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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's best placing is 59th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #59Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 24.1 million
Land area: 273,600 km²

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Population

#59 of 195

24,074,580 people

20th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#69 of 194

60,664 km² of forest

24th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#73 of 194

273,600 km² of land

29th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#88 of 193

49 airports

19th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#97 of 194

87.99 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Land area per person

#98 of 194

0.011 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#99 of 194

0.0025 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#119 of 194

22.2 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#110 of 179

748 mm of precipitation per year

34th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

GDP

#115 of 182

27,627,297,461 US$ (current prices)

23rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#132 of 191

1.79 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#139 of 192

2.04 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#107 of 135

622 km of railway

28th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways by area

#110 of 133

2.27 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways per person

#119 of 134

25.84 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP per person

#166 of 182

1,148 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Burkina Faso

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