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Burundi vs Cambodia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Burundi has a population of 14M (ranked 78/197), compared with 17.6M in Cambodia (ranked 73/197). Burundi's land area is 9,915 sq mi versus 68,155 sq mi for Cambodia (ranked 144th vs. 88th).

By GDP, Burundi ranks 177/197 ($2.16B) and Cambodia ranks 97/197 ($46.4B). By GDP per capita, Burundi ranks 197/197 ($153.9), while Cambodia ranks 145/197 ($2,628).

Main facts and rankings

Burundi Cambodia
Population
14662443
18011232
Population rank 78/197 73/197
GDP
$2.16B
2024
$46.4B
2024
GDP rank 177/197 97/197
GDP per capita
$153.9
2024
$2,628
2024
GDP per capita rank 197/197 145/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$950
2024
$7,970
2024
Government debt
$934M
2024
$12.3B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.3%
2025
29.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$66.5
2024
$700
2024
Government debt per person rank 184/185 154/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,071
2025
$2,518
2025
Land area
9,915 sq mi
2025
68,155 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,417 ppl/mi²
2024
258.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.88
2023
2.58
2023
Median age
17.3 years
2024
27 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
71 years
2025

Burundi and Cambodia: Comparison Charts

Burundi and Cambodia economies compared

GDP
Burundi

Cambodia
Year GDP
Burundi Cambodia
1960 $195,999,990 -
1961 $202,999,992 -
1962 $213,500,006 -
1963 $232,749,998 -
1964 $260,750,008 -
1965 $158,994,963 -
1966 $165,444,571 -
1967 $178,297,143 -
1968 $183,200,000 -
1969 $190,205,714 -
1970 $242,732,571 -
1971 $252,842,286 -
1972 $246,804,571 -
1973 $304,339,524 -
1974 $345,263,492 -
1975 $420,986,667 $749,129,748
1976 $448,412,754 $790,357,255
1977 $547,535,556 $716,261,764
1978 $610,225,556 $766,642,356
1979 $782,496,667 $723,738,503
1980 $919,726,667 $744,384,130
1981 $969,046,667 $815,153,652
1982 $1,013,222,222 $865,516,040
1983 $1,082,926,304 $939,291,262
1984 $987,143,931 $1,021,176,059
1985 $1,149,979,286 $1,102,669,184
1986 $1,201,725,497 $1,167,630,318
1987 $1,131,466,494 $1,036,974,910
1988 $1,082,403,219 $1,662,877,859
1989 $1,113,924,130 $1,353,137,648
1990 $1,132,101,253 $1,402,541,177
1991 $1,167,398,478 $2,054,974,089
1992 $1,083,037,671 $2,491,486,594
1993 $938,632,612 $2,533,727,592
1994 $925,030,590 $2,791,435,272
1995 $1,000,428,394 $3,441,205,693
1996 $869,033,856 $3,506,695,720
1997 $972,896,268 $3,443,413,389
1998 $893,770,740 $3,120,425,503
1999 $808,077,223 $3,517,242,477
2000 $870,486,066 $3,694,168,979
2001 $876,794,723 $4,145,665,970
2002 $825,394,519 $4,501,227,627
2003 $784,654,424 $5,046,693,484
2004 $915,257,323 $5,883,297,160
2005 $1,117,113,080 $7,066,296,463
2006 $1,273,375,078 $8,350,531,017
2007 $1,356,199,387 $10,127,916,460
2008 $1,611,835,857 $12,174,303,999
2009 $1,781,455,140 $12,502,901,170
2010 $2,032,135,192 $13,808,673,288
2011 $2,235,820,809 $16,032,622,024
2012 $2,333,341,334 $17,826,536,700
2013 $2,451,606,632 $19,807,135,253
2014 $2,705,783,330 $22,041,463,968
2015 $3,104,003,546 $24,174,170,369
2016 $2,644,487,777 $26,556,545,153
2017 $2,723,586,963 $29,355,665,910
2018 $2,667,182,200 $33,145,892,169
2019 $2,576,518,880 $36,685,356,408
2020 $2,649,680,261 $34,818,073,901
2021 $2,775,798,697 $36,790,163,687
2022 $3,338,722,828 $39,994,532,960
2023 $2,629,391,600 $42,335,646,896
2024 $2,162,378,759 $46,352,647,035

Burundi and Cambodia economies compared

GDP per capita
Burundi

Cambodia
Year GDP per capita
Burundi Cambodia
1960 $70.9 -
1961 $71.6 -
1962 $73.4 -
1963 $78.4 -
1964 $85.3 -
1965 $50.6 -
1966 $51.4 -
1967 $54 -
1968 $54.2 -
1969 $55.1 -
1970 $68.8 -
1971 $69.9 -
1972 $68.2 -
1973 $84.3 -
1974 $93.2 -
1975 $110.9 $113.8
1976 $115.5 $128.8
1977 $137.4 $126.4
1978 $148.8 $147.1
1979 $186.2 $142.2
1980 $209.8 $143.2
1981 $212.2 $154.3
1982 $216.4 $159.2
1983 $225.2 $166.7
1984 $200.4 $174.7
1985 $228.4 $182.4
1986 $234.3 $185.8
1987 $215.6 $158.1
1988 $201.7 $244.1
1989 $203.6 $191.3
1990 $202.6 $190.2
1991 $204.7 $267.3
1992 $184.9 $307
1993 $165.3 $294.1
1994 $161.9 $302
1995 $164.9 $343
1996 $143.2 $325
1997 $160.3 $297.6
1998 $144.5 $258.8
1999 $127.5 $286.8
2000 $134.5 $296.4
2001 $132.2 $328
2002 $121 $350
2003 $111.4 $387
2004 $125.2 $444
2005 $147.2 $526
2006 $161.9 $612
2007 $166.2 $732
2008 $189.5 $866
2009 $199.1 $876
2010 $216.7 $952
2011 $230.1 $1,089
2012 $231.7 $1,193
2013 $234.8 $1,306
2014 $250.5 $1,432
2015 $281 $1,547
2016 $235.3 $1,675
2017 $236.7 $1,826
2018 $224.9 $2,037
2019 $210.2 $2,226
2020 $210 $2,082
2021 $214.1 $2,167
2022 $250.6 $2,325
2023 $192.1 $2,430
2024 $153.9 $2,628

Burundi vs. Cambodia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Burundi

Cambodia
Year Life expectancy, years
Burundi Cambodia
1950 40.9 38.9
1951 41.2 39
1952 41.5 39.3
1953 41.7 39.6
1954 42 39.9
1955 42.2 40.3
1956 42.4 40.5
1957 42.6 40.9
1958 42.9 41.2
1959 43.1 41.7
1960 43.3 42.1
1961 43.4 42.6
1962 43.5 43.1
1963 43.6 43.6
1964 43.6 44
1965 41.8 44.5
1966 43.5 44.9
1967 43.3 45.2
1968 43.4 45.6
1969 43 45.9
1970 43.2 38.6
1971 43.2 38.7
1972 25.8 38.9
1973 37.4 39.1
1974 43.3 39.3
1975 43.4 12.8
1976 43.7 11.6
1977 44 11.3
1978 44.4 11.6
1979 45 41.1
1980 45.7 47.5
1981 46.4 48
1982 47 48.8
1983 47.4 49.4
1984 47.7 50.1
1985 47.7 50.8
1986 47.4 51.6
1987 47.1 53.7
1988 42.9 54.4
1989 45.7 54.8
1990 45.2 55.2
1991 44.7 55.6
1992 44.5 55.7
1993 37.2 56
1994 44.5 56.2
1995 44.6 56.6
1996 44.8 56.8
1997 45.7 57.3
1998 46.7 57.9
1999 47.6 58.6
2000 47.6 59.5
2001 48.5 60.5
2002 49.9 61.4
2003 51 62.3
2004 52.2 63.3
2005 53.1 64.1
2006 54 64.9
2007 54.8 65.5
2008 55.6 66.1
2009 56.4 66.7
2010 57.1 67.3
2011 57.8 67.9
2012 58.5 68.4
2013 59.2 68.8
2014 59.8 69.1
2015 60.1 69.4
2016 60.8 69.6
2017 61.3 69.8
2018 61.8 70
2019 62.2 70.1
2020 62.6 70.1
2021 62.1 69.3
2022 62.9 70.5
2023 63.7 70.7
2024 63.8 70.8
2025 64 71

Burundi and Cambodia population clocks and comparison

Population
Burundi

Cambodia
Year Population
Burundi Cambodia
1960 2,764,258 5,449,966
1961 2,835,119 5,571,168
1962 2,907,943 5,697,558
1963 2,969,841 5,823,010
1964 3,055,650 5,946,178
1965 3,141,367 6,072,289
1966 3,217,960 6,201,232
1967 3,300,690 6,332,944
1968 3,380,387 6,467,324
1969 3,454,590 6,604,725
1970 3,530,432 6,639,182
1971 3,617,289 6,620,880
1972 3,617,128 6,673,886
1973 3,611,991 6,739,726
1974 3,703,590 6,783,240
1975 3,796,612 6,581,371
1976 3,882,626 6,134,991
1977 3,983,582 5,668,551
1978 4,100,338 5,211,653
1979 4,203,530 5,088,808
1980 4,383,706 5,199,872
1981 4,566,014 5,284,495
1982 4,681,390 5,436,432
1983 4,808,528 5,636,203
1984 4,926,465 5,845,117
1985 5,034,042 6,043,783
1986 5,129,414 6,285,693
1987 5,247,787 6,557,970
1988 5,365,327 6,812,014
1989 5,471,706 7,073,473
1990 5,587,052 7,374,752
1991 5,703,857 7,686,850
1992 5,858,407 8,113,083
1993 5,676,843 8,616,381
1994 5,713,854 9,239,162
1995 6,066,316 10,018,497
1996 6,070,506 10,801,270
1997 6,070,042 11,570,982
1998 6,187,108 12,058,173
1999 6,337,155 12,265,731
2000 6,470,194 12,462,336
2001 6,634,365 12,658,484
2002 6,824,132 12,855,241
2003 7,043,154 13,050,968
2004 7,310,656 13,244,731
2005 7,587,299 13,439,202
2006 7,865,547 13,639,028
2007 8,161,874 13,841,770
2008 8,505,637 14,053,479
2009 8,947,646 14,276,810
2010 9,376,444 14,500,726
2011 9,717,978 14,722,584
2012 10,071,028 14,945,085
2013 10,439,341 15,170,208
2014 10,799,785 15,396,772
2015 11,047,580 15,623,251
2016 11,239,451 15,852,803
2017 11,506,762 16,073,372
2018 11,859,446 16,274,522
2019 12,255,336 16,481,304
2020 12,617,036 16,725,474
2021 12,965,481 16,974,305
2022 13,321,097 17,201,724
2023 13,689,450 17,423,880
2024 14,047,786 17,638,801

Fertility rates in Burundi and Cambodia

Fertility rate
Burundi

Cambodia
Year Fertility rate
Burundi Cambodia
1960 7 6.31
1961 7.02 6.3
1962 7.04 6.3
1963 7.07 6.29
1964 7.09 6.29
1965 7.11 6.27
1966 7.14 6.24
1967 7.16 6.2
1968 7.18 6.17
1969 7.22 6.12
1970 7.21 6.07
1971 7.21 6.01
1972 7.21 5.94
1973 7.22 5.56
1974 7.22 4.8
1975 7.24 4.1
1976 7.25 3.41
1977 7.25 2.72
1978 7.26 3.34
1979 7.31 4.56
1980 7.35 5.77
1981 7.33 6.04
1982 7.31 6.19
1983 7.3 6.3
1984 7.3 6.34
1985 7.29 6.31
1986 7.32 6.23
1987 7.38 6.1
1988 7.38 5.94
1989 7.39 5.68
1990 7.37 5.64
1991 7.34 5.59
1992 7.3 5.49
1993 7.27 5.43
1994 7.23 5.28
1995 7.18 5.08
1996 7.12 4.87
1997 7.04 4.39
1998 6.96 4.13
1999 6.9 3.93
2000 6.87 3.79
2001 6.85 3.69
2002 6.82 3.57
2003 6.79 3.43
2004 6.75 3.31
2005 6.71 3.24
2006 6.66 3.18
2007 6.59 3.13
2008 6.52 3.05
2009 6.41 2.97
2010 6.26 2.86
2011 6.11 2.78
2012 5.99 2.75
2013 5.89 2.74
2014 5.79 2.73
2015 5.7 2.73
2016 5.59 2.73
2017 5.48 2.72
2018 5.38 2.72
2019 5.27 2.73
2020 5.18 2.7
2021 5.08 2.66
2022 4.98 2.62
2023 4.88 2.58

Burundi and Cambodia demographics compared

Median age
Burundi

Cambodia
Year Median age, years
Burundi Cambodia
1960 17.5 18.1
1961 17.4 18.1
1962 17.4 18.1
1963 17.3 18
1964 17.3 18
1965 17.3 17.9
1966 17.4 17.9
1967 17.4 17.9
1968 17.4 17.8
1969 17.3 17.8
1970 17.3 17.6
1971 17.3 17.3
1972 17.1 17.2
1973 16.8 17.2
1974 16.9 17.2
1975 17 17.2
1976 16.9 17.2
1977 17 17.3
1978 17 17.4
1979 17 17.6
1980 17.2 17.8
1981 17.3 17.7
1982 17.1 17.8
1983 17 17.9
1984 16.8 17.9
1985 16.6 17.9
1986 16.3 18
1987 16.1 18.1
1988 16 18.1
1989 15.8 18.1
1990 15.6 18.1
1991 15.5 18
1992 15.5 18.1
1993 14.7 18.4
1994 14.6 18
1995 15.4 17.3
1996 15.2 17.1
1997 15 17.2
1998 15.2 17.4
1999 15.5 17.7
2000 15.7 18.1
2001 15.9 18.5
2002 16.1 18.9
2003 16.3 19.3
2004 16.5 19.7
2005 16.7 20.1
2006 16.8 20.6
2007 16.9 21.1
2008 17 21.6
2009 17.2 22
2010 17.3 22.4
2011 17.2 22.7
2012 17.1 23.1
2013 17 23.5
2014 16.9 23.9
2015 16.6 24.2
2016 16.2 24.6
2017 16.1 25
2018 16.2 25.5
2019 16.3 25.8
2020 16.5 26.1
2021 16.7 26.3
2022 16.8 26.5
2023 17.1 26.8
2024 17.3 27

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Burundi Cambodia
GNI, Atlas method
$2.71B
2024
$44.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23.5%
2025
17.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.82%
2022
2.18%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.66%
2023
2.09%
2023
Armed forces personnel
31,000
2020
191,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.55%
2025
-3.23%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.03%
2020
0.26%
2023
Services, % of GDP
49%
2023
35.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
9.63%
2023
41.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
39.7
2025
58.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.9%
2020
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2020
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$90.3M
2023
$22.5B
2024
Personal remittances received
$169M
2024
$2.83B
2024
International tourist arrivals
299,000
2017
1,306,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.57%
2011
5.37%
2020
Banked people share
7.11%
2014
39%
2024

Energy

Burundi Cambodia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
502 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$13.8
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.84 megatons
2023
18 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.06 tons
2023
1.03 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
54.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83%
2022
52.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
6.86%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
58.9%
2021
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
813 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
61.3%
2021
56.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.6%
2021
57.9%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
11.6%
2023
95%
2023

Society

Burundi Cambodia
% of world population
0.17%
2024
0.22%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,074
2024
-32,960
2024
Urban population
15.2%
2024
26%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.49 ft
2025
5.42 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
7.34
2025
42.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
21
2024
Higher education index
15
2025
23
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.82
2016
1.84
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
35.5
2019
19.6
2019
Visa free countries
57
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
75.5%
2022
83.8%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
22.2%
2023
People using the Internet
11.1%
2023
60.7%
2023

Health

Burundi Cambodia
Government health expenditure per capita
$24.7
2022
$109.5
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$6.05
2022
$67
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
71 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
53.2%
2022
9.34%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.07
2021
0.21
2019
Age at first childbirth
21.5 years
2025
23.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
392
2023
137
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
49.2
2023
22.9
2023
Obesity rate
5.27%
2022
4.5%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.3%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
10
2025
33
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.2%
2022
17.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.16 liters
2020
6.67 liters
2020

Territory

Burundi Cambodia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
706 sq mi
2024
3,864 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
8,317 sq mi
2025
23,762 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,080 sq mi
2025
29,349 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,657 mi
2016
34,175 mi
2014

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