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
Coordinates
11.181, -4.295
Record updated
13 April 2026
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 listed in Burkina Faso, holding 3.8% of the national population.