Demographics of Burkina Faso
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 31 May 2024 |
There are 11.88 million males and 11.96 million females in Burkina Faso. The percentage of the male population is 49.85%, compared to 50.15% of the female population. Burkina Faso has 73k more females than males. The sex ratio in Burkina Faso in 2024 will be 99.387 males per 100 females. Burkina Faso is in the 139th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 4,213,757 | 1.10 |
| 1955 | 4,472,824 | 1.27 |
| 1960 | 4,783,259 | 1.43 |
| 1965 | 5,157,929 | 1.64 |
| 1970 | 5,611,666 | 1.74 |
| 1975 | 6,138,444 | 2.03 |
| 1980 | 6,932,967 | 2.72 |
| 1985 | 7,979,185 | 2.89 |
| 1990 | 9,131,361 | 2.62 |
| 1995 | 10,353,263 | 2.57 |
| 2000 | 11,882,888 | 3.02 |
| 2005 | 13,876,127 | 3.14 |
| 2010 | 16,116,845 | 2.94 |
| 2015 | 18,718,019 | 2.94 |
| 2020 | 21,522,626 | 2.70 |
| 2021 | 22,100,683 | 2.60 |
| 2022 | 22,673,762 | 2.52 |
| 2023 | 23,251,485 | 2.51 |
| 2024 | 23,840,247 | 2.49 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 119,151 | 183,764 | 28.211 | 43.509 |
| 1955 | 123,553 | 202,341 | 27.552 | 45.122 |
| 1960 | 129,968 | 221,899 | 27.102 | 46.272 |
| 1965 | 134,966 | 244,764 | 26.098 | 47.330 |
| 1970 | 141,272 | 267,575 | 25.107 | 47.554 |
| 1975 | 139,756 | 294,941 | 22.706 | 47.920 |
| 1980 | 137,156 | 341,118 | 19.757 | 49.138 |
| 1985 | 143,353 | 390,337 | 17.943 | 48.857 |
| 1990 | 156,261 | 428,577 | 17.079 | 46.842 |
| 1995 | 172,744 | 477,607 | 16.651 | 46.036 |
| 2000 | 181,983 | 536,982 | 15.314 | 45.188 |
| 2005 | 187,297 | 613,548 | 13.499 | 44.219 |
| 2010 | 181,652 | 697,421 | 11.253 | 43.206 |
| 2015 | 180,442 | 750,846 | 9.634 | 40.088 |
| 2020 | 189,721 | 776,842 | 8.813 | 36.085 |
| 2021 | 198,073 | 785,817 | 8.958 | 35.541 |
| 2022 | 196,524 | 793,031 | 8.662 | 34.952 |
| 2023 | 192,100 | 801,037 | 8.256 | 34.428 |
| 2024 | 191,475 | 810,065 | 8.026 | 33.957 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 164,385 | 4,120,076 | 3.837 |
| 1955 | 191,862 | 4,325,293 | 4.247 |
| 1960 | 226,977 | 4,602,311 | 4.700 |
| 1965 | 268,985 | 4,905,885 | 5.198 |
| 1970 | 323,163 | 5,301,437 | 5.746 |
| 1975 | 390,628 | 5,763,917 | 6.347 |
| 1980 | 600,776 | 6,222,067 | 8.805 |
| 1985 | 953,160 | 6,774,747 | 12.334 |
| 1990 | 1,217,208 | 7,593,826 | 13.815 |
| 1995 | 1,526,708 | 8,563,170 | 15.131 |
| 2000 | 2,071,267 | 9,536,675 | 17.844 |
| 2005 | 2,890,728 | 10,531,202 | 21.537 |
| 2010 | 3,844,025 | 11,761,192 | 24.633 |
| 2015 | 4,985,855 | 13,124,769 | 27.530 |
| 2020 | 6,397,911 | 14,505,434 | 30.607 |
| 2021 | 6,715,585 | 14,781,376 | 31.240 |
| 2022 | 7,045,635 | 15,056,707 | 31.877 |
| 2023 | 7,388,364 | 15,331,318 | 32.520 |
| 2024 | 7,744,099 | 15,605,163 | 33.166 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 1,880,465 | 1,819,768 | 3,700,233 | 15.52 | 103.335 |
| 05-09 | 1,725,233 | 1,671,685 | 3,396,918 | 14.25 | 103.203 |
| 10-14 | 1,588,093 | 1,540,695 | 3,128,788 | 13.12 | 103.076 |
| 15-19 | 1,358,171 | 1,322,073 | 2,680,244 | 11.24 | 102.730 |
| 20-24 | 1,105,064 | 1,083,532 | 2,188,596 | 9.18 | 101.987 |
| 25-29 | 911,163 | 906,510 | 1,817,673 | 7.62 | 100.513 |
| 30-34 | 759,556 | 765,871 | 1,525,427 | 6.40 | 99.175 |
| 35-39 | 651,985 | 664,133 | 1,316,117 | 5.52 | 98.171 |
| 40-44 | 538,978 | 553,782 | 1,092,759 | 4.58 | 97.327 |
| 45-49 | 414,702 | 439,430 | 854,133 | 3.58 | 94.373 |
| 50-54 | 302,820 | 338,792 | 641,611 | 2.69 | 89.382 |
| 55-59 | 230,647 | 273,583 | 504,229 | 2.12 | 84.306 |
| 60-64 | 171,394 | 215,183 | 386,577 | 1.62 | 79.650 |
| 65-69 | 116,570 | 158,008 | 274,577 | 1.15 | 73.775 |
| 70-74 | 68,540 | 103,316 | 171,856 | 0.72 | 66.340 |
| 75-79 | 39,441 | 62,894 | 102,335 | 0.43 | 62.710 |
| 80-84 | 16,485 | 28,566 | 45,051 | 0.19 | 57.708 |
| 85-89 | 3,727 | 7,763 | 11,490 | 0.05 | 48.010 |
| 90-94 | 407 | 1,136 | 1,543 | 0.01 | 35.827 |
| 95-99 | 16 | 73 | 89 | 0.00 | 21.918 |
| 100+ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Total | 11,883,457 | 11,956,794 | 23,840,247 | 99.387 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio