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Burundi vs Uganda statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Burundi has a population of 14M (ranked 78/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Burundi's land area is 9,915 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 144th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Burundi ranks 177/197 ($2.16B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Burundi ranks 197/197 ($153.9), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Main facts and rankings

Burundi Uganda
Population
14662443
52490669
Population rank 78/197 30/197
GDP
$2.16B
2024
$53.7B
2024
GDP rank 177/197 89/197
GDP per capita
$153.9
2024
$1,073
2024
GDP per capita rank 197/197 173/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$950
2024
$3,276
2024
Government debt
$934M
2024
$27.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
35.3%
2025
54%
2025
Government debt per person
$66.5
2024
$556
2024
Government debt per person rank 184/185 162/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,071
2025
$1,648
2025
Land area
9,915 sq mi
2025
77,421 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,417 ppl/mi²
2024
646 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.88
2023
4.28
2023
Median age
17.3 years
2024
17.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
68.7 years
2025

Burundi and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Burundi and Uganda economies compared

GDP
Burundi

Uganda
Year GDP
Burundi Uganda
1960 $195,999,990 $423,145,605
1961 $202,999,992 $441,667,335
1962 $213,500,006 $449,158,233
1963 $232,749,998 $516,315,231
1964 $260,750,008 $589,247,687
1965 $158,994,963 $884,502,310
1966 $165,444,571 $925,381,492
1967 $178,297,143 $967,240,655
1968 $183,200,000 $1,037,379,252
1969 $190,205,714 $1,168,556,629
1970 $242,732,571 $1,259,554,809
1971 $252,842,286 $1,417,191,656
1972 $246,804,571 $1,490,970,181
1973 $304,339,524 $1,701,829,789
1974 $345,263,492 $2,098,944,967
1975 $420,986,667 $2,359,555,556
1976 $448,412,754 $2,447,300,000
1977 $547,535,556 $2,936,470,588
1978 $610,225,556 $2,420,260,870
1979 $782,496,667 $2,139,025,000
1980 $919,726,667 $1,244,610,000
1981 $969,046,667 $1,337,300,000
1982 $1,013,222,222 $2,177,500,000
1983 $1,082,926,304 $2,240,333,333
1984 $987,143,931 $3,615,647,477
1985 $1,149,979,286 $3,519,695,444
1986 $1,201,725,497 $3,923,244,050
1987 $1,131,466,494 $6,269,522,042
1988 $1,082,403,219 $6,508,931,652
1989 $1,113,924,130 $5,276,480,799
1990 $1,132,101,253 $4,304,399,310
1991 $1,167,398,478 $3,321,729,160
1992 $1,083,037,671 $2,857,457,762
1993 $938,632,612 $3,220,439,044
1994 $925,030,590 $3,990,430,447
1995 $1,000,428,394 $5,755,818,842
1996 $869,033,856 $6,044,585,327
1997 $972,896,268 $6,269,333,313
1998 $893,770,740 $6,584,815,847
1999 $808,077,223 $5,998,563,258
2000 $870,486,066 $6,193,246,837
2001 $876,794,723 $5,840,503,869
2002 $825,394,519 $6,178,563,591
2003 $784,654,424 $6,606,884,275
2004 $915,257,323 $7,939,487,548
2005 $1,117,113,080 $9,239,221,763
2006 $1,273,375,078 $9,977,647,683
2007 $1,356,199,387 $11,902,564,495
2008 $1,611,835,857 $14,440,404,132
2009 $1,781,455,140 $25,127,805,567
2010 $2,032,135,192 $26,673,441,431
2011 $2,235,820,809 $27,871,725,241
2012 $2,333,341,334 $27,305,915,911
2013 $2,451,606,632 $28,915,786,517
2014 $2,705,783,330 $32,612,397,257
2015 $3,104,003,546 $32,387,183,730
2016 $2,644,487,777 $29,203,988,696
2017 $2,723,586,963 $30,744,473,841
2018 $2,667,182,200 $32,927,025,620
2019 $2,576,518,880 $35,353,061,008
2020 $2,649,680,261 $37,600,368,240
2021 $2,775,798,697 $40,529,788,744
2022 $3,338,722,828 $45,565,333,216
2023 $2,629,391,600 $48,768,955,859
2024 $2,162,378,759 $53,651,874,314

Burundi and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita
Burundi

Uganda
Year GDP per capita
Burundi Uganda
1960 $70.9 $55.4
1961 $71.6 $56.2
1962 $73.4 $55.5
1963 $78.4 $62
1964 $85.3 $68.6
1965 $50.6 $100
1966 $51.4 $101.4
1967 $54 $102.8
1968 $54.2 $106.9
1969 $55.1 $116.7
1970 $68.8 $122
1971 $69.9 $133.5
1972 $68.2 $137
1973 $84.3 $152.7
1974 $93.2 $183.7
1975 $110.9 $201.2
1976 $115.5 $203.3
1977 $137.4 $237.6
1978 $148.8 $190.7
1979 $186.2 $164.5
1980 $209.8 $93.8
1981 $212.2 $98.6
1982 $216.4 $157
1983 $225.2 $157.5
1984 $200.4 $247.5
1985 $228.4 $234.3
1986 $234.3 $253.6
1987 $215.6 $393
1988 $201.7 $395
1989 $203.6 $310
1990 $202.6 $245
1991 $204.7 $183
1992 $184.9 $152.1
1993 $165.3 $165.6
1994 $161.9 $198.4
1995 $164.9 $278.5
1996 $143.2 $284.7
1997 $160.3 $286.8
1998 $144.5 $292.5
1999 $127.5 $257.9
2000 $134.5 $258.1
2001 $132.2 $236
2002 $121 $242
2003 $111.4 $250.7
2004 $125.2 $292.4
2005 $147.2 $330
2006 $161.9 $347
2007 $166.2 $401
2008 $189.5 $473
2009 $199.1 $799
2010 $216.7 $823
2011 $230.1 $836
2012 $231.7 $795
2013 $234.8 $818
2014 $250.5 $896
2015 $281 $863
2016 $235.3 $753
2017 $236.7 $765
2018 $224.9 $792
2019 $210.2 $822
2020 $210 $846
2021 $214.1 $883
2022 $250.6 $963
2023 $192.1 $1,002
2024 $153.9 $1,073

Burundi vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Burundi

Uganda
Year Life expectancy, years
Burundi Uganda
1950 40.9 39.7
1951 41.2 40.2
1952 41.5 40.8
1953 41.7 41.3
1954 42 41.8
1955 42.2 42.4
1956 42.4 43
1957 42.6 43.7
1958 42.9 44.3
1959 43.1 45
1960 43.3 45.6
1961 43.4 46.3
1962 43.5 46.8
1963 43.6 47.4
1964 43.6 47.8
1965 41.8 48.3
1966 43.5 48.5
1967 43.3 49
1968 43.4 49.3
1969 43 49.5
1970 43.2 49.6
1971 43.2 47.1
1972 25.8 47.2
1973 37.4 47
1974 43.3 46.9
1975 43.4 46.5
1976 43.7 46.2
1977 44 45.8
1978 44.4 45.6
1979 45 45.4
1980 45.7 43.5
1981 46.4 43.5
1982 47 43.3
1983 47.4 43.5
1984 47.7 43.7
1985 47.7 45.5
1986 47.4 45.7
1987 47.1 47.4
1988 42.9 47.5
1989 45.7 47.5
1990 45.2 47.6
1991 44.7 47.5
1992 44.5 47.7
1993 37.2 47.7
1994 44.5 47.7
1995 44.6 47.7
1996 44.8 47.8
1997 45.7 48
1998 46.7 48.3
1999 47.6 49
2000 47.6 49.6
2001 48.5 50.6
2002 49.9 51.4
2003 51 52.4
2004 52.2 53.7
2005 53.1 54.9
2006 54 56.1
2007 54.8 57.2
2008 55.6 58.3
2009 56.4 59.2
2010 57.1 60
2011 57.8 60.8
2012 58.5 61.6
2013 59.2 62.4
2014 59.8 63.1
2015 60.1 63.8
2016 60.8 64.5
2017 61.3 65.2
2018 61.8 65.8
2019 62.2 66.4
2020 62.6 66.4
2021 62.1 66.4
2022 62.9 67.7
2023 63.7 68.3
2024 63.8 68.5
2025 64 68.7

Burundi and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population
Burundi

Uganda
Year Population
Burundi Uganda
1960 2,764,258 7,640,973
1961 2,835,119 7,862,217
1962 2,907,943 8,092,231
1963 2,969,841 8,333,663
1964 3,055,650 8,586,363
1965 3,141,367 8,849,203
1966 3,217,960 9,122,864
1967 3,300,690 9,408,924
1968 3,380,387 9,708,632
1969 3,454,590 10,014,858
1970 3,530,432 10,321,603
1971 3,617,289 10,618,206
1972 3,617,128 10,885,796
1973 3,611,991 11,144,236
1974 3,703,590 11,424,846
1975 3,796,612 11,725,240
1976 3,882,626 12,037,294
1977 3,983,582 12,359,669
1978 4,100,338 12,692,113
1979 4,203,530 13,002,163
1980 4,383,706 13,275,741
1981 4,566,014 13,556,452
1982 4,681,390 13,873,631
1983 4,808,528 14,221,881
1984 4,926,465 14,607,677
1985 5,034,042 15,023,681
1986 5,129,414 15,467,579
1987 5,247,787 15,954,170
1988 5,365,327 16,470,483
1989 5,471,706 17,010,698
1990 5,587,052 17,569,897
1991 5,703,857 18,155,901
1992 5,858,407 18,785,032
1993 5,676,843 19,445,161
1994 5,713,854 20,108,801
1995 6,066,316 20,665,667
1996 6,070,506 21,231,550
1997 6,070,042 21,856,046
1998 6,187,108 22,515,806
1999 6,337,155 23,257,281
2000 6,470,194 24,000,150
2001 6,634,365 24,745,676
2002 6,824,132 25,532,870
2003 7,043,154 26,352,124
2004 7,310,656 27,154,515
2005 7,587,299 27,963,289
2006 7,865,547 28,794,003
2007 8,161,874 29,653,430
2008 8,505,637 30,539,553
2009 8,947,646 31,451,151
2010 9,376,444 32,390,802
2011 9,717,978 33,354,543
2012 10,071,028 34,337,438
2013 10,439,341 35,337,042
2014 10,799,785 36,395,539
2015 11,047,580 37,531,446
2016 11,239,451 38,799,152
2017 11,506,762 40,177,388
2018 11,859,446 41,565,831
2019 12,255,336 42,999,637
2020 12,617,036 44,457,152
2021 12,965,481 45,910,930
2022 13,321,097 47,312,719
2023 13,689,450 48,656,601
2024 14,047,786 50,015,092

Fertility rates in Burundi and Uganda

Fertility rate
Burundi

Uganda
Year Fertility rate
Burundi Uganda
1960 7 6.91
1961 7.02 6.93
1962 7.04 6.96
1963 7.07 6.98
1964 7.09 7.01
1965 7.11 7.04
1966 7.14 7.07
1967 7.16 7.1
1968 7.18 7.13
1969 7.22 7.12
1970 7.21 7.15
1971 7.21 7.18
1972 7.21 7.19
1973 7.22 7.19
1974 7.22 7.19
1975 7.24 7.2
1976 7.25 7.19
1977 7.25 7.18
1978 7.26 7.16
1979 7.31 7.14
1980 7.35 7.11
1981 7.33 7.12
1982 7.31 7.11
1983 7.3 7.07
1984 7.3 7.02
1985 7.29 7.04
1986 7.32 7.08
1987 7.38 7.12
1988 7.38 7.1
1989 7.39 7.05
1990 7.37 7.01
1991 7.34 6.94
1992 7.3 6.91
1993 7.27 6.89
1994 7.23 6.9
1995 7.18 6.87
1996 7.12 6.84
1997 7.04 6.86
1998 6.96 6.84
1999 6.9 6.83
2000 6.87 6.79
2001 6.85 6.76
2002 6.82 6.74
2003 6.79 6.67
2004 6.75 6.61
2005 6.71 6.53
2006 6.66 6.43
2007 6.59 6.33
2008 6.52 6.2
2009 6.41 6.12
2010 6.26 6.02
2011 6.11 5.89
2012 5.99 5.73
2013 5.89 5.56
2014 5.79 5.41
2015 5.7 5.25
2016 5.59 5.11
2017 5.48 4.99
2018 5.38 4.87
2019 5.27 4.74
2020 5.18 4.62
2021 5.08 4.51
2022 4.98 4.39
2023 4.88 4.28

Burundi and Uganda demographics compared

Median age
Burundi

Uganda
Year Median age, years
Burundi Uganda
1960 17.5 17.1
1961 17.4 16.9
1962 17.4 16.8
1963 17.3 16.7
1964 17.3 16.6
1965 17.3 16.6
1966 17.4 16.6
1967 17.4 16.6
1968 17.4 16.6
1969 17.3 16.6
1970 17.3 16.6
1971 17.3 16.6
1972 17.1 16.5
1973 16.8 16.3
1974 16.9 16.3
1975 17 16.2
1976 16.9 16.2
1977 17 16.2
1978 17 16.1
1979 17 16.1
1980 17.2 16
1981 17.3 15.9
1982 17.1 15.9
1983 17 15.9
1984 16.8 15.9
1985 16.6 15.9
1986 16.3 15.9
1987 16.1 15.9
1988 16 15.9
1989 15.8 15.8
1990 15.6 15.8
1991 15.5 15.8
1992 15.5 15.7
1993 14.7 15.7
1994 14.6 15.6
1995 15.4 15.4
1996 15.2 15.3
1997 15 15.1
1998 15.2 15
1999 15.5 15
2000 15.7 15
2001 15.9 15
2002 16.1 15
2003 16.3 15
2004 16.5 15
2005 16.7 15
2006 16.8 15
2007 16.9 15
2008 17 15.1
2009 17.2 15.1
2010 17.3 15.2
2011 17.2 15.3
2012 17.1 15.4
2013 17 15.5
2014 16.9 15.6
2015 16.6 15.8
2016 16.2 16
2017 16.1 16.3
2018 16.2 16.5
2019 16.3 16.8
2020 16.5 17
2021 16.7 17.2
2022 16.8 17.4
2023 17.1 17.6
2024 17.3 17.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Burundi Uganda
GNI, Atlas method
$2.71B
2024
$50.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23.5%
2025
21.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.82%
2022
2.55%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.66%
2023
1.98%
2023
Armed forces personnel
31,000
2020
46,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.55%
2025
-6.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.03%
2020
3.42%
2021
Services, % of GDP
49%
2023
43.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
9.63%
2023
24.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
39.7
2025
51.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.9%
2020
34.5%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2020
2.4%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$90.3M
2023
$3.36B
2018
Personal remittances received
$169M
2024
$1.44B
2024
International tourist arrivals
299,000
2017
473,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.57%
2011
9.21%
2020
Banked people share
7.11%
2014
72.8%
2024

Energy

Burundi Uganda
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
483 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$6.05
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.84 megatons
2023
7.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.06 tons
2023
0.15 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
0%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83%
2022
90.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.93%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
20.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
89.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
61.3%
2021
90%
2021
Hydroelectric share
59.6%
2021
86.2%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
11.6%
2023
51.5%
2023

Society

Burundi Uganda
% of world population
0.17%
2024
0.61%
2024
Annual migration change
-27,074
2024
-117,924
2024
Urban population
15.2%
2024
27.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.49 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
7.34
2025
28.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
17
2024
26
2024
Higher education index
15
2025
67
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.82
2016
8.77
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
35.5
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
57
2025
74
2025
Adult literacy rate
75.5%
2022
80.6%
2022
English speaking
2%
2025
44.7%
2023
People using the Internet
11.1%
2023
8.95%
2024

Health

Burundi Uganda
Government health expenditure per capita
$24.7
2022
$44.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$6.05
2022
$15
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
68.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
53.2%
2022
41.6%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.07
2021
0.17
2022
Age at first childbirth
21.5 years
2025
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
392
2023
170
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
49.2
2023
38.8
2023
Obesity rate
5.27%
2022
8.05%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.3%
2024
2.2%
2024
Air quality index
10
2025
8
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.2%
2022
7.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.16 liters
2020
11.3 liters
2020

Territory

Burundi Uganda
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.13%
2025
Land area per capita
706 sq mi
2024
1,548 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
8,317 sq mi
2025
55,657 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,080 sq mi
2025
8,549 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,657 mi
2016
90,720 mi
2019

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