Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Burkina Faso chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brunei was 1.75 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
	Brunei	Burkina Faso
1960	7.32	6.25
1961	7.19	6.29
1962	7.03	6.32
1963	6.89	6.36
1964	6.77	6.42
1965	6.65	6.47
1966	6.51	6.53
1967	6.37	6.59
1968	6.2	6.65
1969	6.01	6.66
1970	5.8	6.69
1971	5.62	6.7
1972	5.5	6.72
1973	5.36	6.77
1974	5.18	6.84
1975	4.99	6.91
1976	4.78	6.95
1977	4.58	7.05
1978	4.39	7.15
1979	4.22	7.19
1980	4.07	7.22
1981	3.94	7.26
1982	3.84	7.25
1983	3.75	7.25
1984	3.68	7.25
1985	3.61	7.24
1986	3.55	7.22
1987	3.49	7.17
1988	3.44	7.11
1989	3.36	7.05
1990	3.29	7.01
1991	3.21	6.97
1992	3.11	6.94
1993	3.01	6.89
1994	2.9	6.84
1995	2.79	6.81
1996	2.68	6.78
1997	2.6	6.72
1998	2.53	6.66
1999	2.46	6.59
2000	2.4	6.52
2001	2.34	6.43
2002	2.26	6.34
2003	2.19	6.28
2004	2.1	6.22
2005	2.02	6.18
2006	1.97	6.17
2007	1.93	6.11
2008	1.92	6.05
2009	1.92	5.99
2010	1.94	5.94
2011	1.96	5.87
2012	1.97	5.79
2013	1.98	5.7
2014	1.97	5.6
2015	1.95	5.48
2016	1.92	5.33
2017	1.88	5.17
2018	1.85	4.92
2019	1.82	4.68
2020	1.8	4.44
2021	1.78	4.36
2022	1.76	4.28
2023	1.75	4.19
2024	1.73	4.11
2025	1.71	4
2026	1.7	3.91
2027	1.68	3.82
2028	1.68	3.73
2029	1.67	3.64
2030	1.66	3.57
2031	1.65	3.5
2032	1.65	3.43
2033	1.65	3.38
2034	1.64	3.31
2035	1.64	3.24
2036	1.64	3.17
2037	1.64	3.11
2038	1.64	3.05
2039	1.63	3.01
2040	1.63	2.96
2041	1.63	2.92
2042	1.63	2.88
2043	1.62	2.84
2044	1.62	2.81
2045	1.62	2.77
2046	1.62	2.73
2047	1.62	2.7
2048	1.62	2.67
2049	1.62	2.64
2050	1.61	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Burkina Faso
1960	44.1%	39.9%
1961	45.2%	39.9%
1962	46.1%	39.9%
1963	46.6%	40.2%
1964	46.6%	40.5%
1965	46.5%	40.9%
1966	46%	41.2%
1967	45.4%	41.5%
1968	44.8%	41.8%
1969	44.2%	42.1%
1970	43.6%	42.4%
1971	43.3%	42.6%
1972	43%	42.9%
1973	42.6%	43.1%
1974	42%	43.4%
1975	41.3%	43.6%
1976	40.6%	43.8%
1977	39.9%	44%
1978	39.3%	44.2%
1979	38.9%	44.5%
1980	38.5%	44.7%
1981	38.1%	44.9%
1982	37.6%	45.2%
1983	36.9%	45.4%
1984	36.3%	45.6%
1985	35.7%	45.8%
1986	35.2%	46.1%
1987	34.9%	46.3%
1988	34.7%	46.6%
1989	34.6%	46.8%
1990	34.4%	46.9%
1991	34.4%	47.1%
1992	34.3%	47.3%
1993	34.1%	47.3%
1994	33.7%	47.3%
1995	33.3%	47.3%
1996	32.7%	47.2%
1997	32.2%	47.2%
1998	31.6%	47%
1999	31%	46.8%
2000	30.3%	46.6%
2001	29.6%	46.3%
2002	28.9%	46%
2003	28.1%	45.8%
2004	27.4%	45.6%
2005	26.7%	45.5%
2006	25.9%	45.4%
2007	25.5%	45.4%
2008	25.5%	45.4%
2009	25.4%	45.5%
2010	25.3%	45.6%
2011	25.2%	45.6%
2012	24.9%	45.6%
2013	24.5%	45.6%
2014	24%	45.6%
2015	23.6%	45.5%
2016	23.1%	45.3%
2017	22.7%	45.1%
2018	22.3%	44.9%
2019	21.9%	44.5%
2020	21.6%	44%
2021	21.3%	43.5%
2022	21.2%	43%
2023	21%	42.4%
2024	20.8%	41.8%
2025	20.6%	41.2%
2026	20.4%	40.5%
2027	20.1%	39.9%
2028	19.8%	39.2%
2029	19.5%	38.5%
2030	19.1%	37.9%
2031	18.8%	37.2%
2032	18.5%	36.7%
2033	18.2%	36.1%
2034	18%	35.7%
2035	17.7%	35.4%
2036	17.5%	35%
2037	17.2%	34.7%
2038	17%	34.4%
2039	16.8%	34%
2040	16.6%	33.7%
2041	16.4%	33.4%
2042	16.3%	33%
2043	16.1%	32.7%
2044	16%	32.4%
2045	15.9%	32.1%
2046	15.8%	31.7%
2047	15.7%	31.4%
2048	15.7%	31%
2049	15.6%	30.6%
2050	15.6%	30.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 41.8% in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 46.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and Burkina Faso compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Burkina Faso by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Burkina Faso
1960	3,168	92,055
1961	3,175	95,059
1962	3,128	98,561
1963	3,195	101,760
1964	3,264	105,741
1965	3,326	109,544
1966	3,403	113,344
1967	3,477	117,223
1968	3,551	121,264
1969	3,618	123,666
1970	3,694	127,814
1971	3,880	130,924
1972	4,085	135,756
1973	4,216	141,751
1974	4,334	149,231
1975	4,431	157,174
1976	4,518	165,224
1977	4,594	175,672
1978	4,668	187,019
1979	4,717	196,647
1980	4,775	205,248
1981	4,839	212,623
1982	4,931	220,896
1983	5,138	228,467
1984	5,373	237,838
1985	5,620	246,574
1986	5,826	252,922
1987	6,017	257,730
1988	6,135	262,065
1989	6,202	267,314
1990	6,265	273,846
1991	6,259	280,111
1992	6,169	284,622
1993	6,045	289,044
1994	5,907	296,465
1995	5,750	305,878
1996	5,606	315,820
1997	5,518	322,253
1998	5,466	333,196
1999	5,388	342,630
2000	5,331	356,657
2001	5,275	367,731
2002	5,169	377,333
2003	5,034	394,516
2004	4,874	408,567
2005	4,703	427,243
2006	4,590	450,357
2007	4,521	467,277
2008	4,624	485,223
2009	4,789	499,596
2010	5,003	515,480
2011	5,242	530,765
2012	5,349	544,293
2013	5,302	556,096
2014	5,206	563,218
2015	5,060	570,554
2016	4,876	571,519
2017	4,685	569,975
2018	4,502	556,493
2019	4,335	540,001
2020	4,188	524,359
2021	3,985	527,468
2022	3,319	538,146
2023	3,837	545,227

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Burkina Faso

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brunei, compared to 242 deaths in Burkina Faso.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Burkina Faso
1985	79	850
1986	78	834
1987	75	820
1988	73	806
1989	71	787
1990	68	759
1991	65	732
1992	62	703
1993	59	677
1994	58	651
1995	55	629
1996	54	605
1997	52	610
1998	51	567
1999	50	547
2000	48	524
2001	46	513
2002	46	508
2003	45	495
2004	44	481
2005	43	467
2006	42	463
2007	41	453
2008	40	429
2009	40	419
2010	40	404
2011	40	388
2012	40	376
2013	40	361
2014	40	344
2015	39	328
2016	39	313
2017	39	298
2018	39	286
2019	38	274
2020	39	334
2021	44	354
2022	88	316
2023	36	242

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Burkina Faso
1960	8.9%	34.5%
1961	8.24%	34.1%
1962	7.66%	33.7%
1963	7.15%	33.4%
1964	6.7%	33.1%
1965	6.32%	32.8%
1966	5.98%	32.5%
1967	5.69%	32.2%
1968	5.42%	32%
1969	5.16%	31.8%
1970	4.91%	31.5%
1971	4.64%	31.2%
1972	4.35%	30.7%
1973	4.06%	30.1%
1974	3.77%	29.3%
1975	3.49%	28.4%
1976	3.21%	27.3%
1977	2.95%	26.3%
1978	2.71%	25.4%
1979	2.48%	24.6%
1980	2.28%	23.9%
1981	2.09%	23.3%
1982	1.93%	22.8%
1983	1.79%	22.3%
1984	1.67%	21.9%
1985	1.57%	21.4%
1986	1.48%	21%
1987	1.42%	20.6%
1988	1.38%	20.2%
1989	1.35%	20%
1990	1.33%	19.8%
1991	1.32%	19.8%
1992	1.31%	19.7%
1993	1.3%	19.7%
1994	1.27%	19.6%
1995	1.23%	19.4%
1996	1.19%	19.2%
1997	1.15%	18.9%
1998	1.1%	18.5%
1999	1.07%	18.2%
2000	1.03%	17.8%
2001	1%	17.4%
2002	0.98%	16.9%
2003	0.96%	16.4%
2004	0.95%	15.9%
2005	0.95%	15.2%
2006	0.95%	14.6%
2007	0.95%	13.9%
2008	0.96%	13.3%
2009	0.96%	12.7%
2010	0.97%	12.2%
2011	0.98%	11.7%
2012	0.99%	11.3%
2013	0.99%	10.9%
2014	1%	10.5%
2015	1%	10.1%
2016	1%	9.77%
2017	1%	9.43%
2018	0.99%	9.12%
2019	0.98%	8.82%
2020	0.97%	8.53%
2021	0.96%	8.25%
2022	0.95%	7.99%
2023	0.94%	7.73%