Bawku — UN urban centre
Bawku: 90,420 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,855 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3601; territory: Ghana (GHA). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 11.0592, -0.244. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 89,246 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 100,092 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 102,274 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 101,887 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 109,316 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 112,477 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 112,967 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 109,556 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 100,122 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 85,731 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 90,420 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 103,919 | Projection |
| 2035 | 107,871 | Projection |
| 2040 | 113,253 | Projection |
| 2045 | 118,306 | Projection |
| 2050 | 121,616 | Projection |
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