Population in Burundi compared to the Central African Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burundi and the Central African Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	CAR	Burundi	CAR
1960	2,764,258	1,702,346	-	-
1961	2,835,119	1,734,580	2.56%	1.89%
1962	2,907,943	1,768,115	2.57%	1.93%
1963	2,969,841	1,803,063	2.13%	1.98%
1964	3,055,650	1,839,583	2.89%	2.03%
1965	3,141,367	1,877,854	2.81%	2.08%
1966	3,217,960	1,918,082	2.44%	2.14%
1967	3,300,690	1,960,444	2.57%	2.21%
1968	3,380,387	2,005,100	2.41%	2.28%
1969	3,454,590	2,051,515	2.2%	2.31%
1970	3,530,432	2,097,505	2.2%	2.24%
1971	3,617,289	2,141,450	2.46%	2.1%
1972	3,617,128	2,183,769	-0.004%	1.98%
1973	3,611,991	2,226,008	-0.14%	1.93%
1974	3,703,590	2,269,338	2.54%	1.95%
1975	3,796,612	2,313,916	2.51%	1.96%
1976	3,882,626	2,348,566	2.27%	1.5%
1977	3,983,582	2,372,930	2.6%	1.04%
1978	4,100,338	2,397,961	2.93%	1.05%
1979	4,203,530	2,423,794	2.52%	1.08%
1980	4,383,706	2,450,535	4.29%	1.1%
1981	4,566,014	2,478,402	4.16%	1.14%
1982	4,681,390	2,507,375	2.53%	1.17%
1983	4,808,528	2,537,399	2.72%	1.2%
1984	4,926,465	2,568,610	2.45%	1.23%
1985	5,034,042	2,600,932	2.18%	1.26%
1986	5,129,414	2,634,258	1.89%	1.28%
1987	5,247,787	2,669,155	2.31%	1.32%
1988	5,365,327	2,713,965	2.24%	1.68%
1989	5,471,706	2,783,970	1.98%	2.58%
1990	5,587,052	2,871,910	2.11%	3.16%
1991	5,703,857	2,963,191	2.09%	3.18%
1992	5,858,407	3,058,831	2.71%	3.23%
1993	5,676,843	3,157,839	-3.1%	3.24%
1994	5,713,854	3,257,954	0.65%	3.17%
1995	6,066,316	3,348,052	6.17%	2.77%
1996	6,070,506	3,435,965	0.07%	2.63%
1997	6,070,042	3,531,700	-0.008%	2.79%
1998	6,187,108	3,628,827	1.93%	2.75%
1999	6,337,155	3,729,450	2.43%	2.77%
2000	6,470,194	3,833,416	2.1%	2.79%
2001	6,634,365	3,919,487	2.54%	2.25%
2002	6,824,132	4,006,077	2.86%	2.21%
2003	7,043,154	4,103,086	3.21%	2.42%
2004	7,310,656	4,192,826	3.8%	2.19%
2005	7,587,299	4,288,810	3.78%	2.29%
2006	7,865,547	4,377,579	3.67%	2.07%
2007	8,161,874	4,462,770	3.77%	1.95%
2008	8,505,637	4,558,984	4.21%	2.16%
2009	8,947,646	4,529,047	5.2%	-0.66%
2010	9,376,444	4,492,995	4.79%	-0.8%
2011	9,717,978	4,565,021	3.64%	1.6%
2012	10,071,028	4,610,848	3.63%	1%
2013	10,439,341	4,642,419	3.66%	0.68%
2014	10,799,785	4,623,182	3.45%	-0.41%
2015	11,047,580	4,629,320	2.29%	0.13%
2016	11,239,451	4,713,663	1.74%	1.82%
2017	11,506,762	4,793,511	2.38%	1.69%
2018	11,859,446	4,878,657	3.07%	1.78%
2019	12,255,336	4,944,703	3.34%	1.35%
2020	12,617,036	5,026,628	2.95%	1.66%
2021	12,965,481	5,112,100	2.76%	1.7%
2022	13,321,097	5,098,039	2.74%	-0.28%
2023	13,689,450	5,152,421	2.77%	1.07%
2024	14,047,786	5,330,690	2.62%	3.46%
2025	14,390,012	5,513,285	2.44%	3.43%
2026	14,729,161	5,698,988	2.36%	3.37%
2027	15,076,977	5,888,126	2.36%	3.32%
2028	15,444,020	6,082,465	2.43%	3.3%
2029	15,815,855	6,279,729	2.41%	3.24%
2030	16,182,014	6,478,251	2.32%	3.16%
2031	16,555,033	6,680,052	2.31%	3.12%
2032	16,935,232	6,884,143	2.3%	3.06%
2033	17,317,635	7,089,444	2.26%	2.98%
2034	17,700,808	7,296,249	2.21%	2.92%
2035	18,085,838	7,502,585	2.18%	2.83%
2036	18,483,051	7,707,565	2.2%	2.73%
2037	18,893,262	7,911,635	2.22%	2.65%
2038	19,305,532	8,115,865	2.18%	2.58%
2039	19,718,523	8,321,550	2.14%	2.53%
2040	20,131,319	8,526,454	2.09%	2.46%
2041	20,537,559	8,729,074	2.02%	2.38%
2042	20,951,561	8,931,165	2.02%	2.32%
2043	21,370,845	9,134,993	2%	2.28%
2044	21,785,696	9,341,761	1.94%	2.26%
2045	22,197,888	9,550,893	1.89%	2.24%
2046	22,586,212	9,761,447	1.75%	2.2%
2047	22,970,055	9,972,759	1.7%	2.16%
2048	23,358,499	10,186,021	1.69%	2.14%
2049	23,748,950	10,400,624	1.67%	2.11%
2050	24,131,717	10,616,749	1.61%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burundi increased by 3,373,904 people (a 42.9% growth), while the Central African Republic gained 336,084 people (a 7.68% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burundi gained 3,493,511 (a 31.1% growth), while the Central African Republic's population increased by 987,392 (a 20.9% growth).

Burundi was ranked 93rd most populous country in 2006 and is 78th in 2026. The Central African Republic was ranked 118th in 2006 and ranked 117th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Burundi's population will grow by 63.8% to 24,131,717 people with a rank change from 78th to 69th. The population of the Central African Republic will increase by 86.2% to 10,616,749 people and rank change from 117th to 96th.