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: 23 388 917*[1], area 274200 km², population density 85.3 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?*

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Current Burkina Faso population

23 388 917

Today This year
Population growth Today
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Changes every 59.873 sec.
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Births Today
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Changes every 45.104 sec.
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Deaths Today
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Changes every 182.851 sec.
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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 2025-07-09*

  Male % Female
0-4 1 885 752 ⇐+4.3% 1 808 617
5-9 1 739 335 ⇐+0.5% 1 730 443
10-14 1 547 672 +0.1%⇒ 1 548 887
15-19 1 314 662 ⇐+2.4% 1 284 251
20-24 1 087 840 ⇐+3.2% 1 054 525
25-29 892 266 ⇐+2% 874 398
30-34 751 319 ⇐+1.1% 742 841
35-39 646 363 +0%⇒ 646 366
40-44 504 605 +2.4%⇒ 516 875
45-49 382 386 +5.7%⇒ 404 290
50-54 301 749 +9.9%⇒ 331 711
55-59 221 220 +17.1%⇒ 259 062
60-64 151 848 +30.6%⇒ 198 297
65-69 93 647 +47.1%⇒ 137 740
70-74 62 571 +48.2%⇒ 92 721
75-79 38 650 +58.5%⇒ 61 241
80-84 18 583 +69.3%⇒ 31 462
85-89 6 892 +84.2%⇒ 12 692
90-94 1 724 +85.3%⇒ 3 194
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).