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Burkina Faso

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
24,074,580 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 23,025,776in 2023[4]
Land area
273,600 km²[5]
Total area
274,200 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Ivory Coast, Niger, Ghana, Mali, Togo, Benin[12]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[13][12]
Continent
Official names

Parts of Burkina Faso

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202524.1M

4,778,621 in 1960, 24,074,580 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
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
202423,548,781
202524,074,580

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
BF[16]
ISO alpha-3
BFA[17]
ISO numeric
854[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), capital: Ouagadougou (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), population (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), area (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), official language: Mooré (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Burkina Faso
  8. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), official language: Bissa (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Burkina Faso
  9. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), official language: Dioula (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Burkina Faso
  10. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), currency: West African CFA franc (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), continent: Africa (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), instance of (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), official name (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), official name (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  16. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Burkina Faso (Q965), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562602884) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Burkina Faso.svg, Public domain, Drawn by SKopp , rewritten by Gabbe and Андрей Перцев, via Wikimedia Commons.