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People
16,241,811
country comparison to the world: 
61
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 46.2% (male 3,646,661/female 3,621,648)
15-64 years: 51.3% (male 4,025,917/female 4,054,865)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 156,895/female 240,246) (2010 est.)
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.6 years
female: 17 years (2010 est.)
3.095% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 12
43.98 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 5
13.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 80
urban population: 20% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 82.98 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 12
male: 90.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 75.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 53.32 years
country comparison to the world: 203
male: 51.39 years
female: 55.31 years (2010 est.)
6.21 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
1.6% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
130,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
9,200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and yellow fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective: Burkinabe
Mossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani)
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 21.8%
male: 29.4%
female: 15.2% (2003 est.)
total: 6 years
male: 7 years
female: 6 years (2009)
4.6% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 86
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