Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Burkina Faso

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 14.62%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 13.39 pp.

2025 14.62% +0.36 pp vs 2024
World rank 92of 121
Period maximum 14.62%2025
Period minimum 1.24%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Burkina Faso, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.24%1962: 1.37%1964: 1.51%1966: 1.67%1968: 1.84%1970: 2.06%1972: 2.31%1974: 2.58%1976: 2.9%1978: 3.34%1980: 3.82%1982: 4.36%1984: 4.96%1986: 5.5%1988: 5.68%1990: 5.87%1992: 6.08%1994: 6.31%1996: 6.53%1998: 7.08%2000: 7.72%2002: 8.41%2004: 9.14%2006: 9.94%2008: 10.4%2010: 10.77%2012: 11.14%2014: 11.52%2016: 11.92%2018: 12.39%2020: 12.94%2022: 13.58%2024: 14.26%2025: 14.62%
Change over the period: +13.39 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 14.62%
World 25.29%
Western Africa computed 17.01%
Low-income countries computed 12.6%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.62 +0.36 pp
2024 14.26 +0.35 pp
2023 13.91 +0.34 pp
2022 13.58 +0.32 pp
2021 13.25 +0.31 pp
2020 12.94 +0.29 pp
2019 12.65 +0.27 pp
2018 12.39 +0.24 pp
2017 12.14 +0.22 pp
2016 11.92 +0.21 pp
2015 11.72 +0.2 pp
2014 11.52 +0.19 pp
2013 11.33 +0.19 pp
2012 11.14 +0.18 pp
2011 10.96 +0.19 pp
2010 10.77 +0.19 pp
2009 10.58 +0.18 pp
2008 10.4 +0.18 pp
2007 10.22 +0.28 pp
2006 9.94 +0.41 pp
2005 9.53 +0.39 pp
2004 9.14 +0.37 pp
2003 8.77 +0.36 pp
2002 8.41 +0.35 pp
2001 8.06 +0.34 pp
2000 7.72 +0.33 pp
1999 7.39 +0.32 pp
1998 7.08 +0.32 pp
1997 6.76 +0.23 pp
1996 6.53 +0.11 pp
1995 6.42 +0.11 pp
1994 6.31 +0.11 pp
1993 6.2 +0.11 pp
1992 6.08 +0.11 pp
1991 5.97 +0.11 pp
1990 5.87 +0.1 pp
1989 5.77 +0.09 pp
1988 5.68 +0.09 pp
1987 5.58 +0.09 pp
1986 5.5 +0.2 pp
1985 5.29 +0.33 pp
1984 4.96 +0.31 pp
1983 4.65 +0.29 pp
1982 4.36 +0.28 pp
1981 4.08 +0.26 pp
1980 3.82 +0.25 pp
1979 3.57 +0.23 pp
1978 3.34 +0.22 pp
1977 3.11 +0.21 pp
1976 2.9 +0.18 pp
1975 2.72 +0.14 pp
1974 2.58 +0.14 pp
1973 2.44 +0.13 pp
1972 2.31 +0.13 pp
1971 2.18 +0.12 pp
1970 2.06 +0.11 pp
1969 1.94 +0.11 pp
1968 1.84 +0.09 pp
1967 1.75 +0.08 pp
1966 1.67 +0.08 pp
1965 1.59 +0.08 pp
1964 1.51 +0.07 pp
1963 1.44 +0.07 pp
1962 1.37 +0.07 pp
1961 1.3 +0.06 pp
1960 1.24

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.