Burkina Faso - Population Density 2012
62.8
+1.9 from 2011
Burkina Faso's population density was 62.8 in 2012, increased +1.9 from 60.9 in 2011. This was the 81st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.8 | 1.9% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.7 | 2.3% |
| 4th | Australia | 3.0 | 1.8% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.2 | 0.5% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.5 | 1.1% |
| 7th | Mauritania | 3.5 | 3.3% |
| 8th | Libya | 3.5 | -2.6% |
| 9th | Botswana | 3.7 | 1.7% |
| 10th | Guyana | 3.8 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Canada | 3.9 | 1.1% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 6.4 | 1.4% |
| 13th | Gabon | 7.2 | 3.6% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 7.4 | 1.0% |
| 15th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.7 | 1.6% |
| 17th | Chad | 10.5 | 3.6% |
| 18th | Oman | 11.5 | 15.3% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 12.2 | 4.3% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 12.4 | 2.2% |
| 21st | Norway | 13.7 | 1.3% |
| 22nd | Congo, Republic of | 13.9 | 2.8% |
| 23rd | Mali | 13.9 | 3.0% |
| 24th | Niger | 14.1 | 3.8% |
| 25th | Belize | 14.7 | 2.2% |
| 26th | Paraguay | 14.8 | 1.4% |
| 27th | New Caledonia | 14.9 | 1.9% |
| 28th | Argentina | 15.4 | 1.0% |
| 29th | Algeria | 15.8 | 2.0% |
| 30th | New Zealand | 16.7 | 0.5% |
| 31st | South Sudan | 17.0 | - |
| 32nd | Finland | 17.8 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Papua New Guinea | 17.8 | 2.8% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 18.8 | 1.1% |
| 35th | Uruguay | 19.1 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Sudan | 19.8 | - |
| 37th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19.9 | 0.9% |
| 38th | Zambia | 20.1 | 3.3% |
| 39th | Angola | 20.2 | 4.0% |
| 40th | Vanuatu | 20.4 | 2.2% |
| 41st | Solomon Islands | 20.5 | 3.7% |
| 42nd | Peru | 23.1 | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Sweden | 23.4 | 0.7% |
| 44th | Brazil | 23.6 | 0.8% |
| 45th | Chile | 23.6 | 1.0% |
| 46th | Eritrea | 25.1 | 1.3% |
| 47th | Lao PDR | 28.2 | 1.4% |
| 48th | Kyrgyz Republic | 29.5 | 1.9% |
| 49th | Mozambique | 30.9 | 2.9% |
| 50th | Estonia | 31.2 | -0.4% |
| 51st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 32.3 | 3.4% |
| 52nd | Latvia | 32.7 | -1.2% |
| 53rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 33.8 | 4.2% |
| 54th | United States | 34.4 | 0.8% |
| 55th | Faroe Islands | 34.6 | -0.5% |
| 56th | Zimbabwe | 35.7 | 1.6% |
| 57th | Bahamas, The | 37.5 | 1.0% |
| 58th | Palau | 38.6 | -1.7% |
| 59th | Madagascar | 40.3 | 2.8% |
| 60th | Colombia | 41.2 | 1.0% |
| 61st | Djibouti | 41.7 | 1.9% |
| 62nd | Cameroon | 44.0 | 2.9% |
| 63rd | South Africa | 44.3 | 1.5% |
| 64th | Guinea | 44.4 | 2.5% |
| 65th | Liberia | 45.4 | 3.6% |
| 66th | Equatorial Guinea | 46.1 | 4.2% |
| 67th | Montenegro | 46.2 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Belarus | 46.6 | -0.2% |
| 69th | Afghanistan | 46.9 | 4.1% |
| 70th | Lithuania | 47.7 | -1.3% |
| 71st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 48.7 | 1.3% |
| 72nd | Nicaragua | 49.0 | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 50.1 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Panama | 50.6 | 1.8% |
| 75th | Tanzania | 53.5 | 2.9% |
| 76th | Yemen, Republic of | 53.9 | 3.1% |
| 77th | Tajikistan | 57.3 | 2.4% |
| 78th | Guinea-Bissau | 58.7 | 2.7% |
| 79th | Mexico | 60.1 | 1.4% |
| 80th | Ecuador | 62.7 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Burkina Faso | 62.8 | 3.1% |
| 82nd | Georgia | 65.2 | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 65.3 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Ireland | 66.8 | 0.4% |
| 85th | Lesotho | 67.0 | 1.0% |
| 86th | Uzbekistan | 67.1 | 1.5% |
| 87th | Bulgaria | 67.3 | -0.6% |
| 88th | Senegal | 69.1 | 2.7% |
| 89th | Samoa | 69.4 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 70.9 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.7 | -1.9% |
| 92nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 73.8 | 2.1% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 74.7 | 1.3% |
| 94th | Croatia | 76.1 | -0.5% |
| 95th | Myanmar | 76.3 | 0.9% |
| 96th | Timor-Leste | 76.3 | 2.2% |
| 97th | North Macedonia | 76.5 | -0.4% |
| 98th | Brunei Darussalam | 77.0 | 1.5% |
| 99th | Kenya | 77.1 | 2.6% |
| 100th | Iraq | 77.5 | 4.6% |
| 101st | Honduras | 77.9 | 2.0% |
| 102nd | French Polynesia | 78.7 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Ukraine | 79.8 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Serbia | 82.3 | -0.5% |
| 105th | Cambodia | 84.7 | 1.5% |
| 106th | Jordan | 85.5 | 1.4% |
| 107th | Greece | 85.7 | -0.5% |
| 108th | Romania | 87.2 | -0.4% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 90.3 | 1.7% |
| 110th | Sierra Leone | 90.8 | 2.6% |
| 111th | Costa Rica | 91.3 | 1.2% |
| 112th | Dominica | 92.2 | 0.1% |
| 113th | Benin | 92.2 | 3.0% |
| 114th | Spain | 93.5 | 0.0% |
| 115th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 93.6 | 2.3% |
| 116th | Türkiye | 97.7 | 1.3% |
| 117th | Moldova | 99.7 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Slovenia | 102.1 | 0.2% |
| 119th | Austria | 102.2 | 0.5% |
| 120th | United Arab Emirates | 104.1 | 4.0% |
| 121st | Albania | 104.4 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Cuba | 106.0 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Armenia | 106.2 | -0.1% |
| 124th | Hungary | 109.6 | -0.5% |
| 125th | European Union | 110.6 | 0.1% |
| 126th | Slovak Republic | 112.5 | 0.2% |
| 127th | Azerbaijan | 112.5 | 1.3% |
| 128th | Portugal | 114.8 | -0.4% |
| 129th | Northern Mariana Islands | 115.7 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Ghana | 117.5 | 2.4% |
| 131st | France | 121.8 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 123.9 | -0.5% |
| 133rd | Poland | 124.3 | 0.0% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 126.1 | 1.6% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 127.0 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Togo | 130.6 | 2.7% |
| 137th | Indonesia | 134.6 | 1.3% |
| 138th | Thailand | 135.9 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Czechia | 136.1 | 0.1% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 138.6 | 1.5% |
| 141st | Denmark | 139.8 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Guatemala | 140.8 | 2.0% |
| 143rd | China | 144.2 | 0.7% |
| 144th | Isle of Man | 148.0 | -0.1% |
| 145th | Qatar | 148.4 | 6.0% |
| 146th | Tonga | 149.3 | -0.1% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 154.1 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Andorra | 163.5 | -1.2% |
| 149th | Malawi | 166.6 | 2.9% |
| 150th | Uganda | 171.2 | 2.9% |
| 151st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 180.9 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Kuwait | 187.3 | 6.5% |
| 153rd | Seychelles | 192.0 | 1.0% |
| 154th | Nepal | 192.1 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Nigeria | 193.5 | 2.8% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 197.3 | 2.0% |
| 157th | Antigua and Barbuda | 198.3 | 1.1% |
| 158th | Gambia, The | 201.9 | 3.0% |
| 159th | British Virgin Islands | 202.3 | 5.7% |
| 160th | Switzerland | 202.4 | 1.1% |
| 161st | Italy | 203.5 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Luxembourg | 206.2 | 2.4% |
| 163rd | Dominican Republic | 208.5 | 1.3% |
| 164th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 209.4 | 0.5% |
| 165th | Liechtenstein | 229.1 | 1.0% |
| 166th | Germany | 230.8 | 0.2% |
| 167th | Cayman Islands | 238.1 | 2.8% |
| 168th | Jamaica | 256.0 | 0.4% |
| 169th | Trinidad and Tobago | 260.3 | 0.5% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 263.3 | 0.7% |
| 171st | Pakistan | 269.4 | 1.9% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 272.4 | -0.7% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 278.8 | -0.6% |
| 174th | St. Lucia | 282.9 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Viet Nam | 285.6 | 1.1% |
| 176th | Marshall Islands | 285.7 | -0.9% |
| 177th | El Salvador | 295.1 | 0.4% |
| 178th | Guam | 308.0 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 309.1 | -0.1% |
| 180th | Grenada | 331.7 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Philippines | 336.0 | 2.0% |
| 182nd | Sri Lanka | 337.6 | 0.8% |
| 183rd | Curaçao | 342.5 | 0.8% |
| 184th | Japan | 350.1 | -0.2% |
| 185th | Tuvalu | 364.5 | 1.4% |
| 186th | Haiti | 365.4 | 1.6% |
| 187th | Israel | 365.5 | 1.9% |
| 188th | Belgium | 366.2 | 0.6% |
| 189th | Comoros | 366.3 | 2.0% |
| 190th | Burundi | 392.2 | 3.6% |
| 191st | Puerto Rico (US) | 412.7 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | India | 430.1 | 1.4% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 439.0 | 2.4% |
| 194th | Netherlands | 496.9 | 0.4% |
| 195th | Lebanon | 511.8 | 2.7% |
| 196th | Nauru | 513.4 | 1.7% |
| 197th | Korea | 515.9 | 0.4% |
| 198th | San Marino | 557.8 | 2.6% |
| 199th | Aruba | 578.4 | 1.5% |
| 200th | Mauritius | 628.9 | 0.3% |
| 201st | Barbados | 644.0 | 0.3% |
| 202nd | West Bank and Gaza | 661.1 | 2.5% |
| 203rd | St. Martin (French part) | 745.5 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Channel Islands | 812.0 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,030.1 | 2.2% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 1,178.6 | -0.1% |
| 207th | Bangladesh | 1,191.3 | 1.0% |
| 208th | Maldives | 1,289.4 | 3.5% |
| 209th | Malta | 1,312.6 | 0.9% |
| 210th | Bahrain | 1,570.1 | 0.8% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 3,202.9 | 1.2% |
| 212th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,809.6 | 1.1% |
| 213th | Singapore | 7,524.7 | 2.2% |
| 214th | Monaco | 17,124.3 | 2.3% |
| 215th | Macao SAR, China | 18,993.3 | 3.3% |
FAQ
What was Burkina Faso's population density in 2012?▾
Burkina Faso's population density in 2012 was 62.8. This ranked 81st globally.
How did Burkina Faso's population density change in 2012?▾
Burkina Faso's population density increased by 3.1% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest population density in 2012?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2012 at 18,993.3.
What is the population density of Burkina Faso in 2012?▾
The population density of Burkina Faso in 2012 was 62.8. This ranked 81st globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Burkina Faso's population density?▾
Burkina Faso's population density went from 60.9 in 2011 to 62.8 in 2012, a 3.1% increase.
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