2 GeoFroggy

Languages

French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population

Ethnic Groups

Mossi over 40%
Other approximately 60%
(includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani)%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 45.7% (male 3,954,621/ female 3,935,367)

15-64 years - : 51.8% (male 4,474,547/ female 4,480,892)

65 years and over - : 2.5% (male 165,048/ female 264,640) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 17 years

Male: 16.8 years

Female: 17.2 years (2012 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.62 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 79.84 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 87.26 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 72.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 54.07 years

Male: 52.09 years

Female: 56.1 years (2012 est.)

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.2% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 40

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

7,100 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 30

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne disease: malaria and yellow fever

Water contact disease: schistosomiasis

Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

Animal contact disease: rabies

Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

37.4% (2006)country comparison to the world: 8

Education Expenditures

4.6% of GDP (2007)country comparison to the world: 75

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 21.8%

Male: 29.4%

Female: 15.2% (2003 est.)

Year

Population

  • 17,275,115

Nationality

  • Burkinabe (singular and plural) noun


  • Burkinabe adjective


Religions

  • Muslim
    60.50%
  • Catholic
    19.00%
  • Animist
    15.30%
  • Protestant
    4.20%
  • Other
    0.60%
  • None
    0.40%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    3.073% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 8

Birth Rate

  • 43.2 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 4

Death Rate

  • 12.47 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 26

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 109

Health Expenditure

  • 6.4% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 96

Physicians Density

  • 0.064 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.9 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Total fertility rate

  • 6.07 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 6