# Population in Burkina Faso

Population in Burkina Faso was 24.07 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `bf`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/burkina-faso
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/burkina-faso.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=bf

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