Burkina Faso November 26, 2020 Africa , African Union , Bobo-Dioulasso , Bourkina Fâso , Burkina , Burkina Faso , BurkinaFaso , CEDEAO , CEN-SAD , Community of Sahel-Saharan States , desert , excision , extreme poverty , Francophonie , French , French language , Haute-Volta , landlocked country , mutilations génitales , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Ouagadougou , Pays des hommes intègres , polio , poverty , rougeole , Sahara , Sahel , sexual mutilation , UEMOA , West Africa , West African Economic and Monetary Union Official name Burkina Faso Name in local language Burkina Faso (fr) Continent Africa Subcontinent Sub-Saharan Africa Population (ranking: 61e ) 21,510,181 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 3.07 % / year Area 270,764 km² Density 79.44 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 127e )15.746 billions $USD (2019) GDP/capita (ranking ) 775 $USD (2019) GDP growth 5.70 % / year (2019) Life expectancy (ranking ) 61.20 years (2018) Birth rate 40.02 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 5.52 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 9.56 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 50.90 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 52.51 % (2015) Official languages French Currency West African CFA franc (XOF) HDI (ranking: 220e )0.434 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )42.83 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic Head of State President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré National Day 11 December (autonomy within the French Community in 1958) ISO Codes BF, BFA Demonym Burkinabè Tourists (ranking ) 143,000 people (2017)
Progress in development but much remains to be done Burkina Faso is a landlocked Francophone West African country, with no access to the sea, surrounded by Mali to the north and west, from Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and from Ghana to the south and Ivory Coast to the southwest.
Karfiguela waterfall, Burkina Faso. Photo: Antona Osberg Martyrs Monument, Ouagadougou. Photo: Sputniktilt Urban areas (2019) Urban areas Population Ouagadougou 2,966,307 inhabitants Bobo-Dioulasso 806,939 inhabitants Koudougou 183,332 inhabitants Fada N'Gourma 180,356 inhabitants Ouahigouya 169,893 inhabitants Tenkodogo 165,961 inhabitants Solenzo 163,267 inhabitants Kaya 162,377 inhabitants Gorom-Gorom 155,589 inhabitants Banfora 153,574 inhabitants Dori 145,764 inhabitants Pissila 134,087 inhabitants Bilanga 129,616 inhabitants Sidéradougou 128,362 inhabitants Arbinda 125,492 inhabitants Pouytenga 122,477 inhabitants Dédougou 118,727 inhabitants Bogandé 118,154 inhabitants Houndé 111,650 inhabitants Gourcy 111,127 inhabitants Karangasso-Vigué 111,014 inhabitants Barsalogho 110,382 inhabitants Boulsa 110,186 inhabitants Zabré 109,712 inhabitants Boussouma 109,446 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Boucle du Mouhoun 1,777,018 inhabitants 34,497 km² Cascades 713,059 inhabitants 18,434 km² Centre 2,966,307 inhabitants 2,805 km² Centre-Est 1,427,320 inhabitants 14,710 km² Centre-Nord 1,547,565 inhabitants 20,890 km² Centre-Ouest 1,468,966 inhabitants 21,726 km² Centre-Sud 783,430 inhabitants 11,457 km² Est 1,564,146 inhabitants 46,694 km² Hauts-Bassins 1,898,361 inhabitants 25,479 km² Nord 1,502,527 inhabitants 20,410 km² Plateau-Central 852,536 inhabitants 8,605 km² Sahel 1,233,559 inhabitants 36,166 km² Sud-Ouest 773,362 inhabitants 16,318 km²
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