Burkina Faso
Infant mortality in Burkina Faso
Infant mortality in Burkina Faso: 166.3 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 52.3 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −114 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 13 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 19.6 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 19.6 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 4.5 per 1,000 live births and 69.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 52.3 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 53.8 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 55.3 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 57 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 58.7 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 60.4 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 62.2 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 64.1 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 66 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 68.1 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 70.2 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 72.4 | 35 |
| 2011 | 74.7 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 77.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 79.9 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 82.7 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 85.8 | 42 |
| 2006 | 88.7 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 91.5 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 94.3 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 97 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 99.3 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 101.1 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 102.9 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 104.5 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 105.9 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 107.7 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 108.3 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 109.3 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 110 | 62 |
| 1993 | 110.5 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 111 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 111.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 112 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 112.6 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 113.4 | 68 |
| 1987 | 114.5 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 115.8 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 117.4 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 119 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 120.8 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 122.6 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 124.9 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 126.7 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 129.3 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 131.8 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 134.6 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 137.5 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 140.1 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 142.6 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 144.8 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 146.5 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 148.1 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 149.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 150.2 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 150.8 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 151.5 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 152.2 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 152.9 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 153.7 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 154.5 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 155.3 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 156.2 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 157.1 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 158.1 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 159.1 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 160.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 161 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 162 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 162.9 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 163.8 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 164.6 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 165.5 | 136 |
| 1950 | 166.3 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54.247.2–61.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 53.443.8–63.8 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 52.741.5–65.6 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 51.938.9–66.9 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 51.136.7–67.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 50.434.8–68.2 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 49.632.9–68.5 | 24 |
| 2031 | 48.830.8–70.5 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 48.129.4–70.1 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 47.427.2–70.3 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 46.725.7–70.3 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 4624.7–72 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 45.423–71.2 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 44.821.8–71.5 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 44.120.8–71 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 43.519.9–72.3 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 42.818.6–72.3 | 20 |
| 2041 | 42.317.6–74 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 41.716.8–73.7 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 41.216.1–74.1 | 19 |
| 2044 | 40.615.3–75 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 4015.1–74 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 39.514.2–74.9 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 38.913.4–74.1 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 38.412.8–74.6 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 37.912.9–76.8 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 37.412.2–76.8 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 36.911.5–76 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 36.410.9–77 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 35.911–75.9 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 35.510.7–75.2 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 35.110.1–77.4 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 34.79.8–75.7 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 34.29–75.3 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 33.88.8–75.7 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 33.48.8–76.9 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 32.98.8–76.9 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 32.58.5–76 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 32.18.1–75.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 31.78.1–78.5 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 31.37.8–77.1 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 30.97.5–77.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 30.67.5–77.1 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 30.17.3–78.1 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 29.77.2–78.3 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 29.37–75.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 28.96.9–75.2 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 28.47.1–76.6 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 286.7–77.2 | 13 |
| 2073 | 27.66.6–76.4 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 27.36.6–76.1 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 26.96.3–73.5 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 26.56.2–73.3 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 26.26.2–72.3 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 25.86.2–71.6 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 25.56.1–71.6 | 12 |
| 2080 | 25.16–72.9 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 24.85.9–72.3 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 24.55.9–72.3 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 24.25.7–69.9 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 23.95.6–69.1 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 23.65.6–70.3 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 23.35.3–71.7 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 235.3–72 | 11 |
| 2088 | 22.75.3–72.9 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 22.45.3–71.3 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 22.15.4–70 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 21.95.2–70.9 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 21.65.2–71 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 21.35.2–71.1 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 215–71.2 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 20.85–70.4 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 20.54.9–71.1 | 10 |
| 2097 | 20.34.9–70.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 20.14.8–69.3 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 19.84.7–70.1 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 19.64.5–69.4 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending3.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$844M in 2025
- Military spending per person$37 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel11,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2025