Fertility & birth rates in Burkina Faso and Zambia

Fertility rate in Burkina Faso vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	6.25	6.95
1961	6.29	6.98
1962	6.32	7.01
1963	6.36	7.06
1964	6.42	7.09
1965	6.47	7.12
1966	6.53	7.14
1967	6.59	7.15
1968	6.65	7.18
1969	6.66	7.18
1970	6.69	7.22
1971	6.7	7.26
1972	6.72	7.3
1973	6.77	7.34
1974	6.84	7.36
1975	6.91	7.42
1976	6.95	7.39
1977	7.05	7.35
1978	7.15	7.29
1979	7.19	7.22
1980	7.22	7.14
1981	7.26	7.07
1982	7.25	7.04
1983	7.25	7.01
1984	7.25	6.97
1985	7.24	6.93
1986	7.22	6.87
1987	7.17	6.8
1988	7.11	6.7
1989	7.05	6.64
1990	7.01	6.57
1991	6.97	6.46
1992	6.94	6.35
1993	6.89	6.3
1994	6.84	6.26
1995	6.81	6.23
1996	6.78	6.18
1997	6.72	6.12
1998	6.66	6.07
1999	6.59	6
2000	6.52	5.92
2001	6.43	5.85
2002	6.34	5.77
2003	6.28	5.71
2004	6.22	5.7
2005	6.18	5.7
2006	6.17	5.68
2007	6.11	5.61
2008	6.05	5.53
2009	5.99	5.45
2010	5.94	5.36
2011	5.87	5.26
2012	5.79	5.14
2013	5.7	5.01
2014	5.6	4.89
2015	5.48	4.78
2016	5.33	4.67
2017	5.17	4.57
2018	4.92	4.49
2019	4.68	4.42
2020	4.44	4.32
2021	4.36	4.25
2022	4.28	4.18
2023	4.19	4.1
2024	4.11	4.04
2025	4	3.97
2026	3.91	3.91
2027	3.82	3.85
2028	3.73	3.77
2029	3.64	3.72
2030	3.57	3.67
2031	3.5	3.61
2032	3.43	3.56
2033	3.38	3.5
2034	3.31	3.45
2035	3.24	3.4
2036	3.17	3.35
2037	3.11	3.3
2038	3.05	3.25
2039	3.01	3.19
2040	2.96	3.15
2041	2.92	3.11
2042	2.88	3.07
2043	2.84	3.03
2044	2.81	3
2045	2.77	2.96
2046	2.73	2.93
2047	2.7	2.9
2048	2.67	2.87
2049	2.64	2.84
2050	2.61	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1960	39.9%	46%
1961	39.9%	46.2%
1962	39.9%	46.3%
1963	40.2%	46.5%
1964	40.5%	46.7%
1965	40.9%	46.9%
1966	41.2%	46.9%
1967	41.5%	47%
1968	41.8%	47.1%
1969	42.1%	47.2%
1970	42.4%	47.4%
1971	42.6%	47.7%
1972	42.9%	48%
1973	43.1%	48.3%
1974	43.4%	48.6%
1975	43.6%	48.8%
1976	43.8%	49.1%
1977	44%	49.2%
1978	44.2%	49.4%
1979	44.5%	49.5%
1980	44.7%	49.5%
1981	44.9%	49.4%
1982	45.2%	49.3%
1983	45.4%	49.1%
1984	45.6%	49%
1985	45.8%	48.9%
1986	46.1%	48.8%
1987	46.3%	48.7%
1988	46.6%	48.6%
1989	46.8%	48.5%
1990	46.9%	48.4%
1991	47.1%	48.3%
1992	47.3%	48.2%
1993	47.3%	48.2%
1994	47.3%	48.2%
1995	47.3%	48.2%
1996	47.2%	48.2%
1997	47.2%	48.2%
1998	47%	48.2%
1999	46.8%	48.1%
2000	46.6%	48%
2001	46.3%	47.8%
2002	46%	47.6%
2003	45.8%	47.4%
2004	45.6%	47.3%
2005	45.5%	47.1%
2006	45.4%	47%
2007	45.4%	46.8%
2008	45.4%	46.6%
2009	45.5%	46.4%
2010	45.6%	46.3%
2011	45.6%	46.1%
2012	45.6%	45.9%
2013	45.6%	45.7%
2014	45.6%	45.5%
2015	45.5%	45.2%
2016	45.3%	44.9%
2017	45.1%	44.5%
2018	44.9%	44.1%
2019	44.5%	43.8%
2020	44%	43.3%
2021	43.5%	42.9%
2022	43%	42.4%
2023	42.4%	42%
2024	41.8%	41.5%
2025	41.2%	41%
2026	40.5%	40.5%
2027	39.9%	40%
2028	39.2%	39.6%
2029	38.5%	39.2%
2030	37.9%	38.8%
2031	37.2%	38.5%
2032	36.7%	38.1%
2033	36.1%	37.8%
2034	35.7%	37.5%
2035	35.4%	37.1%
2036	35%	36.8%
2037	34.7%	36.5%
2038	34.4%	36.1%
2039	34%	35.8%
2040	33.7%	35.4%
2041	33.4%	35.1%
2042	33%	34.7%
2043	32.7%	34.4%
2044	32.4%	34%
2045	32.1%	33.7%
2046	31.7%	33.3%
2047	31.4%	33%
2048	31%	32.6%
2049	30.6%	32.3%
2050	30.3%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.8% of the population in Burkina Faso and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 46.9% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burkina Faso and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Burkina Faso vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.68% in Burkina Faso and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	92,055	102,335
1961	95,059	106,318
1962	98,561	110,173
1963	101,760	114,555
1964	105,741	117,197
1965	109,544	122,814
1966	113,344	127,164
1967	117,223	131,938
1968	121,264	137,315
1969	123,666	142,660
1970	127,814	149,380
1971	130,924	155,249
1972	135,756	161,648
1973	141,751	168,258
1974	149,231	174,484
1975	157,174	182,258
1976	165,224	186,762
1977	175,672	191,557
1978	187,019	194,933
1979	196,647	197,578
1980	205,248	198,817
1981	212,623	202,822
1982	220,896	207,621
1983	228,467	212,712
1984	237,838	216,695
1985	246,574	221,351
1986	252,922	224,768
1987	257,730	227,813
1988	262,065	230,118
1989	267,314	233,429
1990	273,846	235,835
1991	280,111	237,957
1992	284,622	239,953
1993	289,044	245,917
1994	296,465	252,023
1995	305,878	257,897
1996	315,820	262,468
1997	322,253	268,198
1998	333,196	275,568
1999	342,630	283,297
2000	356,657	293,186
2001	367,731	302,682
2002	377,333	316,041
2003	394,516	331,189
2004	408,567	349,352
2005	427,243	368,756
2006	450,357	387,891
2007	467,277	403,729
2008	485,223	419,560
2009	499,596	434,458
2010	515,480	448,337
2011	530,765	459,743
2012	544,293	469,406
2013	556,096	476,846
2014	563,218	483,663
2015	570,554	491,021
2016	571,519	497,521
2017	569,975	504,630
2018	556,493	515,644
2019	540,001	528,089
2020	524,359	536,484
2021	527,468	535,629
2022	538,146	563,456
2023	545,227	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Burkina Faso vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burkina Faso	Zambia
1985	850	596
1986	834	619
1987	820	630
1988	806	635
1989	787	635
1990	759	625
1991	732	611
1992	703	581
1993	677	532
1994	651	507
1995	629	466
1996	605	433
1997	610	403
1998	567	392
1999	547	378
2000	524	340
2001	513	306
2002	508	274
2003	495	250
2004	481	260
2005	467	264
2006	463	262
2007	453	324
2008	429	394
2009	419	406
2010	404	332
2011	388	291
2012	376	256
2013	361	213
2014	344	174
2015	328	154
2016	313	158
2017	298	141
2018	286	117
2019	274	103
2020	334	99
2021	354	140
2022	316	89
2023	242	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.73% in Burkina Faso and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	34.5%	20.5%
1961	34.1%	20.1%
1962	33.7%	19.8%
1963	33.4%	19.5%
1964	33.1%	19.2%
1965	32.8%	19%
1966	32.5%	18.9%
1967	32.2%	18.7%
1968	32%	18.5%
1969	31.8%	18.3%
1970	31.5%	17.9%
1971	31.2%	17.4%
1972	30.7%	16.9%
1973	30.1%	16.3%
1974	29.3%	15.9%
1975	28.4%	15.5%
1976	27.3%	15.4%
1977	26.3%	15.3%
1978	25.4%	15.3%
1979	24.6%	15.4%
1980	23.9%	15.5%
1981	23.3%	15.6%
1982	22.8%	15.7%
1983	22.3%	15.9%
1984	21.9%	16.2%
1985	21.4%	16.6%
1986	21%	17%
1987	20.6%	17.3%
1988	20.2%	17.7%
1989	20%	17.9%
1990	19.8%	18.1%
1991	19.8%	18.1%
1992	19.7%	18.1%
1993	19.7%	17.9%
1994	19.6%	17.7%
1995	19.4%	17.3%
1996	19.2%	17%
1997	18.9%	16.7%
1998	18.5%	16.3%
1999	18.2%	15.9%
2000	17.8%	15.3%
2001	17.4%	14.4%
2002	16.9%	13.4%
2003	16.4%	12.4%
2004	15.9%	11.4%
2005	15.2%	10.5%
2006	14.6%	9.71%
2007	13.9%	9.14%
2008	13.3%	8.62%
2009	12.7%	8%
2010	12.2%	7.57%
2011	11.7%	7.31%
2012	11.3%	7.04%
2013	10.9%	6.72%
2014	10.5%	6.38%
2015	10.1%	6.15%
2016	9.77%	5.9%
2017	9.43%	5.61%
2018	9.12%	5.52%
2019	8.82%	5.41%
2020	8.53%	5.24%
2021	8.25%	4.92%
2022	7.99%	4.67%
2023	7.73%	4.47%