Burkina Faso vs Madagascar: Military personnel, per square kilometre

Burkina Faso
0.0256 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Madagascar
0.0241 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Burkina Faso rank
148th
Madagascar rank
149th

Military personnel, per square kilometre over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Madagascar
00.050.10.150.20.25196119912022

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 0.0256 people per square kilometre against 0.0241 people per square kilometre in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0015 people per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 148th and Madagascar ranks 149th of 193 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Madagascar Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0085 people per square kilometre 0.0111 people per square kilometre 0.0026 people per square kilometre Madagascar
1970s 0.0197 people per square kilometre 0.0225 people per square kilometre 0.0028 people per square kilometre Madagascar
1980s 0.0303 people per square kilometre 0.0437 people per square kilometre 0.0133 people per square kilometre Madagascar
1990s 0.0336 people per square kilometre 0.0358 people per square kilometre 0.0021 people per square kilometre Madagascar
2000s 0.0397 people per square kilometre 0.0632 people per square kilometre 0.0234 people per square kilometre Madagascar
2010s 0.0402 people per square kilometre 0.0241 people per square kilometre 0.0161 people per square kilometre Burkina Faso
2020s 0.0353 people per square kilometre 0.0241 people per square kilometre 0.0113 people per square kilometre Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel, per square kilometre, Burkina Faso or Madagascar?
Burkina Faso, at 0.0256 people per square kilometre against 0.0241 people per square kilometre in Madagascar as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel, per square kilometre between Burkina Faso and Madagascar?
0.0015 people per square kilometre, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Madagascar?
60 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Burkina Faso and Madagascar rank globally for military personnel, per square kilometre?
Burkina Faso ranks 148th and Madagascar ranks 149th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Military personnel, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burkina Faso vs Madagascar: Military personnel, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-per-square-kilometre/burkina-faso/madagascar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-per-square-kilometre/burkina-faso/madagascar/">Burkina Faso vs Madagascar: Military personnel, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel, per square kilometre
Unit
people per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
193 places, 9,818 data points, 1961–2022
Last refreshed

Military personnel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.