Population in Burundi compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burundi and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	DR Congo	Burundi	DR Congo
1960	2,764,258	15,264,846	-	-
1961	2,835,119	15,662,374	2.56%	2.6%
1962	2,907,943	16,075,724	2.57%	2.64%
1963	2,969,841	16,507,599	2.13%	2.69%
1964	3,055,650	16,955,327	2.89%	2.71%
1965	3,141,367	17,427,802	2.81%	2.79%
1966	3,217,960	17,931,929	2.44%	2.89%
1967	3,300,690	18,462,782	2.57%	2.96%
1968	3,380,387	19,012,189	2.41%	2.98%
1969	3,454,590	19,570,445	2.2%	2.94%
1970	3,530,432	20,137,436	2.2%	2.9%
1971	3,617,289	20,695,569	2.46%	2.77%
1972	3,617,128	21,251,160	-0.004%	2.68%
1973	3,611,991	21,827,665	-0.14%	2.71%
1974	3,703,590	22,418,878	2.54%	2.71%
1975	3,796,612	23,021,101	2.51%	2.69%
1976	3,882,626	23,624,031	2.27%	2.62%
1977	3,983,582	24,229,061	2.6%	2.56%
1978	4,100,338	24,992,689	2.93%	3.15%
1979	4,203,530	25,886,782	2.52%	3.58%
1980	4,383,706	26,711,099	4.29%	3.18%
1981	4,566,014	27,500,515	4.16%	2.96%
1982	4,681,390	28,338,190	2.53%	3.05%
1983	4,808,528	29,250,963	2.72%	3.22%
1984	4,926,465	30,245,081	2.45%	3.4%
1985	5,034,042	31,264,816	2.18%	3.37%
1986	5,129,414	32,265,196	1.89%	3.2%
1987	5,247,787	33,298,904	2.31%	3.2%
1988	5,365,327	34,382,752	2.24%	3.25%
1989	5,471,706	35,486,866	1.98%	3.21%
1990	5,587,052	36,684,063	2.11%	3.37%
1991	5,703,857	37,925,817	2.09%	3.38%
1992	5,858,407	39,228,910	2.71%	3.44%
1993	5,676,843	40,656,336	-3.1%	3.64%
1994	5,713,854	42,626,876	0.65%	4.85%
1995	6,066,316	44,433,704	6.17%	4.24%
1996	6,070,506	45,296,124	0.07%	1.94%
1997	6,070,042	46,029,902	-0.008%	1.62%
1998	6,187,108	47,297,600	1.93%	2.75%
1999	6,337,155	48,912,971	2.43%	3.42%
2000	6,470,194	50,507,442	2.1%	3.26%
2001	6,634,365	52,132,646	2.54%	3.22%
2002	6,824,132	53,750,524	2.86%	3.1%
2003	7,043,154	55,343,867	3.21%	2.96%
2004	7,310,656	56,997,741	3.8%	2.99%
2005	7,587,299	58,775,724	3.78%	3.12%
2006	7,865,547	60,615,908	3.67%	3.13%
2007	8,161,874	62,477,752	3.77%	3.07%
2008	8,505,637	64,390,664	4.21%	3.06%
2009	8,947,646	66,412,044	5.2%	3.14%
2010	9,376,444	68,563,038	4.79%	3.24%
2011	9,717,978	70,849,311	3.64%	3.33%
2012	10,071,028	73,254,618	3.63%	3.39%
2013	10,439,341	75,789,395	3.66%	3.46%
2014	10,799,785	78,403,242	3.45%	3.45%
2015	11,047,580	81,035,531	2.29%	3.36%
2016	11,239,451	83,956,415	1.74%	3.6%
2017	11,506,762	87,083,398	2.38%	3.72%
2018	11,859,446	90,047,644	3.07%	3.4%
2019	12,255,336	92,947,442	3.34%	3.22%
2020	12,617,036	95,989,998	2.95%	3.27%
2021	12,965,481	99,148,932	2.76%	3.29%
2022	13,321,097	102,396,968	2.74%	3.28%
2023	13,689,450	105,789,731	2.77%	3.31%
2024	14,047,786	109,276,265	2.62%	3.3%
2025	14,390,012	112,832,475	2.44%	3.25%
2026	14,729,161	116,452,162	2.36%	3.21%
2027	15,076,977	120,129,744	2.36%	3.16%
2028	15,444,020	123,871,555	2.43%	3.11%
2029	15,815,855	127,674,141	2.41%	3.07%
2030	16,182,014	131,532,201	2.32%	3.02%
2031	16,555,033	135,447,495	2.31%	2.98%
2032	16,935,232	139,408,613	2.3%	2.92%
2033	17,317,635	143,414,031	2.26%	2.87%
2034	17,700,808	147,468,142	2.21%	2.83%
2035	18,085,838	151,560,102	2.18%	2.77%
2036	18,483,051	155,689,453	2.2%	2.72%
2037	18,893,262	159,848,574	2.22%	2.67%
2038	19,305,532	164,045,610	2.18%	2.63%
2039	19,718,523	168,296,695	2.14%	2.59%
2040	20,131,319	172,595,578	2.09%	2.55%
2041	20,537,559	176,946,261	2.02%	2.52%
2042	20,951,561	181,350,407	2.02%	2.49%
2043	21,370,845	185,805,168	2%	2.46%
2044	21,785,696	190,312,004	1.94%	2.43%
2045	22,197,888	194,865,386	1.89%	2.39%
2046	22,586,212	199,464,487	1.75%	2.36%
2047	22,970,055	204,105,925	1.7%	2.33%
2048	23,358,499	208,783,692	1.69%	2.29%
2049	23,748,950	213,497,692	1.67%	2.26%
2050	24,131,717	218,246,073	1.61%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burundi increased by 3,373,904 people (a 42.9% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burundi gained 3,493,511 (a 31.1% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Burundi was ranked 93rd most populous country in 2006 and is 78th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.