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Burkina Faso: area, population and density
Burkina Faso has 273,600 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 24,074,580; calculated population density is 88 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Burkina Faso ranks 73rd of 196 by land area, 59th by population and 99th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 273,600 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 24,074,580World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 88 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Burkina Faso in the country comparison set
Burkina Faso has 273,600 sq km of land area and a population value of 24,074,580 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 73rd by land area, 59th by population, and 99th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
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