Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Burkina Faso

Children under 15 in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 9,911,488 people. Ranked 43 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 420.4%.

2025 9.91M people +0.69% vs 2024
World rank 43of 217
Period maximum 9.91M people2025
Period minimum 1.9M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Burkina Faso, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,904,466 people1962: 1,963,899 people1964: 2,054,661 people1966: 2,158,600 people1968: 2,266,649 people1970: 2,377,507 people1972: 2,490,841 people1974: 2,613,236 people1976: 2,752,424 people1978: 2,916,110 people1980: 3,106,422 people1982: 3,315,219 people1984: 3,541,850 people1986: 3,789,639 people1988: 4,044,962 people1990: 4,299,283 people1992: 4,550,346 people1994: 4,789,535 people1996: 5,031,677 people1998: 5,284,495 people2000: 5,551,452 people2002: 5,838,898 people2004: 6,159,463 people2006: 6,522,206 people2008: 6,932,440 people2010: 7,374,136 people2012: 7,836,022 people2014: 8,308,583 people2016: 8,764,372 people2018: 9,167,490 people2020: 9,460,662 people2022: 9,671,755 people2024: 9,843,868 people2025: 9,911,488 people
Change over the period: +8.01M (+420.43%) Average annual rate: 2.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 9.91M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Western Africa computed 189M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.91M +67,620 +0.69%
2024 9.84M +80,651 +0.83%
2023 9.76M +91,462 +0.95%
2022 9.67M +100,163 +1.05%
2021 9.57M +110,930 +1.17%
2020 9.46M +132,013 +1.42%
2019 9.33M +161,159 +1.76%
2018 9.17M +190,629 +2.12%
2017 8.98M +212,489 +2.42%
2016 8.76M +223,831 +2.62%
2015 8.54M +231,958 +2.79%
2014 8.31M +236,194 +2.93%
2013 8.07M +236,367 +3.02%
2012 7.84M +233,285 +3.07%
2011 7.6M +228,601 +3.1%
2010 7.37M +223,663 +3.13%
2009 7.15M +218,033 +3.15%
2008 6.93M +210,000 +3.12%
2007 6.72M +200,234 +3.07%
2006 6.52M +187,896 +2.97%
2005 6.33M +174,847 +2.84%
2004 6.16M +165,390 +2.76%
2003 5.99M +155,175 +2.66%
2002 5.84M +146,370 +2.57%
2001 5.69M +141,076 +2.54%
2000 5.55M +135,349 +2.5%
1999 5.42M +131,608 +2.49%
1998 5.28M +128,239 +2.49%
1997 5.16M +124,579 +2.48%
1996 5.03M +122,361 +2.49%
1995 4.91M +119,781 +2.5%
1994 4.79M +118,500 +2.54%
1993 4.67M +120,689 +2.65%
1992 4.55M +124,433 +2.81%
1991 4.43M +126,630 +2.95%
1990 4.3M +127,125 +3.05%
1989 4.17M +127,196 +3.14%
1988 4.04M +127,725 +3.26%
1987 3.92M +127,598 +3.37%
1986 3.79M +125,874 +3.44%
1985 3.66M +121,915 +3.44%
1984 3.54M +115,983 +3.39%
1983 3.43M +110,648 +3.34%
1982 3.32M +106,449 +3.32%
1981 3.21M +102,348 +3.29%
1980 3.11M +97,854 +3.25%
1979 3.01M +92,458 +3.17%
1978 2.92M +85,658 +3.03%
1977 2.83M +78,028 +2.83%
1976 2.75M +71,929 +2.68%
1975 2.68M +67,259 +2.57%
1974 2.61M +62,908 +2.47%
1973 2.55M +59,487 +2.39%
1972 2.49M +57,166 +2.35%
1971 2.43M +56,168 +2.36%
1970 2.38M +55,654 +2.4%
1969 2.32M +55,204 +2.44%
1968 2.27M +54,612 +2.47%
1967 2.21M +53,437 +2.48%
1966 2.16M +52,388 +2.49%
1965 2.11M +51,551 +2.51%
1964 2.05M +49,557 +2.47%
1963 2.01M +41,205 +2.1%
1962 1.96M +31,748 +1.64%
1961 1.93M +27,685 +1.45%
1960 1.9M

About the indicator

The population aged 0 to 14 inclusive. The absolute number answers a different question than the share — not how young the country is, but how many children are in it, and it is this number that is needed to gauge the load on schools, pediatric care and child nutrition. The world total for the group has almost stopped growing: fertility is falling faster than population is rising.

Important: Estimates of the UN Population Division rather than census counts: values are interpolated for the years between censuses.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.