Burkina Faso 
Facts
Population: 14,326,203
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 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 46.7% (male 3,356,737/female 3,327,058)
15-64 years: 50.9% (male 3,635,152/female 3,650,303)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 141,554/female 215,399) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.997% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 45.28 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 15.31 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.009 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.996 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.657 male(s)/female
total population: 0.992 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 89.79 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 97.55 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 81.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 49.21 years
male: 47.68 years
female: 50.8 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 6.41 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 4.2% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 300,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 29,000 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural)
adjective: Burkinabe.
Ethnic groups: Mossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani).
Religions: Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, 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: 21.8%
male: 29.4%
female: 15.2% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $18.76 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 6.5% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,300 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 32.6%
industry: 19.7%
services: 47.7% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 5 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10% (2000 est.).
Population below poverty line: 45% (2003 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 46.8% (1994).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues: $1.158 billion
expenditures: $1.714 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock.
Industries: cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold.
Industrial production growth rate: 14% (2001 est.).
Electricity - production: 400 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 372 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $543.5 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: cotton, livestock, gold.
Exports - partners: China 39.7%, Singapore 13%, Thailand 5.9%, Ghana 5.4%, Taiwan 4.6% (2005).
Imports: $1.016 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum.
Imports - partners: France 23.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 23.3%, Togo 6.7% (2005).
Debt - external: $1.85 billion (2003).
Economic aid - recipient: $468.4 million (2003).
Currency (code): Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States.
Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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