Official nameBurkina Faso

LocationAfrica | Western Africa

Borders🇧🇯 Benin 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇲🇱 Mali 🇳🇪 Niger 🇹🇬 Togo

Area272967 km²

Population20.9M inhabitants

Density76.578 pop / km²

Demonyms(m) Burkinabe / (f) Burkinabe

Official languagesFrench

Capital(s)Ouagadougou

Statusindependent, officially-assigned

MembershipsUN, FIFA

CurrencyWest African CFA franc (Fr)

GINI35.3 (2014)

TLD.bf

Phone code+2, suffix(es): 26

Postal code formatnone

Drives on theright