Burkina Faso Demographics Profile 2009

Population

15,746,232
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 46.2% (male 3,646,661/female 3,621,648)
15-64 years: 51.3% (male 4,025,917/female 4,054,865)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 156,895/female 240,246) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 16.8 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 17 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

3.103% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

44.33 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

13.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

NA

Urbanization

urban population: 20% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 84.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 92.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 76.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 52.95 years
male: 51.04 years
female: 54.91 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.28 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.6% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

130,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

9,200 (2007 est.)

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)

Nationality

noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective: Burkinabe

Ethnic groups

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

Religions

Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

Languages

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

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 21.8%
male: 29.4%
female: 15.2% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 5 years
male: 5 years
female: 4 years (2006)

Education expenditures

4.2% of GDP (2006)