Burkina Faso
Africa · Western Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025)
- 24.1 million (24,074,580) · rank 59 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 274,200 km² · rank 73 of 193
- People per km²
- 88 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Burkina Faso, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Burkina Faso in the map data: 6.
- Benin capitals 800 km apart
- Côte d’Ivoire capitals 740 km apart
- Ghana capitals 770 km apart
- Mali capitals 700 km apart
- Niger capitals 420 km apart
- Togo capitals 760 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Vanuatu, Angola, Belarus, Ghana.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Burkina Faso is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Italiano | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Magyar | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
| Suomi | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |