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Burkina Faso vs Taiwan: Population

Burkina Faso
23.03 million people
in 2023
Taiwan
23.32 million people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
60th
Taiwan rank
59th

Population over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 23.32 million people against 23.03 million people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 291,300 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 60th and Taiwan ranks 59th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 17 and Taiwan in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Taiwan Difference Ahead
1000s 741,526 people 99,087 people 642,439 people Burkina Faso
1100s 840,396 people 118,905 people 721,491 people Burkina Faso
1200s 952,449 people 138,722 people 813,727 people Burkina Faso
1300s 1.08 million people 158,540 people 920,900 people Burkina Faso
1400s 1.22 million people 178,357 people 1.05 million people Burkina Faso
1500s 1.39 million people 198,175 people 1.19 million people Burkina Faso
1600s 1.57 million people 198,175 people 1.37 million people Burkina Faso
1700s 1.78 million people 990,877 people 789,983 people Burkina Faso
1710s 1.79 million people 1.13 million people 659,600 people Burkina Faso
1720s 1.80 million people 1.19 million people 616,800 people Burkina Faso
1730s 1.82 million people 1.25 million people 571,760 people Burkina Faso
1740s 1.84 million people 1.31 million people 524,420 people Burkina Faso
1750s 1.86 million people 1.38 million people 474,700 people Burkina Faso
1760s 1.88 million people 1.46 million people 422,530 people Burkina Faso
1770s 1.90 million people 1.53 million people 367,870 people Burkina Faso
1780s 1.92 million people 1.61 million people 310,690 people Burkina Faso
1790s 1.95 million people 1.70 million people 250,970 people Burkina Faso
1800s 1.67 million people 2.00 million people 334,580 people Taiwan
1810s 1.67 million people 2.01 million people 339,493 people Taiwan
1820s 1.69 million people 2.04 million people 343,162 people Taiwan
1830s 1.75 million people 2.09 million people 341,666 people Taiwan
1840s 1.82 million people 2.16 million people 346,305 people Taiwan
1850s 1.88 million people 2.23 million people 352,573 people Taiwan
1860s 1.93 million people 2.29 million people 360,420 people Taiwan
1870s 2.01 million people 2.36 million people 350,389 people Taiwan
1880s 2.10 million people 2.43 million people 322,265 people Taiwan
1890s 2.22 million people 2.62 million people 402,179 people Taiwan
1900s 2.42 million people 2.99 million people 571,602 people Taiwan
1910s 2.68 million people 3.42 million people 741,514 people Taiwan
1920s 2.98 million people 3.97 million people 992,978 people Taiwan
1930s 3.37 million people 5.06 million people 1.69 million people Taiwan
1940s 3.87 million people 6.33 million people 2.46 million people Taiwan
1950s 4.45 million people 9.01 million people 4.56 million people Taiwan
1960s 5.13 million people 12.87 million people 7.74 million people Taiwan
1970s 6.13 million people 16.24 million people 10.11 million people Taiwan
1980s 7.90 million people 19.36 million people 11.45 million people Taiwan
1990s 10.30 million people 21.43 million people 11.13 million people Taiwan
2000s 13.76 million people 22.78 million people 9.02 million people Taiwan
2010s 18.53 million people 23.48 million people 4.95 million people Taiwan
2020s 22.25 million people 23.49 million people 1.24 million people Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Burkina Faso or Taiwan?
Taiwan, at 23.32 million people against 23.03 million people in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Burkina Faso and Taiwan?
291,300 people, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Taiwan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Taiwan rank globally for population?
Burkina Faso ranks 60th and Taiwan ranks 59th 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.