One in every 176 babies born in the world today is born in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has about 750,000 births a year, around 0.6% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
750,000
Share of world births
0.6%
Birth odds
1/176
Life expectancy
60 years
Risk of dying before age 5
8.0%
Income per person, PPP
$2,400
Children per woman
4.6
Urban population
32%

Life expectancy in Burkina Faso is 60 years, which is 13 years shorter than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 80 do not reach their fifth birthday. That is 2.2 times the world average.

Income per person is about $2,400 in purchasing power. That is only 10% of the world average.

On average a woman has 4.6 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 32% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 68% chance of being born in the countryside.

This country is in armed conflict or a severe internal crisis. In the game this affects events and the risk of death.

Religious makeup

  • Islam62%
  • Christianity30%
  • Folk beliefs8%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Chinedu · Kwame · Ibrahim · Emeka · Amara · Ngozi · Aisha · Adwoa

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.