Burkina Faso: flag, capital & map
Get to know Burkina Faso, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Ouagadougou
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 24,074,580
- Area
- 272,967 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- French
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Its capital is Ouagadougou.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Burkina Faso
The flag of Burkina Faso features two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
Where it is
Burkina Faso is grouped in Western Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 6 countries in this atlas: Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo. It is landlocked.
Burkina Faso has a recorded area of 272,967 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Western Africa in this dataset, it ranks 6 by area, from largest to smallest. Côte d’Ivoire is immediately above it in that ordering, at 322,463 km². Guinea is immediately below it, at 245,857 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 24,074,580 people for Burkina Faso in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 88 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are French. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is West African CFA Franc (XOF). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
Reveal answer
Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Its capital is Ouagadougou.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Burkina Faso?
Reveal answer
The flag of Burkina Faso features two equal horizontal bands of red and green, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
Which land neighbours of Burkina Faso are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Togo. Burkina Faso is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Burkina Faso?
Reveal answer
French. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Burkina Faso.
Which currency codes are listed for Burkina Faso?
Reveal answer
West African CFA Franc (XOF). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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