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Regions

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

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1985-12-10	Population Census (C) 1996-12-10	Population Census (Cf) 2006-12-09	Population Census (Cf) 2019-11-16	Population Projection (P) 2024-07-01
Boucle du Mouhoun	BM	Dédougou	34,162	913,713	1,174,456	1,442,749	1,901,269	2,120,600	3416200	→
Cascades	CA	Banfora	18,434	253,360	334,303	531,808	812,466	945,000	1843400	→
Centre	CT	Ouagadougou	2,805	640,108	941,894	1,727,390	3,030,384	3,623,800	280500	→
Centre-Est	CE	Tenkodogo	14,656	675,533	853,099	1,132,016	1,580,508	1,787,200	1465600	→
Centre-Nord	CN	Kaya	19,840	730,149	928,321	1,202,025	1,874,669	2,134,400	1984000	→
Centre-Ouest	CO	Koudougou	21,726	787,229	943,538	1,186,566	1,660,135	1,866,300	2172600	→
Centre-Sud	CS	Manga	11,313	432,164	530,696	641,443	788,731	872,800	1131300	→
Est	ES	Fada N'Gourma	46,228	626,173	853,706	1,212,284	1,942,805	2,240,200	4622800	→
Hauts-Bassins	HB	Bobo-Dioulasso	25,343	743,836	1,031,377	1,469,604	2,239,840	2,572,600	2534300	→
Nord	ND	Ouahigouya	16,199	760,408	955,420	1,185,796	1,722,115	1,939,300	1619900	→
Plateau-Central	PC	Ziniaré	8,545	438,596	572,154	696,372	978,614	1,096,500	854500	→
Sahel	SH	Dori	35,360	521,911	708,332	968,442	1,098,177	1,223,700	3536000	→
Sud-Ouest	SO	Gaoua	16,153	441,525	485,313	620,767	875,442	986,700	1615300	→
Burkina Faso	BFA	Ouagadougou	270,764	7,964,705	10,312,609	14,017,262	20,505,155	23,409,000		→

Due to the security situation during the 2019 census, population figures for 7 communes were completely estimated and counts were enhanced by estimates in the case of 31 communes. 313 communes were fully counted.
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie, Burkina Faso.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 2019-11-16
1	Ouagadougou	CT	2,415,266
2	Bobo-Dioulasso	HB	904,920
3	Koudougou	CO	160,239
4	Saaba	CT	136,011
5	Ouahigouya	ND	124,587
6	Kaya	CN	121,970
7	Banfora	CA	117,452
8	Pouytenga	CE	96,469
9	Houndé	HB	87,151
10	Fada N'Gourma	ES	73,200

Contents: Cities & Localities

The population of all cities as well as of all rural localities with more than 15,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 1985-12-10	Population Census (C) 1996-12-10	Population Census (Cf) 2006-12-09	Population Census (Cf) 2019-11-16
Arbinda	RLoc	SH	...	...	9,790	45,818
Bama	RLoc	HB	...	...	22,244	31,215
Banfora	City	CA	35,319	49,724	75,917	117,452
Barogo	RLoc	CT	...	...	1,615	26,539
Batié	City	SO	3,099	5,877	10,105	17,997
Béguédo	RLoc	CE	...	...	15,339	21,894
Bittou	City	CE	...	10,834	20,118	31,210
Bobo-Dioulasso	City	HB	228,668	309,711	489,967	904,920
Bogandé	City	ES	5,333	8,960	14,929	21,443
Boromo	City	BM	8,511	11,232	14,594	20,193
Boulsa	City	CN	11,823	12,280	17,925	24,200
Bourzanga	RLoc	CN	...	...	7,235	27,213
Boussé	City	PC	5,451	10,442	15,868	25,022
Cinkansé	RLoc	CE	...	...	10,913	19,815
Dano	City	SO	...	12,913	16,798	25,922
Dédougou	City	BM	21,049	33,815	38,862	63,617
Diapaga	City	ES	...	5,017	8,400	15,515
Diébougou	City	SO	6,761	11,637	17,937	25,688
Djibo	City	SH	16,082	20,080	28,990	61,462
Dori	City	SH	10,956	23,768	21,078	46,512
Fada N'Gourma	City	ES	20,857	29,254	41,785	73,200
Fara	RLoc	BM	...	...	2,572	20,434
Gaoua	City	SO	10,657	16,424	25,104	45,284
Garango	City	CE	27,242	28,291	35,015	40,404
Gayéri	City	ES	...	2,958	6,060	15,170
Gon Boussougou	RLoc	CS	...	...	10,314	15,336
Gorom-Gorom	City	SH	...	...	8,882	9,752
Gourcy	City	ND	14,401	16,317	24,616	40,141
Houndé	City	HB	8,466	21,830	39,458	87,151
Karankasso-Vigué	RLoc	HB	...	...	5,660	15,474
Kaya	City	CN	25,814	33,958	54,365	121,970
Kindi	RLoc	CO	...	...	11,308	16,424
Kombissiri	City	CS	5,000	16,821	23,460	28,617
Kompienga	RLoc	ES	...	...	8,844	15,024
Kongoussi	City	CN	6,578	17,893	25,172	53,627
Korsimoro	RLoc	CN	...	...	15,994	18,875
Koudougou	City	CO	51,529	72,490	88,184	160,239
Kouka	RLoc	BM	...	...	12,878	17,286
Koupéla	City	CE	9,619	17,619	28,151	49,372
Léo	City	CO	10,961	18,988	26,779	51,743
Manga	City	CS	...	14,035	19,860	28,615
Manni	RLoc	ES	...	...	7,441	15,066
Mogtédo	RLoc	PC	...	...	18,164	25,699
Namponkoré	RLoc	ES	...	...	11,519	16,423
Natiaboani	RLoc	ES	...	...	14,350	16,640
Niangoloko	City	CA	7,950	12,824	22,310	33,292
Nioko I	RLoc	CT	...	...	16,427	65,263
Nouna	City	BM	15,202	19,105	22,166	32,428
Orodara	City	HB	13,037	16,581	23,356	33,422
Ouagadougou	City	CT	465,969	750,398	1,475,223	2,415,266
Ouahigouya	City	ND	38,902	52,193	73,153	124,587
Ouargaye	City	CE	...	8,180	10,103	13,431
Pâ	RLoc	BM	...	...	3,036	15,170
Pama	City	ES	...	4,579	8,541	13,579
Pissila	RLoc	CN	...	...	9,573	23,420
Pô	City	CS	14,242	17,146	24,320	28,079
Pouytenga	City	CE	12,445	35,720	60,618	96,469
Réo	City	CO	18,456	22,534	28,446	33,894
Saaba	RLoc	CT	...	...	9,700	136,011
Sabou	RLoc	CO	...	...	9,047	15,060
Saonré	RLoc	CT	...	...	537	47,728
Sapouy	City	CO	...	...	12,438	26,345
Sebba	City	SH	...	4,259	5,906	11,298
Sindou	City	CA	...	...	4,185	7,053
Solenzo	City	BM	...	...	16,850	24,783
Tenkodogo	City	CE	23,331	31,466	44,491	61,936
Tita	RLoc	CO	...	...	7,295	16,450
Titao	City	ND	...	13,976	19,131	48,241
Tô	RLoc	CO	...	...	9,874	16,026
Toma	City	BM	6,468	9,028	12,401	15,851
Tougan (Bonou-Toaga)	City	BM	12,588	15,218	17,050	26,347
Yako	City	ND	14,155	18,472	22,685	38,679
Yalgo	RLoc	CN	...	...	14,407	26,340
Zabré	RLoc	CE	...	...	14,889	21,726
Zinguédessé	RLoc	CT	...	...	1,215	19,648
Ziniaré	City	PC	...	11,153	18,619	33,296
Zorgho	City	PC	10,616	17,466	20,462	35,398

(1985) (1996) data provided by Axel Pieles and by the Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie, Burkina Faso.
(2006) (2019) Institut National de la Statistique et de la Demographie, Burkina Faso.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (C 2019)
Males	9,900,847
Females	10,604,308

Age Groups (C 2019)
0-14 years	9,286,263
15-64 years	10,531,217
65+ years	687,675

Urbanization (C 2019)
Rural	15,145,043
Urban	5,360,112