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Burundi vs Somalia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Burundi has a population of 14M (ranked 78/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Burundi's land area is 9,915 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 144th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Burundi ranks 177/197 ($2.16B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Burundi ranks 197/197 ($153.9), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Main facts and rankings

Burundi Somalia
Population
14662443
20177806
Population rank 78/197 66/197
GDP
$2.16B
2024
$12.1B
2024
GDP rank 177/197 149/197
GDP per capita
$153.9
2024
$637
2024
GDP per capita rank 197/197 191/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$950
2024
$1,601
2024
Government debt
$934M
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.3%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$66.5
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 184/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,071
2025
$1,941
2025
Land area
9,915 sq mi
2025
242,217 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,417 ppl/mi²
2024
78.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.88
2023
6.13
2023
Median age
17.3 years
2024
16.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
59.1 years
2025

Burundi and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Burundi and Somalia economies compared

GDP
Burundi

Somalia
Year GDP
Burundi Somalia
1960 $195,999,990 $180,459,937
1961 $202,999,992 $191,659,914
1962 $213,500,006 $203,531,928
1963 $232,749,998 $216,145,936
1964 $260,750,008 $229,529,913
1965 $158,994,963 $243,725,898
1966 $165,444,571 $257,375,897
1967 $178,297,143 $271,781,887
1968 $183,200,000 $286,719,885
1969 $190,205,714 $306,357,285
1970 $242,732,571 $347,985,394
1971 $252,842,286 $347,039,446
1972 $246,804,571 $447,883,941
1973 $304,339,524 $483,699,611
1974 $345,263,492 $572,504,036
1975 $420,986,667 $757,015,879
1976 $448,412,754 $871,344,245
1977 $547,535,556 $498,550,725
1978 $610,225,556 $564,571,823
1979 $782,496,667 $589,566,929
1980 $919,726,667 $602,515,548
1981 $969,046,667 $699,302,473
1982 $1,013,222,222 $774,578,932
1983 $1,082,926,304 $735,408,642
1984 $987,143,931 $787,434,542
1985 $1,149,979,286 $875,702,247
1986 $1,201,725,497 $916,590,786
1987 $1,131,466,494 $1,018,972,664
1988 $1,082,403,219 $1,051,596,967
1989 $1,113,924,130 $1,181,360,844
1990 $1,132,101,253 $1,031,282,081
1991 $1,167,398,478 $717,974,930
1992 $1,083,037,671 $709,297,579
1993 $938,632,612 $1,260,132,956
1994 $925,030,590 $1,481,205,098
1995 $1,000,428,394 $1,534,756,135
1996 $869,033,856 $1,792,234,297
1997 $972,896,268 $2,191,749,014
1998 $893,770,740 $2,962,047,564
1999 $808,077,223 $3,045,751,528
2000 $870,486,066 $3,412,797,450
2001 $876,794,723 $2,252,847,465
2002 $825,394,519 $2,192,684,135
2003 $784,654,424 $2,836,724,352
2004 $915,257,323 $3,859,592,813
2005 $1,117,113,080 $4,683,246,454
2006 $1,273,375,078 $5,026,743,282
2007 $1,356,199,387 $5,430,713,729
2008 $1,611,835,857 $5,913,620,293
2009 $1,781,455,140 $2,948,594,552
2010 $2,032,135,192 $2,687,807,004
2011 $2,235,820,809 $2,906,000,097
2012 $2,333,341,334 $4,364,670,160
2013 $2,451,606,632 $5,062,881,600
2014 $2,705,783,330 $5,728,399,720
2015 $3,104,003,546 $6,152,149,100
2016 $2,644,487,777 $6,613,743,070
2017 $2,723,586,963 $7,621,501,710
2018 $2,667,182,200 $7,873,440,830
2019 $2,576,518,880 $8,655,023,960
2020 $2,649,680,261 $8,628,393,720
2021 $2,775,798,697 $9,483,997,390
2022 $3,338,722,828 $10,202,767,270
2023 $2,629,391,600 $10,968,517,090
2024 $2,162,378,759 $12,108,515,110

Burundi and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita
Burundi

Somalia
Year GDP per capita
Burundi Somalia
1960 $70.9 $62.7
1961 $71.6 $64.9
1962 $73.4 $67.2
1963 $78.4 $69.5
1964 $85.3 $71.9
1965 $50.6 $74.4
1966 $51.4 $76.5
1967 $54 $78.7
1968 $54.2 $80.8
1969 $55.1 $84.1
1970 $68.8 $93.1
1971 $69.9 $90.4
1972 $68.2 $113.7
1973 $84.3 $119.6
1974 $93.2 $137.9
1975 $110.9 $177.8
1976 $115.5 $199.6
1977 $137.4 $111.2
1978 $148.8 $117.3
1979 $186.2 $108.2
1980 $209.8 $101.5
1981 $212.2 $116.9
1982 $216.4 $129
1983 $225.2 $118.6
1984 $200.4 $122.5
1985 $228.4 $130.8
1986 $234.3 $131.4
1987 $215.6 $141
1988 $201.7 $145.3
1989 $203.6 $166
1990 $202.6 $145.6
1991 $204.7 $105.4
1992 $184.9 $109.2
1993 $165.3 $188.6
1994 $161.9 $210.8
1995 $164.9 $210.7
1996 $143.2 $237.2
1997 $160.3 $280.1
1998 $144.5 $363
1999 $127.5 $359
2000 $134.5 $386
2001 $132.2 $244.9
2002 $121 $229.6
2003 $111.4 $286.3
2004 $125.2 $375
2005 $147.2 $440
2006 $161.9 $458
2007 $166.2 $480
2008 $189.5 $507
2009 $199.1 $246.5
2010 $216.7 $219.2
2011 $230.1 $235.3
2012 $231.7 $350
2013 $234.8 $393
2014 $250.5 $429
2015 $281 $446
2016 $235.3 $461
2017 $236.7 $511
2018 $224.9 $510
2019 $210.2 $540
2020 $210 $518
2021 $214.1 $549
2022 $250.6 $573
2023 $192.1 $597
2024 $153.9 $637

Burundi vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Burundi

Somalia
Year Life expectancy, years
Burundi Somalia
1950 40.9 41.5
1951 41.2 41.7
1952 41.5 41.9
1953 41.7 42.1
1954 42 42.3
1955 42.2 42.5
1956 42.4 42.7
1957 42.6 42.9
1958 42.9 43.1
1959 43.1 43.3
1960 43.3 43.5
1961 43.4 43.7
1962 43.5 44
1963 43.6 44.2
1964 43.6 44.4
1965 41.8 44.6
1966 43.5 44.8
1967 43.3 45.1
1968 43.4 45.3
1969 43 45.5
1970 43.2 45.6
1971 43.2 45.8
1972 25.8 46
1973 37.4 46.2
1974 43.3 44.3
1975 43.4 44.5
1976 43.7 44.7
1977 44 47
1978 44.4 47
1979 45 47.4
1980 45.7 47.6
1981 46.4 47.8
1982 47 48
1983 47.4 48.2
1984 47.7 48.4
1985 47.7 48.3
1986 47.4 48.4
1987 47.1 49
1988 42.9 43.9
1989 45.7 46.6
1990 45.2 46.9
1991 44.7 25.4
1992 44.5 25
1993 37.2 50.6
1994 44.5 50.3
1995 44.6 50.6
1996 44.8 50.5
1997 45.7 50.3
1998 46.7 50.8
1999 47.6 50.6
2000 47.6 50.7
2001 48.5 50.8
2002 49.9 50.8
2003 51 50.7
2004 52.2 50.7
2005 53.1 50.9
2006 54 50.9
2007 54.8 50.9
2008 55.6 51.5
2009 56.4 52.1
2010 57.1 48.9
2011 57.8 32.5
2012 58.5 49.1
2013 59.2 54
2014 59.8 54.4
2015 60.1 55.1
2016 60.8 55.3
2017 61.3 52.2
2018 61.8 54.8
2019 62.2 57.2
2020 62.6 57.1
2021 62.1 55.7
2022 62.9 53.9
2023 63.7 58.8
2024 63.8 59
2025 64 59.1

Burundi and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population
Burundi

Somalia
Year Population
Burundi Somalia
1960 2,764,258 2,876,331
1961 2,835,119 2,952,054
1962 2,907,943 3,030,091
1963 2,969,841 3,110,361
1964 3,055,650 3,192,796
1965 3,141,367 3,277,874
1966 3,217,960 3,365,106
1967 3,300,690 3,454,537
1968 3,380,387 3,546,590
1969 3,454,590 3,641,015
1970 3,530,432 3,738,448
1971 3,617,289 3,837,691
1972 3,617,128 3,939,436
1973 3,611,991 4,045,592
1974 3,703,590 4,151,842
1975 3,796,612 4,257,535
1976 3,882,626 4,365,812
1977 3,983,582 4,484,050
1978 4,100,338 4,814,892
1979 4,203,530 5,449,117
1980 4,383,706 5,936,154
1981 4,566,014 5,982,849
1982 4,681,390 6,003,840
1983 4,808,528 6,198,430
1984 4,926,465 6,428,389
1985 5,034,042 6,693,289
1986 5,129,414 6,974,788
1987 5,247,787 7,228,302
1988 5,365,327 7,235,360
1989 5,471,706 7,114,817
1990 5,587,052 7,082,811
1991 5,703,857 6,813,760
1992 5,858,407 6,495,107
1993 5,676,843 6,681,399
1994 5,713,854 7,026,797
1995 6,066,316 7,285,007
1996 6,070,506 7,554,474
1997 6,070,042 7,824,525
1998 6,187,108 8,155,417
1999 6,337,155 8,492,059
2000 6,470,194 8,838,713
2001 6,634,365 9,198,493
2002 6,824,132 9,550,063
2003 7,043,154 9,909,157
2004 7,310,656 10,280,998
2005 7,587,299 10,644,228
2006 7,865,547 10,975,502
2007 8,161,874 11,322,582
2008 8,505,637 11,663,084
2009 8,947,646 11,961,201
2010 9,376,444 12,261,756
2011 9,717,978 12,348,830
2012 10,071,028 12,461,160
2013 10,439,341 12,869,594
2014 10,799,785 13,339,491
2015 11,047,580 13,806,963
2016 11,239,451 14,348,740
2017 11,506,762 14,916,629
2018 11,859,446 15,452,487
2019 12,255,336 16,030,971
2020 12,617,036 16,651,191
2021 12,965,481 17,271,431
2022 13,321,097 17,801,897
2023 13,689,450 18,358,615
2024 14,047,786 19,009,151

Fertility rates in Burundi and Somalia

Fertility rate
Burundi

Somalia
Year Fertility rate
Burundi Somalia
1960 7 7.25
1961 7.02 7.25
1962 7.04 7.26
1963 7.07 7.26
1964 7.09 7.26
1965 7.11 7.26
1966 7.14 7.26
1967 7.16 7.25
1968 7.18 7.23
1969 7.22 7.21
1970 7.21 7.18
1971 7.21 7.15
1972 7.21 7.12
1973 7.22 7.09
1974 7.22 7.06
1975 7.24 7.03
1976 7.25 7.02
1977 7.25 7
1978 7.26 7.13
1979 7.31 7.16
1980 7.35 7.18
1981 7.33 7.23
1982 7.31 7.25
1983 7.3 7.28
1984 7.3 7.3
1985 7.29 7.33
1986 7.32 7.35
1987 7.38 7.37
1988 7.38 7.4
1989 7.39 7.42
1990 7.37 7.44
1991 7.34 7.47
1992 7.3 7.5
1993 7.27 7.53
1994 7.23 7.54
1995 7.18 7.58
1996 7.12 7.62
1997 7.04 7.66
1998 6.96 7.66
1999 6.9 7.66
2000 6.87 7.65
2001 6.85 7.64
2002 6.82 7.63
2003 6.79 7.6
2004 6.75 7.57
2005 6.71 7.53
2006 6.66 7.49
2007 6.59 7.46
2008 6.52 7.42
2009 6.41 7.38
2010 6.26 7.32
2011 6.11 7.27
2012 5.99 7.21
2013 5.89 7.14
2014 5.79 7.06
2015 5.7 6.98
2016 5.59 6.88
2017 5.48 6.77
2018 5.38 6.66
2019 5.27 6.56
2020 5.18 6.45
2021 5.08 6.35
2022 4.98 6.26
2023 4.88 6.13

Burundi and Somalia demographics compared

Median age
Burundi

Somalia
Year Median age, years
Burundi Somalia
1960 17.5 18.1
1961 17.4 17.9
1962 17.4 17.8
1963 17.3 17.7
1964 17.3 17.6
1965 17.3 17.5
1966 17.4 17.5
1967 17.4 17.5
1968 17.4 17.5
1969 17.3 17.5
1970 17.3 17.5
1971 17.3 17.6
1972 17.1 17.6
1973 16.8 17.6
1974 16.9 17.7
1975 17 17.7
1976 16.9 17.7
1977 17 17.7
1978 17 17.7
1979 17 17.6
1980 17.2 17.6
1981 17.3 17.5
1982 17.1 17.4
1983 17 17.4
1984 16.8 17.3
1985 16.6 17.2
1986 16.3 17.1
1987 16.1 17
1988 16 16.8
1989 15.8 16.7
1990 15.6 16.5
1991 15.5 16.5
1992 15.5 16.7
1993 14.7 16.8
1994 14.6 16.7
1995 15.4 16.6
1996 15.2 16.5
1997 15 16.4
1998 15.2 16.4
1999 15.5 16.3
2000 15.7 16.3
2001 15.9 16.2
2002 16.1 16.2
2003 16.3 16.1
2004 16.5 16
2005 16.7 15.9
2006 16.8 15.7
2007 16.9 15.6
2008 17 15.6
2009 17.2 15.6
2010 17.3 15.7
2011 17.2 15.8
2012 17.1 16
2013 17 16
2014 16.9 16
2015 16.6 16.1
2016 16.2 16.1
2017 16.1 16.2
2018 16.2 16.2
2019 16.3 16.3
2020 16.5 16.3
2021 16.7 16.4
2022 16.8 16.5
2023 17.1 16.5
2024 17.3 16.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Burundi Somalia
GNI, Atlas method
$2.71B
2024
$11.5B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23.5%
2025
13%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.82%
2022
0.000008%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.66%
2023
1.53%
1989
Armed forces personnel
31,000
2020
14,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.55%
2025
-4.94%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.03%
2020
18.8%
2019
Services, % of GDP
49%
2023
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
9.63%
2023
9.66%
1986
Economic freedom index
39.7
2025
29
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
$23.1M
1989
Personal remittances received
$169M
2024
$2.12B
2024
International tourist arrivals
299,000
2017
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
1.57%
2011
n/a
Banked people share
7.11%
2014
38.7%
2014

Energy

Burundi Somalia
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.84 megatons
2023
0.87 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.06 tons
2023
0.05 tons
2023
Renewable energy use share
83%
2022
95.4%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
61.3%
2021
11.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.6%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
11.6%
2023
50.3%
2023

Society

Burundi Somalia
% of world population
0.17%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,074
2024
+26,859
2024
Urban population
15.2%
2024
48.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.49 ft
2025
5.62 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
7.34
2025
7.34
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
9
2024
Higher education index
15
2025
11
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.82
2016
4.31
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
35.5
2019
27.4
2019
Visa free countries
57
2025
44
2025
Adult literacy rate
75.5%
2022
54.1%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
2%
2025
People using the Internet
11.1%
2023
27.6%
2022

Health

Burundi Somalia
Government health expenditure per capita
$24.7
2022
$15.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$6.05
2022
$6.47
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
59.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
53.2%
2022
50.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.07
2021
0.02
2014
Age at first childbirth
21.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
392
2023
563
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
49.2
2023
104
2023
Obesity rate
5.27%
2022
14.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.3%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
10
2025
35
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.16 liters
2020
0 liters
2020

Territory

Burundi Somalia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
706 sq mi
2024
12,742 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
8,317 sq mi
2025
170,384 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,080 sq mi
2025
22,200 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,657 mi
2016
9,321 mi
2018

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