The share of urban population in Burkina Faso increased by 0.6 percentage points (+1.88 percent) compared to the previous year. Therefore, the share in Burkina Faso reached a peak in 2023 with 32.52 percent. Notably, the share continuously increased over the last years. A country's urbanization rate refers to the share of the total population living in an urban setting. International comparisons of urbanization rates may be inconsistent, due to discrepancies between definitions of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others).
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World Bank. (October 24, 2024). Burkina Faso: Urbanization from 2013 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/449968/urbanization-in-burkina-faso/
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