Burkina Faso 
Facts
Population:
12,272,289
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 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
47.5% (male 2,937,285; female 2,892,107)
15-64 years:
49.59% (male 2,903,153; female 3,183,121)
65 years and over:
2.91% (male 150,688; female 205,935) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.68% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
44.79 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
17.05 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.73 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
106.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
46.41 years
male:
45.86 years
female:
46.98 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
6.35 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
6.44% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
350,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
43,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective:
Burkinabe
Ethnic groups:
Mossi over 40%, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 50%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Languages:
French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
19.2%
male:
29.5%
female:
9.2% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $12 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $1,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
26%
industry:
27%
services:
47% (1998)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.2%
highest 10%:
39.5% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
5 million (1999)
note:
a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 90% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$277 million
expenditures:
$492 million, including capital expenditures of $233 million (1995 est.)
Industries:
cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold
Industrial production growth rate:
4.2% (1995)
Electricity - production:
285 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
71.93%
hydro:
28.07%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
265.1 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, cotton, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock
Exports:
$220 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cotton, animal products, gold
Exports - partners:
Italy 13%, France 10%, Indonesia 8%, Thailand 7% (1999)
Imports:
$610 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, food products, petroleum
Imports - partners:
Cote d'Ivoire 30%, France 28%, Spain 3%, Benelux 3% (1999)
Debt - external:
$1.3 billion (1997)
Economic aid - recipient:
$484.1 million (1995)
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
Currency code:
XOF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 699.21 (January 2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.70 (1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1996); note - from 1 January 1999, the XOF is pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF per euro
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
(Government press service), Ouagadougou
http://www.aib.bf/
Journal de Jeudi
(satirical weekly), Ouagadougou
Le Marabout
(satirical monthly), Ouagadougou
Le Pays
(Left-wing, privately owned), Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
http://www.lobservateur.bf
(independent), Ouagadougou
http://www.sidwaya.bf
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