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Burkina Faso vs Zambia: The global population hockey stick

Burkina Faso
23.03 million people
in 2023
Zambia
20.72 million people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
61st
Zambia rank
64th

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 23.03 million people against 20.72 million people in Zambia, a difference of 2.30 million people.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 64th of 239 countries.

Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Zambia Difference Ahead
1000s 741,526 people 151,500 people 590,026 people Burkina Faso
1100s 840,396 people 181,800 people 658,596 people Burkina Faso
1200s 952,449 people 212,100 people 740,349 people Burkina Faso
1300s 1.08 million people 242,400 people 837,040 people Burkina Faso
1400s 1.22 million people 272,700 people 950,670 people Burkina Faso
1500s 1.39 million people 303,000 people 1.08 million people Burkina Faso
1600s 1.57 million people 328,755 people 1.24 million people Burkina Faso
1700s 1.78 million people 354,510 people 1.43 million people Burkina Faso
1710s 1.79 million people 340,320 people 1.45 million people Burkina Faso
1720s 1.80 million people 346,823 people 1.46 million people Burkina Faso
1730s 1.82 million people 353,744 people 1.47 million people Burkina Faso
1740s 1.84 million people 361,130 people 1.48 million people Burkina Faso
1750s 1.86 million people 369,038 people 1.49 million people Burkina Faso
1760s 1.88 million people 377,533 people 1.50 million people Burkina Faso
1770s 1.90 million people 386,691 people 1.51 million people Burkina Faso
1780s 1.92 million people 396,607 people 1.53 million people Burkina Faso
1790s 1.95 million people 407,390 people 1.54 million people Burkina Faso
1800s 1.67 million people 800,457 people 864,963 people Burkina Faso
1810s 1.67 million people 931,599 people 733,939 people Burkina Faso
1820s 1.69 million people 1.08 million people 608,718 people Burkina Faso
1830s 1.75 million people 1.26 million people 491,815 people Burkina Faso
1840s 1.82 million people 1.47 million people 348,970 people Burkina Faso
1850s 1.88 million people 1.59 million people 281,990 people Burkina Faso
1860s 1.93 million people 1.60 million people 332,187 people Burkina Faso
1870s 2.01 million people 1.60 million people 402,872 people Burkina Faso
1880s 2.10 million people 1.62 million people 480,736 people Burkina Faso
1890s 2.22 million people 1.63 million people 587,258 people Burkina Faso
1900s 2.42 million people 1.57 million people 848,889 people Burkina Faso
1910s 2.68 million people 1.48 million people 1.20 million people Burkina Faso
1920s 2.98 million people 1.55 million people 1.43 million people Burkina Faso
1930s 3.37 million people 1.79 million people 1.58 million people Burkina Faso
1940s 3.87 million people 2.09 million people 1.78 million people Burkina Faso
1950s 4.45 million people 2.67 million people 1.78 million people Burkina Faso
1960s 5.13 million people 3.65 million people 1.47 million people Burkina Faso
1970s 6.13 million people 4.94 million people 1.19 million people Burkina Faso
1980s 7.90 million people 6.69 million people 1.22 million people Burkina Faso
1990s 10.30 million people 8.71 million people 1.58 million people Burkina Faso
2000s 13.76 million people 11.62 million people 2.13 million people Burkina Faso
2010s 18.53 million people 16.19 million people 2.35 million people Burkina Faso
2020s 22.25 million people 19.88 million people 2.37 million people Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Burkina Faso or Zambia?
Burkina Faso, at 23.03 million people against 20.72 million people in Zambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Burkina Faso and Zambia?
2.30 million people, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Zambia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and Zambia rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Burkina Faso ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 64th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.