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Burkina Faso: map and facts

Burkina Faso is in Western Africa. It has about 24.1 million people (2025), the 59th largest population. It covers 274,200 km², the 73rd largest by area. That is about 88 people per km². Its highest point is Téna Kourou, at 749 m. The longest river on its map is the Black Volta, 1,352 km from source to mouth.

Facts

• Population: 24,074,580 (2025, World Bank)
• Area: 274,200 km² (2024, World Bank)
• Capital: Ouagadougou
• Highest point: Téna Kourou, 749 m (Wikidata)
• Forest: 12.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of Burkina Faso, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

• Black Volta: 1,352 km
• Komoé: 1,160 km
• Oti: 900 km

Also on the map: White Volta.

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

• Téna Kourou: 749 m (its highest point)

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 94.6%, farmland 4.9%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 52.4%, plateaus 44.5%, hills 3.1%.

Forests covered 12.3% of its land in 2024, down from 30.3% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

Burkina Faso shares land borders with Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

• Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
• GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
• Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
• The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
• Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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