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Burundi vs Niger statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Burundi has a population of 14M (ranked 78/197), compared with 27M in Niger (ranked 55/197). Burundi's land area is 9,915 sq mi versus 489,076 sq mi for Niger (ranked 144th vs. 20th).

By GDP, Burundi ranks 177/197 ($2.16B) and Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B). By GDP per capita, Burundi ranks 197/197 ($153.9), while Niger ranks 187/197 ($723).

Main facts and rankings

Burundi Niger
Population
14662443
28638403
Population rank 78/197 53/197
GDP
$2.16B
2024
$19.5B
2024
GDP rank 177/197 132/197
GDP per capita
$153.9
2024
$723
2024
GDP per capita rank 197/197 187/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$950
2024
$2,015
2024
Government debt
$934M
2024
$9.22B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.3%
2025
43.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$66.5
2024
$341
2024
Government debt per person rank 184/185 176/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,071
2025
$1,379
2025
Land area
9,915 sq mi
2025
489,076 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,417 ppl/mi²
2024
55.3 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.88
2023
6.06
2023
Median age
17.3 years
2024
16.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
61.7 years
2025

Burundi and Niger: Comparison Charts

Burundi and Niger economies compared

GDP
Burundi

Niger
Year GDP
Burundi Niger
1960 $195,999,990 $449,526,873
1961 $202,999,992 $485,785,231
1962 $213,500,006 $531,736,599
1963 $232,749,998 $586,294,879
1964 $260,750,008 $582,816,396
1965 $158,994,963 $673,383,511
1966 $165,444,571 $702,296,079
1967 $178,297,143 $665,586,872
1968 $183,200,000 $641,214,226
1969 $190,205,714 $625,867,985
1970 $242,732,571 $649,916,621
1971 $252,842,286 $693,573,704
1972 $246,804,571 $742,779,661
1973 $304,339,524 $946,385,105
1974 $345,263,492 $1,026,137,111
1975 $420,986,667 $1,048,690,933
1976 $448,412,754 $1,064,517,601
1977 $547,535,556 $1,291,458,041
1978 $610,225,556 $1,774,365,590
1979 $782,496,667 $2,109,277,666
1980 $919,726,667 $2,508,524,721
1981 $969,046,667 $2,170,893,414
1982 $1,013,222,222 $2,017,612,216
1983 $1,082,926,304 $1,803,099,561
1984 $987,143,931 $1,461,243,326
1985 $1,149,979,286 $1,440,581,652
1986 $1,201,725,497 $1,904,096,998
1987 $1,131,466,494 $2,233,006,105
1988 $1,082,403,219 $2,280,356,193
1989 $1,113,924,130 $2,179,567,114
1990 $1,132,101,253 $3,512,356,508
1991 $1,167,398,478 $3,285,796,875
1992 $1,083,037,671 $3,386,232,579
1993 $938,632,612 $3,052,673,849
1994 $925,030,590 $1,938,058,175
1995 $1,000,428,394 $2,302,537,562
1996 $869,033,856 $2,405,686,940
1997 $972,896,268 $2,290,318,910
1998 $893,770,740 $2,643,363,519
1999 $808,077,223 $2,537,789,821
2000 $870,486,066 $2,241,753,193
2001 $876,794,723 $2,448,714,704
2002 $825,394,519 $2,782,192,879
2003 $784,654,424 $3,394,084,732
2004 $915,257,323 $3,760,443,738
2005 $1,117,113,080 $4,383,315,965
2006 $1,273,375,078 $4,756,361,252
2007 $1,356,199,387 $5,731,485,052
2008 $1,611,835,857 $7,297,600,226
2009 $1,781,455,140 $7,352,131,310
2010 $2,032,135,192 $7,851,192,502
2011 $2,235,820,809 $8,772,950,778
2012 $2,333,341,334 $9,426,912,648
2013 $2,451,606,632 $10,224,897,438
2014 $2,705,783,330 $10,862,943,544
2015 $3,104,003,546 $9,683,867,926
2016 $2,644,487,777 $10,398,861,982
2017 $2,723,586,963 $11,185,104,252
2018 $2,667,182,200 $12,837,307,497
2019 $2,576,518,880 $12,889,555,561
2020 $2,649,680,261 $13,744,653,103
2021 $2,775,798,697 $14,915,002,436
2022 $3,338,722,828 $15,433,852,714
2023 $2,629,391,600 $16,698,786,973
2024 $2,162,378,759 $19,537,639,288

Burundi and Niger economies compared

GDP per capita
Burundi

Niger
Year GDP per capita
Burundi Niger
1960 $70.9 $128.3
1961 $71.6 $134.6
1962 $73.4 $143.2
1963 $78.4 $153.3
1964 $85.3 $148.1
1965 $50.6 $166.3
1966 $51.4 $168.6
1967 $54 $155.4
1968 $54.2 $145.6
1969 $55.1 $138.3
1970 $68.8 $139.8
1971 $69.9 $145.2
1972 $68.2 $151.4
1973 $84.3 $187.9
1974 $93.2 $198.3
1975 $110.9 $197.2
1976 $115.5 $194.8
1977 $137.4 $229.8
1978 $148.8 $307
1979 $186.2 $354
1980 $209.8 $409
1981 $212.2 $343
1982 $216.4 $310
1983 $225.2 $268.8
1984 $200.4 $211.5
1985 $228.4 $202.4
1986 $234.3 $259.6
1987 $215.6 $295.3
1988 $201.7 $292.6
1989 $203.6 $271.3
1990 $202.6 $424
1991 $204.7 $384
1992 $184.9 $384
1993 $165.3 $335
1994 $161.9 $206.2
1995 $164.9 $237
1996 $143.2 $239.5
1997 $160.3 $220.6
1998 $144.5 $246.1
1999 $127.5 $228.3
2000 $134.5 $194.8
2001 $132.2 $205.4
2002 $121 $225.3
2003 $111.4 $265.2
2004 $125.2 $283.5
2005 $147.2 $319
2006 $161.9 $333
2007 $166.2 $387
2008 $189.5 $475
2009 $199.1 $461
2010 $216.7 $474
2011 $230.1 $511
2012 $231.7 $529
2013 $234.8 $552
2014 $250.5 $565
2015 $281 $486
2016 $235.3 $503
2017 $236.7 $522
2018 $224.9 $579
2019 $210.2 $562
2020 $210 $580
2021 $214.1 $609
2022 $250.6 $610
2023 $192.1 $638
2024 $153.9 $723

Burundi vs. Niger life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Burundi

Niger
Year Life expectancy, years
Burundi Niger
1950 40.9 35.9
1951 41.2 35.9
1952 41.5 35.9
1953 41.7 35.9
1954 42 36
1955 42.2 36
1956 42.4 36
1957 42.6 36.1
1958 42.9 36.1
1959 43.1 36.1
1960 43.3 36.2
1961 43.4 36.3
1962 43.5 36.3
1963 43.6 36.4
1964 43.6 36.5
1965 41.8 36.4
1966 43.5 36.3
1967 43.3 36.2
1968 43.4 36.1
1969 43 36
1970 43.2 35.9
1971 43.2 35.3
1972 25.8 35.8
1973 37.4 35.9
1974 43.3 36.2
1975 43.4 36.6
1976 43.7 37.1
1977 44 37.7
1978 44.4 38.3
1979 45 38.9
1980 45.7 39.3
1981 46.4 39.6
1982 47 39.8
1983 47.4 40
1984 47.7 40
1985 47.7 40.1
1986 47.4 40.3
1987 47.1 40.5
1988 42.9 40.8
1989 45.7 41.2
1990 45.2 41.7
1991 44.7 42.3
1992 44.5 43.1
1993 37.2 43.8
1994 44.5 44.6
1995 44.6 45.5
1996 44.8 46.3
1997 45.7 47.1
1998 46.7 47.8
1999 47.6 48.5
2000 47.6 49.2
2001 48.5 49.9
2002 49.9 50.6
2003 51 51.5
2004 52.2 52.4
2005 53.1 53.3
2006 54 54.2
2007 54.8 55.1
2008 55.6 55.9
2009 56.4 56.5
2010 57.1 57.1
2011 57.8 57.6
2012 58.5 58
2013 59.2 58.4
2014 59.8 58.7
2015 60.1 58.8
2016 60.8 59.2
2017 61.3 59.5
2018 61.8 59.8
2019 62.2 60
2020 62.6 59.9
2021 62.1 59.5
2022 62.9 60.4
2023 63.7 61.2
2024 63.8 61.4
2025 64 61.7

Burundi and Niger population clocks and comparison

Population
Burundi

Niger
Year Population
Burundi Niger
1960 2,764,258 3,505,050
1961 2,835,119 3,608,162
1962 2,907,943 3,714,520
1963 2,969,841 3,823,873
1964 3,055,650 3,935,814
1965 3,141,367 4,049,695
1966 3,217,960 4,165,544
1967 3,300,690 4,283,590
1968 3,380,387 4,403,637
1969 3,454,590 4,525,725
1970 3,530,432 4,650,275
1971 3,617,289 4,776,225
1972 3,617,128 4,904,845
1973 3,611,991 5,037,865
1974 3,703,590 5,174,953
1975 3,796,612 5,317,019
1976 3,882,626 5,464,962
1977 3,983,582 5,619,716
1978 4,100,338 5,782,932
1979 4,203,530 5,955,556
1980 4,383,706 6,135,971
1981 4,566,014 6,322,006
1982 4,681,390 6,512,732
1983 4,808,528 6,708,644
1984 4,926,465 6,909,971
1985 5,034,042 7,118,457
1986 5,129,414 7,335,811
1987 5,247,787 7,561,150
1988 5,365,327 7,793,748
1989 5,471,706 8,034,780
1990 5,587,052 8,286,059
1991 5,703,857 8,546,900
1992 5,858,407 8,817,633
1993 5,676,843 9,100,789
1994 5,713,854 9,398,258
1995 6,066,316 9,714,529
1996 6,070,506 10,044,852
1997 6,070,042 10,383,969
1998 6,187,108 10,741,413
1999 6,337,155 11,117,411
2000 6,470,194 11,509,630
2001 6,634,365 11,920,647
2002 6,824,132 12,349,144
2003 7,043,154 12,796,984
2004 7,310,656 13,265,836
2005 7,587,299 13,756,192
2006 7,865,547 14,268,581
2007 8,161,874 14,803,610
2008 8,505,637 15,361,915
2009 8,947,646 15,943,675
2010 9,376,444 16,548,835
2011 9,717,978 17,176,283
2012 10,071,028 17,836,769
2013 10,439,341 18,519,898
2014 10,799,785 19,215,909
2015 11,047,580 19,939,498
2016 11,239,451 20,685,753
2017 11,506,762 21,435,446
2018 11,859,446 22,188,069
2019 12,255,336 22,947,757
2020 12,617,036 23,717,613
2021 12,965,481 24,502,140
2022 13,321,097 25,311,973
2023 13,689,450 26,159,867
2024 14,047,786 27,032,412

Fertility rates in Burundi and Niger

Fertility rate
Burundi

Niger
Year Fertility rate
Burundi Niger
1960 7 7.53
1961 7.02 7.51
1962 7.04 7.5
1963 7.07 7.49
1964 7.09 7.48
1965 7.11 7.47
1966 7.14 7.48
1967 7.16 7.49
1968 7.18 7.5
1969 7.22 7.51
1970 7.21 7.51
1971 7.21 7.52
1972 7.21 7.52
1973 7.22 7.53
1974 7.22 7.54
1975 7.24 7.54
1976 7.25 7.56
1977 7.25 7.6
1978 7.26 7.66
1979 7.31 7.72
1980 7.35 7.78
1981 7.33 7.82
1982 7.31 7.86
1983 7.3 7.9
1984 7.3 7.92
1985 7.29 7.93
1986 7.32 7.9
1987 7.38 7.87
1988 7.38 7.84
1989 7.39 7.82
1990 7.37 7.81
1991 7.34 7.8
1992 7.3 7.8
1993 7.27 7.79
1994 7.23 7.79
1995 7.18 7.78
1996 7.12 7.78
1997 7.04 7.8
1998 6.96 7.84
1999 6.9 7.84
2000 6.87 7.83
2001 6.85 7.81
2002 6.82 7.8
2003 6.79 7.79
2004 6.75 7.78
2005 6.71 7.77
2006 6.66 7.74
2007 6.59 7.73
2008 6.52 7.7
2009 6.41 7.68
2010 6.26 7.64
2011 6.11 7.59
2012 5.99 7.53
2013 5.89 7.45
2014 5.79 7.34
2015 5.7 7.22
2016 5.59 7.04
2017 5.48 6.87
2018 5.38 6.71
2019 5.27 6.54
2020 5.18 6.37
2021 5.08 6.2
2022 4.98 6.14
2023 4.88 6.06

Burundi and Niger demographics compared

Median age
Burundi

Niger
Year Median age, years
Burundi Niger
1960 17.5 15.5
1961 17.4 15.5
1962 17.4 15.5
1963 17.3 15.5
1964 17.3 15.6
1965 17.3 15.6
1966 17.4 15.6
1967 17.4 15.7
1968 17.4 15.7
1969 17.3 15.8
1970 17.3 15.9
1971 17.3 15.9
1972 17.1 16
1973 16.8 16.1
1974 16.9 16.1
1975 17 16.2
1976 16.9 16.3
1977 17 16.3
1978 17 16.4
1979 17 16.4
1980 17.2 16.4
1981 17.3 16.4
1982 17.1 16.4
1983 17 16.4
1984 16.8 16.4
1985 16.6 16.4
1986 16.3 16.4
1987 16.1 16.4
1988 16 16.5
1989 15.8 16.5
1990 15.6 16.5
1991 15.5 16.6
1992 15.5 16.6
1993 14.7 16.6
1994 14.6 16.6
1995 15.4 16.6
1996 15.2 16.6
1997 15 16.5
1998 15.2 16.5
1999 15.5 16.4
2000 15.7 16.3
2001 15.9 16.2
2002 16.1 16.1
2003 16.3 16
2004 16.5 15.9
2005 16.7 15.8
2006 16.8 15.7
2007 16.9 15.5
2008 17 15.5
2009 17.2 15.4
2010 17.3 15.3
2011 17.2 15.3
2012 17.1 15.3
2013 17 15.3
2014 16.9 15.3
2015 16.6 15.4
2016 16.2 15.5
2017 16.1 15.6
2018 16.2 15.7
2019 16.3 15.8
2020 16.5 15.9
2021 16.7 16
2022 16.8 16.2
2023 17.1 16.3
2024 17.3 16.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Burundi Niger
GNI, Atlas method
$2.71B
2024
$17.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23.5%
2025
13.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.82%
2022
4.07%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.66%
2023
2.07%
2023
Armed forces personnel
31,000
2020
10,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.55%
2025
-3.02%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.03%
2020
0.4%
2022
Services, % of GDP
49%
2023
45.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
9.63%
2023
17.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
39.7
2025
51.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.9%
2020
27.8%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2020
3.8%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$90.3M
2023
n/a
Personal remittances received
$169M
2024
$567M
2024
International tourist arrivals
299,000
2017
85,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.57%
2011
9.38%
2019
Banked people share
7.11%
2014
14.8%
2024

Energy

Burundi Niger
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
162 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$11.4
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.84 megatons
2023
2.82 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.06 tons
2023
0.11 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83%
2022
79.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.05%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
5.41%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
62.4 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
61.3%
2021
6.38%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.6%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
11.6%
2023
20.1%
2023

Society

Burundi Niger
% of world population
0.17%
2024
0.33%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,074
2024
-4,041
2024
Urban population
15.2%
2024
17.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.49 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
7.34
2025
16.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
34
2024
Higher education index
15
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.82
2016
4.39
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
35.5
2019
25.5
2019
Visa free countries
57
2025
64
2025
Adult literacy rate
75.5%
2022
35.6%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
1%
2025
People using the Internet
11.1%
2023
23.2%
2023

Health

Burundi Niger
Government health expenditure per capita
$24.7
2022
$26.5
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$6.05
2022
$10.7
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
61.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
53.2%
2022
18.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.07
2021
0.02
2022
Age at first childbirth
21.5 years
2025
18.5 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
392
2023
350
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
49.2
2023
114.8
2023
Obesity rate
5.27%
2022
6.21%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.3%
2024
4.1%
2024
Air quality index
10
2025
12
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.2%
2022
7.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.16 liters
2020
0.13 liters
2020

Territory

Burundi Niger
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.85%
2025
Land area per capita
706 sq mi
2024
18,092 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
8,317 sq mi
2025
179,918 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,080 sq mi
2025
4,025 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,657 mi
2016
11,774 mi
2010

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