Burundi vs Congo statistics compared

Burundi has a population of 14M (ranked 78/197), compared with 6.33M in The Congo (ranked 112/197). Burundi's land area is 9,915 sq mi versus 131,854 sq mi for The Congo (ranked 144th vs. 64th).

By GDP, Burundi ranks 177/197 ($2.16B) and The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B). By GDP per capita, Burundi ranks 197/197 ($153.9), while The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482).

Burundi and Congo: Comparison Charts

Burundi and Congo economies compared

GDP

Burundi

Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Burundi	Congo
1960	$195,999,990	$131,731,863
1961	$202,999,992	$151,675,739
1962	$213,500,006	$166,521,240
1963	$232,749,998	$172,233,431
1964	$260,750,008	$185,693,725
1965	$158,994,963	$198,318,064
1966	$165,444,571	$220,613,582
1967	$178,297,143	$237,397,428
1968	$183,200,000	$251,247,458
1969	$190,205,714	$265,040,036
1970	$242,732,571	$274,960,700
1971	$252,842,286	$322,128,019
1972	$246,804,571	$410,669,264
1973	$304,339,524	$541,973,363
1974	$345,263,492	$585,364,634
1975	$420,986,667	$767,102,680
1976	$448,412,754	$754,549,601
1977	$547,535,556	$765,224,029
1978	$610,225,556	$878,771,772
1979	$782,496,667	$1,198,749,667
1980	$919,726,667	$1,705,796,853
1981	$969,046,667	$1,993,512,323
1982	$1,013,222,222	$2,160,640,565
1983	$1,082,926,304	$2,097,274,290
1984	$987,143,931	$2,193,581,365
1985	$1,149,979,286	$2,160,872,540
1986	$1,201,725,497	$1,849,268,212
1987	$1,131,466,494	$2,297,753,652
1988	$1,082,403,219	$2,212,536,312
1989	$1,113,924,130	$2,389,593,026
1990	$1,132,101,253	$2,798,746,050
1991	$1,167,398,478	$2,724,853,506
1992	$1,083,037,671	$2,933,222,703
1993	$938,632,612	$2,684,323,623
1994	$925,030,590	$1,769,365,438
1995	$1,000,428,394	$2,116,003,868
1996	$869,033,856	$2,540,697,539
1997	$972,896,268	$2,322,719,103
1998	$893,770,740	$1,949,481,379
1999	$808,077,223	$2,354,772,960
2000	$870,486,066	$3,227,927,698
2001	$876,794,723	$2,796,704,604
2002	$825,394,519	$3,034,250,924
2003	$784,654,424	$3,503,723,088
2004	$915,257,323	$4,656,974,940
2005	$1,117,113,080	$6,650,001,680
2006	$1,273,375,078	$8,072,305,029
2007	$1,356,199,387	$8,782,703,437
2008	$1,611,835,857	$11,649,857,673
2009	$1,781,455,140	$9,723,299,915
2010	$2,032,135,192	$13,148,396,212
2011	$2,235,820,809	$15,655,383,577
2012	$2,333,341,334	$17,692,911,296
2013	$2,451,606,632	$17,958,720,699
2014	$2,705,783,330	$17,919,321,078
2015	$3,104,003,546	$12,434,793,867
2016	$2,644,487,777	$10,931,328,151
2017	$2,723,586,963	$11,834,473,039
2018	$2,667,182,200	$14,773,900,289
2019	$2,576,518,880	$13,976,637,780
2020	$2,649,680,261	$11,468,687,464
2021	$2,775,798,697	$14,825,690,211
2022	$3,338,722,828	$15,817,030,157
2023	$2,629,391,600	$15,321,055,818
2024	$2,162,378,759	$15,719,985,776

Burundi and Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Burundi

Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burundi	Congo
1960	$70.9	$124.7
1961	$71.6	$139.9
1962	$73.4	$149.6
1963	$78.4	$150.7
1964	$85.3	$158.1
1965	$50.6	$164.2
1966	$51.4	$177.6
1967	$54	$185.7
1968	$54.2	$190.8
1969	$55.1	$195.4
1970	$68.8	$196.7
1971	$69.9	$223.5
1972	$68.2	$276.3
1973	$84.3	$353
1974	$93.2	$370
1975	$110.9	$471
1976	$115.5	$453
1977	$137.4	$448
1978	$148.8	$503
1979	$186.2	$670
1980	$209.8	$933
1981	$212.2	$1,066
1982	$216.4	$1,131
1983	$225.2	$1,075
1984	$200.4	$1,097
1985	$228.4	$1,049
1986	$234.3	$872
1987	$215.6	$1,052
1988	$201.7	$984
1989	$203.6	$1,033
1990	$202.6	$1,176
1991	$204.7	$1,113
1992	$184.9	$1,164
1993	$165.3	$1,034
1994	$161.9	$662
1995	$164.9	$770
1996	$143.2	$899
1997	$160.3	$804
1998	$144.5	$660
1999	$127.5	$776
2000	$134.5	$1,024
2001	$132.2	$855
2002	$121	$906
2003	$111.4	$1,017
2004	$125.2	$1,306
2005	$147.2	$1,799
2006	$161.9	$2,104
2007	$166.2	$2,206
2008	$189.5	$2,832
2009	$199.1	$2,271
2010	$216.7	$2,947
2011	$230.1	$3,396
2012	$231.7	$3,732
2013	$234.8	$3,697
2014	$250.5	$3,601
2015	$281	$2,439
2016	$235.3	$2,093
2017	$236.7	$2,212
2018	$224.9	$2,694
2019	$210.2	$2,488
2020	$210	$1,994
2021	$214.1	$2,516
2022	$250.6	$2,621
2023	$192.1	$2,478
2024	$153.9	$2,482

Burundi vs. Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burundi

Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burundi	Congo
1950	40.9	39.6
1951	41.2	40.3
1952	41.5	41.1
1953	41.7	41.9
1954	42	42.6
1955	42.2	43.4
1956	42.4	44.3
1957	42.6	45.1
1958	42.9	46
1959	43.1	46.8
1960	43.3	47.6
1961	43.4	48.4
1962	43.5	49
1963	43.6	49.7
1964	43.6	50.4
1965	41.8	51
1966	43.5	51.6
1967	43.3	51.9
1968	43.4	52.6
1969	43	53.1
1970	43.2	53.6
1971	43.2	54
1972	25.8	54.4
1973	37.4	54.7
1974	43.3	55.1
1975	43.4	55.4
1976	43.7	55.7
1977	44	56
1978	44.4	56.2
1979	45	56.5
1980	45.7	56.8
1981	46.4	57.1
1982	47	57.2
1983	47.4	57.4
1984	47.7	57.5
1985	47.7	57.6
1986	47.4	57.6
1987	47.1	57.6
1988	42.9	57.5
1989	45.7	57.3
1990	45.2	57.1
1991	44.7	56.8
1992	44.5	56.5
1993	37.2	56
1994	44.5	55.6
1995	44.6	55.5
1996	44.8	55.2
1997	45.7	48.6
1998	46.7	52.6
1999	47.6	54.4
2000	47.6	55.4
2001	48.5	55.9
2002	49.9	56.4
2003	51	57.1
2004	52.2	58
2005	53.1	58.7
2006	54	59.5
2007	54.8	60.1
2008	55.6	60.8
2009	56.4	61.2
2010	57.1	61.7
2011	57.8	62.3
2012	58.5	62.7
2013	59.2	63
2014	59.8	63.3
2015	60.1	63.7
2016	60.8	63.9
2017	61.3	64.2
2018	61.8	64.5
2019	62.2	63.2
2020	62.6	64.4
2021	62.1	64.2
2022	62.9	65
2023	63.7	65.8
2024	63.8	66
2025	64	66.2

Burundi and Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Burundi

Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Burundi	Congo
1960	2,764,258	1,056,732
1961	2,835,119	1,084,389
1962	2,907,943	1,113,175
1963	2,969,841	1,143,263
1964	3,055,650	1,174,816
1965	3,141,367	1,207,880
1966	3,217,960	1,242,534
1967	3,300,690	1,278,691
1968	3,380,387	1,316,519
1969	3,454,590	1,356,182
1970	3,530,432	1,397,638
1971	3,617,289	1,441,039
1972	3,617,128	1,486,468
1973	3,611,991	1,533,680
1974	3,703,590	1,582,301
1975	3,796,612	1,627,032
1976	3,882,626	1,667,225
1977	3,983,582	1,707,568
1978	4,100,338	1,748,089
1979	4,203,530	1,788,524
1980	4,383,706	1,828,985
1981	4,566,014	1,869,759
1982	4,681,390	1,910,430
1983	4,808,528	1,950,321
1984	4,926,465	1,999,528
1985	5,034,042	2,059,311
1986	5,129,414	2,120,602
1987	5,247,787	2,183,473
1988	5,365,327	2,247,653
1989	5,471,706	2,313,558
1990	5,587,052	2,380,560
1991	5,703,857	2,449,229
1992	5,858,407	2,519,465
1993	5,676,843	2,595,124
1994	5,713,854	2,673,144
1995	6,066,316	2,749,461
1996	6,070,506	2,826,785
1997	6,070,042	2,887,862
1998	6,187,108	2,952,061
1999	6,337,155	3,032,874
2000	6,470,194	3,151,345
2001	6,634,365	3,272,537
2002	6,824,132	3,350,771
2003	7,043,154	3,445,753
2004	7,310,656	3,565,554
2005	7,587,299	3,696,393
2006	7,865,547	3,837,409
2007	8,161,874	3,980,430
2008	8,505,637	4,113,517
2009	8,947,646	4,281,219
2010	9,376,444	4,462,290
2011	9,717,978	4,609,724
2012	10,071,028	4,740,450
2013	10,439,341	4,857,099
2014	10,799,785	4,975,880
2015	11,047,580	5,097,581
2016	11,239,451	5,222,536
2017	11,506,762	5,351,011
2018	11,859,446	5,483,118
2019	12,255,336	5,616,661
2020	12,617,036	5,752,791
2021	12,965,481	5,892,183
2022	13,321,097	6,035,104
2023	13,689,450	6,182,885
2024	14,047,786	6,332,961

Fertility rates in Burundi and Congo

Fertility rate

Burundi

Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burundi	Congo
1960	7	6.09
1961	7.02	6.09
1962	7.04	6.1
1963	7.07	6.15
1964	7.09	6.18
1965	7.11	6.23
1966	7.14	6.27
1967	7.16	6.29
1968	7.18	6.33
1969	7.22	6.35
1970	7.21	6.38
1971	7.21	6.42
1972	7.21	6.44
1973	7.22	6.42
1974	7.22	6.39
1975	7.24	6.36
1976	7.25	6.32
1977	7.25	6.27
1978	7.26	6.21
1979	7.31	6.14
1980	7.35	6.07
1981	7.33	5.98
1982	7.31	5.85
1983	7.3	5.76
1984	7.3	5.66
1985	7.29	5.59
1986	7.32	5.51
1987	7.38	5.46
1988	7.38	5.39
1989	7.39	5.33
1990	7.37	5.27
1991	7.34	5.22
1992	7.3	5.18
1993	7.27	5.13
1994	7.23	5.1
1995	7.18	5.07
1996	7.12	5.03
1997	7.04	5
1998	6.96	4.91
1999	6.9	4.81
2000	6.87	4.72
2001	6.85	4.67
2002	6.82	4.7
2003	6.79	4.7
2004	6.75	4.69
2005	6.71	4.67
2006	6.66	4.65
2007	6.59	4.65
2008	6.52	4.73
2009	6.41	4.81
2010	6.26	4.85
2011	6.11	4.83
2012	5.99	4.79
2013	5.89	4.73
2014	5.79	4.67
2015	5.7	4.61
2016	5.59	4.55
2017	5.48	4.5
2018	5.38	4.44
2019	5.27	4.38
2020	5.18	4.33
2021	5.08	4.28
2022	4.98	4.22
2023	4.88	4.16

Burundi and Congo demographics compared

Median age

Burundi

Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burundi	Congo
1960	17.5	18.8
1961	17.4	18.7
1962	17.4	18.6
1963	17.3	18.4
1964	17.3	18.3
1965	17.3	18.2
1966	17.4	18.1
1967	17.4	17.9
1968	17.4	17.8
1969	17.3	17.7
1970	17.3	17.6
1971	17.3	17.5
1972	17.1	17.4
1973	16.8	17.4
1974	16.9	17.3
1975	17	17.2
1976	16.9	17.1
1977	17	17
1978	17	17
1979	17	17
1980	17.2	17
1981	17.3	17
1982	17.1	17.1
1983	17	17.2
1984	16.8	17.2
1985	16.6	17.3
1986	16.3	17.4
1987	16.1	17.4
1988	16	17.5
1989	15.8	17.6
1990	15.6	17.7
1991	15.5	17.7
1992	15.5	17.8
1993	14.7	17.9
1994	14.6	18
1995	15.4	18.1
1996	15.2	18.1
1997	15	18.1
1998	15.2	18.1
1999	15.5	18.2
2000	15.7	18.5
2001	15.9	18.8
2002	16.1	18.8
2003	16.3	18.9
2004	16.5	19
2005	16.7	19.2
2006	16.8	19.3
2007	16.9	19.5
2008	17	19.5
2009	17.2	19.7
2010	17.3	19.8
2011	17.2	19.7
2012	17.1	19.6
2013	17	19.5
2014	16.9	19.4
2015	16.6	19.3
2016	16.2	19.2
2017	16.1	19.2
2018	16.2	19.1
2019	16.3	19.1
2020	16.5	19.2
2021	16.7	19.2
2022	16.8	19.3
2023	17.1	19.4
2024	17.3	19.5

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