This statistic shows the age structure in Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, about 42.4 percent of Burkina Faso's total population were aged 0 to 14 years.

This statistic shows the median age of the population in Burkina Faso from 1950 to 2100. The median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups; that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. In 2020, the median age of the population in Burkina Faso was 16.6 years.

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Burkina Faso was reported at 80.03 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Burkina Faso - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Burkina Faso BF: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 77.124 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 78.932 % for 2022. Burkina Faso BF: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 87.529 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.822 % in 1993 and a record low of 69.305 % in 1960. Burkina Faso BF: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.;World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Graph and download economic data for Population Ages 0 to 14 for Burkina Faso (SPPOP0014TOZSBFA) from 1960 to 2024 about 0 to 14 years, Burkina, and population.

Burkina Faso BF: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 4.767 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.766 % for 2022. Burkina Faso BF: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 5.678 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.020 % in 1986 and a record low of 4.592 % in 1960. Burkina Faso BF: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.;World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Population of compulsory school age, both sexes (number) in Burkina Faso was reported at 5374006 Persons in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Burkina Faso - Population of compulsory school age, both sexes - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

These data were produced by the WorldPop Research Group at the University of Southampton. This work was part of the GRID3 project with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (INV-009579, formerly OPP1182425), and GRID3 COVID-19 Support Scale-up (INV-018067). Project partners included the United Nations Population Fund, Center for International Earth Science Information Network in the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University, and the Flowminder Foundation. The new age-structured population estimates are based on the existing Census-based gridded population estimates for Burkina Faso (2019), version 1.0 (WorldPop and Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie du Burkina Faso, 2020). Duygu Cihan, Heather Chamberlain and Thomas Abbott led the data processing, with advice from Édith Darin.RELEASE CONTENT Aggregated_BFA_under18_population_100m.tif Aggregated_BFA_18_45_population_100m.tif Aggregated_BFA_over45_population_100m.tifFILE DESCRIPTIONS The coordinate system for all GIS files is the geographic coordinate system WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984, EPSG: 4326). Aggregated_BFA_ under18_population _100m.tifThis geotiff raster, at a spatial resolution of 3 arc-seconds (approximately 100m at the equator), contains estimates of the total population of persons aged under 18 (0-17) per grid cell across Burkina Faso. NA values represent areas that were mapped as unsettled based on gridded building patterns derived from building footprints (Dooley and Tatem, 2020). These data are stored as floating-point numbers rather than integers to avoid rounding errors in aggregated population totals for larger areas.Aggregated_BFA_18_45_population_100m.tif This geotiff raster, at a spatial resolution of 3 arc-seconds (approximately 100m at the equator), contains estimates of the total population of persons aged 18 to 45 (18-45) per grid cell across Burkina Faso. NA values represent areas that were mapped as unsettled based on gridded building patterns derived from building footprints (Dooley and Tatem, 2020). These data are stored as floating-point numbers rather than integers to avoid rounding errors in aggregated population totals for larger areas. Aggregated_BFA_over45_population_100m.tif This geotiff raster, at a spatial resolution of 3 arc-seconds (approximately 100m at the equator), contains estimates of the total population of persons aged over 45 (46+) per grid cell across Burkina Faso. NA values represent areas that were mapped as unsettled based on gridded building patterns derived from building footprints (Dooley and Tatem, 2020). These data are stored as floating-point numbers rather than integers to avoid rounding errors in aggregated population totals for larger areas.METHODS OVERVIEW Processing: The existing 2019 gridded population estimates (WorldPop and Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie du Burkina Faso, 2020) include age- and sex- structured population estimates for 5 year age classes, based on the age and sex breakdown of population totals at the national level, from the preliminary census results. A Sprague multiplier approach was used to further disaggregate the 5-year age classes at the national level, to create three custom age-classes (under 18, 18-45 and over 45). The population for each of these custom age classes, was calculated as the proportion of the total population at the national level. This proportion was applied to the count of total population at the grid cell level.ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS The custom age classes are estimated using a Sprague multiplier approach to interpolate the 5-year age classes and provide the population for a single year age class, which is then summed to provide the custom age classes. Interpolation introduces uncertainty in the estimates.The population estimates for the custom age classes were calculated from national level totals for 5-year age classes. A constant age-structure across all grid cells was assumed in applying the national proportions for the custom age classes to the grid cell level.RELEASE HISTORYVersion 1.0 (25/05/2022) - Original release of this data set.WORKS CITEDDooley, C. A. and Tatem, A.J. 2020. Gridded maps of building patterns throughout sub-Saharan Africa, version 1.0. University of Southampton: Southampton, UK. Source of building Footprints “Ecopia Vector Maps Powered by Maxar Satellite Imagery”© 2020. https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00666.WorldPop and Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie du Burkina Faso. 2020. Census-based gridded population estimates for Burkina Faso (2019), version 1.0. WorldPop, University of Southampton. https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00687

WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00646

This scatter chart displays median age (year) against male population (people) in Burkina Faso. The data is about countries per year.

This dataset is about countries per year in Burkina Faso. It has 64 rows. It features 4 columns: country, male population, and median age.

This scatter chart displays rural population (people) against median age (year) in Burkina Faso. The data is about countries per year.

This bar chart displays median age (year) by country using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Burkina Faso. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Burkina Faso was reported at 4.774 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Burkina Faso - Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on August of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Population ages 65 and above for Burkina Faso (SPPOP65UPTOZSBFA) from 1960 to 2024 about Burkina, 65-years +, and population.

This dataset is about countries per year in Burkina Faso. It has 64 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and median age.

This horizontal bar chart displays median age (year) by continent using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Burkina Faso. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data was reported at 1.958 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.933 % for 2022. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.031 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.008 % in 1968 and a record low of 1.621 % in 2008. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;;

Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 35-39: % of Male Population data was reported at 5.476 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.452 % for 2021. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 35-39: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 4.882 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.784 % in 1960 and a record low of 4.123 % in 1988. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 35-39: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 35 to 39 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.;;

Burkina Faso BF: Population: Female: Ages 0-4: % of Female Population data was reported at 14.268 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.636 % for 2022. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Female: Ages 0-4: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 17.696 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.594 % in 1987 and a record low of 14.268 % in 2023. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Female: Ages 0-4: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 0 to 4 as a percentage of the total female population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;;

Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 15-19: % of Male Population data was reported at 11.187 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.059 % for 2021. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 15-19: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 10.743 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2022, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.606 % in 2002 and a record low of 9.486 % in 1968. Burkina Faso BF: Population: Male: Ages 15-19: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burkina Faso – Table BF.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 15 to 19 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.;;