Burkina Faso
geography
Area 274,200 sq km. A landlocked country of the Sahel. Prone to drought and famine.
capital
Ouagadougou 1.13 mill. Urbanites 14%.
population
2000 11,936,823
2010 15,751,319
2025 23,321,336
Almost 2 million Burkinabe (people of Burkina Faso) have migrated to other lands: 80% to Cote d'Ivoire, others to Niger, Mali and France.
people
Over 77 distinct ethno-linguistic people groups in four major language families.
Gur-Voltaic (48 groups) 69.9%.
Mande peoples 14.8%
West Atlantic 11%
Other African 4.1%
Non-Africans 0.2%
literacy
14%
language
Official Language: French spoken by 10% of the population.
Trade languages Moore, Jula in south.
All languages 71.
Languages with Scriptures: 6Bi 1NT 10por 26w.i.p.
religion
Freedom of religion.
Religions
Muslim
Traditional ethnic
Christian
Non-religious/other
Baha'I |
Population %
50
30.96
18.36
0.66
0.02 |
Country profiles supplied courtesy of Operation World. http://www.gmi.org/ow/
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