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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Ethiopia	Burundi	Ethiopia
1960	2,764,258	21,376,693	-	-
1961	2,835,119	21,906,102	2.56%	2.48%
1962	2,907,943	22,465,126	2.57%	2.55%
1963	2,969,841	23,051,637	2.13%	2.61%
1964	3,055,650	23,666,548	2.89%	2.67%
1965	3,141,367	24,310,612	2.81%	2.72%
1966	3,217,960	24,952,689	2.44%	2.64%
1967	3,300,690	25,620,276	2.57%	2.68%
1968	3,380,387	26,337,930	2.41%	2.8%
1969	3,454,590	27,072,571	2.2%	2.79%
1970	3,530,432	27,829,128	2.2%	2.79%
1971	3,617,289	28,600,106	2.46%	2.77%
1972	3,617,128	29,374,608	-0.004%	2.71%
1973	3,611,991	30,166,785	-0.14%	2.7%
1974	3,703,590	30,957,273	2.54%	2.62%
1975	3,796,612	31,723,252	2.51%	2.47%
1976	3,882,626	32,534,418	2.27%	2.56%
1977	3,983,582	33,167,272	2.6%	1.95%
1978	4,100,338	33,734,592	2.93%	1.71%
1979	4,203,530	34,238,652	2.52%	1.49%
1980	4,383,706	34,428,514	4.29%	0.55%
1981	4,566,014	35,304,012	4.16%	2.54%
1982	4,681,390	36,701,290	2.53%	3.96%
1983	4,808,528	37,740,817	2.72%	2.83%
1984	4,926,465	38,735,722	2.45%	2.64%
1985	5,034,042	39,842,136	2.18%	2.86%
1986	5,129,414	41,037,656	1.89%	3%
1987	5,247,787	42,460,039	2.31%	3.47%
1988	5,365,327	44,150,825	2.24%	3.98%
1989	5,471,706	45,879,690	1.98%	3.92%
1990	5,587,052	47,609,755	2.11%	3.77%
1991	5,703,857	49,717,198	2.09%	4.43%
1992	5,858,407	51,853,747	2.71%	4.3%
1993	5,676,843	53,708,891	-3.1%	3.58%
1994	5,713,854	55,611,508	0.65%	3.54%
1995	6,066,316	57,537,335	6.17%	3.46%
1996	6,070,506	59,467,635	0.07%	3.35%
1997	6,070,042	61,404,539	-0.008%	3.26%
1998	6,187,108	63,363,524	1.93%	3.19%
1999	6,337,155	65,374,561	2.43%	3.17%
2000	6,470,194	67,411,494	2.1%	3.12%
2001	6,634,365	69,487,762	2.54%	3.08%
2002	6,824,132	71,635,517	2.86%	3.09%
2003	7,043,154	73,832,663	3.21%	3.07%
2004	7,310,656	76,077,206	3.8%	3.04%
2005	7,587,299	78,367,470	3.78%	3.01%
2006	7,865,547	80,703,490	3.67%	2.98%
2007	8,161,874	83,103,217	3.77%	2.97%
2008	8,505,637	85,543,668	4.21%	2.94%
2009	8,947,646	88,007,636	5.2%	2.88%
2010	9,376,444	90,538,514	4.79%	2.88%
2011	9,717,978	93,149,970	3.64%	2.88%
2012	10,071,028	95,798,767	3.63%	2.84%
2013	10,439,341	98,438,751	3.66%	2.76%
2014	10,799,785	101,115,610	3.45%	2.72%
2015	11,047,580	103,867,135	2.29%	2.72%
2016	11,239,451	106,718,162	1.74%	2.74%
2017	11,506,762	109,666,481	2.38%	2.76%
2018	11,859,446	112,664,152	3.07%	2.73%
2019	12,255,336	115,737,383	3.34%	2.73%
2020	12,617,036	118,917,671	2.95%	2.75%
2021	12,965,481	122,138,588	2.76%	2.71%
2022	13,321,097	125,384,287	2.74%	2.66%
2023	13,689,450	128,691,692	2.77%	2.64%
2024	14,047,786	132,059,767	2.62%	2.62%
2025	14,390,012	135,472,043	2.44%	2.58%
2026	14,729,161	138,902,180	2.36%	2.53%
2027	15,076,977	142,364,798	2.36%	2.49%
2028	15,444,020	145,841,255	2.43%	2.44%
2029	15,815,855	149,336,056	2.41%	2.4%
2030	16,182,014	152,855,352	2.32%	2.36%
2031	16,555,033	156,382,425	2.31%	2.31%
2032	16,935,232	159,923,895	2.3%	2.26%
2033	17,317,635	163,453,311	2.26%	2.21%
2034	17,700,808	166,978,790	2.21%	2.16%
2035	18,085,838	170,532,952	2.18%	2.13%
2036	18,483,051	174,097,772	2.2%	2.09%
2037	18,893,262	177,661,132	2.22%	2.05%
2038	19,305,532	181,235,892	2.18%	2.01%
2039	19,718,523	184,835,102	2.14%	1.99%
2040	20,131,319	188,450,900	2.09%	1.96%
2041	20,537,559	192,068,629	2.02%	1.92%
2042	20,951,561	195,695,295	2.02%	1.89%
2043	21,370,845	199,347,978	2%	1.87%
2044	21,785,696	203,014,368	1.94%	1.84%
2045	22,197,888	206,673,625	1.89%	1.8%
2046	22,586,212	210,337,847	1.75%	1.77%
2047	22,970,055	214,023,504	1.7%	1.75%
2048	23,358,499	217,710,204	1.69%	1.72%
2049	23,748,950	221,377,329	1.67%	1.68%
2050	24,131,717	225,021,865	1.61%	1.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Burundi increased by 3,373,904 people (a 42.9% growth), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Burundi gained 3,493,511 (a 31.1% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).

Burundi was ranked 93rd most populous country in 2006 and is 78th in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.