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People
Population: 9,077,828 (July 1990), growth rate 3.1% (1990).
Birth rate: 50 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 17 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -3 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 121 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 52 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 7.2 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Burkinabe; adjective--Burkinabe.
Ethnic divisions: more than 50 tribes; principal tribe is
Mossi (about 2.5 million); other important groups are Gurunsi,
Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani.
Religion: 65% indigenous beliefs, about 25% Muslim, 10%
Christian (mainly Roman Catholic).
Language: French (official); tribal languages belong to
Sudanic family, spoken by 90% of the population.
Literacy: 13.2%.
Labor force: 3,300,000 residents; 30,000 are wage earners;
82% agriculture, 13% industry, 5% commerce, services, and
government; 20% of male labor force migrates annually to
neighboring countries for seasonal employment (1984); 44%
of population of working age (1985).
Organized labor: four principal trade union groups represent
less than 1% of population.