Fertility in Burkina Faso, 2026

Burkina Faso
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso is projected at 3.91 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 747,913 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.91
Births
747,913
Births per 1,000 people
30.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
24,601,700
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.20.2%1,929
15-1981.610.4%115,315
20-24172.822.1%201,492
25-29186.823.9%181,036
30-34159.920.4%130,251
35-39114.114.6%79,890
40-4451.26.5%30,600
45-4914.61.9%7,099
50-540.80.1%301