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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BFA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BF
UN M49 numeric854
IOC codeBUR
Official nameBurkina Faso
Native name(s)fra: official: République du Burkina; common: Burkina Faso
Alt spellingsBF
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalOuagadougou
Area (km²)272,967
Lat / Lng13.0000, -2.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)BEN, CIV, GHA, MLI, NER, TGO
Top-level domain.bf
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 26

Demographics

Population (World Bank)24,074,580 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)61.292 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: Burkinabe; m: Burkinabe; fra: f: Burkinabée; m: Burkinabé
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)27,627,297,461.318 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,147.571 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.477 (2025)
CurrenciesXOF: name: West African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19504,213,152
19514,260,384
19524,310,351
19534,361,317
19544,413,876
19554,469,053
19564,526,654
19574,586,572
19584,647,280
19594,710,845
19604,778,621
19614,848,224
19624,919,672
19634,993,623
19645,071,034
19655,152,833
19665,237,933
19675,326,348
19685,418,644
19695,513,177
19705,610,304
19715,707,999
19725,807,234
19735,911,927
19746,024,904
19756,147,569
19766,280,635
19776,428,734
19786,590,984
19796,763,903
19806,947,900
19817,140,271
19827,340,197
19837,551,129
19847,772,256
19857,999,935
19868,228,847
19878,457,109
19888,687,435
19898,921,175
19909,159,356
19919,394,632
19929,629,275
19939,871,713
199410,123,798
199510,386,722
199610,655,942
199710,934,223
199811,240,664
199911,574,928
200011,925,546
200112,295,001
200212,680,897
200313,082,532
200413,500,533
200513,932,123
200614,373,707
200714,816,307
200815,258,093
200915,710,066
201016,176,498
201116,661,908
201217,172,287
201317,695,409
201418,229,461
201518,777,487
201619,334,856
201719,894,407
201820,438,288
201920,961,952
202021,478,690
202121,995,243
202222,509,038
202323,025,776

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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