Gustave Bambara is Director of Population Policy at the Ministry of the Economy. He is also a member of the CSU Leadership Training Group. He justifies the holding of this workshop by the fact that, like the other countries of West Africa, Burkina Faso is facing enormous challenges linked to strong demographic growth.
” Although family planning is on the increase, fertility rates remain high, with an average of 5.4 children per woman. The country’s population has increased 5-fold in 60 years, from 4.3 million in 1960 to 21.4 million in 2020. With an average annual growth rate of 3.1%, the country’s population will double every 23 years. “he said.
