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Burkina Faso: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
24.1 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.2%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.5%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203127.3Forecast
203026.7Forecast
202926.2Forecast
202825.7Forecast
202725.1Forecast
202624.6Forecast
202524.1
202423.5
202323.0
202222.5
202122.0
202021.5
201921.0
201820.4
201719.9
201619.3

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • Penn World Table1959–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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