Fertility & birth rates in Burkina Faso and Palestine

Fertility rate in Burkina Faso vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Burkina Faso vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.25	-
1961	6.29	-
1962	6.32	-
1963	6.36	-
1964	6.42	-
1965	6.47	-
1966	6.53	-
1967	6.59	-
1968	6.65	-
1969	6.66	-
1970	6.69	-
1971	6.7	-
1972	6.72	-
1973	6.77	-
1974	6.84	-
1975	6.91	-
1976	6.95	-
1977	7.05	-
1978	7.15	-
1979	7.19	-
1980	7.22	-
1981	7.26	-
1982	7.25	-
1983	7.25	-
1984	7.25	-
1985	7.24	-
1986	7.22	-
1987	7.17	-
1988	7.11	-
1989	7.05	-
1990	7.01	6.81
1991	6.97	6.75
1992	6.94	6.65
1993	6.89	6.5
1994	6.84	6.33
1995	6.81	6.16
1996	6.78	5.99
1997	6.72	5.82
1998	6.66	5.69
1999	6.59	5.58
2000	6.52	5.46
2001	6.43	5.34
2002	6.34	5.22
2003	6.28	5.06
2004	6.22	4.97
2005	6.18	4.87
2006	6.17	4.74
2007	6.11	4.63
2008	6.05	4.51
2009	5.99	4.44
2010	5.94	4.43
2011	5.87	4.31
2012	5.79	4.15
2013	5.7	4.05
2014	5.6	4
2015	5.48	3.98
2016	5.33	3.89
2017	5.17	3.77
2018	4.92	3.67
2019	4.68	3.59
2020	4.44	3.51
2021	4.36	3.44
2022	4.28	3.38
2023	4.19	3.31
2024	4.11	3.25
2025	4	3.19
2026	3.91	3.13
2027	3.82	3.07
2028	3.73	3.02
2029	3.64	2.97
2030	3.57	2.93
2031	3.5	2.89
2032	3.43	2.85
2033	3.38	2.81
2034	3.31	2.78
2035	3.24	2.75
2036	3.17	2.71
2037	3.11	2.68
2038	3.05	2.65
2039	3.01	2.62
2040	2.96	2.59
2041	2.92	2.56
2042	2.88	2.53
2043	2.84	2.51
2044	2.81	2.48
2045	2.77	2.45
2046	2.73	2.43
2047	2.7	2.41
2048	2.67	2.38
2049	2.64	2.36
2050	2.61	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burkina Faso	Palestine
1960	39.9%	-
1961	39.9%	-
1962	39.9%	-
1963	40.2%	-
1964	40.5%	-
1965	40.9%	-
1966	41.2%	-
1967	41.5%	-
1968	41.8%	-
1969	42.1%	-
1970	42.4%	-
1971	42.6%	-
1972	42.9%	-
1973	43.1%	-
1974	43.4%	-
1975	43.6%	-
1976	43.8%	-
1977	44%	-
1978	44.2%	-
1979	44.5%	-
1980	44.7%	-
1981	44.9%	-
1982	45.2%	-
1983	45.4%	-
1984	45.6%	-
1985	45.8%	-
1986	46.1%	-
1987	46.3%	-
1988	46.6%	-
1989	46.8%	-
1990	46.9%	49.1%
1991	47.1%	49.1%
1992	47.3%	49%
1993	47.3%	49%
1994	47.3%	48.9%
1995	47.3%	48.8%
1996	47.2%	48.6%
1997	47.2%	48.4%
1998	47%	48.1%
1999	46.8%	47.8%
2000	46.6%	47.4%
2001	46.3%	47.1%
2002	46%	46.6%
2003	45.8%	46.1%
2004	45.6%	45.6%
2005	45.5%	45%
2006	45.4%	44.3%
2007	45.4%	43.7%
2008	45.4%	43%
2009	45.5%	42.4%
2010	45.6%	41.9%
2011	45.6%	41.5%
2012	45.6%	41.1%
2013	45.6%	40.7%
2014	45.6%	40.4%
2015	45.5%	40.1%
2016	45.3%	39.9%
2017	45.1%	39.7%
2018	44.9%	39.6%
2019	44.5%	39.5%
2020	44%	39.3%
2021	43.5%	39%
2022	43%	38.7%
2023	42.4%	38.4%
2024	41.8%	38%
2025	41.2%	37.6%
2026	40.5%	37%
2027	39.9%	36.5%
2028	39.2%	35.9%
2029	38.5%	35.3%
2030	37.9%	34.7%
2031	37.2%	34%
2032	36.7%	33.4%
2033	36.1%	32.8%
2034	35.7%	32.3%
2035	35.4%	31.8%
2036	35%	31.4%
2037	34.7%	31%
2038	34.4%	30.6%
2039	34%	30.3%
2040	33.7%	30%
2041	33.4%	29.7%
2042	33%	29.4%
2043	32.7%	29.2%
2044	32.4%	28.9%
2045	32.1%	28.6%
2046	31.7%	28.4%
2047	31.4%	28.1%
2048	31%	27.8%
2049	30.6%	27.5%
2050	30.3%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.8% of the population in Burkina Faso and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 46.9% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burkina Faso and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Burkina Faso vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.68% in Burkina Faso and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	92,055	-
1961	95,059	-
1962	98,561	-
1963	101,760	-
1964	105,741	-
1965	109,544	-
1966	113,344	-
1967	117,223	-
1968	121,264	-
1969	123,666	-
1970	127,814	-
1971	130,924	-
1972	135,756	-
1973	141,751	-
1974	149,231	-
1975	157,174	-
1976	165,224	-
1977	175,672	-
1978	187,019	-
1979	196,647	-
1980	205,248	-
1981	212,623	-
1982	220,896	-
1983	228,467	-
1984	237,838	-
1985	246,574	-
1986	252,922	-
1987	257,730	-
1988	262,065	-
1989	267,314	-
1990	273,846	76,163
1991	280,111	79,444
1992	284,622	82,865
1993	289,044	86,434
1994	296,465	90,156
1995	305,878	94,037
1996	315,820	98,085
1997	322,253	102,307
1998	333,196	103,566
1999	342,630	104,823
2000	356,657	106,367
2001	367,731	107,320
2002	377,333	108,560
2003	394,516	109,162
2004	408,567	110,045
2005	427,243	110,569
2006	450,357	111,728
2007	467,277	112,453
2008	485,223	108,395
2009	499,596	111,724
2010	515,480	117,674
2011	530,765	119,021
2012	544,293	119,185
2013	556,096	120,503
2014	563,218	120,724
2015	570,554	126,189
2016	571,519	126,698
2017	569,975	125,688
2018	556,493	124,791
2019	540,001	124,508
2020	524,359	122,416
2021	527,468	120,396
2022	538,146	123,987
2023	545,227	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Burkina Faso vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burkina Faso	Palestine
1985	850	102
1986	834	96
1987	820	87
1988	806	85
1989	787	82
1990	759	78
1991	732	75
1992	703	73
1993	677	69
1994	651	66
1995	629	64
1996	605	61
1997	610	60
1998	567	59
1999	547	58
2000	524	59
2001	513	60
2002	508	58
2003	495	56
2004	481	55
2005	467	52
2006	463	51
2007	453	49
2008	429	49
2009	419	48
2010	404	42
2011	388	39
2012	376	36
2013	361	32
2014	344	29
2015	328	26
2016	313	23
2017	298	21
2018	286	19
2019	274	18
2020	334	20
2021	354	29
2022	316	17
2023	242	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.73% in Burkina Faso and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	27.3%	10.2%
1977	26.3%	9.55%
1978	25.4%	8.98%
1979	24.6%	8.45%
1980	23.9%	7.95%
1981	23.3%	7.48%
1982	22.8%	7.04%
1983	22.3%	6.63%
1984	21.9%	6.25%
1985	21.4%	5.89%
1986	21%	5.56%
1987	20.6%	5.25%
1988	20.2%	4.97%
1989	20%	4.72%
1990	19.8%	4.49%
1991	19.8%	4.28%
1992	19.7%	4.09%
1993	19.7%	3.92%
1994	19.6%	3.77%
1995	19.4%	3.62%
1996	19.2%	3.49%
1997	18.9%	3.36%
1998	18.5%	3.24%
1999	18.2%	3.13%
2000	17.8%	3.03%
2001	17.4%	2.94%
2002	16.9%	2.85%
2003	16.4%	2.77%
2004	15.9%	2.68%
2005	15.2%	2.6%
2006	14.6%	2.52%
2007	13.9%	2.43%
2008	13.3%	2.35%
2009	12.7%	2.28%
2010	12.2%	2.2%
2011	11.7%	2.12%
2012	11.3%	2.04%
2013	10.9%	1.97%
2014	10.5%	2.2%
2015	10.1%	1.83%
2016	9.77%	1.76%
2017	9.43%	1.69%
2018	9.12%	1.63%
2019	8.82%	1.57%
2020	8.53%	1.52%
2021	8.25%	1.47%
2022	7.99%	1.42%
2023	7.73%	2.63%