Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate in Australia vs Burkina Faso chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 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.

Check Australia vs Burkina Faso population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Burkina Faso
1960	3.45	6.25
1961	3.54	6.29
1962	3.44	6.32
1963	3.33	6.36
1964	3.15	6.42
1965	2.98	6.47
1966	2.88	6.53
1967	2.85	6.59
1968	2.89	6.65
1969	2.89	6.66
1970	2.86	6.69
1971	2.96	6.7
1972	2.74	6.72
1973	2.49	6.77
1974	2.4	6.84
1975	2.15	6.91
1976	2.06	6.95
1977	2.01	7.05
1978	1.95	7.15
1979	1.91	7.19
1980	1.89	7.22
1981	1.94	7.26
1982	1.93	7.25
1983	1.92	7.25
1984	1.84	7.25
1985	1.92	7.24
1986	1.87	7.22
1987	1.85	7.17
1988	1.83	7.11
1989	1.84	7.05
1990	1.9	7.01
1991	1.85	6.97
1992	1.89	6.94
1993	1.86	6.89
1994	1.84	6.84
1995	1.82	6.81
1996	1.8	6.78
1997	1.78	6.72
1998	1.76	6.66
1999	1.76	6.59
2000	1.76	6.52
2001	1.74	6.43
2002	1.76	6.34
2003	1.75	6.28
2004	1.77	6.22
2005	1.81	6.18
2006	1.91	6.17
2007	1.96	6.11
2008	1.98	6.05
2009	1.97	5.99
2010	1.93	5.94
2011	1.93	5.87
2012	1.92	5.79
2013	1.86	5.7
2014	1.83	5.6
2015	1.81	5.48
2016	1.75	5.33
2017	1.74	5.17
2018	1.74	4.92
2019	1.66	4.68
2020	1.58	4.44
2021	1.7	4.36
2022	1.63	4.28
2023	1.5	4.19
2024	1.5	4.11
2025	1.5	4
2026	1.5	3.91
2027	1.5	3.82
2028	1.51	3.73
2029	1.5	3.64
2030	1.51	3.57
2031	1.5	3.5
2032	1.5	3.43
2033	1.5	3.38
2034	1.5	3.31
2035	1.5	3.24
2036	1.5	3.17
2037	1.5	3.11
2038	1.5	3.05
2039	1.5	3.01
2040	1.5	2.96
2041	1.5	2.92
2042	1.5	2.88
2043	1.5	2.84
2044	1.5	2.81
2045	1.5	2.77
2046	1.5	2.73
2047	1.5	2.7
2048	1.5	2.67
2049	1.5	2.64
2050	1.5	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Burkina Faso
1960	30.2%	39.9%
1961	30.2%	39.9%
1962	30.1%	39.9%
1963	29.9%	40.2%
1964	29.8%	40.5%
1965	29.6%	40.9%
1966	29.5%	41.2%
1967	29.3%	41.5%
1968	29.1%	41.8%
1969	28.9%	42.1%
1970	28.8%	42.4%
1971	28.7%	42.6%
1972	28.5%	42.9%
1973	28.2%	43.1%
1974	27.9%	43.4%
1975	27.5%	43.6%
1976	27%	43.8%
1977	26.5%	44%
1978	26.1%	44.2%
1979	25.6%	44.5%
1980	25.3%	44.7%
1981	25%	44.9%
1982	24.7%	45.2%
1983	24.4%	45.4%
1984	24%	45.6%
1985	23.6%	45.8%
1986	23.1%	46.1%
1987	22.7%	46.3%
1988	22.4%	46.6%
1989	22.2%	46.8%
1990	22%	46.9%
1991	21.9%	47.1%
1992	21.8%	47.3%
1993	21.7%	47.3%
1994	21.7%	47.3%
1995	21.5%	47.3%
1996	21.4%	47.2%
1997	21.2%	47.2%
1998	21.1%	47%
1999	20.9%	46.8%
2000	20.8%	46.6%
2001	20.6%	46.3%
2002	20.4%	46%
2003	20.2%	45.8%
2004	20%	45.6%
2005	19.8%	45.5%
2006	19.6%	45.4%
2007	19.4%	45.4%
2008	19.3%	45.4%
2009	19.2%	45.5%
2010	19.1%	45.6%
2011	19%	45.6%
2012	18.9%	45.6%
2013	18.9%	45.6%
2014	18.9%	45.6%
2015	18.9%	45.5%
2016	18.9%	45.3%
2017	18.8%	45.1%
2018	18.8%	44.9%
2019	18.7%	44.5%
2020	18.6%	44%
2021	18.4%	43.5%
2022	18.2%	43%
2023	18%	42.4%
2024	17.8%	41.8%
2025	17.7%	41.2%
2026	17.5%	40.5%
2027	17.4%	39.9%
2028	17.2%	39.2%
2029	17%	38.5%
2030	16.9%	37.9%
2031	16.7%	37.2%
2032	16.6%	36.7%
2033	16.5%	36.1%
2034	16.4%	35.7%
2035	16.3%	35.4%
2036	16.2%	35%
2037	16.1%	34.7%
2038	16%	34.4%
2039	15.9%	34%
2040	15.9%	33.7%
2041	15.8%	33.4%
2042	15.8%	33%
2043	15.7%	32.7%
2044	15.7%	32.4%
2045	15.7%	32.1%
2046	15.7%	31.7%
2047	15.7%	31.4%
2048	15.7%	31%
2049	15.7%	30.6%
2050	15.7%	30.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 41.8% in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 22% and 46.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Burkina Faso compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Burkina Faso by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia 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
	Australia	Burkina Faso
1960	141,816	92,055
1961	150,955	95,059
1962	143,943	98,561
1963	140,161	101,760
1964	128,420	105,741
1965	122,990	109,544
1966	126,996	113,344
1967	126,249	117,223
1968	132,099	121,264
1969	143,477	123,666
1970	145,081	127,814
1971	165,593	130,924
1972	155,488	135,756
1973	136,476	141,751
1974	128,996	149,231
1975	123,648	157,174
1976	115,070	165,224
1977	117,793	175,672
1978	116,299	187,019
1979	116,112	196,647
1980	117,536	205,248
1981	125,356	212,623
1982	126,030	220,896
1983	130,844	228,467
1984	123,077	237,838
1985	143,674	246,574
1986	123,342	252,922
1987	128,484	257,730
1988	127,298	262,065
1989	127,789	267,314
1990	143,347	273,846
1991	138,273	280,111
1992	139,829	284,622
1993	137,551	289,044
1994	131,761	296,465
1995	131,436	305,878
1996	125,751	315,820
1997	121,592	322,253
1998	120,949	333,196
1999	118,517	342,630
2000	119,882	356,657
2001	117,575	367,731
2002	116,971	377,333
2003	118,325	394,516
2004	115,610	408,567
2005	129,132	427,243
2006	132,931	450,357
2007	154,124	467,277
2008	155,119	485,223
2009	160,518	499,596
2010	158,628	515,480
2011	156,380	530,765
2012	161,408	544,293
2013	159,584	556,096
2014	154,940	563,218
2015	150,041	570,554
2016	152,403	571,519
2017	150,015	569,975
2018	157,269	556,493
2019	136,808	540,001
2020	133,376	524,359
2021	138,701	527,468
2022	111,862	538,146
2023	103,945	545,227

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Burkina Faso

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 242 deaths in Burkina Faso.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Burkina Faso
1985	9	850
1986	8	834
1987	9	820
1988	9	806
1989	9	787
1990	9	759
1991	9	732
1992	9	703
1993	9	677
1994	9	651
1995	9	629
1996	8	605
1997	8	610
1998	7	567
1999	7	547
2000	7	524
2001	6	513
2002	6	508
2003	5	495
2004	5	481
2005	5	467
2006	5	463
2007	5	453
2008	5	429
2009	5	419
2010	5	404
2011	6	388
2012	6	376
2013	6	361
2014	6	344
2015	6	328
2016	6	313
2017	6	298
2018	5	286
2019	5	274
2020	5	334
2021	4	354
2022	4	316
2023	2	242

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia 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
	Australia	Burkina Faso
1960	2.49%	34.5%
1961	2.43%	34.1%
1962	2.37%	33.7%
1963	2.32%	33.4%
1964	2.27%	33.1%
1965	2.24%	32.8%
1966	2.21%	32.5%
1967	2.2%	32.2%
1968	2.19%	32%
1969	2.18%	31.8%
1970	2.15%	31.5%
1971	2.1%	31.2%
1972	2.03%	30.7%
1973	1.94%	30.1%
1974	1.84%	29.3%
1975	1.73%	28.4%
1976	1.62%	27.3%
1977	1.52%	26.3%
1978	1.44%	25.4%
1979	1.36%	24.6%
1980	1.3%	23.9%
1981	1.26%	23.3%
1982	1.22%	22.8%
1983	1.19%	22.3%
1984	1.16%	21.9%
1985	1.13%	21.4%
1986	1.1%	21%
1987	1.06%	20.6%
1988	1.02%	20.2%
1989	0.97%	20%
1990	0.92%	19.8%
1991	0.87%	19.8%
1992	0.82%	19.7%
1993	0.77%	19.7%
1994	0.73%	19.6%
1995	0.7%	19.4%
1996	0.68%	19.2%
1997	0.66%	18.9%
1998	0.64%	18.5%
1999	0.63%	18.2%
2000	0.62%	17.8%
2001	0.61%	17.4%
2002	0.6%	16.9%
2003	0.59%	16.4%
2004	0.58%	15.9%
2005	0.57%	15.2%
2006	0.56%	14.6%
2007	0.54%	13.9%
2008	0.52%	13.3%
2009	0.5%	12.7%
2010	0.48%	12.2%
2011	0.45%	11.7%
2012	0.43%	11.3%
2013	0.41%	10.9%
2014	0.4%	10.5%
2015	0.39%	10.1%
2016	0.38%	9.77%
2017	0.38%	9.43%
2018	0.38%	9.12%
2019	0.38%	8.82%
2020	0.38%	8.53%
2021	0.37%	8.25%
2022	0.37%	7.99%
2023	0.37%	7.73%