Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Burundi vs Ethiopia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Burundi vs Ethiopia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burundi	Ethiopia
1960	7	6.51
1961	7.02	6.53
1962	7.04	6.56
1963	7.07	6.59
1964	7.09	6.61
1965	7.11	6.63
1966	7.14	6.66
1967	7.16	6.68
1968	7.18	6.7
1969	7.22	6.72
1970	7.21	6.78
1971	7.21	6.84
1972	7.21	6.9
1973	7.22	6.96
1974	7.22	7.02
1975	7.24	7.08
1976	7.25	7.13
1977	7.25	7.19
1978	7.26	7.23
1979	7.31	7.25
1980	7.35	7.29
1981	7.33	7.31
1982	7.31	7.34
1983	7.3	7.35
1984	7.3	7.36
1985	7.29	7.34
1986	7.32	7.32
1987	7.38	7.29
1988	7.38	7.26
1989	7.39	7.23
1990	7.37	7.2
1991	7.34	7.16
1992	7.3	7.13
1993	7.27	7.09
1994	7.23	7.05
1995	7.18	7
1996	7.12	6.93
1997	7.04	6.87
1998	6.96	6.79
1999	6.9	6.72
2000	6.87	6.65
2001	6.85	6.58
2002	6.82	6.5
2003	6.79	6.4
2004	6.75	6.3
2005	6.71	6.19
2006	6.66	6.05
2007	6.59	5.89
2008	6.52	5.7
2009	6.41	5.49
2010	6.26	5.28
2011	6.11	5.08
2012	5.99	4.89
2013	5.89	4.71
2014	5.79	4.61
2015	5.7	4.53
2016	5.59	4.47
2017	5.48	4.4
2018	5.38	4.37
2019	5.27	4.35
2020	5.18	4.27
2021	5.08	4.18
2022	4.98	4.08
2023	4.88	3.99
2024	4.79	3.91
2025	4.68	3.81
2026	4.57	3.72
2027	4.46	3.64
2028	4.37	3.57
2029	4.28	3.5
2030	4.2	3.43
2031	4.11	3.36
2032	4.03	3.3
2033	3.95	3.24
2034	3.85	3.19
2035	3.78	3.14
2036	3.69	3.08
2037	3.62	3.03
2038	3.55	2.99
2039	3.49	2.94
2040	3.43	2.9
2041	3.37	2.86
2042	3.32	2.83
2043	3.27	2.79
2044	3.22	2.75
2045	3.17	2.72
2046	3.13	2.68
2047	3.08	2.65
2048	3.04	2.62
2049	3	2.59
2050	2.96	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	Ethiopia
1960	45.1%	42.2%
1961	45.2%	42.2%
1962	45.3%	42.1%
1963	45.5%	42.2%
1964	45.5%	42.3%
1965	45.4%	42.5%
1966	45.2%	42.9%
1967	45%	43.2%
1968	44.9%	43.5%
1969	44.9%	43.8%
1970	44.9%	44.2%
1971	44.9%	44.5%
1972	45.5%	44.9%
1973	46%	45.2%
1974	45.8%	45.4%
1975	45.7%	45.6%
1976	45.8%	45.7%
1977	45.8%	45.9%
1978	45.7%	46.1%
1979	45.8%	46.2%
1980	45.4%	46.3%
1981	45.2%	46.4%
1982	45.6%	46.5%
1983	45.9%	46.4%
1984	46.3%	46.2%
1985	46.8%	46.1%
1986	47.3%	46%
1987	47.6%	46%
1988	48%	46%
1989	48.4%	46.1%
1990	48.7%	46.2%
1991	48.9%	46.2%
1992	48.9%	46.2%
1993	51%	46.4%
1994	51.1%	46.5%
1995	49.1%	46.7%
1996	49.6%	46.9%
1997	49.9%	47.1%
1998	49.4%	47.4%
1999	48.7%	47.6%
2000	48.3%	47.7%
2001	47.7%	47.8%
2002	47.2%	47.8%
2003	46.7%	47.7%
2004	46.2%	47.6%
2005	45.8%	47.4%
2006	45.6%	47.2%
2007	45.4%	46.9%
2008	45.2%	46.6%
2009	45%	46.2%
2010	45.1%	45.7%
2011	45.4%	45.2%
2012	45.7%	44.6%
2013	46.1%	44%
2014	46.4%	43.4%
2015	47%	42.9%
2016	47.7%	42.3%
2017	47.9%	41.8%
2018	47.8%	41.3%
2019	47.3%	40.9%
2020	47%	40.5%
2021	46.5%	40.1%
2022	46%	39.7%
2023	45.4%	39.4%
2024	44.7%	39.1%
2025	44%	38.8%
2026	43.2%	38.5%
2027	42.5%	38.3%
2028	41.7%	38.1%
2029	41%	37.8%
2030	40.3%	37.6%
2031	39.7%	37.3%
2032	39.2%	37%
2033	38.8%	36.6%
2034	38.5%	36.2%
2035	38.1%	35.8%
2036	37.8%	35.4%
2037	37.5%	34.9%
2038	37.2%	34.5%
2039	36.9%	34%
2040	36.6%	33.6%
2041	36.4%	33.2%
2042	36.1%	32.8%
2043	35.9%	32.4%
2044	35.6%	32%
2045	35.4%	31.7%
2046	35.1%	31.3%
2047	34.8%	31%
2048	34.4%	30.7%
2049	34.1%	30.3%
2050	33.7%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi and +2.64% in Ethiopia. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Burundi	Ethiopia
1960	70,032	511,694
1961	71,216	538,518
1962	74,710	563,650
1963	75,962	590,998
1964	77,528	618,667
1965	78,208	642,359
1966	83,651	616,281
1967	86,373	695,283
1968	88,765	715,602
1969	90,852	736,428
1970	92,476	760,821
1971	95,153	787,047
1972	30,532	779,808
1973	74,805	807,535
1974	95,486	777,306
1975	101,172	801,425
1976	104,396	899,577
1977	108,488	929,381
1978	114,884	943,388
1979	123,377	987,203
1980	127,746	1,007,516
1981	146,231	1,018,838
1982	147,090	1,080,853
1983	152,801	863,472
1984	154,366	920,670
1985	156,896	997,050
1986	156,170	1,050,277
1987	157,481	1,356,853
1988	145,234	1,393,356
1989	157,547	1,441,769
1990	156,617	1,479,663
1991	156,148	1,579,416
1992	156,420	1,673,839
1993	128,898	1,734,851
1994	112,968	1,788,133
1995	160,284	1,831,068
1996	158,920	1,896,364
1997	150,404	1,945,112
1998	154,010	1,984,989
1999	166,699	2,010,987
2000	173,867	2,083,622
2001	184,541	2,137,791
2002	201,892	2,189,683
2003	216,295	2,231,223
2004	234,891	2,296,999
2005	253,401	2,353,375
2006	269,874	2,393,585
2007	285,323	2,436,753
2008	300,750	2,465,283
2009	319,583	2,467,118
2010	341,808	2,498,048
2011	348,934	2,527,811
2012	354,068	2,533,398
2013	362,224	2,546,020
2014	367,797	2,623,647
2015	370,856	2,713,529
2016	358,393	2,809,889
2017	353,879	2,899,143
2018	351,704	3,015,231
2019	357,672	3,132,780
2020	361,654	3,199,718
2021	359,844	3,204,673
2022	363,786	3,300,114
2023	368,917	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs Ethiopia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	Ethiopia
1985	1,428	1,329
1986	1,441	1,317
1987	1,446	1,289
1988	1,519	1,306
1989	1,511	1,296
1990	1,515	1,320
1991	1,513	1,239
1992	1,464	1,218
1993	1,801	1,168
1994	1,215	1,113
1995	1,293	1,060
1996	1,236	1,008
1997	1,100	957
1998	969	911
1999	899	901
2000	860	870
2001	799	856
2002	743	826
2003	705	797
2004	687	764
2005	685	754
2006	670	729
2007	655	704
2008	635	678
2009	612	649
2010	614	619
2011	597	588
2012	575	545
2013	555	494
2014	533	444
2015	525	401
2016	501	364
2017	482	327
2018	464	297
2019	449	269
2020	441	244
2021	447	250
2022	412	207
2023	392	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi and 4.65% in Ethiopia. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Burundi	Ethiopia
1964	24.2%	-
1965	24.4%	-
1966	24.5%	27.8%
1967	24.7%	24.9%
1968	24.9%	24.8%
1969	25%	24.8%
1970	25.1%	24.7%
1971	25.1%	24.7%
1972	31.9%	24.7%
1973	25.2%	24.6%
1974	25.2%	28.3%
1975	25.1%	28.2%
1976	25%	24.5%
1977	24.6%	24.5%
1978	24.1%	24.4%
1979	23.3%	24.2%
1980	22.4%	24%
1981	21.4%	23.8%
1982	20.3%	23.5%
1983	19.3%	32%
1984	18.4%	31.4%
1985	17.7%	30.3%
1986	17.2%	29.7%
1987	16.9%	21.5%
1988	16.8%	21%
1989	16.9%	20.6%
1990	17%	20.2%
1991	17.1%	19.7%
1992	17.2%	19.1%
1993	19.5%	18.5%
1994	17.2%	17.9%
1995	17.1%	17.2%
1996	17%	16.6%
1997	16.7%	15.9%
1998	16.3%	15.3%
1999	15.9%	14.7%
2000	15.4%	14%
2001	14.9%	13.4%
2002	14.3%	12.8%
2003	13.7%	12.1%
2004	13.1%	11.5%
2005	12.4%	10.9%
2006	11.7%	10.3%
2007	11%	9.74%
2008	10.3%	9.23%
2009	9.66%	8.76%
2010	9.08%	8.32%
2011	8.53%	7.91%
2012	8.02%	7.53%
2013	7.55%	7.16%
2014	7.13%	6.82%
2015	6.76%	6.49%
2016	6.44%	6.17%
2017	6.15%	5.89%
2018	5.9%	5.64%
2019	5.67%	5.41%
2020	5.46%	5.2%
2021	5.26%	5%
2022	5.08%	4.82%
2023	4.92%	4.65%