Languages of the country
Burkina Faso
Official language: French. Population (CLDR): 23 million.
A December 2023 constitutional amendment gave the national languages official status and French working-language status – to be verified.
Map of regions
We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.
Languages and their status
Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.
Burkina Faso on other Ominuvo maps
- World in NumbersPopulation: 24.1 million (2025)Source: World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0)
- Prices around the worldWest African CFA franc (XOF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)