Population Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Burkina Faso
1 181 702

people

As of December 1, 2024 the population (permanent residents) Ouagadougou is 1 181 702 people, including children under the age of 6 - 116 693 people, teenagers (schoolchildren) aged 7 to 17 years - 140 918 people, young people from 18 to 29 years old - 140 327 people, adults aged 30 to 60 years - 509 609 people, elderly people over 60 years old - 257 611 people, and the centenarians Ouagadougou over 80 years old - 16 544 people.

57

place is occupied by Burkina Faso in the ranking of countries by population

Population size Ouagadougou by age groups

Children under 6 years old 116 693 / 9.88%
Teenagers from 7 to 17 140 918 / 11.93%
Young people from 18 to 29 140 327 / 11.88%
Adults from 30 to 59 509 609 / 43.13%
Elderly over 60 257 611 / 21.8%
Centenarians over 80 16 544 / 1.4%

Gender composition of the population Ouagadougou

Total Ouagadougou permanent residents 554 809 men (46.95%) and 626 893 women (53.05%).

Age Men Women Percentage of women
0 – 436 100 / 6%28 881 / 5.7%47.4%
5 – 936 100 / 6%28 326 / 5.6%47.2%
10 - 14 32 213 / 5.3%25 549 / 5.1%47.2%
15 - 19 27 214 / 4.4%22 216 / 4.5%47.7%
20 - 24 32 213 / 5.3%26 660 / 5.3%48.7%
25 - 29 47 764 / 8.1%39 989 / 7.7%48.6%
30 - 34 46 653 / 7.9%39 989 / 7.7%49.1%
35 - 39 42 765 / 7.2%38 878 / 7.5%50.8%
40 - 44 39 433 / 6.6%36 657 / 7.1%51.2%
45 - 49 36 100 / 6%33 880 / 6.6%51.5%
50 - 54 41 099 / 6.9%41 100 / 7.9%53.3%
55 - 59 43 321 / 7.3%47 209 / 9%55.2%
60 - 64 36 100 / 6%42 211 / 8.1%57%
65 - 69 24 992 / 4%33 324 / 6.5%60.1%
70 - 74 10 552 / 1.4%17 773 / 3.7%65.5%
75 - 79 13 329 / 1.9%27 770 / 5.5%69.7%
80+9 441 / 1.2%24 993 / 5%74.9%

Education level

Education level of residents Ouagadougou: have higher education 22.6% (267 065 people), incomplete higher education — 3% (35 451 people), secondary vocational — 35.6% (420 686 people), 11 classes — 15.6% (184 346 people), 9 classes — 8.6% (101 626 people), 5 classes — 8.3% (98 081 people), have no education — 0.3% (3 545 people), illiterate — 0.7% (8 272 people).

Higher education 267 065 / 22.6%
Incomplete higher 35 451 / 3%
Secondary vocational 420 686 / 35.6%
Elementary school 184 346 / 15.6%
Middle school 101 626 / 8.6%
High school 98 081 / 8.3%
Without education 3 545 / 0.3%
Illiterate 8 272 / 0.7%

Employment, unemployment and pensioners Ouagadougou

Total Ouagadougou the number of officially employed population is 755 108 people (63.9%), pensioners 319 060 people (27%), a officially registered and registered unemployed 72 084 people (6.1%).

Employed population 755 108 / 63.9%
Unemployed 72 084 / 6.1%
Pensioners 319 060 / 27%

Disability

Total Ouagadougou have a disability 117 343 people, what constitutes 9.93% from the entire population. Disabled of the group I are 18 553 (1.57.%), disabled of the group II are 45 141 (3.82.%), disabled of the group III are 43 368 (3.67.%), disabled children 10 281 (0.87.%).

Total disabled 117 343 / 9.93%
Disabled of the group I 18 553 / 1.57%
Disabled of the group II 45 141 / 3.82%
Disabled of the group III 43 368 / 3.67%
Disabled children 10 281 / 0.87%