Burkina Faso - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Burkina Faso was 2,914,619 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,914,619 in 2021 and a minimum value of 59,126 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 59,126
1961 63,090
1962 67,325
1963 71,845
1964 76,676
1965 81,816
1966 87,309
1967 93,170
1968 99,434
1969 107,102
1970 115,374
1971 124,284
1972 133,897
1973 144,223
1974 155,361
1975 167,360
1976 182,337
1977 200,214
1978 219,871
1979 241,459
1980 265,200
1981 291,201
1982 319,792
1983 351,190
1984 385,721
1985 423,537
1986 452,238
1987 472,181
1988 493,032
1989 514,742
1990 537,441
1991 561,141
1992 585,920
1993 611,721
1994 638,696
1995 666,861
1996 696,309
1997 739,213
1998 795,344
1999 855,737
2000 920,808
2001 990,628
2002 1,065,850
2003 1,146,783
2004 1,233,987
2005 1,327,553
2006 1,428,359
2007 1,514,246
2008 1,586,762
2009 1,662,536
2010 1,742,041
2011 1,825,349
2012 1,912,763
2013 2,004,106
2014 2,099,945
2015 2,200,368
2016 2,305,593
2017 2,415,851
2018 2,531,381
2019 2,652,720
2020 2,780,331
2021 2,914,619

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Burkina Faso was 43.40 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 46.24 in 2006, while its lowest value was 26.05 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 26.05
1961 26.88
1962 27.74
1963 28.62
1964 29.51
1965 30.42
1966 31.32
1967 32.23
1968 33.15
1969 34.40
1970 35.70
1971 37.05
1972 38.44
1973 39.87
1974 41.34
1975 42.84
1976 43.58
1977 43.75
1978 43.91
1979 44.04
1980 44.14
1981 44.22
1982 44.27
1983 44.31
1984 44.37
1985 44.44
1986 44.44
1987 44.37
1988 44.31
1989 44.23
1990 44.15
1991 44.07
1992 43.98
1993 43.88
1994 43.78
1995 43.68
1996 43.57
1997 43.66
1998 43.92
1999 44.18
2000 44.46
2001 44.73
2002 45.02
2003 45.32
2004 45.62
2005 45.93
2006 46.24
2007 46.20
2008 45.90
2009 45.60
2010 45.32
2011 45.05
2012 44.80
2013 44.56
2014 44.33
2015 44.13
2016 43.95
2017 43.79
2018 43.65
2019 43.54
2020 43.46
2021 43.40

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization