Inhabitants: Burkinabese

 Population: 10’312’609

 Official Language: french

 Main dialects: mooré, gourma, dioula, foulfouldé...

 Religions:
Animism (for the majority)
Islamism (52%)
Christianism (30%)

 Division: 45 provinces, 350 departments

 Density: 38inh/km²

 Surface: 274’200 km²

 Currency: CFA Franc

 President: Blaise Compaoré

 Rate of elimination of illiteracy: 39%

 Life expectancy: 47