ACOG - Burkina Faso  - IBM

Geography

Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana

Area:
total area: 274,200 sq km
land area: 273,800 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Colorado

Land boundaries: total 3,192 km, Benin 306 km, Ghana 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 10,422,828 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 48% (female 2,488,662; male 2,517,245)
15-64 years: 49% (female 2,707,601; male 2,378,957)
65 years and over: 3% (female 184,578; male 145,785)

Population growth rate: 2.79% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 48.05 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 18.22 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 116.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 46.6 years
male: 45.71 years
female: 47.51 years

Total fertility rate: 6.88 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Mossi (about 2.5 million), Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani

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

Languages: French (official), tribal languages belonging to Sudanic family, spokenby 90% of the population

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 18%
male: 28%
female: 9%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Burkina Faso
conventional short form: Burkina

Type: parliamentary

Capital: Ouagadougou

Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France)

Constitution: 2 June 1991


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.5 billion

National product real growth rate: 0.4%

National product per capita: $660

Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.6%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 60,000 kW
production: 190 million kWh
consumption per capita: 17 kWh



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