Bhutan vs Burkina Faso: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Bhutan
2.0%
in 2025
Burkina Faso
2.1%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
10th
Burkina Faso rank
7th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 2.1% against 2.0% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Bhutan ranks 10th and Burkina Faso ranks 7th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 6 and Burkina Faso in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | Bhutan |
| 1960s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 0.6% | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 13.4% | 3.2% | 10.1% | Bhutan |
| 1980s | 5.3% | 4.8% | 0.5% | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 0.2% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 3.1% | 1.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Bhutan or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 2.1% against 2.0% in Bhutan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Bhutan and Burkina Faso?
- 0.1%, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Burkina Faso?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Burkina Faso rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Bhutan ranks 10th and Burkina Faso ranks 7th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.