Burkina Faso
Urban population in Burkina Faso
Urban population in Burkina Faso: 4.3% in 1950 and 28.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 28.9%
- Since 1950
- +24.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 208 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 54.9%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 54.9% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.9 |
| 2024 | 28.3 |
| 2023 | 27.8 |
| 2022 | 27.3 |
| 2021 | 26.8 |
| 2020 | 26.4 |
| 2019 | 26.1 |
| 2018 | 26.1 |
| 2017 | 26 |
| 2016 | 25.8 |
| 2015 | 25.6 |
| 2014 | 25.4 |
| 2013 | 25.1 |
| 2012 | 24.8 |
| 2011 | 24.5 |
| 2010 | 24.1 |
| 2009 | 23.8 |
| 2008 | 23.4 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2006 | 22.6 |
| 2005 | 22 |
| 2004 | 21.3 |
| 2003 | 20.6 |
| 2002 | 19.7 |
| 2001 | 18.9 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 1999 | 17.2 |
| 1998 | 16.4 |
| 1997 | 15.8 |
| 1996 | 15.3 |
| 1995 | 14.9 |
| 1994 | 14.5 |
| 1993 | 14.2 |
| 1992 | 13.8 |
| 1991 | 13.5 |
| 1990 | 13.2 |
| 1989 | 12.9 |
| 1988 | 12.6 |
| 1987 | 12.3 |
| 1986 | 11.9 |
| 1985 | 11.5 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1983 | 10.4 |
| 1982 | 9.7 |
| 1981 | 9.1 |
| 1980 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 7.8 |
| 1978 | 7.3 |
| 1977 | 6.8 |
| 1976 | 6.5 |
| 1975 | 6.4 |
| 1974 | 6.3 |
| 1973 | 6.2 |
| 1972 | 6.1 |
| 1971 | 6 |
| 1970 | 5.9 |
| 1969 | 5.8 |
| 1968 | 5.7 |
| 1967 | 5.6 |
| 1966 | 5.5 |
| 1965 | 5.5 |
| 1964 | 5.4 |
| 1963 | 5.3 |
| 1962 | 5.2 |
| 1961 | 5.1 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1958 | 4.9 |
| 1957 | 4.8 |
| 1956 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 4.7 |
| 1954 | 4.6 |
| 1953 | 4.5 |
| 1952 | 4.4 |
| 1951 | 4.4 |
| 1950 | 4.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 29.6 |
| 2027 | 30.2 |
| 2028 | 30.9 |
| 2029 | 31.7 |
| 2030 | 32.4 |
| 2031 | 33.3 |
| 2032 | 34.1 |
| 2033 | 35 |
| 2034 | 35.9 |
| 2035 | 36.9 |
| 2036 | 37.8 |
| 2037 | 38.9 |
| 2038 | 39.9 |
| 2039 | 41 |
| 2040 | 42.1 |
| 2041 | 43.3 |
| 2042 | 44.4 |
| 2043 | 45.7 |
| 2044 | 46.9 |
| 2045 | 48.2 |
| 2046 | 49.5 |
| 2047 | 50.8 |
| 2048 | 52.1 |
| 2049 | 53.5 |
| 2050 | 54.9 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Burkina Faso in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$844M in 2025
- Military spending per person$37 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel11,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2025