Burkina Faso — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Burkina Faso had an estimated population of 11,909,916 in 2005, with 60 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Burkina Faso today — population now 24,601,700, against 11,909,916 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 11,909,916 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 13,932,123 | 24,601,700 | +77% |
The two sources differ by 15% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | Kadiogo | 1,086,505 | 2,415,266 now |
| 2 | Bobo Dioulasso | Houet | 360,106 | 904,920 now |
| 3 | Koudougou | Boulkiemdé | 87,347 | 160,239 now |
| 4 | Ouahigouya | Yatenga | 61,096 | 124,587 now |
| 5 | Banfora | Comoé | 60,288 | 117,452 now |
| 6 | Dédougou | Mouhoun | 45,341 | 63,617 now |
| 7 | Pissila | 39,372 | 23,420 now | |
| 8 | Kaya | Sanmatenga | 39,229 | — |
| 9 | Tenkodogo | Boulgou | 37,658 | 61,936 now |
| 10 | Tangin Dassouri | 37,181 | — | |
| 11 | Pouytenga | 36,503 | 96,469 now | |
| 12 | Fada Nʿgourma | Gourma | 33,910 | 73,200 now |
| 13 | Kordié | 33,867 | — | |
| 14 | Ouargaye | Koulpélogo | 29,913 | — |
| 15 | Garango | Boulgou | 29,076 | 40,404 now |
| 16 | Dori | Séno | 27,380 | 46,512 now |
| 17 | Kongoussi | Bam | 26,338 | 53,627 now |
| 18 | Kokologo | Boulkiemdé | 25,958 | 25,958 now |
| 19 | Réo | Sanguié | 24,461 | 33,894 now |
| 20 | Diapaga | Tapoa | 24,149 | — |
| 21 | Houndé | Tuy | 23,468 | — |
| 22 | Kouka | 23,129 | — | |
| 23 | Yako | Passoré | 22,904 | 38,679 now |
| 24 | Khyon | 22,771 | — | |
| 25 | Djibo | Soum | 22,678 | 61,462 now |
| 26 | Léo | Sissili | 21,018 | 51,743 now |
| 27 | Pô | Nahouri | 20,870 | 28,079 now |
| 28 | Nouna | Kossi | 20,698 | 32,428 now |
| 29 | Koupéla | Kouritenga | 19,726 | 49,372 now |
| 30 | Zorgo | Ganzourgou | 19,665 | 35,398 now |
| 31 | Kombissiri | Bazéga | 19,060 | 28,617 now |
| 32 | Bonou-Toaga | 18,718 | — | |
| 33 | Orodara | Kénédougou | 18,518 | 33,422 now |
| 34 | Gourcy | Zondoma | 17,867 | 40,141 now |
| 35 | Tougan | Sourou | 17,590 | 26,347 now |
| 36 | Boulsa | Namentenga | 17,489 | 24,200 now |
| 37 | Titao | Loroum | 15,772 | — |
| 38 | Manga | Zoundwéogo | 15,173 | 28,615 now |
| 39 | Pama | Kompienga | 13,653 | — |
| 40 | Boromo | Balé | 13,157 | — |
| 41 | Diébougou | Bougouriba | 12,732 | 25,688 now |
| 42 | Ziniaré | Oubritenga | 12,703 | 33,296 now |
| 43 | Dano | Ioba | 11,153 | 25,922 now |
| 44 | Boussé | Kourwéogo | 11,022 | 25,022 now |
| 45 | Solenzo | Banwa | 10,385 | 24,783 now |
| 46 | Toma | Nayala | 9,863 | — |
| 47 | Bogandé | Gnagna | 9,854 | — |
| 48 | Pitmoaga | Boulkiemdé | 7,991 | — |
| 49 | Gaoua | Poni | 7,254 | — |
| 50 | Sakouinsé | Boulkiemdé | 7,115 | — |
| 51 | Gorom-Gorom | Oudalan | 6,691 | — |
| 52 | Goulouré | Boulkiemdé | 6,677 | — |
| 53 | Batié | Noumbiel | 6,483 | — |
| 54 | Sebba | Yagha | 4,864 | — |
| 55 | Douré | Boulkiemdé | 4,159 | — |
| 56 | Sindou | Léraba | 3,917 | — |
| 57 | Sapouy | Ziro | 3,837 | — |
| 58 | Yambi | 2,542 | — | |
| 59 | Gayéri | Komandjari | 1,958 | — |
| 60 | Nayouri | 1,346 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kadiogo | 1,365,958 |
| 2 | Houet | 762,415 |
| 3 | Yatenga | 483,491 |
| 4 | Sanmatenga | 482,013 |
| 5 | Boulkiemdé | 461,158 |
| 6 | Boulgou | 455,306 |
| 7 | Gnagna | 338,041 |
| 8 | Koulpélogo | 319,606 |
| 9 | Passoré | 293,432 |
| 10 | Ganzourgou | 289,270 |
| 11 | Soum | 285,722 |
| 12 | Kouritenga | 280,024 |
| 13 | Mouhoun | 273,309 |
| 14 | Sanguié | 270,924 |
| 15 | Namentenga | 270,909 |
| 16 | Comoé | 261,738 |
| 17 | Tapoa | 261,117 |
| 18 | Gourma | 258,192 |
| 19 | Kossi | 249,923 |
| 20 | Bazéga | 242,054 |
| 21 | Bam | 239,060 |
| 22 | Séno | 232,425 |
| 23 | Banwa | 227,843 |
| 24 | Oubritenga | 224,640 |
| 25 | Kénédougou | 221,733 |
| 26 | Poni | 221,200 |
| 27 | Sourou | 217,896 |
| 28 | Zoundwéogo | 213,112 |
| 29 | Balé | 196,991 |
| 30 | Tuy | 172,778 |
| 31 | Sissili | 169,834 |
| 32 | Ioba | 160,773 |
| 33 | Nayala | 149,002 |
| 34 | Oudalan | 146,017 |
| 35 | Nahouri | 145,749 |
| 36 | Zondoma | 139,784 |
| 37 | Yagha | 132,964 |
| 38 | Loroum | 125,645 |
| 39 | Kourwéogo | 124,554 |
| 40 | Kompienga | 122,781 |
| 41 | Ziro | 119,318 |
| 42 | Léraba | 105,895 |
| 43 | Bougouriba | 83,697 |
| 44 | Noumbiel | 56,738 |
| 45 | Komandjari | 54,885 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.