Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Africa · Western Africa
Burkina Faso is recorded at 23.55m people in 2024, with total annual change of +525,730 under the WPP medium variant.
Burkina Faso observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 737,914 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -186,377 |
| Natural change | +551,537 |
| Net migration | -25,807 |
| Total change | +525,730 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +525,730 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -26,305,447 since 2100 |
| Projected 2100 | 49.85m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Burkina Faso 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.76m, ages 15-64 12.66m, ages 65+ 603.4k.
Burkina Faso 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 11.29m, ages 15-64 24.26m, ages 65+ 1.75m.
Burkina Faso 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 9.98m, ages 15-64 32.80m, ages 65+ 7.07m.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2096.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.55m | 525,730 | 737.9k | 186.4k | 4.11 |
| 2030 | 26.73m | 538,113 | 771.7k | 202.0k | 3.57 |
| 2050 | 37.30m | 477,246 | 801.7k | 281.7k | 2.61 |
| 2080 | 47.91m | 197,377 | 734.5k | 488.5k | 2.10 |
| 2100 | 49.85m | 17,173 | 667.3k | 607.1k | 1.95 |