Migration trends in Burkina Faso

Africa

2.1M people from Burkina Faso have built lives abroad. That's 8.7% of the country population, spread across 25 different countries

23.5M

Population

690.6K

Immigrants

2.1M

Emigrants

−1.4M

Outflow

1 in every 12 people born in Burkina Faso now lives abroad

The #38 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Burkina Faso

Where people move to

1.8M88.8%

75.3K3.7%

69.9K3.4%

Where people come from

574.4K83.2%

37.9K5.5%

34.2K5.0%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

326.9K immigrants · 1M emigrants

2005

The foreign-born population passed 500K residents

Today

Since 1990: 363.7K more foreign-born residents and 1M more citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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