Population15,264,735 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 2008 est.) Age structure0-14 years: 46.3% (male 3,549,034/female 3,521,684) 15-64 years: 51.1% (male 3,885,124/female 3,922,198) 65 years and over: 2.5% (male 154,476/female 232,219) (2008 est.) Median agetotal: 16.7 years male: 16.5 years female: 16.9 years (2008 est.) Population growth rate3.109% (2008 est.) Birth rate44.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate13.59 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Net migration rateNA Sex ratioat 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: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.) Infant mortality ratetotal: 86.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 93.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 52.55 years male: 50.67 years female: 54.49 years (2008 est.) Total fertility rate6.34 children born/woman (2008 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate4.2% (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS300,000 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths29,000 (2003 est.) Major infectious diseasesdegree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis 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 (2008) Nationalitynoun: Burkinabe (singular and plural) adjective: Burkinabe Ethnic groupsMossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani) ReligionsMuslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10% LanguagesFrench (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 21.8% male: 29.4% female: 15.2% (2003 est.) |