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Burkina Faso Thematic Maps

Country (long form)	none
Capital	Ouagadougou
Total Area	105,869.21 sq mi 274,200.00 sq km (slightly larger than Colorado)
Population	12,272,289 (July 2001 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Estimated Population in 2050	34,303,964
Languages	French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Literacy	19.2% total, 29.5% male, 9.2% female (1995 est.)
Religions	indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Life Expectancy	45.86 male, 46.98 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	parliamentary
Currency	1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
GDP (per capita)	$1,000 (2000 est.)
Industry	cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold
Agriculture	peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, cotton, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock
Arable Land	13%
Natural Resources	manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, antimony, copper, nickel, bauxite, lead, phosphates, zinc, silver