Population of Burkina Faso (2025)

Burkina Faso population

1,901,213

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 50,040 Deaths today 13

Burkina Faso Population by Religions(2006 est)

Region Name Percents Number
Muslim 60.5% 1,180,508 people
Catholic 19% 370,738 people
animist 15.3% 298,542 people
Protestant 4.2% 81,953 people
other 0.6% 11,708 people
none 0.4% 7,805 people

Burkina Faso Population by Ethnic groups (2006 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Mossi over 40% 780,501 people
other approximately (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani) 60% 1,170,752 people

Burkina Faso population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 23,903,075 11,908,485 11,994,590 100 100 100 99.3
00-04 3,790,845 1,919,307 1,871,538 15.9 16.1 15.6 102.6
05-09 3,367,921 1,696,490 1,671,431 14.1 14.2 13.9 101.5
10-14 3,015,382 1,518,367 1,497,015 12.6 12.8 12.5 101.4
15-19 2,691,186 1,354,995 1,336,191 11.3 11.4 11.1 101.4
20-24 2,267,715 1,146,839 1,120,876 9.5 9.6 9.3 102.3
25-29 1,863,312 942,712 920,600 7.8 7.9 7.7 102.4
30-34 1,538,517 773,772 764,745 6.4 6.5 6.4 101.2
35-39 1,278,232 638,700 639,532 5.3 5.4 5.3 99.9
40-44 1,070,414 530,409 540,005 4.5 4.5 4.5 98.2
45-49 859,190 419,464 439,726 3.6 3.5 3.7 95.4
50-54 661,532 315,802 345,730 2.8 2.7 2.9 91.3
55-59 518,688 240,606 278,082 2.2 2 2.3 86.5
60-64 384,801 171,189 213,612 1.6 1.4 1.8 80.1
65-69 271,784 114,749 157,035 1.1 1 1.3 73.1
70-74 172,263 68,350 103,913 0.7 0.6 0.9 65.8
75-79 96,195 36,978 59,217 0.4 0.3 0.5 62.4
80-84 41,848 15,274 26,574 0.2 0.1 0.2 57.5
85-89 11,355 3,892 7,463 0 0 0.1 52.2
90-94 1,737 544 1,193 0 0 0 45.6
95-99 149 43 106 0 0 0 40.6
100+ 9 3 6 0 0 0 50

Burkina Faso Age structure and Population pyramid

Burkina Faso Age structure and Population pyramid

Burkina Faso Sex ratio

Burkina Faso Sex ratio

Burkina Faso Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 23,270,600 2.74 620,233 99.22 85.05
2023 22,650,367 2.76 608,205 99.15 82.79
2022 22,042,162 2.78 596,520 99.08 80.56
2021 21,445,642 2.80 585,101 99.00 78.38
2020 20,860,541 2.83 573,776 98.93 76.24
2019 20,286,765 2.85 562,412 98.85 74.15
2018 19,724,353 2.87 551,031 98.76 72.09
2017 19,173,322 2.90 539,597 98.68 70.08
2016 18,633,725 2.92 528,155 98.59 68.11
2015 18,105,570 2.94 516,372 98.50 66.18
2014 17,589,198 2.95 504,644 98.40 64.29
2013 17,084,554 2.98 493,741 98.30 62.44
2012 16,590,813 3.00 483,962 98.20 60.64
2011 16,106,851 3.04 474,785 98.10 58.87
2010 15,632,066 3.07 466,210 97.99 57.13
2005 13,421,929 15.63 1,813,985 97.38 49.06
2000 11,607,944 15.05 1,518,068 96.54 42.43
1995 10,089,876 14.51 1,278,843 96.02 36.88
1990 8,811,033 14.02 1,083,121 95.57 32.20
1985 7,727,912 13.27 905,072 95.53 28.25
1980 6,822,840 10.86 668,292 96.19 24.94
1975 6,154,548 9.42 529,951 97.53 22.49
1970 5,624,597 8.69 449,728 99.10 20.56
1965 5,174,869 7.16 345,578 101.01 18.91
1960 4,829,291 6.91 312,136 103.66 17.65
1955 4,517,155 5.43 232,698 106.53 16.51
1950 4,284,457 110.34 15.66
Chart population Burkina Faso Population (1950 - 2025)