[Burkina Faso].

Abstract

The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. As of 1995, Burkina Faso had a population of 10.3 million governed by a presidential, multiparty regime. 1994 gross national product and per capita income were, respectively, $3 billion and $300. Per capita income declined by 0.2% per year over the period 1985-94. In 1994, Burkina Faso owed $1.1 billion, then being serviced at $43 million. For the same year, Burkina Faso exported $495 million in goods and services and imported $933 million. As of 1995, the population was growing in size by 2.5% annually. In 1992-93, life expectancy at birth was 47.4 years, the infant mortality rate was 130 per 1000 births, 49% had access to health services, and 56% had access to drinkable water. Other data are presented on the country's topography, climate and vegetation, demographics, principal cities, population distribution, religions, political structure, economics and finances, foreign commerce, and transportation and communications.