,251,485, or 23.25 million people for the year 2023.

Burkina Faso ranks 60th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Burkina Faso is ranked 20th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Burkina Faso population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	4,190,492	4,213,757	46,529	1.104	0.17
1951	4,237,021	4,261,979	49,916	1.171	0.17
1952	4,286,937	4,312,573	51,272	1.189	0.17
1953	4,338,209	4,364,030	51,642	1.183	0.17
1954	4,389,851	4,417,092	54,481	1.233	0.16
1955	4,444,332	4,472,824	56,983	1.274	0.16
1956	4,501,315	4,530,885	59,140	1.305	0.16
1957	4,560,455	4,591,019	61,127	1.331	0.16
1958	4,621,582	4,651,801	60,439	1.299	0.16
1959	4,682,021	4,715,489	66,935	1.419	0.16
1960	4,748,956	4,783,259	68,606	1.434	0.16
1961	4,817,562	4,852,833	70,541	1.454	0.16
1962	4,888,103	4,924,497	72,788	1.478	0.16
1963	4,960,891	4,998,671	75,559	1.512	0.16
1964	5,036,450	5,076,111	79,322	1.563	0.16
1965	5,115,772	5,157,929	84,314	1.635	0.15
1966	5,200,086	5,242,797	85,423	1.629	0.15
1967	5,285,509	5,330,613	90,208	1.692	0.15
1968	5,375,717	5,422,119	92,804	1.712	0.15
1969	5,468,521	5,515,747	94,451	1.712	0.15
1970	5,562,972	5,611,666	97,388	1.735	0.15
1971	5,660,360	5,707,793	94,866	1.662	0.15
1972	5,755,226	5,805,283	100,114	1.725	0.15
1973	5,855,340	5,907,742	104,803	1.774	0.15
1974	5,960,143	6,018,141	115,996	1.927	0.15
1975	6,076,139	6,138,444	124,611	2.030	0.15
1976	6,200,750	6,269,765	138,029	2.202	0.15
1977	6,338,779	6,416,569	155,580	2.425	0.15
1978	6,494,359	6,577,779	166,841	2.537	0.15
1979	6,661,200	6,749,939	177,477	2.629	0.15
1980	6,838,677	6,932,967	188,579	2.720	0.16
1981	7,027,256	7,123,730	192,949	2.709	0.16
1982	7,220,205	7,321,817	203,224	2.776	0.16
1983	7,423,429	7,531,184	215,510	2.862	0.16
1984	7,638,939	7,751,476	225,074	2.904	0.16
1985	7,864,013	7,979,185	230,343	2.887	0.16
1986	8,094,356	8,207,827	226,942	2.765	0.17
1987	8,321,298	8,434,996	227,397	2.696	0.17
1988	8,548,695	8,663,720	230,051	2.655	0.17
1989	8,778,746	8,895,234	232,975	2.619	0.17
1990	9,011,721	9,131,361	239,279	2.621	0.17
1991	9,251,000	9,365,064	228,128	2.436	0.17
1992	9,479,128	9,598,555	238,854	2.489	0.17
1993	9,717,982	9,840,075	244,186	2.482	0.18
1994	9,962,168	10,091,256	258,176	2.559	0.18
1995	10,220,344	10,353,263	265,837	2.568	0.18
1996	10,486,181	10,621,210	270,059	2.543	0.18
1997	10,756,240	10,897,353	282,226	2.590	0.18
1998	11,038,466	11,201,063	325,194	2.903	0.19
1999	11,363,660	11,533,554	339,788	2.946	0.19
2000	11,703,448	11,882,888	358,880	3.020	0.19
2001	12,062,328	12,249,764	374,873	3.060	0.20
2002	12,437,201	12,632,269	390,136	3.089	0.20
2003	12,827,337	13,030,591	406,508	3.120	0.20
2004	13,233,845	13,445,977	424,264	3.156	0.21
2005	13,658,109	13,876,127	436,036	3.143	0.21
2006	14,094,145	14,316,242	444,193	3.103	0.22
2007	14,538,338	14,757,074	437,472	2.965	0.22
2008	14,975,810	15,197,915	444,210	2.923	0.22
2009	15,420,020	15,650,022	460,003	2.940	0.23
2010	15,880,023	16,116,845	473,644	2.939	0.23
2011	16,353,667	16,602,651	497,969	3.000	0.23
2012	16,851,636	17,113,732	524,193	3.063	0.24
2013	17,375,829	17,636,408	521,157	2.955	0.24
2014	17,896,986	18,169,842	545,713	3.004	0.25
2015	18,442,699	18,718,019	550,641	2.942	0.25
2016	18,993,340	19,275,498	564,316	2.928	0.26
2017	19,557,656	19,835,858	556,405	2.805	0.26
2018	20,114,061	20,392,723	557,324	2.733	0.27
2019	20,671,385	20,951,639	560,508	2.675	0.27
2020	21,231,893	21,522,626	581,466	2.702	0.27
2021	21,813,359	22,100,683	574,649	2.600	0.28

Burkina Faso population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	22,388,008	22,673,762	571,508	2.521	0.28
2023	22,959,516	23,251,485	583,938	2.512	0.29
2024	23,543,454	23,840,247	593,586	2.490	0.29
2025	24,137,040	24,436,925	599,769	2.454	0.30
2026	24,736,809	25,040,390	607,161	2.425	0.30
2027	25,343,970	25,650,897	613,854	2.393	0.31
2028	25,957,824	26,267,784	619,920	2.360	0.31
2029	26,577,744	26,892,087	628,685	2.338	0.32
2030	27,206,429	27,523,563	634,268	2.305	0.32
2031	27,840,697	28,160,684	639,975	2.273	0.33
2032	28,480,672	28,803,224	645,103	2.240	0.33
2033	29,125,775	29,451,315	651,080	2.211	0.34
2034	29,776,855	30,104,222	654,735	2.175	0.34
2035	30,431,590	30,759,536	655,892	2.132	0.35
2036	31,087,482	31,416,263	657,562	2.093	0.35
2037	31,745,044	32,074,082	658,075	2.052	0.36
2038	32,403,119	32,733,314	660,390	2.018	0.36
2039	33,063,509	33,392,206	657,394	1.969	0.37
2040	33,720,903	34,050,733	659,660	1.937	0.37
2041	34,380,563	34,710,916	660,705	1.904	0.38
2042	35,041,268	35,368,933	655,331	1.853	0.38
2043	35,696,599	36,023,133	653,068	1.813	0.38
2044	36,349,667	36,675,188	651,042	1.775	0.39
2045	37,000,709	37,324,984	648,549	1.738	0.39
2046	37,649,258	37,971,748	644,980	1.699	0.40
2047	38,294,238	38,617,149	645,821	1.672	0.40
2048	38,940,059	39,262,199	644,280	1.641	0.41
2049	39,584,339	39,903,786	638,894	1.601	0.41
2050	40,223,233	40,541,548	636,630	1.570	0.42
2051	40,859,863	41,175,394	631,062	1.533	0.42
2052	41,490,925	41,803,795	625,739	1.497	0.43
2053	42,116,664	42,428,162	622,997	1.468	0.43
2054	42,739,661	43,046,899	614,475	1.427	0.44
2055	43,354,136	43,658,232	608,191	1.393	0.44
2056	43,962,327	44,263,626	602,597	1.361	0.45
2057	44,564,924	44,862,060	594,271	1.325	0.45
2058	45,159,195	45,453,291	588,192	1.294	0.45
2059	45,747,387	46,037,583	580,392	1.261	0.46
2060	46,327,779	46,613,403	571,248	1.226	0.46
2061	46,899,027	47,184,785	571,517	1.211	0.47
2062	47,470,544	47,752,734	564,380	1.182	0.47
2063	48,034,924	48,314,310	558,772	1.157	0.48
2064	48,593,696	48,869,787	552,183	1.130	0.48
2065	49,145,879	49,416,776	541,794	1.096	0.48
2066	49,687,673	49,954,639	533,931	1.069	0.49
2067	50,221,604	50,483,364	523,520	1.037	0.49
2068	50,745,124	51,002,518	514,789	1.009	0.50
2069	51,259,913	51,513,082	506,339	0.983	0.50
2070	51,766,252	52,013,454	494,404	0.951	0.51
2071	52,260,656	52,502,031	482,749	0.919	0.51
2072	52,743,405	52,980,177	473,544	0.894	0.51
2073	53,216,949	53,449,353	464,809	0.870	0.52
2074	53,681,758	53,906,529	449,543	0.834	0.52
2075	54,131,301	54,349,565	436,527	0.803	0.52
2076	54,567,828	54,779,920	424,184	0.774	0.53
2077	54,992,012	55,197,961	411,898	0.746	0.53
2078	55,403,910	55,604,547	401,274	0.722	0.53
2079	55,805,184	56,001,078	391,788	0.700	0.54
2080	56,196,972	56,387,242	380,540	0.675	0.54
2081	56,577,512	56,758,552	362,081	0.638	0.54
2082	56,939,593	57,116,819	354,451	0.621	0.55
2083	57,294,044	57,463,768	339,448	0.591	0.55
2084	57,633,492	57,798,215	329,445	0.570	0.55
2085	57,962,937	58,121,569	317,263	0.546	0.56
2086	58,280,200	58,431,836	303,272	0.519	0.56
2087	58,583,472	58,727,157	287,370	0.489	0.56
2088	58,870,842	59,010,181	278,679	0.472	0.57
2089	59,149,521	59,280,899	262,757	0.443	0.57
2090	59,412,278	59,539,304	254,053	0.427	0.57
2091	59,666,331	59,785,713	238,765	0.399	0.57
2092	59,905,096	60,020,908	231,625	0.386	0.58
2093	60,136,721	60,247,673	221,903	0.368	0.58
2094	60,358,624	60,464,231	211,214	0.349	0.58
2095	60,569,838	60,669,116	198,556	0.327	0.58
2096	60,768,394	60,864,213	191,638	0.315	0.59
2097	60,960,032	61,049,511	178,958	0.293	0.59
2098	61,138,990	61,223,139	168,297	0.275	0.59
2099	61,307,287	61,386,260	157,946	0.257	0.59
2100	61,465,233	61,539,300	148,133	0.241	0.59