Demographics of Burkina Faso

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Burkina Faso is projected at 21.50 million, up by 2.84% compared with 20.90 million in 2020. Burkina Faso is ranked 59th in terms of population and 15th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.79 million births in Burkina Faso in 2021. That is 2,156 per day, which is ranked 38th. The crude birth rate is 36.54 per 1000 people. There are 0.16 million deaths in Burkina Faso in 2021. That is 443 per day, which is ranked 61th. The crude death rate is 7.51 per 1000 people.

6.72 million people are living in urban areas, which is 31.24% of Burkina Faso population. Burkina Faso is ranked 201th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Burkina Faso in 2021 is 99.98 males per 100 females. There are 10.75 million males and 10.75 million females in Burkina Faso. The percentage of female population is 50.01% compare to 49.99% male population. Burkina Faso has 1.8 thousand more females than males. Burkina Faso is at 125th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Burkina Faso population

Year Population Growth (%)
19504,284,455-
19554,517,1551.21
19604,829,2891.37
19655,174,8741.49
19705,624,5921.74
19756,154,5541.90
19806,822,8372.27
19857,727,9082.61
19908,811,0332.69
199510,089,8802.78
200011,607,9512.88
200513,421,9353.00
201015,605,2113.07
201518,110,6162.98
201618,646,3502.96
201719,193,2362.93
201819,751,4662.91
201920,321,3832.89
202020,903,2782.86
202121,497,0972.84
  • Total
  • Crude

Burkina Faso death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950141,796202,02532.9346.95
1955139,264214,33630.7447.33
1960137,944228,02028.5647.24
1965137,618245,58726.5247.33
1970138,872267,03924.6547.46
1975140,468297,10722.7548.17
1980135,040336,42519.7449.10
1985134,954374,95517.4148.46
1990150,334418,65917.0047.42
1995168,286474,79716.6346.94
2000181,099538,35415.5446.25
2005179,510603,62913.3444.82
2010166,523661,58810.6442.31
2015160,439715,6158.8239.44
2020161,588774,6227.7136.99
2021161,865786,9897.5136.54
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Burkina Faso

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950164,3854,120,076-3.837
1955191,8624,325,2933.284.247
1960226,9774,602,3113.444.700
1965268,9854,905,8853.555.198
1970323,1635,301,4373.805.746
1975390,6285,763,9173.946.347
1980600,7766,222,0679.578.805
1985953,1606,774,7479.6412.334
19901,217,2087,593,8264.6013.815
19951,526,7088,563,1704.6615.131
20002,071,2679,536,6756.9417.844
20052,890,72810,531,2026.8721.537
20103,844,02511,761,1925.4424.633
20154,985,85513,124,7695.2627.530
20206,397,91114,505,4345.0130.607
20216,715,58514,781,3764.9731.240
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Burkina Faso population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,802,455 1,739,667 3,542,122 16.48 103.609
05-09 1,600,001 1,544,300 3,144,301 14.63 103.607
10-14 1,420,939 1,370,450 2,791,389 12.98 103.684
15-19 1,212,941 1,167,179 2,380,120 11.07 103.921
20-24 1,006,883 975,041 1,981,924 9.22 103.266
25-29 828,047 811,057 1,639,104 7.62 102.095
30-34 682,598 677,281 1,359,879 6.33 100.785
35-39 568,760 573,014 1,141,774 5.31 99.258
40-44 457,086 471,730 928,816 4.32 96.896
45-49 349,044 373,874 722,918 3.36 93.359
50-54 269,883 303,164 573,047 2.67 89.022
55-59 200,154 240,525 440,679 2.05 83.215
60-64 142,229 186,361 328,590 1.53 76.319
65-69 93,843 136,143 229,986 1.07 68.930
70-74 60,013 91,609 151,622 0.71 65.510
75-79 33,947 54,729 88,676 0.41 62.027
80-84 14,196 24,567 38,763 0.18 57.785
85-89 3,939 7,335 11,274 0.05 53.701
90-94 641 1,303 1,944 0.01 49.194
95-99 52 116 168 0.00 44.828
100+ 0 1 1 0.00 0.000
Total 10,747,651 10,749,446 21,497,097 99.983