The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Burkina Demographics cont'd
Population
15,264,735
Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 46.8% (male 3,267,202/female 3,235,190)
15-64 years: 50.7% (male 3,513,559/female 3,538,623)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 140,083/female 208,315) (2006 est.)
Median age
Total: 16.5 years Male: 16.3 years Female: 16.7 years (2006 est.)
Birth rate
45.62 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate
15.6 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 48.85 years
Male: 47.33 years
Female: 50.42 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate
6.47 children born/woman (2006 est.)
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