Burkina Faso

Population Statistics

18,931,686

Total Population

2,839,753

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

23 July 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Burkina Faso (1991, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 33 states:

Suffrage is direct or indirect and exercised under the conditions specified by the law. Direct suffrage is always universal, equal and secret.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of Burkina Faso (1991, last amended 2012)