Africa · Western Africa

Burkina Faso

CapitalOuagadougou

Population24,074,580World Bank 2025

Area272,967 km²

CurrencyXOF — West African CFA franc

LanguagesFrench

Calling code+226

Time zones

GDPUSD 27.63B

GDP per capitaUSD 1.1K

Life expectancy61.3 years

Internet users28.3%

What this means

Burkina Faso is in Africa (Western Africa). About 24.07M people live there, or roughly 88.2 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 1.1K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.

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Neighboring countries

Benin Ivory Coast Ghana Mali Niger Togo

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