Demographics of Burkina Faso
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 30 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.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 4,284,455 | - |
1955 | 4,517,155 | 1.21 |
1960 | 4,829,289 | 1.37 |
1965 | 5,174,874 | 1.49 |
1970 | 5,624,592 | 1.74 |
1975 | 6,154,554 | 1.90 |
1980 | 6,822,837 | 2.27 |
1985 | 7,727,908 | 2.61 |
1990 | 8,811,033 | 2.69 |
1995 | 10,089,880 | 2.78 |
2000 | 11,607,951 | 2.88 |
2005 | 13,421,935 | 3.00 |
2010 | 15,605,211 | 3.07 |
2015 | 18,110,616 | 2.98 |
2016 | 18,646,350 | 2.96 |
2017 | 19,193,236 | 2.93 |
2018 | 19,751,466 | 2.91 |
2019 | 20,321,383 | 2.89 |
2020 | 20,903,278 | 2.86 |
2021 | 21,497,097 | 2.84 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 141,796 | 202,025 | 32.93 | 46.95 |
1955 | 139,264 | 214,336 | 30.74 | 47.33 |
1960 | 137,944 | 228,020 | 28.56 | 47.24 |
1965 | 137,618 | 245,587 | 26.52 | 47.33 |
1970 | 138,872 | 267,039 | 24.65 | 47.46 |
1975 | 140,468 | 297,107 | 22.75 | 48.17 |
1980 | 135,040 | 336,425 | 19.74 | 49.10 |
1985 | 134,954 | 374,955 | 17.41 | 48.46 |
1990 | 150,334 | 418,659 | 17.00 | 47.42 |
1995 | 168,286 | 474,797 | 16.63 | 46.94 |
2000 | 181,099 | 538,354 | 15.54 | 46.25 |
2005 | 179,510 | 603,629 | 13.34 | 44.82 |
2010 | 166,523 | 661,588 | 10.64 | 42.31 |
2015 | 160,439 | 715,615 | 8.82 | 39.44 |
2020 | 161,588 | 774,622 | 7.71 | 36.99 |
2021 | 161,865 | 786,989 | 7.51 | 36.54 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 164,385 | 4,120,076 | - | 3.837 |
1955 | 191,862 | 4,325,293 | 3.28 | 4.247 |
1960 | 226,977 | 4,602,311 | 3.44 | 4.700 |
1965 | 268,985 | 4,905,885 | 3.55 | 5.198 |
1970 | 323,163 | 5,301,437 | 3.80 | 5.746 |
1975 | 390,628 | 5,763,917 | 3.94 | 6.347 |
1980 | 600,776 | 6,222,067 | 9.57 | 8.805 |
1985 | 953,160 | 6,774,747 | 9.64 | 12.334 |
1990 | 1,217,208 | 7,593,826 | 4.60 | 13.815 |
1995 | 1,526,708 | 8,563,170 | 4.66 | 15.131 |
2000 | 2,071,267 | 9,536,675 | 6.94 | 17.844 |
2005 | 2,890,728 | 10,531,202 | 6.87 | 21.537 |
2010 | 3,844,025 | 11,761,192 | 5.44 | 24.633 |
2015 | 4,985,855 | 13,124,769 | 5.26 | 27.530 |
2020 | 6,397,911 | 14,505,434 | 5.01 | 30.607 |
2021 | 6,715,585 | 14,781,376 | 4.97 | 31.240 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio