Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso · Western Africa
Burkina Faso is a country in Western Africa, with Ouagadougou as its capital, home to about 24,074,580 people. Burkina Faso shares land borders with 6 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Ouagadougou |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Africa |
| Currency | West African CFA franc (XOF Fr) |
| Calling code | +226 |
| ISO codes | BF / BFA / 854 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇧🇫 |
| Population | 24,074,580 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 272,967 km² |
| Languages | French |
| Internet domain | .bf |
| Demonym | Burkinabe |
Bordering countries
About Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a United Nations member state in Western Africa. Its capital and seat of government is Ouagadougou. It is landlocked, sharing all of its borders with neighbouring countries and no coastline. The official currency is the West African CFA franc (Fr), using the code XOF.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Burkina Faso for Ouagadougou’s own facts and history.
To call Burkina Faso from abroad, dial the country code +226. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes BF (alpha-2) and BFA (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 24,074,580.
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How Burkina Faso compares
- Area: 272,967 km², ranking 74 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 24,074,580, ranking 59 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 88 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 6, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 7 other countries and territories use the West African CFA franc (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Burkina Faso
6 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.