Burkina Faso vs Malawi: Population, female

Burkina Faso

12.08 million

in 2025

Malawi

11.37 million

in 2025

Burkina Faso rank

59th

Malawi rank

60th

Population, female over time

Burkina Faso currently reports 12.08 million against 11.37 million in Malawi, a difference of 708,200.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 59th and Malawi ranks 60th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Population, female
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.