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Burkina Faso
Internet usage, broadband and telecommunications reports
Internet Usage Statistics:
2,156,498 Internet users as of March, 2017;
11.2% of the population, estimated by IWS.
Burkina Faso, also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d’Ivoire to the south west. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country. Literally, "Burkina" may be translated, "men of integrity," from the Moré language, and "Faso" means "father’s house" in Dioula. Independence from France came in 1960. Governmental instability during the 1970s and 1980s was followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Several hundred thousand farm workers migrate south every year to Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in search of paid work.
Latest Population Estimate:
19,173,322 population for 2017, according to United Nations Population Department .
Latest GNI Estimate:
GNI per capita is US$ 647 for 2017, according to the World Bank.
Burkina Faso Land Size (Area):
Burkina Faso has 274,200 sq km - Population Density is 70 persons per sq km.
Internet Usage and Population Growth:
Note: Per Capita GNI in US dollars, source: World Bank, Atlas method.
YEAR
Internet Users
Population
% Pen.
GNI p.c.*
Usage Source
2000
8,947
11,607,944
0.1 %
US$ 250
2004
52,151
13,028,039
0.4 %
US$ 340
2008
135,323
14,709,011
0.9 %
US$ 520
2012
618,014
16,590,813
3.7 %
US$ 640
2016
1,894,498
18,633,725
10.2 %
US$ 640
2017
2,156,498
19,173,322
11.2 %
US$ 647
Burkina Faso UN Data Page
Burkina Faso United Nations Statistics Page
Search Engines and Directories:
Burkina Faso Search Engines
Burkina Yellow Pages Directory
