Poblaci�n: 11,946,065
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 2000 est.)

Estructura de Edades:
0-14 years: 48% (male 2,866,361; female 2,822,990)
15-64 years: 49% (male 2,808,797; female 3,097,048)
65 years and over: 3% (male 149,474; female 201,395) (2000 est.)

Indice de Crecimiento en la poblaci�n: 2.71% (2000 est.)

Indice de Nacimiento: 45.26 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de Muerte: 17.04 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice Neto de Migraci�n: -1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de sexo:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Indice de mortalidad Infantil: 108.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Esperanza de vida al nacer:
total population: 46.73 years
male: 46.29 years
female: 47.18 years (2000 est.)

Indice Total de Fertilidad: 6.44 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nacionalidad:
noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective: Burkinabe

Grupos Etnicos: Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani

Religiones: indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

Idiomas: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population

Literatos:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 19.2%
male: 29.5%
female: 9.2% (1995 est.)