Burkina Faso
The Lord’s Testimony
Updated December 08, 2020
No. of saints in church life: 8
No Table meeting established yet.
Country Profile
Location: West Africa, north of Ghana
Geographical
Size: land: 273,800 sq km, water: 400 sq km
Climate: tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers
Population: 19,742,715 (July 2018 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 2.76% (2018 est.)
Ethnic groups: Mossi 53.7%, Fulani (Peuhl) 6.8%, Gurunsi 5.9%, Bissa 5.4%, Gurma 5.2%, Bobo 3.4%, Senufo 2.2%, Bissa 1.5%, Lobi 1.5%, Tuareg/Bella 0.1%, other 12.8%, foreign 0.7% (2021 est.)
Languages: French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Religion: Muslim 61.5%, Roman Catholic 23.3%, traditional/animist 7.8%,
Protestant 6.5%, other/no answer 0.2%, none 0.7% (2010 est.)
Capital
City: Ouagadougou
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