Burkina Faso · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Burkina Faso (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Burkina Faso? Answer: Current population of Burkina Faso is: 23 403 030*^[1], area 274200 km², population density 85.35 p/km². Capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. Continent: Africa.

Burkina Faso · Population 1950-2100

Burkina Faso · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Burkina Faso as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Burkina Faso population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

Current Burkina Faso population

23 403 030

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 59.873 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 45.104 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 182.851 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Burkina Faso population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 1443 / day = 60.13 / hour = 1.002 / minute = 0.0167 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 1916 / day = 79.79 / hour = 1.328 / minute = 0.0225 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 473 / day = 19.69 / hour = 0.328 / minute = 0.0055 / seconds.

Current Burkina Faso population by age and sex for 2025-07-19*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	1 886 545	⇐+4.3%	1 809 295
5-9	1 740 276	⇐+0.5%	1 731 405
10-14	1 548 625	+0.1%⇒	1 549 928
15-19	1 315 498	⇐+2.4%	1 285 099
20-24	1 088 523	⇐+3.2%	1 055 179
25-29	892 811	⇐+2%	874 920
30-34	751 794	⇐+1.1%	743 292
35-39	646 868	⇐+0%	646 839
40-44	505 016	+2.4%⇒	517 260
45-49	382 670	+5.7%⇒	404 551
50-54	302 000	+9.9%⇒	331 940
55-59	221 403	+17.1%⇒	259 228
60-64	151 968	+30.6%⇒	198 421
65-69	93 692	+47.1%⇒	137 807
70-74	62 601	+48.2%⇒	92 756
75-79	38 680	+58.4%⇒	61 284
80-84	18 603	+69.3%⇒	31 494
85-89	6 903	+84.2%⇒	12 712
90-94	1 728	+85.2%⇒	3 200
95-99	55	+187.3%⇒	158
100+	1	+200%⇒	3

Sources: [1]

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Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).

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