Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Bambara (secondary) · Ewe (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Yoruba (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Burkina Faso

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Mossi	11746000	Moore	Islam
Dyula	2510000	Jula	Islam
Fulani, Western	1451000	Fulfulde, Western Niger	Islam
Gourma	1276000	Gourmanchema	Ethnic Religions
Busanga	737000	Bisa	Ethnic Religions
Fulani, Northeastern Burkina	482000	Fulfulde, Western Niger	Islam
Buamu	443000	Buamu	Ethnic Religions
Dagara	408000	Dagara, Northern	Ethnic Religions
Kurumfe, Fulse	374000	Koromfe	Ethnic Religions
Lobi	364000	Lobi	Ethnic Religions
Lela	352000	Lyele	Ethnic Religions
Bobo Madare	299000	Bobo Madare, Southern	Islam
Birifor, Northern	270000	Birifor, Malba	Ethnic Religions
Samo, Samo Matya	248000	Samo, Matya	Ethnic Religions
Nuna, Southern	243000	Nuni, Southern	Ethnic Religions
Marka, Dafing	223000	Marka	Ethnic Religions
Tuareg, Tamasheq	202000	Tamasheq	Islam
Samo, Southern	184000	Samo, Southern	Ethnic Religions
Senoufo, Nanerige	157000	Senoufo, Nanerige	Ethnic Religions
Red Bobo, Bwa	148000	Bomu	Ethnic Religions
Bwamu, Laa Laa	141000	Bwamu, Laa Laa	Ethnic Religions
Kasem	138000	Kasem	Ethnic Religions
Nuna, Northern	129000	Nuni, Northern	Ethnic Religions
Senoufo, Niangolo	118000	Senoufo, Senara	Ethnic Religions
Deaf	104000	Language unknown	Unknown
Gouin	86000	Cerma	Ethnic Religions
Yoruba	85000	Yoruba	Islam
Karaboro, Eastern	83000	Karaboro, Eastern	Ethnic Religions
Bobo Fing	83000	Konabere	Ethnic Religions
Samo, Maya	80000	Samo, Maya	Ethnic Religions
Turka, Tyurama	80000	Turka	Ethnic Religions
Karaboro, Western	79000	Karaboro, Western	Islam
Senoufo, Central	74000	Senoufo, Sicite	Ethnic Religions
Gur, Ninkare	66000	Farefare	Ethnic Religions
Dogose	53000	Dogose	Islam
Bwamu, Twi	50000	Bwamu, Cwi	Ethnic Religions
Ewe	47000	Ewe	Christianity
Toussian, Northern	46000	Toussian, Northern	Ethnic Religions
Toussian, Southern	46000	Toussian, Southern	Ethnic Religions
Dagaari Dioula, Wala	44000	Dagaari Dioula	Islam
Kolsi, Ko	42000	Winye	Ethnic Religions
Bolon	39000	Bolon	Islam
Dyan	37000	Dyan	Ethnic Religions
Sissala	34000	Sissala	Ethnic Religions
Tiefo	32000	Tiefo	Ethnic Religions
Batonu, Baruba	32000	Baatonum	Islam
Samo, Kalemse	30000	Kalamse	Ethnic Religions
Dzuun, Samogo	30000	Dzuungoo	Islam
Pwo	29000	Phuie	Ethnic Religions
Siamou, Seme	29000	Siamou	Ethnic Religions

Languages

76 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Algerian

Baatonum

Bamanankan

Biali

Birifor, Malba

Bisa

Bobo Madare, Southern

Bolon

Bomu

Bozo, Tieyaxo

Buamu

Bwamu, Cwi

Bwamu, Laa Laa

Cerma

Dagaari Dioula

Dagara, Northern

Dogon, Tomo Kan

Dogose

Dogoso

Dyan

Dzuungoo

English

Ewe

Farefare

French

Fulfulde, Maasina

Fulfulde, Western Niger

Gourmanchema

Jalkunan

Jowulu

Jula

Kaansa

Kalamse

Karaboro, Eastern

Karaboro, Western

Kasem

Khe

Khisa

Konabere

Koromfe

Kpeego

Kusaal

Language unknown

Lobi

Lyele

Maninkakan, Eastern

Marka

Moba

Moore

Natioro

Nuni, Northern

Nuni, Southern

Paleni

Pana (Burkina Faso)

Phuie

Samo, Matya

Samo, Maya

Samo, Southern

Seenku

Senoufo, Nanerige

Senoufo, Senara

Senoufo, Sicite

Siamou

Sininkere

Sissala

Songhay, Humburi Senni

Tamasheq

Teen

Tiefo

Toussian, Northern

Toussian, Southern

Turka

Viemo

Wara

Winye

Yoruba

All catalogue fields

160 fields recorded

rog3: UV
iso3: BFA
iso2: BF
ctry: Burkina Faso
poplpeoples: 24381000
cntpeoples: 77
cntpeopleslr: 27
poplpeopleslr: 5804000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: fra
officiallang: French
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 21.09725089332
percentevangelical: 10.66272191044
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 129
harvest_rog3: UV
harvest_iso3: BFA
harvest_iso2: BF
harvest_owcountrycode: BURK
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: BF
harvest_countrynumber: 33
harvest_ctry: Burkina Faso
harvest_ctryshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_altname: Upper Volta
harvest_countrynamechinese: 布基纳法索
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 布基纳法索
harvest_countrynamedutch: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamefrench: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Burkina
harvest_countrynamegerman: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynameitalian: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamekorean: 부르키나파소
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 부르키나파소
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamerussian: Буркина-Фасо
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Буркина-Фасо
harvest_countrynamespanish: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Burkina Faso
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Burkina Faso
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
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harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
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harvest_rog2: AFR
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harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 011
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harvest_maniregioncode: FW
harvest_capital: Ouagadougou
harvest_population: 24075000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/burkina-faso.html
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harvest_persecutionrankingod: 16
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harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
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harvest_bibleshortagerank: 18
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harvest_literacyrate: 41
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 29
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: fra
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: mos
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 26.44
harvest_pctbahai: 0.02
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 52.2
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctother: 0
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harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 8.5
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.66
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 11.5
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.03
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.402
harvest_hdirank: 185
harvest_internetusers: 14
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harvest_flashmapzoomy: -197
harvest_googlemapzoom: 6
harvest_googlemaplat: 12.5
harvest_googlemaplng: -2
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harvest_ctrylongitude: -1.561593
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/upper_volta_ethnic_1968.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/burkina-faso/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 105
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.892561983471075
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bf&joshua=uv
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-burkina-faso
harvest_internetusage: 16
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/burkina-faso/
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://biblesociety-bf.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 105792
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 274200
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 120
harvest_countryphonecode: 226
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=520
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 16
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 1.4
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 13.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 4.4
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harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 8
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .bf
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burkina-faso
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00