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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Burkina Faso]]|image=File:Burkina Faso single age population pyramid 2020.png|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Burkina Faso in 2020|size_of_population=21,935,389 (2022 est.)|nation=Burkinabe|official=French|major_ethnic=Mossi (52%)|minor_ethnic=Fula (6.8%) Gurunsi (5.9%) Gourma (5.2%) Other (26.9%)<ref>https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burkina-faso/</ref>|age_0–14_years=43.58%|age_65_years=3.16%|growth=2.53% (2022 est.)|birth=33.57 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)|death=7.71 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)|net_migration=-0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)|sr_at_birth=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_under_15=1.03 male(s)/female|sr_65_years_over=0.66 male(s)/female|total_mf_ratio=0.96 male(s)/female (2022 est.)|infant_mortality=49.42 deaths/1,000 live births|life=63.44 years|life_male=61.63 years|life_female=65.31 years|fertility=4.27 children born/woman (2022 est.)}}
[[File:Burkina-Faso-Demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of Burkina Faso, Data of [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]
[[Burkina Faso]]'s {{#expr:{{replace|{{UN_Population|Burkina Faso}}|,||}}/1e6 round 1}} million people belong to two major West African cultural groups: the [[Gur people|Gur]] (Voltaic) and the [[Mandé]]. The Voltaic are far more numerous and include the [[Mossi people|Mossi]], who make up about one-half of the population. The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso and established an empire that lasted more than 800 years. Predominantly farmers, the Mossi are still bound by the traditions of the [[Mogho Naba]], who hold court in [[Ouagadougou]].

Most of Burkina Faso's population is concentrated in the south and center of the country, with a population density sometimes exceeding {{convert|48|PD/km2|abbr=off|sp=us}}. This population density, high for Africa, causes annual migrations of hundreds of thousands of Burkinabé to [[Ivory Coast]] and [[Ghana]] for seasonal agricultural work. About a third of Burkinabé adhere to traditional African religions. The introduction of Islam to Burkina Faso was initially resisted by the Mossi rulers. Christians, predominantly [[Roman Catholic]]s, are largely concentrated among the urban elite.

Few Burkinabé have had formal education. Schooling is free but not compulsory, and only about 29% of Burkina's primary school-age children receive a basic education. The [[University of Ouagadougou]], founded in 1974, was the country's first institution of higher education. The [[Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso]] in [[Bobo-Dioulasso]] was opened in 1995.
[[File:Vendeuse d'arachides.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Peanut]] seller in [[Ouagadougou]]]]

==Population==
Burkina Faso has a young age structure – the result of declining mortality combined with steady high fertility – and continues to experience rapid population growth, which is putting increasing pressure on the country's limited arable land. More than 65% of the population is under the age of 25, and the population is growing at 3% annually. Mortality rates, especially those of infants and children, have decreased because of improved health care, hygiene, and sanitation, but women continue to have an average of almost 6 children. Even if fertility were substantially reduced, today's large cohort entering their reproductive years would sustain high population growth for the foreseeable future. Only about a third of the population is literate and unemployment is widespread, dampening the economic prospects of Burkina Faso's large working-age population.

According to the United Nations' Population Division, the population was 20,903,000 in 2020, compared to only 4,284,000 in 1950.<ref name="WPP Data Query">{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm|title=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: Data Query|website=Esa.un.org|access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref> The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2020 was 44.4%, 53.2% of the population was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.4% was 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP Data Query"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="80" |Total population
! width="80" |Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80" |Population aged 65+ (%)
|-
| 1950
|4 284 000||40.7||57.3||2.0
|-
| 1955
|4 517 000||41.0||56.9||2.2
|-
| 1960
|4 829 000||41.3||56.3||2.3
|-
| 1965
|5 175 000||42.2||55.2||2.5
|-
| 1970
|5 625 000||43.3||53.9||2.8
|-
| 1975
|6 155 000||44.2||52.8||3.0
|-
| 1980
|6 823 000||45.6||51.2||3.2
|-
| 1985
|7 728 000||46.7||50.0||3.3
|-
| 1990
|8 811 000||47.3||49.5||3.3
|-
| 1995
|10 090 000||47.1||49.8||3.1
|-
| 2000
|11 608 000||46.8||50.5||2.8
|-
| 2005
|13 422 000||46.5||50.9||2.6
|-
| 2010
|15 605 000||46.2||51.3||2.5
|-
| 2015
|18 111 000||45.6||52.0||2.4
|-
| 2020
|20 903 000||44.4||53.2||2.4
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (1.VII.2021) (Data refer to national projections.):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 10 393 241
| align="right" | 11 116 202 
| align="right" | 21 509 443
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 971 908
| align="right" | 1 860 417
| align="right" | 3 832 325
| align="right" | 17.82
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 646 122 
| align="right" | 1 589 070
| align="right" | 3 235 192
| align="right" | 15.04
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 367 531
| align="right" | 1 390 910
| align="right" | 2 758 441
| align="right" | 12.82
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 122 566
| align="right" | 1 204 719
| align="right" | 2 327 285
| align="right" | 10.82
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 908 843
| align="right" | 1 033 776
| align="right" | 1 942 619
| align="right" | 9.03
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 730 372
| align="right" | 884 547
| align="right" | 1 614 919
| align="right" | 7.51
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 588 794
| align="right" | 728 172
| align="right" | 1 316 966
| align="right" | 6.12
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 468 316
| align="right" | 586 269
| align="right" | 1 054 585
| align="right" | 4.90
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 372 345
| align="right" | 466 984
| align="right" | 839 329
| align="right" | 3.90
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 300 835
| align="right" | 370 491
| align="right" | 671 326
| align="right" | 3.12
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 248 194
| align="right" | 293 790
| align="right" | 541 984
| align="right" | 2.52
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 194 917
| align="right" | 224 363
| align="right" | 419 280
| align="right" | 1.95
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 149 409
| align="right" | 164 492
| align="right" | 313 901
| align="right" | 1.46
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 112 992
| align="right" | 120 551
| align="right" | 233 543
| align="right" | 1.09
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 83 974
| align="right" | 84 008 
| align="right" | 167 982
| align="right" | 0.78
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 60 706
| align="right" | 51 775
| align="right" | 112 481
| align="right" | 0.52
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 65 417
| align="right" | 61 868
| align="right" | 127 285
| align="right" | 0.59
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 4 985 561
| align="right" | 4 840 397
| align="right" | 9 825 958
| align="right" | 45.68
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 5 084 591
| align="right" | 5 957 603
| align="right" | 11 042 194
| align="right" | 51.34
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 323 089
| align="right" | 318 202
| align="right" | 641 291
| align="right" | 2.98
|-
|}

==Vital statistics==
[[File:Burkina Faso Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|[[Population]], [[fertility rate]] and [[net reproduction rate]], United Nations estimates]]
Registration of vital events is not complete in Burkina Faso. The website [[Our World in Data]] prepared the following estimates based on statistics from the Population Department of the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population & Demography Data Explorer |url=https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/population-and-demography?facet=none&Metric=Population&Sex=Both+sexes&Age+group=Total&Projection+Scenario=None&country=~BFA |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
!
! style="width:80pt;" |Mid-year population (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Live births (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Deaths (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (thousands)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Total fertility rate]] (TFR)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Infant mortality]] (per 1000 live births)
! style="width:80pt;" |[[Life expectancy]] (in years)
|-
|1950
|4 214
|   184
|   119
|   65
|43.5
|28.2
|15.3
|5.82
|170.1
|33.12
|-
|1951
|  4 262
|  188
|  119
|  68
|43.9
|27.9
|16.0
|5.87
|168.9
|33.38
|-
|1952
|  4 313
|  192
|  121
|  71
|44.3
|27.9
|16.4
|5.93
|167.8
|33.55
|-
|1953
|  4 364
|  195
|  121
|  74
|44.6
|27.8
|16.9
|5.98
|166.6
|33.85
|-
|1954
|  4 417
|  199
|  123
|  76
|44.9
|27.7
|17.2
|6.01
|165.2
|34.13
|-
|1955
|  4 473
|  202
|  124
|  79
|45.1
|27.6
|17.6
|6.06
|163.8
|34.45
|-
|1956
|  4 531
|  206
|  125
|  81
|45.4
|27.5
|17.8
|6.09
|162.3
|34.67
|-
|1957
|  4 591
|  210
|  126
|  83
|45.5
|27.4
|18.1
|6.13
|160.8
|34.97
|-
|1958
|  4 652
|  214
|  128
|  86
|45.8
|27.3
|18.5
|6.17
|159.3
|35.26
|-
|1959
|  4 715
|  218
|  128
|  89
|46.1
|27.2
|18.9
|6.22
|157.7
|35.61
|-
|1960
|  4 783
|  222
|  130
|  92
|46.3
|27.1
|19.2
|6.25
|156.2
|35.87
|-
|1961
|  4 853
|  226
|  131
|  95
|46.5
|26.9
|19.6
|6.29
|154.8
|36.24
|-
|1962
|  4 924
|  231
|  132
|  99
|46.7
|26.7
|20.0
|6.32
|153.5
|36.67
|-
|1963
|  4 999
|  235
|  133
|  102
|46.9
|26.5
|20.4
|6.36
|152.4
|36.97
|-
|1964
|  5 076
|  240
|  134
|  106
|47.2
|26.4
|20.8
|6.42
|151.2
|37.25
|-
|1965
|  5 158
|  245
|  135
|  110
|47.3
|26.1
|21.2
|6.47
|150.1
|37.69
|-
|1966
|  5 243
|  249
|  137
|  113
|47.5
|26.0
|21.5
|6.53
|149.1
|37.92
|-
|1967
|  5 331
|  254
|  138
|  117
|47.6
|25.8
|21.8
|6.59
|148.2
|38.29
|-
|1968
|  5 422
|  260
|  139
|  120
|47.8
|25.6
|22.1
|6.65
|147.3
|38.53
|-
|1969
|  5 516
|  263
|  140
|  123
|47.6
|25.4
|22.2
|6.66
|146.6
|38.86
|-
|1970
|  5 612
|  268
|  141
|  126
|47.6
|25.1
|22.4
|6.69
|145.4
|39.24
|-
|1971
|  5 708
|  272
|  142
|  129
|47.5
|24.9
|22.6
|6.70
|144.4
|39.56
|-
|1972
|  5 805
|  276
|  142
|  134
|47.5
|24.5
|23.0
|6.72
|142.6
|40.05
|-
|1973
|  5 908
|  282
|  143
|  139
|47.6
|24.1
|23.5
|6.77
|140.4
|40.55
|-
|1974
|  6 018
|  288
|  141
|  147
|47.7
|23.4
|24.3
|6.84
|137.3
|41.35
|-
|1975
|  6 138
|  295
|  140
|  155
|47.9
|22.7
|25.2
|6.91
|133.6
|42.31
|-
|1976
|  6 270
|  302
|  138
|  164
|48.1
|22.0
|26.1
|6.95
|129.6
|43.25
|-
|1977
|  6 417
|  312
|  137
|  175
|48.5
|21.4
|27.2
|7.05
|125.7
|44.15
|-
|1978
|  6 578
|  323
|  137
|  186
|49.0
|20.7
|28.3
|7.15
|122.1
|45.07
|-
|1979
|  6 750
|  333
|  136
|  196
|style="color:blue"|49.2
|20.2
|29.0
|7.19
|119.0
|45.90
|-
|1980
|  6 933
|  341
|  137
|  204
|49.1
|19.8
|29.4
|7.22
|116.3
|46.54
|-
|1981
|  7 124
|  350
|  139
|  211
|49.1
|19.5
|29.5
|style="color:blue"|7.26
|114.4
|46.87
|-
|1982
|  7 322
|  358
|  139
|  219
|48.9
|19.0
|29.9
|7.25
|112.1
|47.60
|-
|1983
|  7 531
|  367
|  140
|  227
|48.7
|18.6
|30.1
|7.25
|110.3
|48.09
|-
|1984
|  7 751
|  379
|  141
|  238
|48.8
|18.2
|30.6
|7.25
|108.5
|48.64
|-
|1985
|  7 979
|  390
|  143
|  247
|48.9
|17.9
|30.9
|7.24
|106.7
|48.95
|-
|1986
|  8 208
|  398
|  146
|  252
|48.5
|17.8
|30.7
|7.22
|104.8
|49.01
|-
|1987
|  8 435
|  406
|  149
|  257
|48.0
|17.7
|30.4
|7.17
|103.1
|49.06
|-
|1988
|  8 664
|  412
|  152
|  260
|47.5
|17.5
|30.0
|7.11
|101.7
|49.13
|-
|1989
|  8 895
|  419
|  155
|  265
|47.1
|17.3
|29.7
|7.05
|100.8
|49.17
|-
|1990
|  9 131
|  429
|  156
|  272
|46.8
|17.1
|29.8
|7.01
|100.2
|49.44
|-
|1991
|  9 365
|  438
|  160
|  279
|46.7
|17.0
|29.7
|6.97
|100.0
|49.45
|-
|1992
|  9 599
|  447
|  163
|  284
|46.4
|16.9
|29.5
|6.94
|99.8
|49.44
|-
|1993
|  9 840
|  455
|  167
|  288
|46.2
|17.0
|29.2
|6.89
|99.7
|49.21
|-
|1994
|  10 091
|  466
|  170
|  296
|46.1
|16.8
|29.3
|6.84
|99.3
|49.31
|-
|1995
|  10 353
|  478
|  173
|  305
|46.0
|16.7
|29.4
|6.81
|98.7
|49.45
|-
|1996
|  10 621
|  490
|  175
|  314
|46.0
|16.5
|29.5
|6.78
|97.6
|49.61
|-
|1997
|  10 897
|  500
|  180
|  319
|45.8
|16.5
|29.3
|6.72
|96.8
|49.40
|-
|1998
|  11 201
|  510
|  180
|  331
|45.5
|16.0
|29.5
|6.66
|95.0
|49.99
|-
|1999
|  11 534
|  523
|  181
|  342
|45.3
|15.7
|29.6
|6.59
|93.6
|50.33
|-
|2000
|  11 883
|  537
|  182
|  355
|45.2
|15.3
|29.9
|6.52
|92.1
|50.85
|-
|2001
|  12 250
|  549
|  185
|  364
|44.8
|15.1
|29.7
|6.43
|90.4
|51.07
|-
|2002
|  12 632
|  561
|  187
|  374
|44.5
|14.8
|29.6
|6.34
|88.8
|51.27
|-
|2003
|  13 031
|  579
|  188
|  391
|44.5
|14.4
|30.0
|6.28
|86.7
|51.79
|-
|2004
|  13 446
|  595
|  188
|  407
|44.2
|14.0
|30.3
|6.22
|84.1
|52.42
|-
|2005
|  13 876
|  614
|  187
|  426
|44.2
|13.5
|30.7
|6.18
|81.3
|53.09
|-
|2006
|  14 316
|  636
|  187
|  448
|44.4
|13.1
|31.3
|6.17
|78.6
|53.74
|-
|2007
|  14 757
|  652
|  187
|  466
|44.2
|12.6
|31.5
|6.11
|75.8
|54.38
|-
|2008
|  15 198
|  668
|  183
|  485
|43.9
|12.0
|31.9
|6.05
|72.7
|55.34
|-
|2009
|  15 650
|  682
|  182
|  500
|43.5
|11.6
|31.9
|5.99
|70.2
|55.96
|-
|2010
|  16 117
|  697
|  182
|  516
|43.2
|11.3
|style="color:blue"|32.0
|5.94
|67.8
|56.48
|-
|2011
|  16 603
|  712
|  180
|  531
|42.8
|10.8
|32.0
|5.87
|65.5
|57.13
|-
|2012
|  17 114
|  725
|  180
|  545
|42.3
|10.5
|31.8
|5.79
|63.6
|57.62
|-
|2013
|  17 636
|  736
|  182
|  554
|41.7
|10.3
|31.4
|5.70
|61.8
|57.82
|-
|2014
|  18 170
|  745
|  181
|  564
|41.0
|10.0
|31.0
|5.60
|60.0
|58.36
|-
|2015
|  18 718
|  751
|  180
|  570
|40.1
|9.6
|30.5
|5.48
|58.3
|58.85
|-
|2016
|  19 275
|  751
|  180
|  572
|39.0
|9.3
|29.7
|5.32
|56.7
|59.33
|-
|2017
|  19 836
|  752
|  181
|  571
|37.9
|9.1
|28.8
|5.16
|55.0
|59.54
|-
|2018
|  20 393
|  761
|  180
|  581
|37.3
|8.8
|28.5
|5.07
|53.5
|60.05
|-
|2019
|  20 962
|  720
|  180
|  540
|34.3
|8.6
|25.8
|4.68
|58.7
|60.2
|-
|2020
|  21 479
|  703
|  179
|  524
|32.7
|8.3
|24.4
|4.44
|57.0
|60,5
|-
|2021
|  21 995
|  713
|  186
|  527
|32.4
|8.4
|24.0
|4.36
|55.3
|60.0
|-
|2022
|  22 509
|  721
|  183
|  538
|32.0
|8.1
|23.9
|4.28
|53.8
|60.7
|-
|2023
|  23 026
|  729
|  183
|  545
|31.6
|8.0
|23.7
|4.28
|52.3
|61.1
|-
|}
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| y1= 4.21,4.26,4.31,4.36,4.42,4.47,4.53,4.59,4.65,4.72,4.78,4.85,4.92,5,5.08,5.16,5.24,5.33,5.42,5.52,5.61,5.71,5.81,5.91,6.02,6.14,6.27,6.42,6.58,6.75,6.93,
7.12,7.32,7.53,7.75,7.98,8.21,8.44,8.66,8.89,9.13,9.37,9.6,9.84,10.09,10.35,10.62,10.9,11.2,11.53,11.88,12.25,12.63,13.03,13.45,13.88,14.32,14.76,15.2,15.65,
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| y1= 15.3,16.0,16.4,16.9,17.2,17.6,17.8,18.1,18.5,18.9,19.2,19.6,20.0,20.4,20.8,21.2,21.5,21.8,22.1,22.2,22.4,22.6,23.0,23.5,24.3,25.2,26.1,27.2,28.3,29.0,29.4,
29.5,29.9,30.1,30.6,30.9,30.7,30.4,30.0,29.7,29.8,29.7,29.5,29.2,29.3,29.4,29.5,29.3,29.5,29.6,29.9,29.7,29.6,30.0,30.3,30.7,31.3,31.5,31.9,31.9,32.0,32.0,31.8,
31.4,31.0,30.5,29.7,28.8,28.5,27.9,27.3,26.6

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| y1= 170.1,168.9,167.8,166.6,165.2,163.8,162.3,160.8,159.3,157.7,156.2,154.8,153.5,152.4,151.2,150.1,149.1,148.2,147.3,146.6,145.4,144.4,142.6,140.4,137.3,
133.6,129.6,125.7,122.1,119.0,116.3,114.4,112.1,110.3,108.5,106.7,104.8,103.1,101.7,100.8,100.2,100.0,99.8,99.7,99.3,98.7,97.6,96.8,95.0,93.6,92.1,
90.4,88.8,86.7,84.1,81.3,78.6,75.8,72.7,70.2,67.8,65.5,63.6,61.8,60.0,58.3,56.7,55.0,53.5,52.3,50.8,49.5

| y1Title=Infant Mortality (per 1000 live births)
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| y1= 5.82,5.87,5.93,5.98,6.01,6.06,6.09,6.13,6.17,6.22,6.25,6.29,6.32,6.36,6.42,6.47,6.53,6.59,6.65,6.66,6.69,6.70,6.72,6.77,6.84,6.91,6.95,7.05,7.15,7.19,7.22,7.26,7.25,7.25,7.25,7.24,7.22,7.17,7.11,7.05,7.01,6.97,6.94,6.89,6.84,6.81,6.78,6.72,6.66,6.59,6.52,6.43,6.34,6.28,6.22,6.18,6.17,6.11,6.05,5.99,5.94,5.87,5.79,5.70,5.60,5.48,5.32,5.16,5.07,4.97,4.87,4.77

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===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR53/FR53.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR53/FR53.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Enquête Démographique et de Santé 1993|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR110/FR110.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR110/FR110.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Enquête Démographique et de Santé 1998-99|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR154/FR154.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR154/FR154.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2003|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR256/FR256.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR256/FR256.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2010|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statcompiler.com/en/#|title=STATcompiler|website=www.statcompiler.com|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (Rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (Rural)
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9 (6.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 39.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.0 (3.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.3 (6.5)
|-
| 1998–99
| style="text-align:right;"| 45.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.8 (6.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.3 (6.5)
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 (5.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7 (3.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 44.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9 (6.0)
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.0 (5.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 33.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9 (3.3)
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.7 (5.9)
|-
|2014
| style="text-align:right;"|38.6
| style="text-align:right;"|5.5
| style="text-align:right;"|33.6
| style="text-align:right;"|4.0
| style="text-align:right;"|40.2
| style="text-align:right;"|6.1
|-
|2017-18
| style="text-align:right;"|35.1
| style="text-align:right;"|5.2
| style="text-align:right;"|30.9
| style="text-align:right;"|3.7
| style="text-align:right;"|36.1
| style="text-align:right;"|5.6
|-
|2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burkina Faso: Enquête Démographique et de Santé 2021 |url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR139/PR139.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR139/PR139.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=DHS Program |language=French}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;"|30.7
| style="text-align:right;"|4.4 (4.2)
| style="text-align:right;"|28.4
| style="text-align:right;"|3.4 (3.3)
| style="text-align:right;"|31.6
| style="text-align:right;"|4.9 (4.6)
|-
|}

Fertility data as of 2013 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR293/FR293.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR293/FR293.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2013|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Region
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
|-
|[[Centre Region, Burkina Faso|Centre]]|| 3.7 || 6.8 || 5.3
|-
|[[Boucle du Mouhoun Region|Boucle du Mouhoun]]|| 6.8 || 10.8 || 7.1
|-
|[[Cascades Region|Cascades]]|| 6.0 || 10.4 || 7.0
|-
|[[Centre-Est Region|Centre-Est]]|| 6.3 || 8.1 || 6.6
|-
|[[Centre-Nord Region|Centre-Nord]]|| 6.7 || 10.7 || 7.1
|-
|[[Centre-Ouest Region|Centre-Ouest]]|| 6.4 || 10.4 || 7.1
|-
|[[Centre-Sud Region|Centre-Sud]]|| 5.6 || 9.4 || 6.8
|-
|[[Est Region (Burkina Faso)|Est]]|| 7.5 || 15.0 || 7.9
|-
|[[Hauts-Bassins Region|Hauts Bassins]]|| 5.2 || 9.3 || 5.9
|-
|[[Nord Region (Burkina Faso)|Nord]]|| 6.2 || 10.3 || 7.0
|-
|[[Plateau-Central Region|Plateau Central]]|| 5.8 || 9.4 || 6.8
|-
|[[Sahel Region|Sahel]]|| 7.5 || 12.9 || 7.6
|-
|[[Sud-Ouest Region (Burkina Faso)|Sud-ouest]]|| 6.4 || 10.8 || 7.1
|}

===Life expectancy at birth===
[[File:Life expectancy in Burkina Faso.svg|thumb|Life expectancy development in Burkina Faso]]
:total population: 63.44 years
:male: 61.63 years
:female: 65.31 years (2022 est.)

:Total population: 63.06 years
:Male: 61.28 years
:Female: 64.89 years (2021 est.)

==Ethnic groups==
[[Image:Burkina Faso girl.jpg|thumb|250px|A girl from Burkina Faso]]
[[Image:Burkina Faso - Bobo Micro-enterprise Group.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Bobo people|Bobo]] men in [[Bobo-Dioulasso]]]]
: Mossi 53.7%, Fulani (Peuhl) 6.8%, Gurunsi 5.9%, Bissa 5.4%, Gurma 5.2%, Bobo 3.4%, Senufo 2.2%, Bissa 1.5%, Lobi 1.5%, Tuareg/Bella 0.1%, other 12.8%, foreign 0.7% (2021 est.)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burkina-faso/summaries|title= Burkina Faso - World Factbook Glyph}}</ref>

==Languages==
{{further|Languages of Burkina Faso}}
:[[French language|French]](official), native [[African languages]] belonging to [[Sudanic languages|Sudanic family]] spoken by 90% of the population

==Religion==
{{main|Religion in Burkina Faso}}{{Pie chart|thumb=right|color4=yellow|label4=Animism|label3=[[Protestant]]|label2=[[Roman Catholic]]|label1=[[Islam]]|caption=Religion in Burkina Faso (2017-2018)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.indexmundi.com/burkina_faso/religions.html| title = Burkina Faso Religions - Demographics}}</ref>|color5=Black|color3=skyblue|value1=63.2|color2=darkblue|color1=Green|value5=1.1|value4=4.2|value3=6.9|value2=24.6|label5=Other and none}}
:[[Islam in Burkina Faso|Islam]] 61.5%, [[Roman Catholic]] 23.3%, [[Traditional African religion|Traditional]]/[[Animism|Animist]] 7.8%, [[Protestant]] 6.5%, Other/No Answer 0.2%, None 0.7% (2010 est.)

==References==
{{Commons category|Demographics of Burkina Faso}}
{{Reflist}}

'''Attribution:'''
* {{CIA World Factbook}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.insd.bf/n/ Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105082447/http://www.insd.bf/n/ |date=2016-01-05 }}

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