What is the population of Bobo-Dioulasso?
Bobo-Dioulasso has a city population of 904,920. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Burkina Faso · Africa
Bobo-Dioulasso
Hauts-Bassins · Burkina Faso
City population
904,920
#2
in Burkina Faso
#1
in Hauts-Bassins
#613
worldwide
11.181, -4.295 · 328 km from Ouagadougou
About Bobo-Dioulasso
The largest city in Hauts-Bassins region, Bobo-Dioulasso has a population of 904,920. It ranks second in Burkina Faso by city population and accounts for 3.8% of the national total. The city sits 328 km from the capital Ouagadougou, at an elevation of 453 m. Banfora, with 117,452 people, lies 78 km away; Houndé, with 87,151, is 92 km distant.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Hauts-Bassins
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
453 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Ouagadougou
Coordinates
11.181, -4.295
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 74 in Burkina FasoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | 905K |
Bobo-Dioulasso Population FAQ
Where is Bobo-Dioulasso?
Bobo-Dioulasso is in Hauts-Bassins, Burkina Faso, 328 km from the capital, Ouagadougou. Its coordinates are 11.181, -4.295.
How big is Bobo-Dioulasso compared with other cities in Burkina Faso?
It is the 2nd largest of the 74 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Burkina Faso, holding 3.8% of the national population.