Facts and Figures

Full name: Burkina Faso

Nationality
        noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural) 
        adjective: Burkinabe

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Area
        total: 274,200 sq km
        water: 400 sq km
        land: 273,800 sq km

Population: 13,925,313

Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups: Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani

Capital: Ouagadougou 640,000

Largest Cities
         Koudougou - 60,000
         Kaya - 30,000

Official Language: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population  

Religion: indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%

Political system: Democracy  republic

GDP: purchasing power parity - $15.74 billion (2004 est.) 

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $1,200 (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 4.8% (2004 est.) 

GDP - composition by sector
         agriculture: 39.5%
         industry: 19.3%
         services: 41.3% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 2.4% (2004 est.) 

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