| Burkina Faso Naaba yida ya Burkĩna Faso (Mossi) 𞤂𞤢𞤥𞤵 𞤐𞤺𞤢𞤤 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮𞥅 (Fula) Laamu ngal Burkina Faso ߞߎߣߊߕߌߜߌ ߞߊ ߓߎߙߞߌߣߊ ߝߊߛߏ (Dyula) Kunatigi ka Burukina Faso | ||||||
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| Motto: La Patrie ou la Mort, Nous Vaincrons" (French) "Homeland or Death, we will overcome" |
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| Anthem: Une Seule Nuit (French) ("One Single Night") |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Ouagadougou | |||||
| Working languages | Mooré • Bissa • Dyula • Fula | |||||
| Working languages | English • French | |||||
| Religion | 63.8% Islam 26.3% Christianity 9% Animism 0.7% irreligion |
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| Demonym | Burkinabe | |||||
| Government | Unitary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Baongo II | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| History | ||||||
| - | Kingdom of Upper Volta proclaimed | 11 December 1958 | ||||
| - | Independence from France | 5 August 1960 | ||||
| - | 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état | 3 January 1966 | ||||
| - | Kingdom of Burkina Faso | 4 August 1984 | ||||
| - | Current Constitution | 22 July 1992 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 274,223 km2 105,878 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 22,489,126 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $120 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $5,412 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $48 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $2,164 | ||||
| Gini (2023) | 37.4 | |||||
| HDI (2023) | 0.571 | |||||
| Currency | West African CFA franc (XOF) |
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| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (GMT) | |||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .bf | |||||
| Calling code | +226 | |||||
Burkina Faso, officially the Kingdom of Burkina Faso, is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of approximately 23,286,000. Previously called the Kingdom of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by then-Prime Minister Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabes, and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou.
