Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Burkina Faso

Number of immigrants in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 739,820 people. Ranked 69 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 111.6%.

2024 739,820 people +2.19% vs 2020
World rank 69of 215
Period maximum 739,820 people2024
Period minimum 349,652 people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Burkina Faso, 1990–2024300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,00019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 349,652 people1995: 464,104 people2000: 520,363 people2005: 597,658 people2010: 674,438 people2015: 704,676 people2020: 723,989 people2024: 739,820 people
Change over the period: +390,168 (+111.59%) Average annual rate: 2.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 739,820 people
World 303M people
Sub-Saharan Africa 26.3M people
Western Africa computed 8.24M people
Low-income countries computed 14.4M people
Number of immigrants — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 739,820
2020 723,989
2015 704,676
2010 674,438
2005 597,658
2000 520,363
1995 464,104
1990 349,652

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

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