Total population fell 4.35% to 21.1 mil in Burkina Faso in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, total population in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 22.1 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 4.28 mil in 1950. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, total population in Ghana amounted to 30.0 mil, 24.2 mil in Ivory Coast, 19.9 mil in Mali and 24.8 mil in Niger in 2022.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 60th within the group of 179 countries we follow in terms of total population, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population (Total) | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Algeria | mil | 47.5 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 19.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 33.3 | 33.8 | 34.4 | 34.9 | 35.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 26.9 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 28.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 38.5 | 38.8 | 39.1 | 39.3 | 39.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | mil | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 21.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 34.6 | 35.1 | 35.6 | 36.1 | 36.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | mil | 7.68 | 7.78 | 7.89 | 7.99 | 8.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.28 | 7.27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 35.9 | 36.7 | 37.6 | 38.4 | 39.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 6.59 | 6.67 | 6.75 | 6.82 | 6.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 53.1 | 54.7 | 56.4 | 58.1 | 59.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | mil | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
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