Fertility & birth rates in Burkina Faso and Niger

Fertility rate in Burkina Faso vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Burkina Faso vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.25	7.53
1961	6.29	7.51
1962	6.32	7.5
1963	6.36	7.49
1964	6.42	7.48
1965	6.47	7.47
1966	6.53	7.48
1967	6.59	7.49
1968	6.65	7.5
1969	6.66	7.51
1970	6.69	7.51
1971	6.7	7.52
1972	6.72	7.52
1973	6.77	7.53
1974	6.84	7.54
1975	6.91	7.54
1976	6.95	7.56
1977	7.05	7.6
1978	7.15	7.66
1979	7.19	7.72
1980	7.22	7.78
1981	7.26	7.82
1982	7.25	7.86
1983	7.25	7.9
1984	7.25	7.92
1985	7.24	7.93
1986	7.22	7.9
1987	7.17	7.87
1988	7.11	7.84
1989	7.05	7.82
1990	7.01	7.81
1991	6.97	7.8
1992	6.94	7.8
1993	6.89	7.79
1994	6.84	7.79
1995	6.81	7.78
1996	6.78	7.78
1997	6.72	7.8
1998	6.66	7.84
1999	6.59	7.84
2000	6.52	7.83
2001	6.43	7.81
2002	6.34	7.8
2003	6.28	7.79
2004	6.22	7.78
2005	6.18	7.77
2006	6.17	7.74
2007	6.11	7.73
2008	6.05	7.7
2009	5.99	7.68
2010	5.94	7.64
2011	5.87	7.59
2012	5.79	7.53
2013	5.7	7.45
2014	5.6	7.34
2015	5.48	7.22
2016	5.33	7.04
2017	5.17	6.87
2018	4.92	6.71
2019	4.68	6.54
2020	4.44	6.37
2021	4.36	6.2
2022	4.28	6.14
2023	4.19	6.06
2024	4.11	5.93
2025	4	5.79
2026	3.91	5.64
2027	3.82	5.49
2028	3.73	5.35
2029	3.64	5.22
2030	3.57	5.08
2031	3.5	4.93
2032	3.43	4.8
2033	3.38	4.69
2034	3.31	4.55
2035	3.24	4.44
2036	3.17	4.32
2037	3.11	4.21
2038	3.05	4.1
2039	3.01	4
2040	2.96	3.91
2041	2.92	3.82
2042	2.88	3.74
2043	2.84	3.66
2044	2.81	3.59
2045	2.77	3.53
2046	2.73	3.46
2047	2.7	3.39
2048	2.67	3.34
2049	2.64	3.28
2050	2.61	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burkina Faso	Niger
1960	39.9%	49%
1961	39.9%	48.9%
1962	39.9%	48.8%
1963	40.2%	48.8%
1964	40.5%	48.8%
1965	40.9%	48.7%
1966	41.2%	48.6%
1967	41.5%	48.5%
1968	41.8%	48.4%
1969	42.1%	48.3%
1970	42.4%	48.1%
1971	42.6%	48%
1972	42.9%	47.9%
1973	43.1%	47.7%
1974	43.4%	47.6%
1975	43.6%	47.4%
1976	43.8%	47.3%
1977	44%	47.1%
1978	44.2%	47%
1979	44.5%	47%
1980	44.7%	47%
1981	44.9%	47%
1982	45.2%	47%
1983	45.4%	47%
1984	45.6%	47%
1985	45.8%	47%
1986	46.1%	47%
1987	46.3%	47%
1988	46.6%	47%
1989	46.8%	46.9%
1990	46.9%	46.8%
1991	47.1%	46.8%
1992	47.3%	46.7%
1993	47.3%	46.7%
1994	47.3%	46.7%
1995	47.3%	46.7%
1996	47.2%	46.7%
1997	47.2%	46.8%
1998	47%	46.9%
1999	46.8%	47.1%
2000	46.6%	47.3%
2001	46.3%	47.5%
2002	46%	47.8%
2003	45.8%	48%
2004	45.6%	48.2%
2005	45.5%	48.5%
2006	45.4%	48.7%
2007	45.4%	48.9%
2008	45.4%	49.1%
2009	45.5%	49.3%
2010	45.6%	49.4%
2011	45.6%	49.5%
2012	45.6%	49.5%
2013	45.6%	49.4%
2014	45.6%	49.3%
2015	45.5%	49.2%
2016	45.3%	49%
2017	45.1%	48.8%
2018	44.9%	48.6%
2019	44.5%	48.3%
2020	44%	48%
2021	43.5%	47.7%
2022	43%	47.3%
2023	42.4%	47%
2024	41.8%	46.6%
2025	41.2%	46.2%
2026	40.5%	45.8%
2027	39.9%	45.5%
2028	39.2%	45%
2029	38.5%	44.6%
2030	37.9%	44.2%
2031	37.2%	43.8%
2032	36.7%	43.4%
2033	36.1%	43%
2034	35.7%	42.6%
2035	35.4%	42.2%
2036	35%	41.8%
2037	34.7%	41.3%
2038	34.4%	40.9%
2039	34%	40.4%
2040	33.7%	39.9%
2041	33.4%	39.4%
2042	33%	38.9%
2043	32.7%	38.4%
2044	32.4%	37.9%
2045	32.1%	37.4%
2046	31.7%	36.9%
2047	31.4%	36.4%
2048	31%	35.9%
2049	30.6%	35.5%
2050	30.3%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.8% of the population in Burkina Faso and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 46.9% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burkina Faso and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Burkina Faso vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.68% in Burkina Faso and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	92,055	105,081
1961	95,059	107,693
1962	98,561	110,280
1963	101,760	113,072
1964	105,741	115,386
1965	109,544	116,963
1966	113,344	119,314
1967	117,223	121,358
1968	121,264	123,301
1969	123,666	125,389
1970	127,814	128,184
1971	130,924	128,223
1972	135,756	133,813
1973	141,751	137,695
1974	149,231	142,606
1975	157,174	147,962
1976	165,224	154,489
1977	175,672	161,792
1978	187,019	171,614
1979	196,647	180,632
1980	205,248	189,251
1981	212,623	195,938
1982	220,896	202,012
1983	228,467	207,962
1984	237,838	213,111
1985	246,574	219,206
1986	252,922	224,365
1987	257,730	231,371
1988	262,065	237,296
1989	267,314	245,278
1990	273,846	256,594
1991	280,111	266,527
1992	284,622	278,690
1993	289,044	292,135
1994	296,465	306,026
1995	305,878	323,630
1996	315,820	341,223
1997	322,253	358,745
1998	333,196	377,120
1999	342,630	394,212
2000	356,657	410,779
2001	367,731	428,417
2002	377,333	446,767
2003	394,516	467,295
2004	408,567	488,328
2005	427,243	511,167
2006	450,357	533,374
2007	467,277	556,808
2008	485,223	579,727
2009	499,596	602,671
2010	515,480	624,685
2011	530,765	645,175
2012	544,293	664,009
2013	556,096	686,070
2014	563,218	704,609
2015	570,554	721,630
2016	571,519	738,999
2017	569,975	752,384
2018	556,493	763,536
2019	540,001	775,474
2020	524,359	784,437
2021	527,468	793,428
2022	538,146	829,651
2023	545,227	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Burkina Faso vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burkina Faso	Niger
1985	850	1,137
1986	834	1,107
1987	820	1,074
1988	806	1,040
1989	787	1,010
1990	759	983
1991	732	957
1992	703	926
1993	677	903
1994	651	883
1995	629	865
1996	605	854
1997	610	841
1998	567	839
1999	547	841
2000	524	845
2001	513	843
2002	508	835
2003	495	813
2004	481	790
2005	467	764
2006	463	737
2007	453	704
2008	429	669
2009	419	647
2010	404	621
2011	388	585
2012	376	554
2013	361	526
2014	344	497
2015	328	473
2016	313	450
2017	298	433
2018	286	420
2019	274	406
2020	334	388
2021	354	396
2022	316	361
2023	242	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.73% in Burkina Faso and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	34.5%	-
1961	34.1%	-
1962	33.7%	-
1963	33.4%	-
1964	33.1%	-
1965	32.8%	-
1966	32.5%	-
1967	32.2%	31.9%
1968	32%	32.3%
1969	31.8%	32.7%
1970	31.5%	33.2%
1971	31.2%	33.6%
1972	30.7%	34%
1973	30.1%	34.2%
1974	29.3%	34.3%
1975	28.4%	34.2%
1976	27.3%	33.9%
1977	26.3%	33.5%
1978	25.4%	33%
1979	24.6%	32.6%
1980	23.9%	32.3%
1981	23.3%	32.3%
1982	22.8%	32.5%
1983	22.3%	32.9%
1984	21.9%	33.3%
1985	21.4%	33.7%
1986	21%	34%
1987	20.6%	34.1%
1988	20.2%	34%
1989	20%	33.7%
1990	19.8%	33.2%
1991	19.8%	32.5%
1992	19.7%	31.7%
1993	19.7%	30.6%
1994	19.6%	29.4%
1995	19.4%	28.1%
1996	19.2%	26.9%
1997	18.9%	25.7%
1998	18.5%	24.7%
1999	18.2%	23.7%
2000	17.8%	22.8%
2001	17.4%	21.8%
2002	16.9%	20.6%
2003	16.4%	19.4%
2004	15.9%	18.3%
2005	15.2%	17.2%
2006	14.6%	16.2%
2007	13.9%	15.4%
2008	13.3%	14.7%
2009	12.7%	14.1%
2010	12.2%	13.7%
2011	11.7%	13.3%
2012	11.3%	13.1%
2013	10.9%	12.9%
2014	10.5%	12.7%
2015	10.1%	12.6%
2016	9.77%	12.5%
2017	9.43%	12.4%
2018	9.12%	12.3%
2019	8.82%	12.2%
2020	8.53%	12.1%
2021	8.25%	11.9%
2022	7.99%	11.7%
2023	7.73%	11.5%