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Burkina Faso population

Burkina Faso population now

24,731,259

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 24.3–25.3 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 23,025,776

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
24.6017 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 24.3–25.3 million
Median age
19.0
Aged 65+
2.7%
2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

BFA · 1950–2100 · in brief

Burkina Faso in numbers

Burkina Faso had 23,025,776 people in mid-2023, the 60th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.28% of the world's people. That is 5.5 times its 1950 population of 4.2 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 49.9 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 22.7 million to 117 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 19.6 in 1950 and 18.3 in 2023; the projection has 36.9 in 2100. 2.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 14.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2096 at 32.9 million.

Among countries it ranks 60th in 2023, 56th in 2050 and 46th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Taiwan in 2024, North Korea in 2031 and Australia in 2035. It is overtaken by Chad in 2045, Zambia in 2046 and Malawi in 2050.

Population, mid-2023
23,025,776
Rank by population, 2023
60 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.28%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+2.30% · +516,738 people
People per km² of land, 2023
84
Land area, 2023
273,600 km²
Births, 2023
728,612
Deaths, 2023
183,375
Net migration, 2023
−24,957
Children per woman, 2023
4.19
Median age, 2023
18.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
61.1 years
In a city, 2025
27 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
4,213,152
Projected, mid-2050
37,304,383
Projected, mid-2100
49,854,228

BFA · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

estimates | projections020 m40 m60 m80 m100 m120 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Burkina Faso, 1950–2100
Burkina Faso: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate4,190,492182,668119,3165.8233.0
1951estimate4,235,812186,498119,0225.8733.4
1952estimate4,284,956190,392119,9545.9333.6
1953estimate4,335,746194,157120,8885.9733.9
1954estimate4,386,888197,495121,9466.0134.2
1955estimate4,440,864201,189123,1076.0534.5
1956estimate4,497,242204,826124,2786.0934.8
1957estimate4,556,067208,423125,2776.1335.1
1958estimate4,617,076212,549126,5086.1735.4
1959estimate4,677,484216,817127,6726.2235.7
1960estimate4,744,206220,760128,7026.2536.1
1961estimate4,813,036225,120130,0646.2936.4
1962estimate4,883,412229,473130,9126.3236.8
1963estimate4,955,932233,745131,9866.3637.1
1964estimate5,031,315239,047133,3056.4237.4
1965estimate5,110,754243,947134,4006.4737.8
1966estimate5,194,911249,007135,6626.5338.1
1967estimate5,280,955254,087136,8676.5838.4
1968estimate5,371,741259,449138,1846.6438.8
1969estimate5,465,546263,324139,6596.6639.0
1970estimate5,560,808267,637139,8266.6839.5
1971estimate5,659,800271,837140,9126.7039.9
1972estimate5,756,198276,569140,8166.7240.4
1973estimate5,858,271282,586140,8346.7741.0
1974estimate5,965,583289,230140,0006.8441.7
1975estimate6,084,225296,527139,3556.9142.5
1976estimate6,210,913303,669138,4456.9543.3
1977estimate6,350,357313,515137,8487.0544.2
1978estimate6,507,110324,695137,6807.1545.0
1979estimate6,674,858334,790138,1447.1945.7
1980estimate6,852,947343,426138,1797.2246.5
1981estimate7,042,852352,518139,8937.2646.9
1982estimate7,237,690360,517139,6207.2547.6
1983estimate7,442,704369,411140,9457.2548.1
1984estimate7,659,554380,386142,5437.2548.5
1985estimate7,884,957391,358144,7827.2448.8
1986estimate8,114,912399,947147,0257.2249.0
1987estimate8,342,782407,371149,6387.1749.1
1988estimate8,571,436414,120152,0547.1149.2
1989estimate8,803,435422,134154,8157.0549.3
1990estimate9,038,915431,638157,7887.0149.3
1991estimate9,279,798441,154161,0406.9749.3
1992estimate9,509,466448,393163,7726.9449.4
1993estimate9,749,085455,606166,5676.8949.4
1994estimate9,994,341465,852169,3896.8449.5
1995estimate10,253,255478,234172,3576.8149.5
1996estimate10,520,190490,961175,1446.7849.7
1997estimate10,791,695501,905179,6486.7249.6
1998estimate11,076,751512,302179,1106.6650.2
1999estimate11,404,577523,612180,9916.5950.5
2000estimate11,745,280539,498182,8396.5250.8
2001estimate12,105,811552,129184,4066.4351.2
2002estimate12,484,191564,087186,7556.3451.5
2003estimate12,877,602582,049187,5436.2852.0
2004estimate13,287,462595,700187,1336.2252.6
2005estimate13,713,605613,825186,5866.1853.3
2006estimate14,150,642637,917187,5646.1753.8
2007estimate14,596,772654,744187,4746.1154.4
2008estimate15,035,841670,185184,9666.0555.2
2009estimate15,480,345683,565183,9685.9955.8
2010estimate15,939,786698,825183,3495.9456.3
2011estimate16,413,210712,470181,6945.8757.0
2012estimate16,910,606726,047181,7535.7957.5
2013estimate17,433,968737,957181,8595.7057.9
2014estimate17,956,850744,883181,6845.5958.3
2015estimate18,502,072751,910181,3545.4858.8
2016estimate19,052,902752,608181,0995.3359.2
2017estimate19,616,809750,548180,5785.1759.6
2018estimate20,172,005735,902179,3994.9260.0
2019estimate20,704,571719,512179,5104.6860.2
2020estimate21,219,334703,172178,8044.4460.5
2021estimate21,738,045713,006185,5334.3660.0
2022estimate22,252,441721,256183,1054.2860.7
2023estimate22,765,636728,612183,3754.1961.1
2024estimate23,285,916737,914186,3774.1161.3
2025projection23,811,64623.7–23.9 million741,692188,6934.0061.5
2026projection24,337,51424.0–24.6 million747,913191,2243.9261.6
2027projection24,865,88624.3–25.3 million752,646193,6633.8261.8
2028projection25,395,93624.6–26.0 million759,062196,3163.7362.0
2029projection25,927,94625.0–26.8 million763,842199,0803.6462.2
2030projection26,461,26825.3–27.5 million771,656201,9543.5762.4
2031projection26,999,38125.5–28.3 million778,963204,9093.5062.5
2032projection27,542,34625.8–29.0 million786,184208,2053.4362.7
2033projection28,087,99426.1–29.9 million795,934211,5193.3862.9
2034projection28,639,70726.4–30.7 million801,327214,8873.3163.0
2035projection29,194,18926.6–31.6 million803,542218,4203.2463.2
2036projection29,745,30326.8–32.5 million805,574221,8143.1763.4
2037projection30,294,45227.1–33.4 million807,161225,4583.1163.5
2038projection30,840,66827.2–34.3 million808,048229,0303.0563.7
2039projection31,384,38227.5–35.2 million810,740232,7213.0163.8
2040projection31,925,36227.7–36.1 million810,740236,4762.9664.0
2041projection32,461,92827.9–37.1 million811,937240,5802.9264.1
2042projection32,995,74828.1–38.0 million813,069244,6552.8864.3
2043projection33,526,14828.3–39.0 million813,355248,8802.8464.4
2044projection34,051,04828.4–39.9 million813,710253,1572.8164.6
2045projection34,572,42428.7–40.9 million811,303257,5772.7764.7
2046projection35,086,95728.8–41.9 million809,809262,1472.7364.9
2047projection35,592,04829.0–42.9 million807,994266,7042.7065.0
2048projection36,092,30829.2–43.8 million806,051271,6352.6765.2
2049projection36,581,10429.3–44.8 million804,076276,5422.6465.3
2050projection37,065,76029.6–45.9 million801,686281,6702.6165.5
2051projection37,543,00629.6–47.1 million799,610286,8872.5865.6
2052projection38,011,44429.7–48.0 million797,777292,3312.5665.7
2053projection38,473,70029.7–49.1 million795,775297,9162.5365.9
2054projection38,929,47029.8–50.3 million795,016303,8482.5166.0
2055projection39,374,91029.9–51.3 million794,188309,9982.4966.1
2056projection39,814,22829.8–52.4 million793,143316,1652.4766.3
2057projection40,245,64229.9–53.5 million792,509322,4042.4566.4
2058projection40,673,07329.9–54.6 million791,456328,7852.4366.5
2059projection41,092,34929.8–55.8 million790,162335,2702.4066.6
2060projection41,501,44929.9–57.2 million789,412341,5972.3966.8
2061projection41,905,07930.0–58.6 million788,237348,4062.3766.9
2062projection42,304,18030.0–59.9 million786,511354,8142.3567.0
2063projection42,689,88329.9–61.1 million785,518361,6492.3367.2
2064projection43,068,62929.8–62.3 million784,327368,5852.3167.3
2065projection43,441,49829.9–63.5 million782,572375,4252.2967.4
2066projection43,800,57129.8–64.8 million781,519382,5052.2867.5
2067projection44,153,53029.6–65.9 million779,576389,2932.2767.7
2068projection44,498,01929.6–67.1 million778,416396,4322.2567.8
2069projection44,833,39729.5–68.3 million776,013403,7182.2467.9
2070projection45,159,58729.4–69.6 million772,232410,8212.2268.0
2071projection45,474,56329.3–71.1 million769,534417,9302.2168.2
2072projection45,779,53429.1–72.5 million766,558425,2502.2068.3
2073projection46,076,61629.0–74.1 million762,743432,8562.1968.4
2074projection46,363,78328.9–75.4 million758,630440,6192.1768.5
2075projection46,634,81328.8–76.8 million754,212448,2172.1668.7
2076projection46,892,20228.7–78.3 million750,529456,1452.1568.8
2077projection47,142,49828.5–79.6 million746,318464,3172.1368.9
2078projection47,380,76228.3–81.1 million742,577472,0122.1269.0
2079projection47,602,25928.2–82.5 million738,909480,5012.1169.1
2080projection47,811,03828.0–84.1 million734,502488,5082.1069.3
2081projection48,008,41527.9–85.3 million730,183496,3682.0969.4
2082projection48,194,04627.7–87.0 million726,357504,6742.0869.5
2083projection48,366,84627.5–87.9 million723,440513,0452.0769.6
2084projection48,530,88927.3–89.9 million720,380521,0172.0669.7
2085projection48,681,91027.2–91.4 million717,262529,0332.0669.8
2086projection48,823,07127.0–93.1 million712,919536,3872.0469.9
2087projection48,954,17426.5–94.8 million710,310543,5982.0470.1
2088projection49,078,97726.3–96.4 million707,513550,5982.0370.2
2089projection49,191,54026.1–97.8 million704,420557,2782.0270.3
2090projection49,292,92225.8–99.1 million700,965563,3382.0270.4
2091projection49,384,35025.5–100.8 million697,031569,5052.0170.5
2092projection49,462,50425.3–102.7 million693,410574,8252.0070.7
2093projection49,538,04225.0–104.5 million690,370579,9571.9970.8
2094projection49,602,18424.7–106.0 million687,868585,0981.9970.9
2095projection49,658,37624.4–107.6 million684,938589,4741.9871.0
2096projection49,705,52424.0–109.4 million682,420593,7111.9871.1
2097projection49,752,07523.6–111.5 million678,902597,7311.9771.3
2098projection49,790,90523.2–113.5 million674,996601,3111.9771.4
2099projection49,821,50522.9–115.4 million670,659604,0941.9671.5
2100projection49,845,64222.7–117.0 million667,268607,0801.9571.6
Show the numbers: Burkina Faso, mid-2026, by single year of age
Burkina Faso: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0361,860350,763
1352,234343,154
2345,806336,888
3340,086330,540
4334,498324,952
5328,422319,071
6328,403318,746
7334,222324,284
8339,629329,444
9341,715331,433
10340,203329,986
11336,561326,488
12331,435321,562
13325,126315,556
14317,260308,059
15308,844300,054
16299,895291,489
17290,786282,752
18281,319273,852
19270,952264,178
20258,884252,756
21246,719241,264
22236,772232,121
23227,107223,194
24218,158214,815
25210,493207,728
26202,196200,116
27194,260192,950
28187,439186,812
29180,796180,694
30173,892174,322
31166,907167,871
32160,606161,949
33155,430157,070
34150,971152,860
35146,344148,397
36141,522143,754
37137,089139,554
38133,258135,902
39129,586132,386
40125,629128,554
41121,086124,100
42116,106119,236
43111,410114,679
44107,083110,542
45102,592106,314
4697,857101,918
4792,81297,258
4887,25892,106
4981,64886,915
5076,57282,283
5171,86078,046
5267,28973,952
5363,04070,160
5459,23266,782
5555,88063,836
5652,82061,156
5750,02858,662
5847,30856,138
5944,59453,556
6042,02251,072
6139,53848,634
6237,08446,163
6334,72543,752
6432,48141,434
6530,24039,085
6628,03736,755
6725,84834,414
6823,65432,050
6921,53829,732
7019,49527,447
7117,48925,162
7215,56622,918
7313,72720,718
7411,96018,547
7510,30816,452
768,82714,412
777,58212,603
787,18711,642
796,80810,758
805,8169,331
814,7607,808
823,7826,364
832,9365,076
842,2363,978
851,6713,068
861,2242,325
878751,724
886031,237
89396854
90248566
91149363
9285224
9347133
942476
951142
96422
97212
9806
9902
100+01

BFA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Burkina Faso, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

BFA · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Burkina Faso

On the UN's projection, Burkina Faso will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2096: 32,874,600 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 12,659,100.

100 aged 15–64
77 children
5 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 23 years: 2058–2080.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

BFA · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Burkina Faso, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Burkina Faso loses 21,039 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 4,530 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 17,570 (2004), and a loss of 50,451 (1991).

In 2024, 739,820 people living in Burkina Faso had been born in another country, 3 of every 100 people there, against 4 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

BFA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Burkina Faso

Of every 100 babies born in Burkina Faso in 2023, 16 had a mother under 20, 68 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 16 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
16 · 67 · 17
2023
16 · 68 · 16
2050 · projected
11 · 71 · 18

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023
728,612
Average age when women have a baby
29.2 years
29.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
87
128 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in Burkina Faso by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141,8652,9644,4692,28544379
15–1926,94044,68288,444111,59288,03835,506
20–2448,78877,138145,171193,847192,782123,375
25–2941,30963,843120,109174,326209,526200,074
30–3432,33753,25689,235128,195168,201178,919
35–3920,12634,29458,01280,427102,41098,083
40–448,95516,44327,45430,75532,83426,583
45–492,2383,7216,3136,8897,1554,511
50–54110186291296297138
All babies182,668296,527539,498728,612801,686667,268

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

BFA · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 54.6 (95% range 53.6–55.5), out of 62.3 in all. That leaves 7.7 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

55.6 in full health, 9.0 not: 64.6 years

Men

53.5 in full health, 6.4 not: 59.9 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 55.6 healthy years of 64.6. Men: 53.5 of 59.9.

BFA · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Burkina Faso

At the end of 2025, 2,062,534 people were displaced inside Burkina Faso, about 86 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. hosted from abroad42,953
  2. displaced inside it2,062,534
  3. Burkina Faso nationals abroad421,026

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 50,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Burkina Faso living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 751 people asked for asylum in Burkina Faso for the first time; 30,968 people from Burkina Faso asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Burkina Faso whose claims were decided that year, 89 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

BFA · of every 100 people

How people live in Burkina Faso

Of every 100 people in Burkina Faso in 2025, 27 lived in a city, 25 in a town or suburb and 48 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

66 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 71.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

BFA · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Burkina Faso went in school

Of every 100 adults in Burkina Faso in 2020, 74 never went to school and 4 finished upper secondary or went further.

74 never went to school 12 some primary 5 finished primary 5 finished lower secondary 3 finished upper secondary 1 studied after school

The young went further: 66.8 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 92.9 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 56.8 against 82.2).

Its people aged 15 to 64 are still growing in 2100 in the middle projection.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

BFA · cities · 2025

Cities in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso had 28 cities in 2025, home to 6.5 million people. The largest, Ouagadougou, holds 13 of every 100 people in Burkina Faso.

  1. Ouagadougou3,206,222
  2. Bobo-Dioulasso1,125,023
  3. Koudougou183,409
  4. Banfora172,796
  5. Kaya143,195
  6. Fada N'Gourma139,133
  7. Ouahigouya128,032
  8. Tenkodogo112,011
  9. Dédougou93,251
  10. Pouytenga91,295

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Burkina Faso are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.