| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
BFA
|
| Continent |
Africa
|
| Country Name |
Burkina Faso
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Province
|
Level2 Type
|
Department
|
| Number of Units |
353
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
33
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1996
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
8,654
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
9,987
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
11,576
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
9,008
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
10,270
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
11,535
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
275,747
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
28
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
205
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
892,916
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
6,701
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
21,582
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
93
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
370
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
20
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
32
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
2,999
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
772,535
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,021
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
15,629
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,453,473
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
1%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
13%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
17%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
8
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
85
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Module de Consultation des Donnees de la Base de Donnees sur les Localites de Burkina (MConBDLB) Version 2.0, Janvier 2001 (Module for the Consulation of the Burkina Faso localities database, Version 2.0, January 2001). Produced by the Programme National de Gestion des Terroirs (National Land Management Program). Available on CD-ROM. |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Module de Consultation des Donnees de la Base de Donnees sur les Localites de Burkina (MConBDLB) (Version 2.0, Janvier 2001), a CD produced by the Programme National de Gestion des Terroirs. |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: BKFPopts-UDeichman, UweDeichman-WorldBank; City Population, http://www.citypopulation.de;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: BKPopts-UDeichman, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Fourteen towns. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: A population growth rate between 1990 and 1996 was calculated via an aggregation of the spatial and population data to 20 units. This growth rate was applied to the departments (administrative level 2) in order to extrapolate to the target years of 1990, 1995, and 2000. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: The spatial boundaries were aggregated from 353 to 20 units for the calculation of a 1990-1996 population growth rate. |
