Burkina Faso - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Burkina Faso was 6,397,866 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,397,866 in 2020 and a minimum value of 226,977 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 226,977
1961 234,744
1962 242,709
1963 251,039
1964 259,788
1965 268,990
1966 278,745
1967 289,111
1968 299,959
1969 311,347
1970 323,189
1971 335,447
1972 348,345
1973 361,760
1974 375,812
1975 390,630
1976 418,352
1977 457,588
1978 500,783
1979 548,277
1980 600,751
1981 658,561
1982 722,340
1983 792,525
1984 869,406
1985 953,160
1986 1,017,666
1987 1,064,071
1988 1,112,727
1989 1,163,681
1990 1,217,244
1991 1,273,347
1992 1,332,276
1993 1,393,992
1994 1,458,744
1995 1,526,700
1996 1,598,127
1997 1,693,156
1998 1,810,936
1999 1,936,788
2000 2,071,323
2001 2,214,527
2002 2,367,405
2003 2,530,419
2004 2,704,757
2005 2,890,682
2006 3,089,299
2007 3,277,397
2008 3,457,080
2009 3,645,825
2010 3,844,032
2011 4,051,999
2012 4,269,915
2013 4,497,998
2014 4,736,621
2015 4,985,853
2016 5,245,964
2017 5,516,712
2018 5,798,635
2019 6,092,351
2020 6,397,866

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Burkina Faso was 30.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.61 in 2020, while its lowest value was 4.70 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 4.70
1961 4.80
1962 4.89
1963 4.99
1964 5.10
1965 5.20
1966 5.30
1967 5.41
1968 5.52
1969 5.63
1970 5.75
1971 5.86
1972 5.98
1973 6.10
1974 6.22
1975 6.35
1976 6.67
1977 7.15
1978 7.67
1979 8.22
1980 8.81
1981 9.43
1982 10.09
1983 10.80
1984 11.54
1985 12.33
1986 12.83
1987 13.07
1988 13.32
1989 13.56
1990 13.82
1991 14.07
1992 14.33
1993 14.59
1994 14.86
1995 15.13
1996 15.41
1997 15.88
1998 16.51
1999 17.17
2000 17.84
2001 18.54
2002 19.26
2003 20.00
2004 20.76
2005 21.54
2006 22.34
2007 23.00
2008 23.53
2009 24.08
2010 24.63
2011 25.20
2012 25.77
2013 26.35
2014 26.93
2015 27.53
2016 28.13
2017 28.74
2018 29.36
2019 29.98
2020 30.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization