Burkina Faso's population rose from 10.7M in 1996 to 24.1M in 2025.
Burkina Faso · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Burkina Faso's population growth fell from 2.6 % in 1996 to 2.2 % in 2025.
Burkina Faso's population density rose from 37.0 in 1994 to 84.2 in 2023.
Burkina Faso's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.9 % in 1996 to 50.2 % in 2025.
Burkina Faso's urbanisation rose from 15.3 % in 1996 to 28.9 % in 2025.
Burkina Faso's urban population rose from 1.63M in 1996 to 6.96M in 2025.
Burkina Faso's rural population rose from 9.02M in 1996 to 17.1M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.8 %23rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.0 %25th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.6 %83rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.8 %192nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs203rd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts15th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.6 pts198th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts203rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.9 pts20th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts202nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −5.1 %179th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.3 pts134th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +5.8 %69th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs208th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs206th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs211th of 217