The current population of Burundi is 14,662,443 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 14,047,786 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Burundi has had an average growth rate of 4.66% per year.
- Burundi is ranked 78/197 by population and was ranked 94th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 7.59M people to 14.7M (93.2% growth in 20 years).
- Burundi accounts for 0.18% of the world's population.
- Burundi is projected to reach 37.9M people in 2100.
Burundi population clock
Burundi
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World
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
14662443
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 78/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.47 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.14 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.72 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +982 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +358,336 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 25/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -27,074 | N/A |
Burundi population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,764,258 | - |
| 1961 | 2,835,119 | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 2,907,943 | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 2,969,841 | 2.13% |
| 1964 | 3,055,650 | 2.89% |
| 1965 | 3,141,367 | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 3,217,960 | 2.44% |
| 1967 | 3,300,690 | 2.57% |
| 1968 | 3,380,387 | 2.41% |
| 1969 | 3,454,590 | 2.2% |
| 1970 | 3,530,432 | 2.2% |
| 1971 | 3,617,289 | 2.46% |
| 1972 | 3,617,128 | -0.004% |
| 1973 | 3,611,991 | -0.14% |
| 1974 | 3,703,590 | 2.54% |
| 1975 | 3,796,612 | 2.51% |
| 1976 | 3,882,626 | 2.27% |
| 1977 | 3,983,582 | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 4,100,338 | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 4,203,530 | 2.52% |
| 1980 | 4,383,706 | 4.29% |
| 1981 | 4,566,014 | 4.16% |
| 1982 | 4,681,390 | 2.53% |
| 1983 | 4,808,528 | 2.72% |
| 1984 | 4,926,465 | 2.45% |
| 1985 | 5,034,042 | 2.18% |
| 1986 | 5,129,414 | 1.89% |
| 1987 | 5,247,787 | 2.31% |
| 1988 | 5,365,327 | 2.24% |
| 1989 | 5,471,706 | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 5,587,052 | 2.11% |
| 1991 | 5,703,857 | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 5,858,407 | 2.71% |
| 1993 | 5,676,843 | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 5,713,854 | 0.65% |
| 1995 | 6,066,316 | 6.17% |
| 1996 | 6,070,506 | 0.07% |
| 1997 | 6,070,042 | -0.008% |
| 1998 | 6,187,108 | 1.93% |
| 1999 | 6,337,155 | 2.43% |
| 2000 | 6,470,194 | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 6,634,365 | 2.54% |
| 2002 | 6,824,132 | 2.86% |
| 2003 | 7,043,154 | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 7,310,656 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 7,587,299 | 3.78% |
| 2006 | 7,865,547 | 3.67% |
| 2007 | 8,161,874 | 3.77% |
| 2008 | 8,505,637 | 4.21% |
| 2009 | 8,947,646 | 5.2% |
| 2010 | 9,376,444 | 4.79% |
| 2011 | 9,717,978 | 3.64% |
| 2012 | 10,071,028 | 3.63% |
| 2013 | 10,439,341 | 3.66% |
| 2014 | 10,799,785 | 3.45% |
| 2015 | 11,047,580 | 2.29% |
| 2016 | 11,239,451 | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 11,506,762 | 2.38% |
| 2018 | 11,859,446 | 3.07% |
| 2019 | 12,255,336 | 3.34% |
| 2020 | 12,617,036 | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 12,965,481 | 2.76% |
| 2022 | 13,321,097 | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 13,689,450 | 2.77% |
| 2024 | 14,047,786 | 2.62% |
| 2025 | 14,390,012 | 2.44% |
| 2026 | 14,729,161 | 2.36% |
| 2027 | 15,076,977 | 2.36% |
| 2028 | 15,444,020 | 2.43% |
| 2029 | 15,815,855 | 2.41% |
| 2030 | 16,182,014 | 2.32% |
| 2031 | 16,555,033 | 2.31% |
| 2032 | 16,935,232 | 2.3% |
| 2033 | 17,317,635 | 2.26% |
| 2034 | 17,700,808 | 2.21% |
| 2035 | 18,085,838 | 2.18% |
| 2036 | 18,483,051 | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 18,893,262 | 2.22% |
| 2038 | 19,305,532 | 2.18% |
| 2039 | 19,718,523 | 2.14% |
| 2040 | 20,131,319 | 2.09% |
| 2041 | 20,537,559 | 2.02% |
| 2042 | 20,951,561 | 2.02% |
| 2043 | 21,370,845 | 2% |
| 2044 | 21,785,696 | 1.94% |
| 2045 | 22,197,888 | 1.89% |
| 2046 | 22,586,212 | 1.75% |
| 2047 | 22,970,055 | 1.7% |
| 2048 | 23,358,499 | 1.69% |
| 2049 | 23,748,950 | 1.67% |
| 2050 | 24,131,717 | 1.61% |
Burundi has a population of 14.7M as of 2025, compared to 11M in 2015, 7.59M in 2005, and 6.07M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.27% per year. Burundi is ranked 23rd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Burundi will have 22,197,888 people (51.4% growth) with a rank change from 78th to 70th.
By the year 2100, Burundi's population is projected to grow by 158.3% to 37.9M people.
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Burundi population statistics
|
Burundi
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 64 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 22 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 17.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 4.88 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,417 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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