Population 24,074,580
people· 2025
Published observation World Bank · World Development Indicators
Over time Full published history Burkina Faso 2025 · 24.07M
0 6.02M 12.04M 18.06M 24.07M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 4,778,621 1961: 4,848,224 1962: 4,919,672 1963: 4,993,623 1964: 5,071,034 1965: 5,152,833 1966: 5,237,933 1967: 5,326,348 1968: 5,418,644 1969: 5,513,177 1970: 5,610,304 1971: 5,707,999 1972: 5,807,234 1973: 5,911,927 1974: 6,024,904 1975: 6,147,569 1976: 6,280,635 1977: 6,428,734 1978: 6,590,984 1979: 6,763,903 1980: 6,947,900 1981: 7,140,271 1982: 7,340,197 1983: 7,551,129 1984: 7,772,256 1985: 7,999,935 1986: 8,228,847 1987: 8,457,109 1988: 8,687,435 1989: 8,921,175 1990: 9,159,356 1991: 9,394,632 1992: 9,629,275 1993: 9,871,713 1994: 10,123,798 1995: 10,386,722 1996: 10,655,942 1997: 10,934,223 1998: 11,240,664 1999: 11,574,928 2000: 11,925,546 2001: 12,295,001 2002: 12,680,897 2003: 13,082,532 2004: 13,500,533 2005: 13,932,123 2006: 14,373,707 2007: 14,816,307 2008: 15,258,093 2009: 15,710,066 2010: 16,176,498 2011: 16,661,908 2012: 17,172,287 2013: 17,695,409 2014: 18,229,461 2015: 18,777,487 2016: 19,334,856 2017: 19,894,407 2018: 20,438,288 2019: 20,961,952 2020: 21,478,690 2021: 21,995,243 2022: 22,509,038 2023: 23,025,776 2024: 23,548,781 2025: 24,074,580 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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