Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Burkina Faso

Total fertility rate in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 4.11 births. Ranked 23 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34.2%.

2024 4.11 births −1.82% vs 2023
World rank 23of 217
Period maximum 7.26 births1981
Period minimum 4.11 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Burkina Faso, 1960–20244567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.25 births1962: 6.32 births1964: 6.42 births1966: 6.53 births1968: 6.65 births1970: 6.69 births1972: 6.72 births1974: 6.84 births1976: 6.95 births1978: 7.15 births1980: 7.22 births1982: 7.25 births1984: 7.25 births1986: 7.22 births1988: 7.11 births1990: 7.01 births1992: 6.94 births1994: 6.84 births1996: 6.78 births1998: 6.66 births2000: 6.52 births2002: 6.34 births2004: 6.22 births2006: 6.17 births2008: 6.05 births2010: 5.94 births2012: 5.79 births2014: 5.6 births2016: 5.33 births2018: 4.92 births2020: 4.44 births2022: 4.28 births2024: 4.11 births
Change over the period: −2.14 (−34.22%) Average annual rate: -0.65 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 4.11 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Western Africa computed 4.37 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.11 −0.08 −1.82%
2023 4.19 −0.09 −2.08%
2022 4.28 −0.09 −1.97%
2021 4.36 −0.08 −1.78%
2020 4.44 −0.24 −5.15%
2019 4.68 −0.24 −4.88%
2018 4.92 −0.25 −4.82%
2017 5.17 −0.16 −3.02%
2016 5.33 −0.15 −2.68%
2015 5.48 −0.12 −2.09%
2014 5.6 −0.1 −1.79%
2013 5.7 −0.1 −1.66%
2012 5.79 −0.08 −1.29%
2011 5.87 −0.07 −1.13%
2010 5.94 −0.06 −0.93%
2009 5.99 −0.06 −0.96%
2008 6.05 −0.06 −0.98%
2007 6.11 −0.06 −0.97%
2006 6.17 −0.01 −0.19%
2005 6.18 −0.03 −0.55%
2004 6.22 −0.06 −1.02%
2003 6.28 −0.06 −0.93%
2002 6.34 −0.09 −1.43%
2001 6.43 −0.09 −1.35%
2000 6.52 −0.07 −1.02%
1999 6.59 −0.07 −1.13%
1998 6.66 −0.06 −0.94%
1997 6.72 −0.05 −0.81%
1996 6.78 −0.04 −0.51%
1995 6.81 −0.03 −0.42%
1994 6.84 −0.05 −0.67%
1993 6.89 −0.05 −0.68%
1992 6.94 −0.04 −0.53%
1991 6.97 −0.04 −0.51%
1990 7.01 −0.04 −0.54%
1989 7.05 −0.06 −0.87%
1988 7.11 −0.06 −0.82%
1987 7.17 −0.05 −0.69%
1986 7.22 −0.02 −0.33%
1985 7.24 −0 −0.04%
1984 7.25 −0.01 −0.08%
1983 7.25 −0 −0.03%
1982 7.25 −0 −0.04%
1981 7.26 +0.03 +0.47%
1980 7.22 +0.03 +0.39%
1979 7.19 +0.05 +0.64%
1978 7.15 +0.1 +1.45%
1977 7.05 +0.09 +1.35%
1976 6.95 +0.04 +0.56%
1975 6.91 +0.07 +1.04%
1974 6.84 +0.07 +1.06%
1973 6.77 +0.05 +0.76%
1972 6.72 +0.02 +0.31%
1971 6.7 +0.01 +0.19%
1970 6.69 +0.02 +0.32%
1969 6.66 +0.02 +0.29%
1968 6.65 +0.06 +0.91%
1967 6.59 +0.06 +0.89%
1966 6.53 +0.06 +0.87%
1965 6.47 +0.05 +0.81%
1964 6.42 +0.06 +0.99%
1963 6.36 +0.03 +0.54%
1962 6.32 +0.04 +0.57%
1961 6.29 +0.04 +0.61%
1960 6.25

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

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