Burkina Faso
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Africa.
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Continent
- Africa
More Africa quizzes - Land neighbours
- Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Togo
- Population
- 24,074,580 (2025)
- Total area
- 274,200 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 12.3° N, 1.8° W
Burkina Faso at a glance
Burkina Faso is a country in Africa. Its capital is Ouagadougou. It shares land borders with 6 countries: Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger and Togo.
Flag of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
Burkina Faso and Ghana: red and green with a star in the middle; Burkina Faso has two bands and a yellow star, Ghana a yellow middle band and a black star.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Belarus, the Gambia, Bolivia and Niger.
Burkina Faso in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 24,074,580 | 59thof 195 | 20thof 54 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 274,200 km² | 73rdof 194 | 29thof 54 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $27.63B | 115thof 182 | 23rdof 52 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $1,148 | 166thof 182 | 36thof 52 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 61.3 years | 186thof 195 | 45thof 54 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 4.11 | 23rdof 195 | 21stof 54 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $72 | 159thof 191 | 30thof 54 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 28.9% | 176thof 195 | 47thof 54 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 28.3% | 165thof 180 | 38thof 51 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 22.2% | 119thof 191 | 26thof 54 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.27 t | 164thof 181 | 37thof 53 |
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Burkina Faso compared with its neighbours
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Burkina Faso · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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