Burkina Faso Population Pyramid 2010

Burkina Faso
2010
Population: 16,176,498

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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Burkina Faso in 2010

The population of Burkina Faso in 2010 was 16,176,498. A decade earlier, in 2000, the population was 11,925,545; it has grown by 35.6% since. With a median age of 17.1 years, Burkina Faso had a youth dependency ratio of 88.1 and an old-age dependency ratio of 5.2 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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