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Burkina Faso      Country: Burkina Faso Internet: .bf Continent: Africa Government URL: http://www.primature.gov.bf Area: 274200 sq km Population: 13,902,972 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 13633.994 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 6858.794 Population Women: 6775.2 Annual Growth Rate: 3.165 % Birth Rate: 45.62 % Death Rate: 15.6 % Life Expectancy: 48.85 years Infant Mortality Rate: 91.35 % Fertility Rate: 6.47 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 4.2 % HIV AIDS Living With: 300,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 29,000 Labor Force: 5,000,000 GDP Per Capita: $1,300 GDP Purchasing Power: $17,870,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 5.2 Industrial Growth: 14 Inflation Rate CP: 4 % Investment Gross Fixed: 20.5 Capital: Ouagadougou Capital Population: 962100 Capital Coordinates: 12 22 N, 1 31 W UTC Offset: 0 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Roadways: 15272 km Railways: 622 km Airports: 34 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 64600 Internet Hosts: 399 Telephones Mobile: 572,200 Telephones Main: 97400 Debt External: $1,850,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $1,328,000,000 Imports: $1,016,000,000 Exports: $543,500,000 Current Account Balance: -$604,600,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 372,000,000 Electricity Production: 400,000,000 Oil Consumption: 8,200 Oil Production: 0  Map of Burkina Faso

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