Burundi vs South Africa statistics compared

Burundi has a population of 14M (ranked 78/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Burundi's land area is 9,915 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 144th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Burundi ranks 177/197 ($2.16B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Burundi ranks 197/197 ($153.9), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Burundi and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Burundi and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Burundi

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Burundi	South Africa
1960	$195,999,990	$8,748,596,501
1961	$202,999,992	$9,225,996,310
1962	$213,500,006	$9,813,996,074
1963	$232,749,998	$10,854,195,658
1964	$260,750,008	$11,955,995,218
1965	$158,994,963	$13,068,994,772
1966	$165,444,571	$14,211,394,315
1967	$178,297,143	$15,821,393,671
1968	$183,200,000	$17,124,793,150
1969	$190,205,714	$19,256,992,297
1970	$242,732,571	$21,218,391,513
1971	$252,842,286	$23,411,076,638
1972	$246,804,571	$24,515,919,217
1973	$304,339,524	$33,262,772,008
1974	$345,263,492	$41,389,186,095
1975	$420,986,667	$42,906,905,672
1976	$448,412,754	$41,150,460,288
1977	$547,535,556	$45,328,411,332
1978	$610,225,556	$51,607,412,902
1979	$782,496,667	$63,038,658,089
1980	$919,726,667	$89,411,864,402
1981	$969,046,667	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,013,222,222	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,082,926,304	$96,204,110,942
1984	$987,143,931	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,149,979,286	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,201,725,497	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,131,466,494	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,082,403,219	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,113,924,130	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,132,101,253	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,167,398,478	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,083,037,671	$146,956,150,987
1993	$938,632,612	$147,194,747,566
1994	$925,030,590	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,000,428,394	$171,735,933,897
1996	$869,033,856	$163,234,925,381
1997	$972,896,268	$168,978,057,328
1998	$893,770,740	$152,982,984,557
1999	$808,077,223	$151,516,957,079
2000	$870,486,066	$151,752,757,215
2001	$876,794,723	$135,429,905,923
2002	$825,394,519	$129,087,556,612
2003	$784,654,424	$197,018,965,309
2004	$915,257,323	$255,806,908,595
2005	$1,117,113,080	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,273,375,078	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,356,199,387	$333,077,117,254
2008	$1,611,835,857	$316,131,258,616
2009	$1,781,455,140	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,032,135,192	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,235,820,809	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,333,341,334	$434,400,545,086
2013	$2,451,606,632	$400,886,013,596
2014	$2,705,783,330	$381,198,869,776
2015	$3,104,003,546	$346,709,790,459
2016	$2,644,487,777	$323,585,509,674
2017	$2,723,586,963	$381,448,814,653
2018	$2,667,182,200	$405,260,723,893
2019	$2,576,518,880	$389,330,032,224
2020	$2,649,680,261	$337,974,655,408
2021	$2,775,798,697	$420,886,877,629
2022	$3,338,722,828	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,629,391,600	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,162,378,759	$400,260,724,226

Burundi and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Burundi

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Burundi	South Africa
1960	$70.9	$532
1961	$71.6	$546
1962	$73.4	$563
1963	$78.4	$605
1964	$85.3	$646
1965	$50.6	$685
1966	$51.4	$722
1967	$54	$779
1968	$54.2	$817
1969	$55.1	$891
1970	$68.8	$952
1971	$69.9	$1,020
1972	$68.2	$1,038
1973	$84.3	$1,369
1974	$93.2	$1,656
1975	$110.9	$1,670
1976	$115.5	$1,559
1977	$137.4	$1,671
1978	$148.8	$1,852
1979	$186.2	$2,202
1980	$209.8	$3,029
1981	$212.2	$3,050
1982	$216.4	$2,717
1983	$225.2	$2,938
1984	$200.4	$2,504
1985	$228.4	$1,839
1986	$234.3	$2,027
1987	$215.6	$2,586
1988	$201.7	$2,702
1989	$203.6	$2,727
1990	$202.6	$3,093
1991	$204.7	$3,243
1992	$184.9	$3,462
1993	$165.3	$3,400
1994	$161.9	$3,489
1995	$164.9	$3,856
1996	$143.2	$3,618
1997	$160.3	$3,700
1998	$144.5	$3,310
1999	$127.5	$3,242
2000	$134.5	$3,218
2001	$132.2	$2,847
2002	$121	$2,688
2003	$111.4	$4,062
2004	$125.2	$5,221
2005	$147.2	$5,837
2006	$161.9	$6,077
2007	$166.2	$6,592
2008	$189.5	$6,185
2009	$199.1	$6,375
2010	$216.7	$7,973
2011	$230.1	$8,646
2012	$231.7	$8,077
2013	$234.8	$7,332
2014	$250.5	$6,857
2015	$281	$6,112
2016	$235.3	$5,651
2017	$236.7	$6,618
2018	$224.9	$6,914
2019	$210.2	$6,534
2020	$210	$5,581
2021	$214.1	$6,843
2022	$250.6	$6,523
2023	$192.1	$6,023
2024	$153.9	$6,253

Burundi vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Burundi

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Burundi	South Africa
1950	40.9	43.1
1951	41.2	44.1
1952	41.5	45
1953	41.7	46.1
1954	42	47.1
1955	42.2	48.2
1956	42.4	49.2
1957	42.6	50.2
1958	42.9	51.1
1959	43.1	51.9
1960	43.3	52.6
1961	43.4	53.1
1962	43.5	53.6
1963	43.6	53.9
1964	43.6	54.2
1965	41.8	54.4
1966	43.5	54.7
1967	43.3	55
1968	43.4	55.2
1969	43	55.4
1970	43.2	55.7
1971	43.2	56
1972	25.8	56.4
1973	37.4	56.7
1974	43.3	57.1
1975	43.4	57.6
1976	43.7	58
1977	44	58.5
1978	44.4	59
1979	45	59.5
1980	45.7	60
1981	46.4	60.4
1982	47	60.9
1983	47.4	61.4
1984	47.7	61.8
1985	47.7	62.2
1986	47.4	62.4
1987	47.1	62.7
1988	42.9	62.9
1989	45.7	63
1990	45.2	62.9
1991	44.7	63
1992	44.5	62.8
1993	37.2	62.6
1994	44.5	62.1
1995	44.6	61.6
1996	44.8	61.1
1997	45.7	60.5
1998	46.7	59.9
1999	47.6	59.2
2000	47.6	58.4
2001	48.5	57.2
2002	49.9	55.6
2003	51	54.2
2004	52.2	54
2005	53.1	53.9
2006	54	54.2
2007	54.8	54.9
2008	55.6	56
2009	56.4	57.4
2010	57.1	58.9
2011	57.8	60.6
2012	58.5	61.7
2013	59.2	62.4
2014	59.8	63.2
2015	60.1	64.1
2016	60.8	64.7
2017	61.3	65.4
2018	61.8	65.7
2019	62.2	66.1
2020	62.6	65.2
2021	62.1	62
2022	62.9	65.5
2023	63.7	66.1
2024	63.8	66.3
2025	64	66.5

Burundi and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Burundi

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Burundi	South Africa
1960	2,764,258	16,440,172
1961	2,835,119	16,908,035
1962	2,907,943	17,418,522
1963	2,969,841	17,954,564
1964	3,055,650	18,511,361
1965	3,141,367	19,089,380
1966	3,217,960	19,690,087
1967	3,300,690	20,314,066
1968	3,380,387	20,957,287
1969	3,454,590	21,614,676
1970	3,530,432	22,279,984
1971	3,617,289	22,942,143
1972	3,617,128	23,609,456
1973	3,611,991	24,294,263
1974	3,703,590	24,989,108
1975	3,796,612	25,690,940
1976	3,882,626	26,395,450
1977	3,983,582	27,118,952
1978	4,100,338	27,869,507
1979	4,203,530	28,634,162
1980	4,383,706	29,518,857
1981	4,566,014	30,541,044
1982	4,681,390	31,615,339
1983	4,808,528	32,739,304
1984	4,926,465	33,892,788
1985	5,034,042	35,042,093
1986	5,129,414	36,180,515
1987	5,247,787	37,326,190
1988	5,365,327	38,480,649
1989	5,471,706	39,628,575
1990	5,587,052	40,746,268
1991	5,703,857	41,687,898
1992	5,858,407	42,443,509
1993	5,676,843	43,297,156
1994	5,713,854	44,004,139
1995	6,066,316	44,541,554
1996	6,070,506	45,123,018
1997	6,070,042	45,666,838
1998	6,187,108	46,223,880
1999	6,337,155	46,730,335
2000	6,470,194	47,159,719
2001	6,634,365	47,566,800
2002	6,824,132	48,019,415
2003	7,043,154	48,500,348
2004	7,310,656	48,991,421
2005	7,587,299	49,490,033
2006	7,865,547	49,998,277
2007	8,161,874	50,528,584
2008	8,505,637	51,114,599
2009	8,947,646	51,728,516
2010	9,376,444	52,344,051
2011	9,717,978	52,995,205
2012	10,071,028	53,782,567
2013	10,439,341	54,678,791
2014	10,799,785	55,594,838
2015	11,047,580	56,723,537
2016	11,239,451	57,259,551
2017	11,506,762	57,635,162
2018	11,859,446	58,613,001
2019	12,255,336	59,587,885
2020	12,617,036	60,562,381
2021	12,965,481	61,502,603
2022	13,321,097	62,378,410
2023	13,689,450	63,212,384
2024	14,047,786	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Burundi and South Africa

Fertility rate

Burundi

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burundi	South Africa
1960	7	6.11
1961	7.02	6.08
1962	7.04	6.05
1963	7.07	6.01
1964	7.09	5.96
1965	7.11	5.89
1966	7.14	5.91
1967	7.16	5.85
1968	7.18	5.78
1969	7.22	5.72
1970	7.21	5.63
1971	7.21	5.57
1972	7.21	5.49
1973	7.22	5.41
1974	7.22	5.3
1975	7.24	5.19
1976	7.25	5.07
1977	7.25	4.94
1978	7.26	4.85
1979	7.31	4.82
1980	7.35	4.78
1981	7.33	4.71
1982	7.31	4.7
1983	7.3	4.63
1984	7.3	4.57
1985	7.29	4.5
1986	7.32	4.41
1987	7.38	4.35
1988	7.38	4.18
1989	7.39	3.98
1990	7.37	3.72
1991	7.34	3.62
1992	7.3	3.48
1993	7.27	3.37
1994	7.23	3.26
1995	7.18	3.17
1996	7.12	2.99
1997	7.04	2.73
1998	6.96	2.63
1999	6.9	2.56
2000	6.87	2.41
2001	6.85	2.37
2002	6.82	2.32
2003	6.79	2.36
2004	6.75	2.44
2005	6.71	2.51
2006	6.66	2.55
2007	6.59	2.55
2008	6.52	2.68
2009	6.41	2.5
2010	6.26	2.44
2011	6.11	2.44
2012	5.99	2.45
2013	5.89	2.43
2014	5.79	2.42
2015	5.7	2.36
2016	5.59	2.26
2017	5.48	2.28
2018	5.38	2.27
2019	5.27	2.26
2020	5.18	2.26
2021	5.08	2.25
2022	4.98	2.23
2023	4.88	2.22

Burundi and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Burundi

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Burundi	South Africa
1960	17.5	19
1961	17.4	19
1962	17.4	18.9
1963	17.3	18.9
1964	17.3	18.9
1965	17.3	18.8
1966	17.4	18.8
1967	17.4	18.8
1968	17.4	18.8
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.3	18.8
1971	17.3	18.8
1972	17.1	18.8
1973	16.8	18.8
1974	16.9	18.9
1975	17	18.9
1976	16.9	19
1977	17	19.1
1978	17	19.2
1979	17	19.3
1980	17.2	19.4
1981	17.3	19.6
1982	17.1	19.8
1983	17	20
1984	16.8	20.2
1985	16.6	20.4
1986	16.3	20.5
1987	16.1	20.7
1988	16	20.9
1989	15.8	21.1
1990	15.6	21.3
1991	15.5	21.5
1992	15.5	21.5
1993	14.7	21.9
1994	14.6	22
1995	15.4	21.5
1996	15.2	21.2
1997	15	21.2
1998	15.2	21.4
1999	15.5	21.6
2000	15.7	21.9
2001	15.9	22.2
2002	16.1	22.4
2003	16.3	22.8
2004	16.5	23.1
2005	16.7	23.3
2006	16.8	23.5
2007	16.9	23.8
2008	17	24
2009	17.2	24.3
2010	17.3	24.6
2011	17.2	25
2012	17.1	25.3
2013	17	25.7
2014	16.9	26
2015	16.6	26.4
2016	16.2	26.7
2017	16.1	27
2018	16.2	27.5
2019	16.3	27.9
2020	16.5	28.3
2021	16.7	28.6
2022	16.8	28.9
2023	17.1	29.2
2024	17.3	29.5

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