Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 23,026 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2023, population — total population - both sexes in Burkina Faso stood at 23,026 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Burkina Faso peaked at 23,026 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,176 1000 No, in 2010.
Burkina Faso ranks 49th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 16,176 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 16,662 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 17,172 1000 No | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 17,695 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 18,230 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 18,778 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 19,335 1000 No | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 19,894 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 20,438 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 20,962 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 21,479 1000 No | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 21,995 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 22,509 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 23,026 1000 No | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18,534 1000 No | 16,176 1000 No | 20,962 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,252 1000 No | 21,479 1000 No | 23,026 1000 No | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Burkina Faso?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Burkina Faso was 23,026 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 23,026 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,176 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Burkina Faso ranks 49th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.