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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Eritrea	Burundi	Eritrea
1960	2,764,258	972,547	-	-
1961	2,835,119	995,573	2.56%	2.37%
1962	2,907,943	1,019,788	2.57%	2.43%
1963	2,969,841	1,045,092	2.13%	2.48%
1964	3,055,650	1,071,287	2.89%	2.51%
1965	3,141,367	1,098,335	2.81%	2.52%
1966	3,217,960	1,124,957	2.44%	2.42%
1967	3,300,690	1,152,339	2.57%	2.43%
1968	3,380,387	1,181,737	2.41%	2.55%
1969	3,454,590	1,212,005	2.2%	2.56%
1970	3,530,432	1,243,453	2.2%	2.59%
1971	3,617,289	1,276,154	2.46%	2.63%
1972	3,617,128	1,309,235	-0.004%	2.59%
1973	3,611,991	1,342,669	-0.14%	2.55%
1974	3,703,590	1,375,688	2.54%	2.46%
1975	3,796,612	1,408,210	2.51%	2.36%
1976	3,882,626	1,443,807	2.27%	2.53%
1977	3,983,582	1,482,565	2.6%	2.68%
1978	4,100,338	1,522,378	2.93%	2.69%
1979	4,203,530	1,563,332	2.52%	2.69%
1980	4,383,706	1,605,797	4.29%	2.72%
1981	4,566,014	1,649,939	4.16%	2.75%
1982	4,681,390	1,695,461	2.53%	2.76%
1983	4,808,528	1,736,160	2.72%	2.4%
1984	4,926,465	1,771,730	2.45%	2.05%
1985	5,034,042	1,807,816	2.18%	2.04%
1986	5,129,414	1,845,164	1.89%	2.07%
1987	5,247,787	1,888,669	2.31%	2.36%
1988	5,365,327	1,938,255	2.24%	2.63%
1989	5,471,706	1,987,017	1.98%	2.52%
1990	5,587,052	2,032,737	2.11%	2.3%
1991	5,703,857	1,919,571	2.09%	-5.57%
1992	5,858,407	1,798,748	2.71%	-6.29%
1993	5,676,843	1,856,006	-3.1%	3.18%
1994	5,713,854	1,913,915	0.65%	3.12%
1995	6,066,316	2,025,267	6.17%	5.82%
1996	6,070,506	2,128,464	0.07%	5.1%
1997	6,070,042	2,152,135	-0.008%	1.11%
1998	6,187,108	2,180,419	1.93%	1.31%
1999	6,337,155	2,212,780	2.43%	1.48%
2000	6,470,194	2,247,031	2.1%	1.55%
2001	6,634,365	2,312,079	2.54%	2.89%
2002	6,824,132	2,392,978	2.86%	3.5%
2003	7,043,154	2,493,903	3.21%	4.22%
2004	7,310,656	2,598,284	3.8%	4.19%
2005	7,587,299	2,661,215	3.78%	2.42%
2006	7,865,547	2,703,502	3.67%	1.59%
2007	8,161,874	2,743,222	3.77%	1.47%
2008	8,505,637	2,816,327	4.21%	2.66%
2009	8,947,646	2,887,885	5.2%	2.54%
2010	9,376,444	2,945,186	4.79%	1.98%
2011	9,717,978	2,998,485	3.64%	1.81%
2012	10,071,028	3,036,988	3.63%	1.28%
2013	10,439,341	3,074,360	3.66%	1.23%
2014	10,799,785	3,095,173	3.45%	0.68%
2015	11,047,580	3,105,546	2.29%	0.34%
2016	11,239,451	3,124,698	1.74%	0.62%
2017	11,506,762	3,150,347	2.38%	0.82%
2018	11,859,446	3,192,760	3.07%	1.35%
2019	12,255,336	3,240,194	3.34%	1.49%
2020	12,617,036	3,291,271	2.95%	1.58%
2021	12,965,481	3,350,183	2.76%	1.79%
2022	13,321,097	3,409,447	2.74%	1.77%
2023	13,689,450	3,470,390	2.77%	1.79%
2024	14,047,786	3,535,603	2.62%	1.88%
2025	14,390,012	3,606,996	2.44%	2.02%
2026	14,729,161	3,682,659	2.36%	2.1%
2027	15,076,977	3,760,368	2.36%	2.11%
2028	15,444,020	3,840,135	2.43%	2.12%
2029	15,815,855	3,920,467	2.41%	2.09%
2030	16,182,014	4,002,671	2.32%	2.1%
2031	16,555,033	4,085,037	2.31%	2.06%
2032	16,935,232	4,166,507	2.3%	1.99%
2033	17,317,635	4,249,501	2.26%	1.99%
2034	17,700,808	4,334,727	2.21%	2.01%
2035	18,085,838	4,420,915	2.18%	1.99%
2036	18,483,051	4,509,755	2.2%	2.01%
2037	18,893,262	4,601,933	2.22%	2.04%
2038	19,305,532	4,692,340	2.18%	1.96%
2039	19,718,523	4,780,469	2.14%	1.88%
2040	20,131,319	4,868,668	2.09%	1.84%
2041	20,537,559	4,954,481	2.02%	1.76%
2042	20,951,561	5,039,298	2.02%	1.71%
2043	21,370,845	5,124,256	2%	1.69%
2044	21,785,696	5,207,858	1.94%	1.63%
2045	22,197,888	5,292,756	1.89%	1.63%
2046	22,586,212	5,375,963	1.75%	1.57%
2047	22,970,055	5,456,488	1.7%	1.5%
2048	23,358,499	5,537,538	1.69%	1.49%
2049	23,748,950	5,617,348	1.67%	1.44%
2050	24,131,717	5,696,052	1.61%	1.4%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Eritrea gained 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Eritrea's population increased by 562,228 (a 18.1% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Eritrea was ranked 136th in 2005 and ranked 131st 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 Eritrea will increase by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people and rank change from 131st to 123rd.