The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims:

      none (landlocked)

      Climate:

      tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

      Terrain:

      mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m

      Natural resources:

      manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt

      Land use:

      arable land: 17.66% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 82.12% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      250 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      17.5 cu km (2001)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 0.8 cu km/yr (13%/1%/86%) per capita: 60 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      recurring droughts

      Environment - current issues:

      recent droughts and desertification severely affecting agricultural activities, population distribution, and the economy; overgrazing; soil degradation; deforestation

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas

      People

       Burkina Faso

      Population:

      15,264,735 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 46.3% (male 3,549,034/female 3,521,684) 15–64 years: 51.1% (male 3,885,124/female 3,922,198) 65 years and over: 2.5% (male 154,476/female 232,219) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 16.7 years male: 16.5 years female: 16.9 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      3.109% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      44.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      13.59 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      NA (2008 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15–64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 86.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 93.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 52.55 years male: 50.67 years female: 54.49 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      6.34 children born/woman (2008 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.)

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008)

      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.)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 5 years male: 5 years female: 4 years (2006)

      Education expenditures:

      4.2% of GDP (2006)

      Government

       Burkina Faso

      Country name:

      conventional long form: none conventional short form: Burkina Faso local long form: none local short form: Burkina Faso former: Upper Volta, Republic of Upper Volta

      Government type:

      parliamentary СКАЧАТЬ