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Burkina Faso: Administrative Division

Contents: Regions and Provinces

The population of the administrative regions and provinces of Burkina Faso according to census results and latest official projections.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, urbanization).

NameStatusPopulation
Census
1985-12-10
Population
Census
1996-12-10
Population
Census
2006-12-09
Population
Census
2019-11-16
Population
Projection
2024-07-01
Boucle du MouhounRegion913,7131,174,4561,442,7491,901,2692,120,626
BaléProvince129,323168,170213,423297,468334,571
BanwaProvince158,963215,297269,375346,989387,013
KossiProvince182,276230,693278,546357,089396,508
MouhounProvince175,043235,391297,350391,561438,025
NayalaProvince116,949136,393163,433223,151248,934
SourouProvince151,159188,512220,622285,011315,575
CascadesRegion253,360334,303531,808812,466944,950
ComoéProvince178,499241,376407,528633,043741,521
LérabaProvince74,86192,927124,280179,423203,429
CentreRegion640,108941,8941,727,3903,030,3843,623,784
KadiogoProvince640,108941,8941,727,3903,030,3843,623,784
Centre-EstRegion675,533853,0991,132,0161,580,5081,787,201
BoulgouProvince332,920415,583543,570737,843830,879
KoulpélogoProvince144,127187,399258,667362,644411,999
KouritengaProvince198,486250,117329,779480,021544,323
Centre-NordRegion730,149928,3211,202,0251,874,6692,134,352
BamProvince162,575211,551275,191476,054547,043
NamentengaProvince199,850252,738328,820513,796585,255
SanmatengaProvince367,724464,032598,014884,8191,002,054
Centre-OuestRegion787,229943,5381,186,5661,660,1351,866,251
BoulkiemdéProvince365,223421,302505,206689,709768,796
SanguiéProvince217,277249,583297,036391,617434,841
SissiliProvince116,215153,434208,409337,078386,655
ZiroProvince88,514119,219175,915241,731275,959
Centre-SudRegion432,164530,696641,443788,731872,845
BazègaProvince182,725213,824238,425280,870306,699
NahouriProvince105,509119,739157,071195,816218,839
ZoundwéogoProvince143,930197,133245,947312,045347,307
EstRegion626,173853,7061,212,2841,942,8052,240,243
GnagnaProvince229,152307,372408,669676,476775,945
GourmaProvince173,714220,116305,936437,310497,745
Komondjari (Komandjoari)Province40,63050,48479,507105,604121,130
KompiengaProvince23,81840,76675,867117,682139,394
TapoaProvince158,859234,968342,305605,733706,029
Hauts-BassinsRegion743,8361,031,3771,469,6042,239,8402,572,566
HouetProvince493,164672,114955,4511,510,6381,739,914
KénédougouProvince142,113198,541285,695399,949456,454
TuyProvince108,559160,722228,458329,253376,198
NordRegion760,408955,4201,185,7961,722,1151,939,319
LoroumProvince82,773111,339142,853198,192223,119
PassoréProvince223,830271,864323,222457,930512,043
YatengaProvince353,669444,563553,164825,975932,556
ZondomaProvince100,136127,654166,557240,018271,601
Plateau-CentralRegion438,596572,154696,372978,6141,096,483
GanzourgouProvince195,652256,921319,380482,763545,393
KourwéogoProvince95,246117,996138,217181,242200,906
OubritengaProvince147,698197,237238,775314,609350,184
SahelRegion521,911708,332968,4421,098,1771,223,695
OudalanProvince106,194137,160195,964158,206171,733
SénoProvince150,779201,760264,991404,716459,894
SoumProvince186,812252,993347,335363,661401,970
YaghaProvince78,126116,419160,152171,594190,098
Sud-OuestRegion441,525485,313620,767875,442986,700
BougouribaProvince65,09376,498101,479153,653174,914
IobaProvince140,250161,484192,321265,956296,756
NoumbielProvince44,42851,43170,03698,915112,255
PoniProvince191,754195,900256,931356,918402,775
Burkina FasoRepublic7,964,70510,312,60914,017,26220,505,15523,409,015

Source: Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie, Burkina Faso (web).

Explanation: The figures for 2019 are final. Due to the security situation during the 2019 census, population figures for 7 communes in Burkina Faso were completely estimated and counts were enhanced by estimates in the case of 31 communes. 313 Burkinabè communes were fully counted.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2024)
Males11,333,972
Females12,075,043
Age Groups (P 2024)
0-14 years10,766,125
15-64 years11,924,920
65+ years717,970
Age Distribution (P 2024)
80+ years121,338
70-79 years318,687
60-69 years651,963
50-59 years1,046,435
40-49 years1,746,101
30-39 years2,616,456
20-29 years3,626,892
10-19 years5,614,927
0-9 years7,666,216
Urbanization (C 2019)
Rural15,145,043
Urban5,360,112