Fertility & birth rates in Burkina Faso and Congo

Fertility rate in Burkina Faso vs Congo chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burkina Faso was 4.19 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.16 in the Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	6.25	6.09
1961	6.29	6.09
1962	6.32	6.1
1963	6.36	6.15
1964	6.42	6.18
1965	6.47	6.23
1966	6.53	6.27
1967	6.59	6.29
1968	6.65	6.33
1969	6.66	6.35
1970	6.69	6.38
1971	6.7	6.42
1972	6.72	6.44
1973	6.77	6.42
1974	6.84	6.39
1975	6.91	6.36
1976	6.95	6.32
1977	7.05	6.27
1978	7.15	6.21
1979	7.19	6.14
1980	7.22	6.07
1981	7.26	5.98
1982	7.25	5.85
1983	7.25	5.76
1984	7.25	5.66
1985	7.24	5.59
1986	7.22	5.51
1987	7.17	5.46
1988	7.11	5.39
1989	7.05	5.33
1990	7.01	5.27
1991	6.97	5.22
1992	6.94	5.18
1993	6.89	5.13
1994	6.84	5.1
1995	6.81	5.07
1996	6.78	5.03
1997	6.72	5
1998	6.66	4.91
1999	6.59	4.81
2000	6.52	4.72
2001	6.43	4.67
2002	6.34	4.7
2003	6.28	4.7
2004	6.22	4.69
2005	6.18	4.67
2006	6.17	4.65
2007	6.11	4.65
2008	6.05	4.73
2009	5.99	4.81
2010	5.94	4.85
2011	5.87	4.83
2012	5.79	4.79
2013	5.7	4.73
2014	5.6	4.67
2015	5.48	4.61
2016	5.33	4.55
2017	5.17	4.5
2018	4.92	4.44
2019	4.68	4.38
2020	4.44	4.33
2021	4.36	4.28
2022	4.28	4.22
2023	4.19	4.16
2024	4.11	4.11
2025	4	4.05
2026	3.91	3.99
2027	3.82	3.93
2028	3.73	3.88
2029	3.64	3.83
2030	3.57	3.78
2031	3.5	3.73
2032	3.43	3.68
2033	3.38	3.64
2034	3.31	3.59
2035	3.24	3.54
2036	3.17	3.5
2037	3.11	3.46
2038	3.05	3.42
2039	3.01	3.38
2040	2.96	3.35
2041	2.92	3.31
2042	2.88	3.27
2043	2.84	3.24
2044	2.81	3.2
2045	2.77	3.16
2046	2.73	3.13
2047	2.7	3.09
2048	2.67	3.06
2049	2.64	3.03
2050	2.61	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	39.9%	42.7%
1961	39.9%	43%
1962	39.9%	43.3%
1963	40.2%	43.5%
1964	40.5%	43.7%
1965	40.9%	43.9%
1966	41.2%	44%
1967	41.5%	44.2%
1968	41.8%	44.3%
1969	42.1%	44.5%
1970	42.4%	44.7%
1971	42.6%	44.8%
1972	42.9%	45%
1973	43.1%	45.2%
1974	43.4%	45.4%
1975	43.6%	45.5%
1976	43.8%	45.7%
1977	44%	45.8%
1978	44.2%	45.8%
1979	44.5%	45.8%
1980	44.7%	45.7%
1981	44.9%	45.6%
1982	45.2%	45.4%
1983	45.4%	45.2%
1984	45.6%	45%
1985	45.8%	44.9%
1986	46.1%	44.7%
1987	46.3%	44.6%
1988	46.6%	44.5%
1989	46.8%	44.3%
1990	46.9%	44.2%
1991	47.1%	44%
1992	47.3%	43.8%
1993	47.3%	43.6%
1994	47.3%	43.4%
1995	47.3%	43.3%
1996	47.2%	43.2%
1997	47.2%	43.3%
1998	47%	43.3%
1999	46.8%	43.1%
2000	46.6%	42.5%
2001	46.3%	41.9%
2002	46%	41.9%
2003	45.8%	41.7%
2004	45.6%	41.4%
2005	45.5%	41.1%
2006	45.4%	40.9%
2007	45.4%	40.7%
2008	45.4%	40.7%
2009	45.5%	40.5%
2010	45.6%	40.4%
2011	45.6%	40.6%
2012	45.6%	41%
2013	45.6%	41.3%
2014	45.6%	41.7%
2015	45.5%	41.9%
2016	45.3%	42.1%
2017	45.1%	42.1%
2018	44.9%	42.1%
2019	44.5%	41.9%
2020	44%	41.8%
2021	43.5%	41.5%
2022	43%	41.3%
2023	42.4%	40.9%
2024	41.8%	40.4%
2025	41.2%	39.9%
2026	40.5%	39.4%
2027	39.9%	38.9%
2028	39.2%	38.4%
2029	38.5%	38%
2030	37.9%	37.6%
2031	37.2%	37.3%
2032	36.7%	37%
2033	36.1%	36.8%
2034	35.7%	36.6%
2035	35.4%	36.4%
2036	35%	36.2%
2037	34.7%	36%
2038	34.4%	35.8%
2039	34%	35.6%
2040	33.7%	35.5%
2041	33.4%	35.3%
2042	33%	35.1%
2043	32.7%	34.9%
2044	32.4%	34.7%
2045	32.1%	34.4%
2046	31.7%	34.2%
2047	31.4%	33.9%
2048	31%	33.6%
2049	30.6%	33.4%
2050	30.3%	33.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.8% of the population in Burkina Faso and 40.4% in the Congo in 2024, compared to 46.9% and 44.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burkina Faso and the Congo compared.

Natural population change in Burkina Faso vs Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.68% in Burkina Faso and +2.59% in the Congo. 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
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	92,055	27,094
1961	95,059	28,220
1962	98,561	29,342
1963	101,760	30,832
1964	105,741	32,270
1965	109,544	33,865
1966	113,344	35,452
1967	117,223	36,866
1968	121,264	38,786
1969	123,666	40,532
1970	127,814	42,374
1971	130,924	44,431
1972	135,756	46,427
1973	141,751	48,017
1974	149,231	49,563
1975	157,174	51,155
1976	165,224	52,148
1977	175,672	53,179
1978	187,019	53,885
1979	196,647	54,723
1980	205,248	55,550
1981	212,623	56,603
1982	220,896	57,036
1983	228,467	58,120
1984	237,838	59,028
1985	246,574	60,359
1986	252,922	61,669
1987	257,730	63,183
1988	262,065	64,629
1989	267,314	65,944
1990	273,846	67,241
1991	280,111	68,534
1992	284,622	69,973
1993	289,044	71,119
1994	296,465	72,857
1995	305,878	74,189
1996	315,820	75,628
1997	322,253	66,149
1998	333,196	72,450
1999	342,630	76,204
2000	356,657	78,491
2001	367,731	84,876
2002	377,333	88,497
2003	394,516	91,326
2004	408,567	96,577
2005	427,243	101,344
2006	450,357	106,876
2007	467,277	112,459
2008	485,223	120,711
2009	499,596	126,904
2010	515,480	136,908
2011	530,765	140,371
2012	544,293	142,464
2013	556,096	142,080
2014	563,218	141,674
2015	570,554	141,539
2016	571,519	141,358
2017	569,975	141,973
2018	556,493	142,704
2019	540,001	139,513
2020	524,359	143,492
2021	527,468	144,241
2022	538,146	147,076
2023	545,227	150,486

Maternal mortality chart: Burkina Faso vs Congo

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 242 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burkina Faso, compared to 241 deaths in the Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1985	850	546
1986	834	535
1987	820	519
1988	806	510
1989	787	506
1990	759	505
1991	732	514
1992	703	531
1993	677	541
1994	651	551
1995	629	551
1996	605	545
1997	610	650
1998	567	597
1999	547	554
2000	524	509
2001	513	489
2002	508	464
2003	495	436
2004	481	400
2005	467	385
2006	463	394
2007	453	370
2008	429	395
2009	419	414
2010	404	382
2011	388	378
2012	376	374
2013	361	320
2014	344	302
2015	328	284
2016	313	263
2017	298	262
2018	286	259
2019	274	245
2020	334	247
2021	354	301
2022	316	241
2023	242	241

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.73% in Burkina Faso and 4.05% in the Congo. 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
	Burkina Faso	Congo
1960	34.5%	19.4%
1961	34.1%	18.6%
1962	33.7%	18%
1963	33.4%	17.3%
1964	33.1%	16.7%
1965	32.8%	16.1%
1966	32.5%	15.6%
1967	32.2%	15.1%
1968	32%	14.6%
1969	31.8%	14.2%
1970	31.5%	13.7%
1971	31.2%	13.4%
1972	30.7%	13%
1973	30.1%	12.6%
1974	29.3%	12.4%
1975	28.4%	12.1%
1976	27.3%	11.8%
1977	26.3%	11.5%
1978	25.4%	11.2%
1979	24.6%	11%
1980	23.9%	10.7%
1981	23.3%	10.5%
1982	22.8%	10.2%
1983	22.3%	9.95%
1984	21.9%	9.68%
1985	21.4%	9.44%
1986	21%	9.25%
1987	20.6%	9.11%
1988	20.2%	9.04%
1989	20%	9.05%
1990	19.8%	9.15%
1991	19.8%	9.31%
1992	19.7%	9.54%
1993	19.7%	9.84%
1994	19.6%	10.2%
1995	19.4%	10.5%
1996	19.2%	10.9%
1997	18.9%	11.2%
1998	18.5%	11.4%
1999	18.2%	11.5%
2000	17.8%	11.4%
2001	17.4%	11.1%
2002	16.9%	10.6%
2003	16.4%	10%
2004	15.9%	9.35%
2005	15.2%	8.66%
2006	14.6%	8.02%
2007	13.9%	7.43%
2008	13.3%	6.95%
2009	12.7%	6.55%
2010	12.2%	6.25%
2011	11.7%	6.02%
2012	11.3%	5.82%
2013	10.9%	5.64%
2014	10.5%	5.45%
2015	10.1%	5.27%
2016	9.77%	5.09%
2017	9.43%	4.93%
2018	9.12%	4.77%
2019	8.82%	5.24%
2020	8.53%	4.47%
2021	8.25%	4.33%
2022	7.99%	4.19%
2023	7.73%	4.05%