Country facts
Burkina Faso
BF
Location
Africa · Western Africa
Size & world rank
Log scalePopulation
#58 of 243Top 24%
≈24.1 million(24,070,553)
Smallest: Pitcairn Islands 35Largest: India ≈1.42B
Area
#75 of 243Top 31%
272,967 km²
Smallest: Vatican City 0.49 km²Largest: Russia ≈17.1M km²
Key facts
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Languages
- French
- Language Family
- Indo-European (Romance)
- Currencies
- West African CFA franc
- Flag Colors
- RedGreenYellow
Benin
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Mali
Niger
Togo