Fertility & birth rates in Burkina Faso and Syria

Fertility rate in Burkina Faso vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Burkina Faso vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	6.25	7.51
1961	6.29	7.5
1962	6.32	7.51
1963	6.36	7.51
1964	6.42	7.53
1965	6.47	7.53
1966	6.53	7.55
1967	6.59	7.56
1968	6.65	7.57
1969	6.66	7.59
1970	6.69	7.62
1971	6.7	7.6
1972	6.72	7.57
1973	6.77	7.55
1974	6.84	7.52
1975	6.91	7.49
1976	6.95	7.45
1977	7.05	7.42
1978	7.15	7.35
1979	7.19	7.25
1980	7.22	7.12
1981	7.26	6.97
1982	7.25	6.81
1983	7.25	6.69
1984	7.25	6.59
1985	7.24	6.48
1986	7.22	6.37
1987	7.17	6.2
1988	7.11	6
1989	7.05	5.78
1990	7.01	5.56
1991	6.97	5.34
1992	6.94	5.14
1993	6.89	4.99
1994	6.84	4.86
1995	6.81	4.7
1996	6.78	4.54
1997	6.72	4.37
1998	6.66	4.25
1999	6.59	4.14
2000	6.52	4.07
2001	6.43	3.98
2002	6.34	3.87
2003	6.28	3.76
2004	6.22	3.68
2005	6.18	3.61
2006	6.17	3.56
2007	6.11	3.54
2008	6.05	3.48
2009	5.99	3.42
2010	5.94	3.36
2011	5.87	3.29
2012	5.79	3.22
2013	5.7	3.17
2014	5.6	3.12
2015	5.48	3.07
2016	5.33	3.01
2017	5.17	2.97
2018	4.92	2.93
2019	4.68	2.88
2020	4.44	2.84
2021	4.36	2.8
2022	4.28	2.75
2023	4.19	2.71
2024	4.11	2.7
2025	4	2.66
2026	3.91	2.62
2027	3.82	2.58
2028	3.73	2.54
2029	3.64	2.51
2030	3.57	2.48
2031	3.5	2.45
2032	3.43	2.42
2033	3.38	2.39
2034	3.31	2.36
2035	3.24	2.33
2036	3.17	2.31
2037	3.11	2.29
2038	3.05	2.26
2039	3.01	2.24
2040	2.96	2.22
2041	2.92	2.2
2042	2.88	2.18
2043	2.84	2.16
2044	2.81	2.14
2045	2.77	2.13
2046	2.73	2.11
2047	2.7	2.1
2048	2.67	2.08
2049	2.64	2.07
2050	2.61	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burkina Faso	Syria
1960	39.9%	45.3%
1961	39.9%	45.7%
1962	39.9%	46.1%
1963	40.2%	46.3%
1964	40.5%	46.6%
1965	40.9%	46.9%
1966	41.2%	47.3%
1967	41.5%	47.5%
1968	41.8%	47.8%
1969	42.1%	48%
1970	42.4%	48.2%
1971	42.6%	48.3%
1972	42.9%	48.4%
1973	43.1%	48.5%
1974	43.4%	48.5%
1975	43.6%	48.6%
1976	43.8%	48.6%
1977	44%	48.7%
1978	44.2%	48.7%
1979	44.5%	48.7%
1980	44.7%	48.7%
1981	44.9%	48.7%
1982	45.2%	48.5%
1983	45.4%	48.4%
1984	45.6%	48.2%
1985	45.8%	48%
1986	46.1%	47.7%
1987	46.3%	47.5%
1988	46.6%	47.2%
1989	46.8%	46.9%
1990	46.9%	46.6%
1991	47.1%	46.1%
1992	47.3%	45.7%
1993	47.3%	45.2%
1994	47.3%	44.7%
1995	47.3%	44.2%
1996	47.2%	43.8%
1997	47.2%	43.3%
1998	47%	42.9%
1999	46.8%	42.4%
2000	46.6%	41.9%
2001	46.3%	41.3%
2002	46%	40.8%
2003	45.8%	40.2%
2004	45.6%	39.6%
2005	45.5%	39.1%
2006	45.4%	38.1%
2007	45.4%	36.7%
2008	45.4%	36.3%
2009	45.5%	36.3%
2010	45.6%	36.1%
2011	45.6%	36.1%
2012	45.6%	36.5%
2013	45.6%	38%
2014	45.6%	39.8%
2015	45.5%	40.6%
2016	45.3%	40.2%
2017	45.1%	39.3%
2018	44.9%	37.9%
2019	44.5%	36.1%
2020	44%	34.6%
2021	43.5%	33.4%
2022	43%	31.9%
2023	42.4%	30.3%
2024	41.8%	29.2%
2025	41.2%	28.4%
2026	40.5%	27.9%
2027	39.9%	27.5%
2028	39.2%	27.3%
2029	38.5%	27.3%
2030	37.9%	27.6%
2031	37.2%	27.9%
2032	36.7%	28.3%
2033	36.1%	28.6%
2034	35.7%	28.8%
2035	35.4%	29%
2036	35%	29%
2037	34.7%	28.9%
2038	34.4%	28.7%
2039	34%	28.4%
2040	33.7%	28%
2041	33.4%	27.5%
2042	33%	27%
2043	32.7%	26.4%
2044	32.4%	25.8%
2045	32.1%	25.1%
2046	31.7%	24.5%
2047	31.4%	23.9%
2048	31%	23.3%
2049	30.6%	22.8%
2050	30.3%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.8% of the population in Burkina Faso and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 46.9% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burkina Faso and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Burkina Faso vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.68% in Burkina Faso and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	92,055	143,687
1961	95,059	151,485
1962	98,561	159,155
1963	101,760	166,555
1964	105,741	174,549
1965	109,544	182,560
1966	113,344	191,122
1967	117,223	199,223
1968	121,264	209,454
1969	123,666	219,114
1970	127,814	230,117
1971	130,924	239,610
1972	135,756	249,027
1973	141,751	254,687
1974	149,231	270,735
1975	157,174	282,299
1976	165,224	294,267
1977	175,672	306,630
1978	187,019	316,724
1979	196,647	324,943
1980	205,248	332,464
1981	212,623	330,237
1982	220,896	319,664
1983	228,467	355,375
1984	237,838	366,768
1985	246,574	379,231
1986	252,922	390,821
1987	257,730	399,159
1988	262,065	404,285
1989	267,314	406,111
1990	273,846	409,177
1991	280,111	410,830
1992	284,622	412,878
1993	289,044	420,244
1994	296,465	426,996
1995	305,878	430,172
1996	315,820	430,765
1997	322,253	429,887
1998	333,196	433,447
1999	342,630	439,261
2000	356,657	446,211
2001	367,731	451,503
2002	377,333	453,967
2003	394,516	457,000
2004	408,567	461,209
2005	427,243	468,960
2006	450,357	480,616
2007	467,277	529,162
2008	485,223	576,593
2009	499,596	559,314
2010	515,480	558,666
2011	530,765	543,950
2012	544,293	475,520
2013	556,096	419,341
2014	563,218	333,116
2015	570,554	253,977
2016	571,519	236,007
2017	569,975	237,214
2018	556,493	242,530
2019	540,001	293,762
2020	524,359	327,992
2021	527,468	350,560
2022	538,146	369,750
2023	545,227	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Burkina Faso vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burkina Faso	Syria
1985	850	55
1986	834	52
1987	820	48
1988	806	44
1989	787	41
1990	759	37
1991	732	35
1992	703	33
1993	677	32
1994	651	32
1995	629	33
1996	605	34
1997	610	34
1998	567	34
1999	547	32
2000	524	31
2001	513	29
2002	508	26
2003	495	24
2004	481	22
2005	467	21
2006	463	20
2007	453	19
2008	429	20
2009	419	19
2010	404	19
2011	388	21
2012	376	22
2013	361	25
2014	344	25
2015	328	24
2016	313	23
2017	298	23
2018	286	21
2019	274	24
2020	334	23
2021	354	30
2022	316	21
2023	242	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.73% in Burkina Faso and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	34.5%	16.9%
1961	34.1%	16.1%
1962	33.7%	15.3%
1963	33.4%	14.7%
1964	33.1%	14.1%
1965	32.8%	13.5%
1966	32.5%	12.9%
1967	32.2%	12.3%
1968	32%	11.7%
1969	31.8%	11.1%
1970	31.5%	10.5%
1971	31.2%	9.91%
1972	30.7%	9.4%
1973	30.1%	8.92%
1974	29.3%	8.47%
1975	28.4%	8.03%
1976	27.3%	7.61%
1977	26.3%	7.19%
1978	25.4%	6.79%
1979	24.6%	6.4%
1980	23.9%	6.03%
1981	23.3%	6.33%
1982	22.8%	7.06%
1983	22.3%	5.1%
1984	21.9%	4.84%
1985	21.4%	4.6%
1986	21%	4.39%
1987	20.6%	4.19%
1988	20.2%	4.02%
1989	20%	3.85%
1990	19.8%	3.7%
1991	19.8%	3.55%
1992	19.7%	3.4%
1993	19.7%	3.24%
1994	19.6%	3.09%
1995	19.4%	2.94%
1996	19.2%	2.8%
1997	18.9%	2.66%
1998	18.5%	2.53%
1999	18.2%	2.42%
2000	17.8%	2.32%
2001	17.4%	2.23%
2002	16.9%	2.15%
2003	16.4%	2.09%
2004	15.9%	2.03%
2005	15.2%	1.98%
2006	14.6%	1.95%
2007	13.9%	1.92%
2008	13.3%	1.9%
2009	12.7%	1.9%
2010	12.2%	1.9%
2011	11.7%	2.17%
2012	11.3%	3.39%
2013	10.9%	3.65%
2014	10.5%	3.53%
2015	10.1%	3.7%
2016	9.77%	3.22%
2017	9.43%	3.3%
2018	9.12%	3.26%
2019	8.82%	2.5%
2020	8.53%	2.24%
2021	8.25%	2.1%
2022	7.99%	2.11%
2023	7.73%	2.06%