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Burkina Faso — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Burkina Faso, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.21%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +52.7% since 1961
Population growth for Burkina Faso was 2.21% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.15% in 2005. The lowest was 1.45% in 1961 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.66% per year.
Burkina Faso ranks 38 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Burkina Faso sits below it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 30% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.21%
First (1961)
1.45%
Change
+52.7%
Highest
3.15%
in 2005
Lowest
1.45%
in 1961
Average
2.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.66%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.21% |
| 2024 | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 2.27% |
| 2022 | 2.31% |
| 2021 | 2.38% |
| 2020 | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 2.53% |
| 2018 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.85% |
| 2016 | 2.93% |
| 2015 | 2.96% |
| 2014 | 2.97% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.