Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Burkina Faso chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.19 in Burkina Faso in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Burkina Faso
1960	7.5	6.25
1961	7.56	6.29
1962	7.61	6.32
1963	7.65	6.36
1964	7.67	6.42
1965	7.71	6.47
1966	7.71	6.53
1967	7.71	6.59
1968	7.71	6.65
1969	7.71	6.66
1970	7.7	6.69
1971	7.67	6.7
1972	7.63	6.72
1973	7.59	6.77
1974	7.55	6.84
1975	7.49	6.91
1976	7.41	6.95
1977	7.31	7.05
1978	7.21	7.15
1979	7.12	7.19
1980	6.99	7.22
1981	6.85	7.26
1982	6.68	7.25
1983	6.5	7.25
1984	6.28	7.25
1985	6.04	7.24
1986	5.65	7.22
1987	5.3	7.17
1988	5.02	7.11
1989	4.76	7.05
1990	4.51	7.01
1991	4.37	6.97
1992	4.27	6.94
1993	4.08	6.89
1994	3.91	6.84
1995	3.49	6.81
1996	3.14	6.78
1997	2.89	6.72
1998	2.69	6.66
1999	2.62	6.59
2000	2.59	6.52
2001	2.52	6.43
2002	2.43	6.34
2003	2.45	6.28
2004	2.5	6.22
2005	2.56	6.18
2006	2.63	6.17
2007	2.7	6.11
2008	2.79	6.05
2009	2.83	5.99
2010	2.88	5.94
2011	2.9	5.87
2012	3	5.79
2013	3	5.7
2014	3.08	5.6
2015	3.09	5.48
2016	3.09	5.33
2017	3.09	5.17
2018	3.02	4.92
2019	3	4.68
2020	2.94	4.44
2021	2.87	4.36
2022	2.82	4.28
2023	2.77	4.19
2024	2.72	4.11
2025	2.67	4
2026	2.62	3.91
2027	2.58	3.82
2028	2.53	3.73
2029	2.49	3.64
2030	2.45	3.57
2031	2.41	3.5
2032	2.38	3.43
2033	2.34	3.38
2034	2.32	3.31
2035	2.29	3.24
2036	2.26	3.17
2037	2.23	3.11
2038	2.21	3.05
2039	2.18	3.01
2040	2.16	2.96
2041	2.14	2.92
2042	2.12	2.88
2043	2.1	2.84
2044	2.08	2.81
2045	2.07	2.77
2046	2.05	2.73
2047	2.04	2.7
2048	2.03	2.67
2049	2.01	2.64
2050	2	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Burkina Faso
1960	45.5%	39.9%
1961	45.9%	39.9%
1962	46.2%	39.9%
1963	46.6%	40.2%
1964	46.9%	40.5%
1965	47%	40.9%
1966	47.1%	41.2%
1967	47.2%	41.5%
1968	47.1%	41.8%
1969	47%	42.1%
1970	47%	42.4%
1971	46.9%	42.6%
1972	46.8%	42.9%
1973	46.7%	43.1%
1974	46.6%	43.4%
1975	46.7%	43.6%
1976	47.2%	43.8%
1977	47.3%	44%
1978	47%	44.2%
1979	46.8%	44.5%
1980	46.5%	44.7%
1981	46.1%	44.9%
1982	45.8%	45.2%
1983	45.4%	45.4%
1984	45%	45.6%
1985	44.6%	45.8%
1986	44.2%	46.1%
1987	43.7%	46.3%
1988	43.1%	46.6%
1989	42.6%	46.8%
1990	42%	46.9%
1991	41.4%	47.1%
1992	41%	47.3%
1993	40.5%	47.3%
1994	39.9%	47.3%
1995	39.1%	47.3%
1996	38.2%	47.2%
1997	37.2%	47.2%
1998	36.1%	47%
1999	34.9%	46.8%
2000	33.7%	46.6%
2001	32.6%	46.3%
2002	31.5%	46%
2003	30.6%	45.8%
2004	29.7%	45.6%
2005	29%	45.5%
2006	28.4%	45.4%
2007	28%	45.4%
2008	27.7%	45.4%
2009	27.5%	45.5%
2010	27.5%	45.6%
2011	27.5%	45.6%
2012	27.7%	45.6%
2013	28.1%	45.6%
2014	28.6%	45.6%
2015	29%	45.5%
2016	29.5%	45.3%
2017	29.9%	45.1%
2018	30.3%	44.9%
2019	30.6%	44.5%
2020	30.8%	44%
2021	30.9%	43.5%
2022	30.8%	43%
2023	30.6%	42.4%
2024	30.3%	41.8%
2025	29.9%	41.2%
2026	29.4%	40.5%
2027	28.9%	39.9%
2028	28.2%	39.2%
2029	27.5%	38.5%
2030	26.8%	37.9%
2031	26%	37.2%
2032	25.2%	36.7%
2033	24.5%	36.1%
2034	23.8%	35.7%
2035	23.2%	35.4%
2036	22.6%	35%
2037	22.2%	34.7%
2038	21.8%	34.4%
2039	21.5%	34%
2040	21.2%	33.7%
2041	21%	33.4%
2042	20.9%	33%
2043	20.8%	32.7%
2044	20.8%	32.4%
2045	20.8%	32.1%
2046	20.9%	31.7%
2047	20.9%	31.4%
2048	20.9%	31%
2049	21%	30.6%
2050	21%	30.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 41.8% in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 42% and 46.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Burkina Faso compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Burkina Faso by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2.68% in Burkina Faso. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Burkina Faso
1960	290,582	92,055
1961	296,467	95,059
1962	283,903	98,561
1963	315,645	101,760
1964	312,729	105,741
1965	311,190	109,544
1966	309,628	113,344
1967	316,289	117,223
1968	324,560	121,264
1969	334,541	123,666
1970	346,564	127,814
1971	356,069	130,924
1972	368,179	135,756
1973	382,736	141,751
1974	399,509	149,231
1975	417,803	157,174
1976	440,192	165,224
1977	465,405	175,672
1978	491,876	187,019
1979	523,875	196,647
1980	559,983	205,248
1981	595,150	212,623
1982	620,415	220,896
1983	641,167	228,467
1984	656,475	237,838
1985	672,185	246,574
1986	661,644	252,922
1987	645,309	257,730
1988	637,215	262,065
1989	628,542	267,314
1990	612,369	273,846
1991	616,850	280,111
1992	627,289	284,622
1993	611,306	289,044
1994	594,445	296,465
1995	533,104	305,878
1996	483,632	315,820
1997	450,138	322,253
1998	425,928	333,196
1999	434,198	342,630
2000	447,025	356,657
2001	450,637	367,731
2002	451,369	377,333
2003	474,272	394,516
2004	508,773	408,567
2005	543,158	427,243
2006	580,812	450,357
2007	620,196	467,277
2008	662,044	485,223
2009	691,496	499,596
2010	719,350	515,480
2011	741,832	530,765
2012	790,645	544,293
2013	802,203	556,096
2014	839,654	563,218
2015	847,054	570,554
2016	849,368	571,519
2017	848,585	569,975
2018	824,428	556,493
2019	809,522	540,001
2020	724,140	524,359
2021	735,514	527,468
2022	722,591	538,146
2023	691,724	545,227

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Burkina Faso

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 242 deaths in Burkina Faso.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Burkina Faso
1985	292	850
1986	265	834
1987	243	820
1988	227	806
1989	215	787
1990	202	759
1991	198	732
1992	193	703
1993	195	677
1994	196	651
1995	187	629
1996	173	605
1997	155	610
1998	143	567
1999	132	547
2000	123	524
2001	113	513
2002	102	508
2003	101	495
2004	91	481
2005	87	467
2006	84	463
2007	83	453
2008	83	429
2009	83	419
2010	82	404
2011	81	388
2012	81	376
2013	81	361
2014	80	344
2015	79	328
2016	79	313
2017	77	298
2018	75	286
2019	73	274
2020	97	334
2021	79	354
2022	64	316
2023	62	242

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 7.73% in Burkina Faso. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Burkina Faso
1960	24%	34.5%
1961	24%	34.1%
1962	24.1%	33.7%
1963	24.2%	33.4%
1964	24.3%	33.1%
1965	24.5%	32.8%
1966	24.6%	32.5%
1967	24.6%	32.2%
1968	24.6%	32%
1969	24.4%	31.8%
1970	24.1%	31.5%
1971	23.7%	31.2%
1972	23.1%	30.7%
1973	22.4%	30.1%
1974	21.7%	29.3%
1975	20.9%	28.4%
1976	20%	27.3%
1977	19%	26.3%
1978	18%	25.4%
1979	16.9%	24.6%
1980	15.6%	23.9%
1981	14%	23.3%
1982	12.3%	22.8%
1983	10.5%	22.3%
1984	8.91%	21.9%
1985	7.61%	21.4%
1986	6.63%	21%
1987	5.96%	20.6%
1988	5.55%	20.2%
1989	5.3%	20%
1990	5.17%	19.8%
1991	5.09%	19.8%
1992	5.04%	19.7%
1993	4.98%	19.7%
1994	4.9%	19.6%
1995	4.81%	19.4%
1996	4.7%	19.2%
1997	4.58%	18.9%
1998	4.45%	18.5%
1999	4.31%	18.2%
2000	4.16%	17.8%
2001	4.01%	17.4%
2002	3.85%	16.9%
2003	3.7%	16.4%
2004	3.54%	15.9%
2005	3.4%	15.2%
2006	3.26%	14.6%
2007	3.13%	13.9%
2008	3.01%	13.3%
2009	2.9%	12.7%
2010	2.81%	12.2%
2011	2.73%	11.7%
2012	2.66%	11.3%
2013	2.6%	10.9%
2014	2.54%	10.5%
2015	2.49%	10.1%
2016	2.45%	9.77%
2017	2.4%	9.43%
2018	2.37%	9.12%
2019	2.33%	8.82%
2020	2.29%	8.53%
2021	2.26%	8.25%
2022	2.23%	7.99%
2023	2.2%	7.73%