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Africa > Burkina Faso > People

BURKINABE PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 46 [14th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 51.2 [217th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over 2.5 % [212nd of 225]
Birth rate 44.68 births/1,000 population Time series [6th of 226]
Death rate 13.59 deaths/1,000 population Time series [29th of 226]
Ethnic groups
Mossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani)
Gender development 0.312 [139th of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas 18% [190th of 199]
Population 15,264,735 Time series [62nd of 242]
Population growth rate 3.109% Time series [15th of 235]
Population in 2015 17,678 [62nd of 225]
Projected population growth 179.53% [14th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 0.96 [180th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.03 male(s)/female Time series [179th of 223]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.99 male(s)/female Time series [105th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.01 male(s)/female Time series [193rd of 224]
Total fertility rate 6.34 children born/woman Time series [8th of 225]
Total Population 13,902,972 [62nd of 227]
Urban population 2,420,694 Time series [113rd of 195]
Urbanization 17 [197th of 204]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta

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