Burkina Faso

Introduction

Background

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Definitions and Notes

Geography

Location

Geographic coordinates

Map references

Area

comparison ranking: total 76

Area - comparative

Land boundaries

Coastline

Maritime claims

Climate

Terrain

Elevation

Natural resources

Land use

Irrigated land

Major rivers (by length in km)

Major watersheds (area sq km)

Population distribution

Natural hazards

Geography - note

People and Society

Population

comparison rankings: total 59; male 59; female 59

Nationality

Ethnic groups

Languages

Religions

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:

This is the population pyramid for Burkina Faso. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Dependency ratios

Median age

comparison ranking: total 218

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 22

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 22

Death rate

comparison ranking: 110

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 123

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas - population

Sex ratio

Mother's mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 30

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 20

Life expectancy at birth

comparison ranking: total population 208

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 23

Gross reproduction rate

Drinking water source

Health expenditure

Physician density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

comparison ranking: 175

Alcohol consumption per capita

comparison ranking: total 57

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 110

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

comparison ranking: 25

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

Child marriage

Education expenditure

comparison ranking: Education expenditure (% GDP) 52

Literacy

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Environment

Environmental issues

International environmental agreements

Climate

Land use

Urbanization

Carbon dioxide emissions

comparison ranking: total emissions 136

Particulate matter emissions

Waste and recycling

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Government

Country name

Government type

Capital

Administrative divisions

Legal system

Constitution

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Judicial branch

Political parties

Diplomatic representation in the US

Diplomatic representation from the US

International organization participation

Independence

National holiday

Flag

National symbol(s)

National color(s)

National anthem(s)

National heritage

Economy

Economic overview

Real GDP (purchasing power parity)

comparison ranking: 116

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 46

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 204

GDP (official exchange rate)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

comparison ranking: 128

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

comparison rankings: agriculture 37; industry 57; services 193

GDP - composition, by end use

Agricultural products

Industries

Industrial production growth rate

comparison ranking: 180

Labor force

comparison ranking: 72

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 91

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

comparison ranking: total 138

Population below poverty line

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income

comparison ranking: 59

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Remittances

Budget

Public debt

comparison ranking: 74

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 62

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 130

Exports

comparison ranking: 133

Exports - partners

Exports - commodities

Imports

comparison ranking: 142

Imports - partners

Imports - commodities

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 82

Exchange rates

Energy

Electricity access

Electricity

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 144; consumption 141; imports 70; transmission/distribution losses 67

Electricity generation sources

Coal

Petroleum

Energy consumption per capita

comparison ranking: 176

Communications

Telephones - fixed lines

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 141

Telephones - mobile cellular

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 56

Broadcast media

Internet country code

Internet users

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

comparison ranking: total 177

Transportation

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports

comparison ranking: 89

Photos of Burkina Faso