Burkina Faso - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Burkina Faso was 16,468,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,468,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 4,881,947 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 4,881,947
1961 4,956,921
1962 5,033,296
1963 5,112,252
1964 5,195,464
1965 5,284,154
1966 5,378,861
1967 5,479,285
1968 5,584,807
1969 5,694,428
1970 5,807,492
1971 5,923,949
1972 6,044,303
1973 6,169,133
1974 6,299,238
1975 6,435,274
1976 6,577,502
1977 6,726,016
1978 6,881,106
1979 7,043,049
1980 7,212,088
1981 7,388,473
1982 7,572,382
1983 7,763,888
1984 7,963,009
1985 8,169,792
1986 8,384,383
1987 8,606,963
1988 8,837,666
1989 9,076,631
1990 9,323,996
1991 9,580,035
1992 9,844,931
1993 10,118,630
1994 10,401,030
1995 10,692,140
1996 10,992,170
1997 11,301,610
1998 11,621,160
1999 11,951,700
2000 12,294,010
2001 12,648,470
2002 13,015,440
2003 13,395,600
2004 13,789,740
2005 14,198,460
2006 14,622,200
2007 15,061,130
2008 15,515,260
2009 15,984,480
2010 16,468,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Burkina Faso was 50.38 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 51.03 in 1987, while its lowest value was 49.12 in 1960.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49.12
1961 49.26
1962 49.39
1963 49.52
1964 49.64
1965 49.76
1966 49.86
1967 49.96
1968 50.05
1969 50.13
1970 50.21
1971 50.29
1972 50.36
1973 50.43
1974 50.50
1975 50.57
1976 50.63
1977 50.70
1978 50.76
1979 50.81
1980 50.87
1981 50.91
1982 50.95
1983 50.98
1984 51.00
1985 51.02
1986 51.03
1987 51.03
1988 51.03
1989 51.02
1990 51.01
1991 51.00
1992 50.98
1993 50.95
1994 50.93
1995 50.90
1996 50.87
1997 50.85
1998 50.82
1999 50.79
2000 50.75
2001 50.71
2002 50.67
2003 50.63
2004 50.59
2005 50.55
2006 50.51
2007 50.48
2008 50.44
2009 50.41
2010 50.38

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population