Fertility & birth rates in Burkina Faso and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Burkina Faso vs Djibouti 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 2.61 in Djibouti 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
	Burkina Faso	Djibouti
1960	6.25	6.85
1961	6.29	6.85
1962	6.32	6.85
1963	6.36	6.86
1964	6.42	6.87
1965	6.47	6.86
1966	6.53	6.88
1967	6.59	6.87
1968	6.65	6.88
1969	6.66	6.88
1970	6.69	6.88
1971	6.7	6.88
1972	6.72	6.85
1973	6.77	6.82
1974	6.84	6.78
1975	6.91	6.74
1976	6.95	6.69
1977	7.05	6.64
1978	7.15	6.59
1979	7.19	6.52
1980	7.22	6.46
1981	7.26	6.4
1982	7.25	6.34
1983	7.25	6.3
1984	7.25	6.25
1985	7.24	6.19
1986	7.22	6.14
1987	7.17	6.09
1988	7.11	6.03
1989	7.05	5.97
1990	7.01	5.93
1991	6.97	5.86
1992	6.94	5.75
1993	6.89	5.64
1994	6.84	5.51
1995	6.81	5.33
1996	6.78	5.15
1997	6.72	4.97
1998	6.66	4.8
1999	6.59	4.69
2000	6.52	4.6
2001	6.43	4.52
2002	6.34	4.41
2003	6.28	4.3
2004	6.22	4.16
2005	6.18	4.04
2006	6.17	3.9
2007	6.11	3.76
2008	6.05	3.62
2009	5.99	3.52
2010	5.94	3.43
2011	5.87	3.34
2012	5.79	3.26
2013	5.7	3.19
2014	5.6	3.12
2015	5.48	3.04
2016	5.33	2.97
2017	5.17	2.92
2018	4.92	2.86
2019	4.68	2.8
2020	4.44	2.75
2021	4.36	2.7
2022	4.28	2.65
2023	4.19	2.61
2024	4.11	2.62
2025	4	2.58
2026	3.91	2.54
2027	3.82	2.51
2028	3.73	2.48
2029	3.64	2.45
2030	3.57	2.42
2031	3.5	2.39
2032	3.43	2.36
2033	3.38	2.33
2034	3.31	2.31
2035	3.24	2.29
2036	3.17	2.27
2037	3.11	2.25
2038	3.05	2.23
2039	3.01	2.21
2040	2.96	2.19
2041	2.92	2.17
2042	2.88	2.16
2043	2.84	2.14
2044	2.81	2.13
2045	2.77	2.11
2046	2.73	2.1
2047	2.7	2.09
2048	2.67	2.08
2049	2.64	2.06
2050	2.61	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burkina Faso	Djibouti
1960	39.9%	44.2%
1961	39.9%	44%
1962	39.9%	43.8%
1963	40.2%	43.7%
1964	40.5%	43.5%
1965	40.9%	43.6%
1966	41.2%	43.8%
1967	41.5%	44%
1968	41.8%	44.3%
1969	42.1%	44.5%
1970	42.4%	44.7%
1971	42.6%	44.9%
1972	42.9%	45%
1973	43.1%	45.2%
1974	43.4%	45.3%
1975	43.6%	45.4%
1976	43.8%	45.5%
1977	44%	45.5%
1978	44.2%	45.6%
1979	44.5%	45.5%
1980	44.7%	45.5%
1981	44.9%	45.4%
1982	45.2%	45.3%
1983	45.4%	45.1%
1984	45.6%	45%
1985	45.8%	44.8%
1986	46.1%	44.6%
1987	46.3%	44.4%
1988	46.6%	44.2%
1989	46.8%	44%
1990	46.9%	43.7%
1991	47.1%	43.5%
1992	47.3%	43.3%
1993	47.3%	43.1%
1994	47.3%	42.8%
1995	47.3%	42.5%
1996	47.2%	42.2%
1997	47.2%	41.5%
1998	47%	40.6%
1999	46.8%	40%
2000	46.6%	39.6%
2001	46.3%	39.1%
2002	46%	38.7%
2003	45.8%	38.6%
2004	45.6%	38.5%
2005	45.5%	38.4%
2006	45.4%	38.1%
2007	45.4%	37.7%
2008	45.4%	37.2%
2009	45.5%	36.8%
2010	45.6%	36.4%
2011	45.6%	35.9%
2012	45.6%	35.5%
2013	45.6%	35.1%
2014	45.6%	34.6%
2015	45.5%	34%
2016	45.3%	33.4%
2017	45.1%	32.8%
2018	44.9%	32.2%
2019	44.5%	31.6%
2020	44%	31%
2021	43.5%	30.5%
2022	43%	30%
2023	42.4%	29.6%
2024	41.8%	29.2%
2025	41.2%	28.8%
2026	40.5%	28.5%
2027	39.9%	28.1%
2028	39.2%	27.8%
2029	38.5%	27.5%
2030	37.9%	27.3%
2031	37.2%	27%
2032	36.7%	26.8%
2033	36.1%	26.6%
2034	35.7%	26.4%
2035	35.4%	26.2%
2036	35%	26.1%
2037	34.7%	25.9%
2038	34.4%	25.7%
2039	34%	25.5%
2040	33.7%	25.3%
2041	33.4%	25.1%
2042	33%	24.9%
2043	32.7%	24.7%
2044	32.4%	24.5%
2045	32.1%	24.3%
2046	31.7%	24.1%
2047	31.4%	23.8%
2048	31%	23.6%
2049	30.6%	23.4%
2050	30.3%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.8% of the population in Burkina Faso and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 46.9% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burkina Faso and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Burkina Faso vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.68% in Burkina Faso and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	92,055	2,299
1961	95,059	2,412
1962	98,561	2,538
1963	101,760	2,687
1964	105,741	2,864
1965	109,544	3,054
1966	113,344	3,268
1967	117,223	3,484
1968	121,264	3,712
1969	123,666	3,950
1970	127,814	4,249
1971	130,924	4,484
1972	135,756	4,885
1973	141,751	5,234
1974	149,231	5,601
1975	157,174	6,034
1976	165,224	6,567
1977	175,672	7,195
1978	187,019	7,886
1979	196,647	8,573
1980	205,248	9,187
1981	212,623	9,654
1982	220,896	10,058
1983	228,467	10,391
1984	237,838	10,713
1985	246,574	11,106
1986	252,922	11,671
1987	257,730	12,357
1988	262,065	13,107
1989	267,314	13,851
1990	273,846	15,074
1991	280,111	16,553
1992	284,622	16,971
1993	289,044	15,805
1994	296,465	15,989
1995	305,878	15,651
1996	315,820	15,408
1997	322,253	15,255
1998	333,196	15,845
1999	342,630	16,491
2000	356,657	17,014
2001	367,731	17,710
2002	377,333	18,167
2003	394,516	18,341
2004	408,567	17,756
2005	427,243	17,361
2006	450,357	16,901
2007	467,277	16,647
2008	485,223	16,356
2009	499,596	16,323
2010	515,480	16,225
2011	530,765	16,169
2012	544,293	16,026
2013	556,096	15,986
2014	563,218	15,857
2015	570,554	15,718
2016	571,519	15,621
2017	569,975	15,593
2018	556,493	15,524
2019	540,001	15,368
2020	524,359	14,970
2021	527,468	14,555
2022	538,146	15,337
2023	545,227	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Burkina Faso vs Djibouti

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 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burkina Faso	Djibouti
1985	850	821
1986	834	804
1987	820	785
1988	806	768
1989	787	746
1990	759	725
1991	732	731
1992	703	780
1993	677	704
1994	651	682
1995	629	634
1996	605	609
1997	610	582
1998	567	555
1999	547	524
2000	524	501
2001	513	441
2002	508	404
2003	495	391
2004	481	364
2005	467	315
2006	463	298
2007	453	285
2008	429	273
2009	419	263
2010	404	243
2011	388	229
2012	376	221
2013	361	219
2014	344	212
2015	328	210
2016	313	204
2017	298	201
2018	286	199
2019	274	194
2020	334	192
2021	354	221
2022	316	174
2023	242	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.73% in Burkina Faso and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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	Djibouti
1960	34.5%	-
1961	34.1%	-
1962	33.7%	-
1963	33.4%	-
1964	33.1%	-
1965	32.8%	-
1966	32.5%	-
1967	32.2%	-
1968	32%	-
1969	31.8%	-
1970	31.5%	-
1971	31.2%	-
1972	30.7%	-
1973	30.1%	-
1974	29.3%	-
1975	28.4%	-
1976	27.3%	17.1%
1977	26.3%	16.6%
1978	25.4%	16.2%
1979	24.6%	15.7%
1980	23.9%	15.3%
1981	23.3%	14.8%
1982	22.8%	14.4%
1983	22.3%	14%
1984	21.9%	13.6%
1985	21.4%	13.2%
1986	21%	12.8%
1987	20.6%	12.5%
1988	20.2%	12.2%
1989	20%	11.9%
1990	19.8%	11.6%
1991	19.8%	11.4%
1992	19.7%	11.2%
1993	19.7%	11.1%
1994	19.6%	10.9%
1995	19.4%	10.8%
1996	19.2%	10.7%
1997	18.9%	10.5%
1998	18.5%	10.3%
1999	18.2%	10.2%
2000	17.8%	9.95%
2001	17.4%	9.72%
2002	16.9%	9.48%
2003	16.4%	9.24%
2004	15.9%	9%
2005	15.2%	8.77%
2006	14.6%	8.53%
2007	13.9%	8.28%
2008	13.3%	8.03%
2009	12.7%	7.81%
2010	12.2%	7.59%
2011	11.7%	7.36%
2012	11.3%	7.14%
2013	10.9%	6.93%
2014	10.5%	6.72%
2015	10.1%	6.51%
2016	9.77%	6.33%
2017	9.43%	6.13%
2018	9.12%	5.94%
2019	8.82%	5.75%
2020	8.53%	5.56%
2021	8.25%	5.38%
2022	7.99%	5.22%
2023	7.73%	5.04%