Population in Burundi compared to Cameroon: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burundi and Cameroon: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Cameroon	Burundi	Cameroon
1960	2,764,258	5,159,057	-	-
1961	2,835,119	5,239,273	2.56%	1.55%
1962	2,907,943	5,338,620	2.57%	1.9%
1963	2,969,841	5,456,623	2.13%	2.21%
1964	3,055,650	5,578,257	2.89%	2.23%
1965	3,141,367	5,704,686	2.81%	2.27%
1966	3,217,960	5,837,295	2.44%	2.32%
1967	3,300,690	5,977,318	2.57%	2.4%
1968	3,380,387	6,125,863	2.41%	2.49%
1969	3,454,590	6,283,462	2.2%	2.57%
1970	3,530,432	6,449,793	2.2%	2.65%
1971	3,617,289	6,624,408	2.46%	2.71%
1972	3,617,128	6,806,872	-0.004%	2.75%
1973	3,611,991	6,996,660	-0.14%	2.79%
1974	3,703,590	7,193,583	2.54%	2.81%
1975	3,796,612	7,397,120	2.51%	2.83%
1976	3,882,626	7,597,962	2.27%	2.72%
1977	3,983,582	7,796,501	2.6%	2.61%
1978	4,100,338	8,011,921	2.93%	2.76%
1979	4,203,530	8,239,641	2.52%	2.84%
1980	4,383,706	8,512,219	4.29%	3.31%
1981	4,566,014	8,816,377	4.16%	3.57%
1982	4,681,390	9,028,678	2.53%	2.41%
1983	4,808,528	9,215,397	2.72%	2.07%
1984	4,926,465	9,475,078	2.45%	2.82%
1985	5,034,042	9,761,730	2.18%	3.03%
1986	5,129,414	10,060,342	1.89%	3.06%
1987	5,247,787	10,370,749	2.31%	3.09%
1988	5,365,327	10,684,968	2.24%	3.03%
1989	5,471,706	11,002,745	1.98%	2.97%
1990	5,587,052	11,331,821	2.11%	2.99%
1991	5,703,857	11,667,180	2.09%	2.96%
1992	5,858,407	12,006,353	2.71%	2.91%
1993	5,676,843	12,353,131	-3.1%	2.89%
1994	5,713,854	12,704,903	0.65%	2.85%
1995	6,066,316	13,058,516	6.17%	2.78%
1996	6,070,506	13,414,757	0.07%	2.73%
1997	6,070,042	13,775,214	-0.008%	2.69%
1998	6,187,108	14,144,860	1.93%	2.68%
1999	6,337,155	14,525,140	2.43%	2.69%
2000	6,470,194	14,912,631	2.1%	2.67%
2001	6,634,365	15,309,490	2.54%	2.66%
2002	6,824,132	15,725,528	2.86%	2.72%
2003	7,043,154	16,160,340	3.21%	2.77%
2004	7,310,656	16,610,487	3.8%	2.79%
2005	7,587,299	17,074,594	3.78%	2.79%
2006	7,865,547	17,550,407	3.67%	2.79%
2007	8,161,874	18,049,896	3.77%	2.85%
2008	8,505,637	18,574,056	4.21%	2.9%
2009	8,947,646	19,113,974	5.2%	2.91%
2010	9,376,444	19,668,066	4.79%	2.9%
2011	9,717,978	20,232,304	3.64%	2.87%
2012	10,071,028	20,809,529	3.63%	2.85%
2013	10,439,341	21,402,376	3.66%	2.85%
2014	10,799,785	22,059,893	3.45%	3.07%
2015	11,047,580	22,763,414	2.29%	3.19%
2016	11,239,451	23,454,161	1.74%	3.03%
2017	11,506,762	24,128,601	2.38%	2.88%
2018	11,859,446	24,806,383	3.07%	2.81%
2019	12,255,336	25,506,095	3.34%	2.82%
2020	12,617,036	26,210,558	2.95%	2.76%
2021	12,965,481	26,915,758	2.76%	2.69%
2022	13,321,097	27,632,771	2.74%	2.66%
2023	13,689,450	28,372,687	2.77%	2.68%
2024	14,047,786	29,123,744	2.62%	2.65%
2025	14,390,012	29,879,335	2.44%	2.59%
2026	14,729,161	30,640,810	2.36%	2.55%
2027	15,076,977	31,410,378	2.36%	2.51%
2028	15,444,020	32,190,667	2.43%	2.48%
2029	15,815,855	32,979,275	2.41%	2.45%
2030	16,182,014	33,777,182	2.32%	2.42%
2031	16,555,033	34,584,118	2.31%	2.39%
2032	16,935,232	35,399,666	2.3%	2.36%
2033	17,317,635	36,223,480	2.26%	2.33%
2034	17,700,808	37,054,803	2.21%	2.29%
2035	18,085,838	37,893,817	2.18%	2.26%
2036	18,483,051	38,742,461	2.2%	2.24%
2037	18,893,262	39,600,369	2.22%	2.21%
2038	19,305,532	40,463,007	2.18%	2.18%
2039	19,718,523	41,332,840	2.14%	2.15%
2040	20,131,319	42,207,999	2.09%	2.12%
2041	20,537,559	43,089,974	2.02%	2.09%
2042	20,951,561	43,976,014	2.02%	2.06%
2043	21,370,845	44,857,795	2%	2.01%
2044	21,785,696	45,741,469	1.94%	1.97%
2045	22,197,888	46,629,033	1.89%	1.94%
2046	22,586,212	47,519,028	1.75%	1.91%
2047	22,970,055	48,413,775	1.7%	1.88%
2048	23,358,499	49,308,762	1.69%	1.85%
2049	23,748,950	50,203,267	1.67%	1.81%
2050	24,131,717	51,096,315	1.61%	1.78%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,688,820 people (a 33.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,727,597 (a 33.9% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2005 and ranked 51st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Burundi's population will grow by 64.6% to 24,131,717 people with a rank change from 78th to 69th. The population of Cameroon will increase by 67.6% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.