Burkina Faso vs Guinea: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 2.26% a year in Burkina Faso and 2.45% a year in Guinea, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Guinea, by 0.19 percentage points, or 1.08 times that in Burkina Faso.

Burkina FasoGuinea

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% a year · UN

All years Since 1990 Since 2010

Values Change

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World Projection

Burkina FasoGuineaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

Latest figures

% a year · UN

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2023	Projected
Burkina Faso	2.26 2023	2.96	37 of 229	0.03 2100
Guinea	2.45 2023	2.46	27 of 229	0.07 2100
World	0.87 2023	1.23		-0.13 2100

What the numbers say

Guinea has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
In 2023, Burkina Faso ranked 37 and Guinea ranked 27 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Burkina Faso at 0.03% a year and Guinea at 0.07% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Burkina Faso	Guinea	World
2023	2.26	2.45	0.87
2022	2.28	2.48	0.88
2021	2.34	2.49	0.8
2020	2.42	2.53	0.9
2019	2.46	2.58	1.03
2018	2.61	2.55	1.07
2017	2.79	2.54	1.13
2016	2.92	2.57	1.17
2015	2.93	2.56	1.18
2014	2.99	2.5	1.22
2013	2.96	2.46	1.23
2012	3.05	2.43	1.27
2011	2.99	2.48	1.26
2010	2.93	2.47	1.27
2009	2.93	2.44	1.28
2008	2.91	2.44	1.28
2007	2.96	2.4	1.28
2006	3.1	2.23	1.28
2005	3.14	1.95	1.27
2004	3.16	2.05	1.28
2003	3.13	2.23	1.29
2002	3.1	2.26	1.3
2001	3.08	0.85	1.33
2000	3.02	1.78	1.35
1999	2.94	2.15	1.35
1998	2.92	2.33	1.37
1997	2.61	1.42	1.39
1996	2.55	2.7	1.42
1995	2.57	2.96	1.45
1994	2.56	2.62	1.47
1993	2.49	3.39	1.52
1992	2.49	2.7	1.57
1991	2.45	3.7	1.63
1990	2.63	4.32	1.76
1989	2.64	2.57	1.78
1988	2.67	2.62	1.79
1987	2.7	2.61	1.84
1986	2.77	2.53	1.83
1985	2.88	2.41	1.8
1984	2.9	2.29	1.8
1983	2.87	2.15	1.78
1982	2.79	2.08	1.86
1981	2.73	1.94	1.82
1980	2.73	1.82	1.8
1979	2.63	1.7	1.79
1978	2.55	1.61	1.74
1977	2.44	1.56	1.75
1976	2.22	1.55	1.78
1975	2.06	1.57	1.8
1974	1.97	1.61	1.88
1973	1.82	1.66	1.94
1972	1.76	1.7	1.97
1971	1.69	1.76	1.97
1970	1.77	1.84	2.06
1969	1.73	1.91	2.06
1968	1.73	1.93	2.09
1967	1.71	1.91	2
1966	1.64	1.89	2.04
1965	1.63	1.85	2.09
1964	1.57	1.83	2.16
1963	1.51	1.8	2.28
1962	1.47	1.78	2.11
1961	1.45	1.76	1.67
1960	1.44	1.74	1.58
1959	1.42	1.72	1.73
1958	1.3	1.7	2
1957	1.33	1.69	2.07
1956	1.3	1.67	1.98
1955	1.26	1.65	2.01
1954	1.22	1.64	1.99
1953	1.17	1.63	1.9
1952	1.18	1.62	1.94
1951	1.15	1.61	1.75
1950	1.08	1.61	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Burkina Faso	Guinea	World
2024	2.231.6–2.78	2.351.36–3.27	0.86
2025	2.181.45–2.8	2.271.14–3.32	0.84
2026	2.151.36–2.82	2.211–3.34	0.83
2027	2.111.25–2.84	2.170.93–3.31	0.81
2028	2.071.17–2.81	2.120.77–3.28	0.8
2029	2.041.07–2.83	2.060.75–3.22	0.78
2030	2.011.05–2.85	2.040.7–3.3	0.76
2031	1.990.98–2.87	1.980.6–3.27	0.75
2032	1.960.92–2.87	1.930.67–3.12	0.73
2033	1.950.89–2.89	1.880.54–3.15	0.72
2034	1.920.88–2.91	1.820.49–3.08	0.7
2035	1.870.79–2.88	1.80.52–3.08	0.69
2036	1.830.72–2.84	1.790.42–3.1	0.67
2037	1.790.71–2.82	1.740.41–3.06	0.65
2038	1.750.65–2.79	1.710.39–3.03	0.64
2039	1.710.65–2.75	1.690.33–2.98	0.62
2040	1.670.62–2.74	1.680.29–3.01	0.61
2041	1.630.58–2.72	1.630.27–3.04	0.59
2042	1.60.55–2.66	1.60.21–2.94	0.57
2043	1.550.5–2.65	1.570.16–2.88	0.56
2044	1.520.42–2.62	1.510.17–2.84	0.54
2045	1.480.43–2.59	1.490.19–2.83	0.52
2046	1.430.36–2.53	1.460.06–2.82	0.5
2047	1.40.32–2.51	1.420.09–2.84	0.48
2048	1.350.31–2.5	1.380.03–2.72	0.46
2049	1.320.27–2.49	1.35-0.04–2.74	0.44
2050	1.280.22–2.45	1.34-0.07–2.79	0.42
2051	1.240.16–2.48	1.31-0.12–2.87	0.4
2052	1.210.11–2.41	1.28-0.02–2.77	0.38
2053	1.180.08–2.39	1.27-0.04–2.78	0.36
2054	1.140.02–2.43	1.2-0.17–2.75	0.34
2055	1.11-0.04–2.37	1.18-0.19–2.78	0.33
2056	1.08-0.08–2.37	1.15-0.2–2.7	0.31
2057	1.06-0.12–2.39	1.11-0.27–2.64	0.3
2058	1.03-0.16–2.39	1.09-0.31–2.68	0.28
2059	0.99-0.23–2.33	1.04-0.35–2.62	0.27
2060	0.97-0.22–2.27	1-0.44–2.57	0.25
2061	0.95-0.24–2.33	0.98-0.38–2.68	0.24
2062	0.91-0.3–2.3	0.95-0.42–2.61	0.23
2063	0.88-0.38–2.25	0.93-0.57–2.61	0.22
2064	0.86-0.41–2.25	0.89-0.55–2.6	0.21
2065	0.82-0.47–2.19	0.86-0.59–2.49	0.2
2066	0.8-0.48–2.21	0.83-0.56–2.5	0.19
2067	0.78-0.55–2.21	0.81-0.63–2.44	0.18
2068	0.75-0.6–2.19	0.78-0.62–2.49	0.17
2069	0.73-0.62–2.19	0.75-0.72–2.46	0.16
2070	0.7-0.61–2.19	0.71-0.8–2.4	0.15
2071	0.67-0.65–2.18	0.69-0.85–2.43	0.14
2072	0.65-0.73–2.18	0.66-0.85–2.36	0.13
2073	0.62-0.77–2.13	0.63-1.04–2.24	0.12
2074	0.58-0.84–2.1	0.61-1.05–2.38	0.1
2075	0.55-0.88–2.06	0.6-0.92–2.39	0.09
2076	0.53-0.9–2.03	0.56-0.92–2.35	0.08
2077	0.5-0.94–2.03	0.53-1.06–2.24	0.07
2078	0.47-0.98–2	0.51-1.05–2.29	0.06
2079	0.44-0.99–1.98	0.5-1.14–2.38	0.05
2080	0.41-1.05–2.01	0.46-1.3–2.31	0.04
2081	0.39-1.06–1.97	0.47-1.12–2.29	0.03
2082	0.36-1.17–1.95	0.42-1.26–2.19	0.02
2083	0.34-1.16–1.93	0.41-1.24–2.22	0.01
2084	0.31-1.2–1.93	0.38-1.28–2.23	-0
2085	0.29-1.24–1.94	0.37-1.28–2.24	-0.01
2086	0.27-1.34–1.89	0.33-1.44–2.22	-0.02
2087	0.26-1.38–1.93	0.29-1.43–2.17	-0.03
2088	0.23-1.43–1.91	0.28-1.42–2.2	-0.04
2089	0.21-1.48–1.88	0.26-1.4–2.12	-0.05
2090	0.19-1.55–1.81	0.23-1.45–2.18	-0.05
2091	0.16-1.61–1.83	0.2-1.58–2.13	-0.06
2092	0.15-1.66–1.82	0.21-1.57–2.19	-0.07
2093	0.13-1.69–1.83	0.18-1.59–2.16	-0.07
2094	0.11-1.7–1.85	0.16-1.51–2.15	-0.08
2095	0.1-1.73–1.86	0.13-1.69–2.13	-0.09
2096	0.09-1.75–1.9	0.13-1.78–2.08	-0.1
2097	0.08-1.8–1.82	0.12-1.73–2.11	-0.11
2098	0.06-1.88–1.8	0.11-1.65–2.02	-0.11
2099	0.05-1.94–1.83	0.09-1.74–2.07	-0.12
2100	0.03-1.96–1.82	0.07-1.82–2.03	-0.13

Each country on its own

Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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