Burkina Faso vs Saint Lucia: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Burkina Faso
28.9%
in 2025
Saint Lucia
29.1%
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
216th
Saint Lucia rank
215th
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Burkina Faso
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 29.1% against 28.9% in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 216th and Saint Lucia ranks 215th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 15 and Saint Lucia in 25.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Burkina Faso |
| 1700s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Burkina Faso |
| 1710s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Burkina Faso |
| 1720s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Burkina Faso |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Burkina Faso |
| 1740s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Burkina Faso |
| 1750s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Burkina Faso |
| 1760s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 1770s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Saint Lucia |
| 1780s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 1790s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Saint Lucia |
| 1800s | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 1810s | 1.0% | 1.5% | 0.5% | Saint Lucia |
| 1820s | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 1830s | 1.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% | Saint Lucia |
| 1840s | 1.3% | 2.6% | 1.2% | Saint Lucia |
| 1850s | 1.5% | 3.1% | 1.6% | Saint Lucia |
| 1860s | 1.6% | 3.7% | 2.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 1870s | 1.8% | 4.5% | 2.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 1880s | 1.9% | 5.4% | 3.4% | Saint Lucia |
| 1890s | 2.1% | 6.4% | 4.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 1900s | 2.3% | 7.7% | 5.4% | Saint Lucia |
| 1910s | 2.5% | 9.3% | 6.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 1920s | 2.8% | 11.1% | 8.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 1930s | 3.0% | 13.3% | 10.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 1940s | 3.3% | 16.0% | 12.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 1950s | 4.6% | 19.5% | 14.8% | Saint Lucia |
| 1960s | 5.4% | 21.0% | 15.6% | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 6.5% | 24.0% | 17.4% | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 11.0% | 28.0% | 17.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 14.9% | 29.1% | 14.2% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 21.3% | 23.9% | 2.5% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 25.3% | 20.4% | 5.0% | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 28.3% | 0.7% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Burkina Faso or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 29.1% against 28.9% in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Burkina Faso and Saint Lucia?
- 0.2%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Saint Lucia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Saint Lucia rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Burkina Faso ranks 216th and Saint Lucia ranks 215th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.