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How many babies are born in Burkina Faso?

748 thousand babies born in Burkina Faso in 2026. That is 0.56% of all births worldwide, and the 39th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Burkina Faso: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Burkina Faso’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.8K ~210K 41.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~31K ~740K 41.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~57K ~1.4M 41.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~69.9K ~1.67M 42.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~97.4K ~2.3M 42.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 183K 4.21M 43.4 UN estimate
2000 540K 11.9M 45.2 UN estimate
2023 729K 23M 31.6 UN estimate
2026 748K 24.6M 30.4 UN projection
2050 802K 37.3M 21.5 UN projection
2075 754K 46.8M 16.1 UN projection
2100 667K 49.9M 13.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Burkina Faso among estimates through 2023 were in 2016, at about 753K. That is roughly 86 times the estimated ~8.76K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.92 children per woman, fertility in Burkina Faso is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Burkina Faso each year?

An estimated 748 thousand babies are born in Burkina Faso in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 2,050 a day and 0.56% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Burkina Faso?

Burkina Faso has an estimated 30.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.92 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.