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title: "Burkina Faso — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Burkina Faso: capital Ouagadougou, area 274,200 km², population 24,074,580 (2025), currency West African CFA franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/burkina-faso/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Burkina Faso

**Burkina Faso: Capital Ouagadougou**

274,200 km² · 24,074,580 people (2025) · West African CFA franc

Landlocked and almost flat, with the Black, Red and White Volta all rising here before joining in Ghana. The Sahel runs across the north, so rainfall drops from about 1,000 mm in the south-west to under 400 mm at the Malian border.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Ouagadougou
- **Area:** 274,200 km² — 105,869 sq mi
- **Population:** 24,074,580 (2025)
- **Density:** 87.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** West African CFA franc (XOF, Fr)
- **Official language:** French
- **Time zone:** UTC+00:00
- **Calling code:** +226
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** BF · BFA
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 75 of 200
- **By population:** 59 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philippines | 300,000 | 116,786,962 |
| Ecuador | 283,561 | 18,289,896 |
| Burkina Faso ← | 274,200 | 24,074,580 |
| New Zealand | 268,838 | 5,324,700 |
| Gabon | 267,667 | 2,593,130 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Burkina Faso?

Ouagadougou

### What currency does Burkina Faso use?

The West African CFA franc (XOF).

### How big is Burkina Faso?

274,200 km², or 105,869 square miles — 75 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Burkina Faso drive on?

The right.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]