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Burkina Faso vs Mali: Population

Burkina Faso
23.03 million people
in 2023
Mali
23.77 million people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
60th
Mali rank
57th

Population over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Mali
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015112023

How they compare

Mali currently reports 23.77 million people against 23.03 million people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 743,300 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 60th and Mali ranks 57th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 30 and Mali in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Mali Difference Ahead
1000s 741,526 people 722,000 people 19,526 people Burkina Faso
1100s 840,396 people 776,150 people 64,246 people Burkina Faso
1200s 952,449 people 830,300 people 122,149 people Burkina Faso
1300s 1.08 million people 900,000 people 179,440 people Burkina Faso
1400s 1.22 million people 1.00 million people 223,370 people Burkina Faso
1500s 1.39 million people 1.08 million people 303,480 people Burkina Faso
1600s 1.57 million people 1.26 million people 307,850 people Burkina Faso
1700s 1.78 million people 1.44 million people 336,860 people Burkina Faso
1710s 1.79 million people 1.62 million people 165,460 people Burkina Faso
1720s 1.80 million people 1.64 million people 163,880 people Burkina Faso
1730s 1.82 million people 1.66 million people 162,180 people Burkina Faso
1740s 1.84 million people 1.68 million people 160,360 people Burkina Faso
1750s 1.86 million people 1.70 million people 158,380 people Burkina Faso
1760s 1.88 million people 1.72 million people 156,220 people Burkina Faso
1770s 1.90 million people 1.75 million people 153,850 people Burkina Faso
1780s 1.92 million people 1.77 million people 151,270 people Burkina Faso
1790s 1.95 million people 1.80 million people 148,430 people Burkina Faso
1800s 1.67 million people 1.40 million people 262,020 people Burkina Faso
1810s 1.67 million people 1.40 million people 262,074 people Burkina Faso
1820s 1.69 million people 1.42 million people 274,560 people Burkina Faso
1830s 1.75 million people 1.45 million people 302,589 people Burkina Faso
1840s 1.82 million people 1.48 million people 332,223 people Burkina Faso
1850s 1.88 million people 1.56 million people 317,844 people Burkina Faso
1860s 1.93 million people 1.68 million people 247,040 people Burkina Faso
1870s 2.01 million people 1.83 million people 174,504 people Burkina Faso
1880s 2.10 million people 2.01 million people 98,631 people Burkina Faso
1890s 2.22 million people 2.20 million people 16,323 people Burkina Faso
1900s 2.42 million people 2.49 million people 76,510 people Mali
1910s 2.68 million people 2.87 million people 183,873 people Mali
1920s 2.98 million people 3.23 million people 250,054 people Mali
1930s 3.37 million people 3.69 million people 319,113 people Mali
1940s 3.87 million people 4.28 million people 408,808 people Mali
1950s 4.45 million people 5.01 million people 559,435 people Mali
1960s 5.13 million people 5.78 million people 653,467 people Mali
1970s 6.13 million people 6.79 million people 667,061 people Mali
1980s 7.90 million people 8.27 million people 370,123 people Mali
1990s 10.30 million people 10.12 million people 176,791 people Burkina Faso
2000s 13.76 million people 13.39 million people 366,490 people Burkina Faso
2010s 18.53 million people 18.40 million people 138,380 people Burkina Faso
2020s 22.25 million people 22.74 million people 483,850 people Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Burkina Faso or Mali?
Mali, at 23.77 million people against 23.03 million people in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Burkina Faso and Mali?
743,300 people, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for population?
Burkina Faso ranks 60th and Mali ranks 57th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.