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Burkina Faso Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 11,576   Population 2000 (UN '000) 11,535
Area (km2) 275,747   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 28
Number of Administrative Units 353   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 33
Number of Urban Extents 118   Number of Settlement Points 205

Burkina Faso Details

Names
ISO3-Code BFA
Continent Africa
Country Name Burkina Faso
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 2.0
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) 843,454
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 6,369
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 26,895
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 118
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 369
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 17
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 32
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 3,759
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 486,139
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 5,504
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 23,034
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 2,718,016
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 1%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 24%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 17%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 8
Regression-estimated Extents 112
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.