Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs Burkina Faso chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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
	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
1960	6.27	6.25
1961	6.26	6.29
1962	6.25	6.32
1963	6.23	6.36
1964	6.21	6.42
1965	6.18	6.47
1966	6.16	6.53
1967	6.13	6.59
1968	6.1	6.65
1969	6.06	6.66
1970	6	6.69
1971	5.95	6.7
1972	5.89	6.72
1973	5.85	6.77
1974	5.8	6.84
1975	5.75	6.91
1976	5.74	6.95
1977	5.67	7.05
1978	5.61	7.15
1979	5.54	7.19
1980	5.47	7.22
1981	5.41	7.26
1982	5.35	7.25
1983	5.29	7.25
1984	5.24	7.25
1985	5.15	7.24
1986	5.12	7.22
1987	5.06	7.17
1988	5.03	7.11
1989	4.97	7.05
1990	4.9	7.01
1991	4.85	6.97
1992	4.71	6.94
1993	4.59	6.89
1994	4.49	6.84
1995	4.41	6.81
1996	4.34	6.78
1997	4.22	6.72
1998	4.15	6.66
1999	4.09	6.59
2000	3.99	6.52
2001	3.89	6.43
2002	3.8	6.34
2003	3.72	6.28
2004	3.63	6.22
2005	3.56	6.18
2006	3.53	6.17
2007	3.45	6.11
2008	3.36	6.05
2009	3.29	5.99
2010	3.21	5.94
2011	3.14	5.87
2012	3.08	5.79
2013	3.01	5.7
2014	2.95	5.6
2015	2.89	5.48
2016	2.83	5.33
2017	2.78	5.17
2018	2.73	4.92
2019	2.69	4.68
2020	2.65	4.44
2021	2.62	4.36
2022	2.58	4.28
2023	2.55	4.19
2024	2.52	4.11
2025	2.5	4
2026	2.47	3.91
2027	2.45	3.82
2028	2.42	3.73
2029	2.4	3.64
2030	2.38	3.57
2031	2.36	3.5
2032	2.34	3.43
2033	2.32	3.38
2034	2.3	3.31
2035	2.28	3.24
2036	2.26	3.17
2037	2.24	3.11
2038	2.23	3.05
2039	2.21	3.01
2040	2.19	2.96
2041	2.18	2.92
2042	2.16	2.88
2043	2.15	2.84
2044	2.13	2.81
2045	2.12	2.77
2046	2.11	2.73
2047	2.09	2.7
2048	2.08	2.67
2049	2.07	2.64
2050	2.06	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
1960	40.6%	39.9%
1961	40.5%	39.9%
1962	40.5%	39.9%
1963	40.5%	40.2%
1964	40.6%	40.5%
1965	40.8%	40.9%
1966	40.9%	41.2%
1967	41%	41.5%
1968	41.1%	41.8%
1969	41.2%	42.1%
1970	41.2%	42.4%
1971	41.3%	42.6%
1972	41.3%	42.9%
1973	41.3%	43.1%
1974	41.3%	43.4%
1975	41.3%	43.6%
1976	41.3%	43.8%
1977	41.3%	44%
1978	41.2%	44.2%
1979	41.2%	44.5%
1980	41.1%	44.7%
1981	41.1%	44.9%
1982	41%	45.2%
1983	40.9%	45.4%
1984	40.9%	45.6%
1985	40.8%	45.8%
1986	40.7%	46.1%
1987	40.6%	46.3%
1988	40.5%	46.6%
1989	40.4%	46.8%
1990	40.3%	46.9%
1991	40.2%	47.1%
1992	40%	47.3%
1993	39.8%	47.3%
1994	39.6%	47.3%
1995	39.3%	47.3%
1996	39.1%	47.2%
1997	38.8%	47.2%
1998	38.6%	47%
1999	38.3%	46.8%
2000	38%	46.6%
2001	37.7%	46.3%
2002	37.4%	46%
2003	37.1%	45.8%
2004	36.7%	45.6%
2005	36.3%	45.5%
2006	36%	45.4%
2007	35.6%	45.4%
2008	35.2%	45.4%
2009	34.8%	45.5%
2010	34.4%	45.6%
2011	34.1%	45.6%
2012	33.7%	45.6%
2013	33.3%	45.6%
2014	33%	45.6%
2015	32.6%	45.5%
2016	32.3%	45.3%
2017	31.9%	45.1%
2018	31.6%	44.9%
2019	31.3%	44.5%
2020	31%	44%
2021	30.8%	43.5%
2022	30.5%	43%
2023	30.1%	42.4%
2024	29.8%	41.8%
2025	29.4%	41.2%
2026	29.1%	40.5%
2027	28.8%	39.9%
2028	28.5%	39.2%
2029	28.1%	38.5%
2030	27.8%	37.9%
2031	27.6%	37.2%
2032	27.3%	36.7%
2033	27%	36.1%
2034	26.7%	35.7%
2035	26.5%	35.4%
2036	26.2%	35%
2037	26%	34.7%
2038	25.7%	34.4%
2039	25.4%	34%
2040	25.2%	33.7%
2041	24.9%	33.4%
2042	24.7%	33%
2043	24.4%	32.7%
2044	24.2%	32.4%
2045	24%	32.1%
2046	23.7%	31.7%
2047	23.5%	31.4%
2048	23.3%	31%
2049	23%	30.6%
2050	22.8%	30.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 41.8% in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 46.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and Burkina Faso compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs Burkina Faso by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
1960	78,501	92,055
1961	81,106	95,059
1962	84,090	98,561
1963	87,010	101,760
1964	89,745	105,741
1965	92,655	109,544
1966	95,800	113,344
1967	99,339	117,223
1968	102,671	121,264
1969	105,361	123,666
1970	107,897	127,814
1971	110,749	130,924
1972	112,799	135,756
1973	116,323	141,751
1974	119,560	149,231
1975	122,864	157,174
1976	128,552	165,224
1977	131,569	175,672
1978	134,504	187,019
1979	137,331	196,647
1980	140,460	205,248
1981	143,199	212,623
1982	144,825	220,896
1983	147,129	228,467
1984	150,545	237,838
1985	152,288	246,574
1986	156,146	252,922
1987	160,458	257,730
1988	164,763	262,065
1989	168,044	267,314
1990	171,351	273,846
1991	174,836	280,111
1992	174,242	284,622
1993	175,344	289,044
1994	175,387	296,465
1995	175,141	305,878
1996	175,861	315,820
1997	173,731	322,253
1998	174,207	333,196
1999	175,051	342,630
2000	172,996	356,657
2001	171,177	367,731
2002	170,656	377,333
2003	171,846	394,516
2004	172,350	408,567
2005	173,567	427,243
2006	177,999	450,357
2007	178,309	467,277
2008	178,576	485,223
2009	178,741	499,596
2010	179,036	515,480
2011	178,840	530,765
2012	178,716	544,293
2013	177,929	556,096
2014	176,967	563,218
2015	176,169	570,554
2016	175,057	571,519
2017	173,799	569,975
2018	172,775	556,493
2019	171,593	540,001
2020	131,870	524,359
2021	119,576	527,468
2022	167,691	538,146
2023	172,336	545,227

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs Burkina Faso

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 242 deaths in Burkina Faso.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
1985	518	850
1986	503	834
1987	478	820
1988	457	806
1989	430	787
1990	407	759
1991	391	732
1992	375	703
1993	354	677
1994	336	651
1995	322	629
1996	314	605
1997	306	610
1998	298	567
1999	292	547
2000	287	524
2001	276	513
2002	262	508
2003	256	495
2004	251	481
2005	242	467
2006	236	463
2007	224	453
2008	214	429
2009	205	419
2010	196	404
2011	187	388
2012	180	376
2013	175	361
2014	171	344
2015	166	328
2016	162	313
2017	160	298
2018	157	286
2019	156	274
2020	218	334
2021	270	354
2022	164	316
2023	146	242

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
1960	29%	34.5%
1961	28.4%	34.1%
1962	27.8%	33.7%
1963	27.2%	33.4%
1964	26.6%	33.1%
1965	26%	32.8%
1966	25.4%	32.5%
1967	24.8%	32.2%
1968	24.2%	32%
1969	23.6%	31.8%
1970	22.9%	31.5%
1971	22.3%	31.2%
1972	21.7%	30.7%
1973	21%	30.1%
1974	20.4%	29.3%
1975	19.8%	28.4%
1976	19.1%	27.3%
1977	18.5%	26.3%
1978	17.9%	25.4%
1979	17.4%	24.6%
1980	16.9%	23.9%
1981	16.5%	23.3%
1982	16%	22.8%
1983	15.6%	22.3%
1984	15.1%	21.9%
1985	14.6%	21.4%
1986	14.2%	21%
1987	13.7%	20.6%
1988	13.2%	20.2%
1989	12.7%	20%
1990	12.2%	19.8%
1991	11.7%	19.8%
1992	11.2%	19.7%
1993	10.8%	19.7%
1994	10.3%	19.6%
1995	9.84%	19.4%
1996	9.38%	19.2%
1997	8.93%	18.9%
1998	8.47%	18.5%
1999	8.02%	18.2%
2000	7.57%	17.8%
2001	7.14%	17.4%
2002	6.74%	16.9%
2003	6.35%	16.4%
2004	5.99%	15.9%
2005	5.64%	15.2%
2006	5.31%	14.6%
2007	5%	13.9%
2008	4.72%	13.3%
2009	4.45%	12.7%
2010	4.2%	12.2%
2011	3.97%	11.7%
2012	3.75%	11.3%
2013	3.54%	10.9%
2014	3.35%	10.5%
2015	3.18%	10.1%
2016	3.03%	9.77%
2017	2.9%	9.43%
2018	2.78%	9.12%
2019	2.67%	8.82%
2020	2.57%	8.53%
2021	2.48%	8.25%
2022	2.39%	7.99%
2023	2.31%	7.73%