Urban population rose 4.97% to 6.72 mil in Burkina Faso in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 6.72 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.227 mil in 1960. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, urban population in Ghana amounted to 18.4 mil, 14.1 mil in Ivory Coast, 9.32 mil in Mali and 4.21 mil in Niger in 2021.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 81st within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 15 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 28.0 | 28.8 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 31.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 5.00 | 5.21 | 5.42 | 5.65 | 5.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 5.15 | 5.42 | 5.70 | 5.99 | 6.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 3.18 | 3.31 | 3.45 | 3.60 | 3.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 15.6 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 17.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | mil | 4.09 | 4.23 | 4.38 | 4.54 | 4.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | mil | 2.30 | 2.37 | 2.43 | 2.50 | 2.57 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 4.91 | 5.00 | 5.09 | 5.19 | 5.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 7.24 | 7.63 | 8.03 | 8.44 | 8.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 2.02 | 2.11 | 2.20 | 2.29 | 2.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 3.27 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 3.71 | 3.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | mil | 3.00 | 3.11 | 3.23 | 3.36 | 3.48 |
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