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Languages

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

Ethnic Groups

Mossi 52.5%
Fulani 8.4%
Gurma 6.8%
Bobo 4.8%
Gurunsi 4.5%
Senufo 4.4%
Bissa 3.9%
Lobi 2.5%
Dagara 2.4%
Tuareg/Bella 1.9%
Dioula 0.8%
Unspecified/no answer 0.1%
Other 7%
(2010 est.)%

Urbanization

Urban population: 29.9% of total population (2015)

Rate of urbanization: 5.87% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 45.04% (male 4,402,311/female 4,386,518)

15-24 years - : 20.08% (male 1,966,644/female 1,951,722)

25-54 years - : 29.28% (male 2,898,407/female 2,813,923)

55-64 years - : 3.16% (male 267,763/female 349,433)

65 years and over - : 2.44% (male 178,127/female 297,685) (2016 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 92.2%

Youth dependency ratio: 87.6%

Elderly dependency ratio: 4.6%

Potential support ratio: 21.7% (2015 est.)

Median Age

Total: 17.2 years

Male: 17 years

Female: 17.3 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 220

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.77 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.6 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 55.5 years

Male: 53.4 years

Female: 57.6 years (2016 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 210

Drinking Water Source

Sanitation Facility Access

total: 80.3% of population (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.83% (2015 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

AIDS - people living with HIV

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

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

Vectorborne disease: dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever

Water contact disease: schistosomiasis

Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis

Animal contact disease: rabies (2016)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

5.2% (2014)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

26.2% (2010)

Education Expenditures

4.5% of GDP (2014)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 36%

Male: 43%

Female: 29.3% (2015 est.)

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

Total: 8 years

Male: 8 years

Female: 7 years (2013)

Year

Population

  • 19,512,533Array

Nationality

  • Burkinabe (singular and plural) noun


  • Burkinabe adjective


Religions

  • Muslim
    61.60%
  • Catholic
    23.20%
  • Traditionalanimist
    7.30%
  • Protestant
    6.70%
  • Otherno Answer
    0.20%
  • None Est
    0.92%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    3.01% (2016 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 41.6 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death Rate

  • 11.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • OUAGADOUGOU (capital) 2.741 million
    (2015)

Health Expenditure

  • 5% of GDP (2014)

Physicians Density

  • 0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2010)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.4 beds/1,000 population (2010)

Total fertility rate

  • 5.79 children born/woman (2016 est.)