Population in Burundi compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burundi and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Gambia	Burundi	Gambia
1960	2,764,258	398,060	-	-
1961	2,835,119	408,930	2.56%	2.73%
1962	2,907,943	420,163	2.57%	2.75%
1963	2,969,841	431,757	2.13%	2.76%
1964	3,055,650	443,687	2.89%	2.76%
1965	3,141,367	455,952	2.81%	2.76%
1966	3,217,960	468,516	2.44%	2.76%
1967	3,300,690	481,588	2.57%	2.79%
1968	3,380,387	495,269	2.41%	2.84%
1969	3,454,590	509,440	2.2%	2.86%
1970	3,530,432	524,105	2.2%	2.88%
1971	3,617,289	539,388	2.46%	2.92%
1972	3,617,128	555,370	-0.004%	2.96%
1973	3,611,991	571,991	-0.14%	2.99%
1974	3,703,590	589,085	2.54%	2.99%
1975	3,796,612	606,821	2.51%	3.01%
1976	3,882,626	625,667	2.27%	3.11%
1977	3,983,582	645,770	2.6%	3.21%
1978	4,100,338	667,103	2.93%	3.3%
1979	4,203,530	689,781	2.52%	3.4%
1980	4,383,706	713,913	4.29%	3.5%
1981	4,566,014	739,125	4.16%	3.53%
1982	4,681,390	765,753	2.53%	3.6%
1983	4,808,528	794,525	2.72%	3.76%
1984	4,926,465	825,631	2.45%	3.92%
1985	5,034,042	858,874	2.18%	4.03%
1986	5,129,414	894,019	1.89%	4.09%
1987	5,247,787	931,091	2.31%	4.15%
1988	5,365,327	970,160	2.24%	4.2%
1989	5,471,706	1,011,357	1.98%	4.25%
1990	5,587,052	1,054,696	2.11%	4.29%
1991	5,703,857	1,099,959	2.09%	4.29%
1992	5,858,407	1,145,582	2.71%	4.15%
1993	5,676,843	1,188,365	-3.1%	3.73%
1994	5,713,854	1,227,226	0.65%	3.27%
1995	6,066,316	1,264,313	6.17%	3.02%
1996	6,070,506	1,301,410	0.07%	2.93%
1997	6,070,042	1,338,889	-0.008%	2.88%
1998	6,187,108	1,376,987	1.93%	2.85%
1999	6,337,155	1,415,779	2.43%	2.82%
2000	6,470,194	1,455,084	2.1%	2.78%
2001	6,634,365	1,495,011	2.54%	2.74%
2002	6,824,132	1,535,691	2.86%	2.72%
2003	7,043,154	1,577,611	3.21%	2.73%
2004	7,310,656	1,621,312	3.8%	2.77%
2005	7,587,299	1,667,037	3.78%	2.82%
2006	7,865,547	1,715,275	3.67%	2.89%
2007	8,161,874	1,765,774	3.77%	2.94%
2008	8,505,637	1,817,852	4.21%	2.95%
2009	8,947,646	1,871,422	5.2%	2.95%
2010	9,376,444	1,926,630	4.79%	2.95%
2011	9,717,978	1,983,784	3.64%	2.97%
2012	10,071,028	2,043,094	3.63%	2.99%
2013	10,439,341	2,103,820	3.66%	2.97%
2014	10,799,785	2,164,528	3.45%	2.89%
2015	11,047,580	2,224,529	2.29%	2.77%
2016	11,239,451	2,283,769	1.74%	2.66%
2017	11,506,762	2,342,189	2.38%	2.56%
2018	11,859,446	2,399,632	3.07%	2.45%
2019	12,255,336	2,456,844	3.34%	2.38%
2020	12,617,036	2,515,733	2.95%	2.4%
2021	12,965,481	2,576,010	2.76%	2.4%
2022	13,321,097	2,636,470	2.74%	2.35%
2023	13,689,450	2,697,845	2.77%	2.33%
2024	14,047,786	2,759,988	2.62%	2.3%
2025	14,390,012	2,822,083	2.44%	2.25%
2026	14,729,161	2,884,075	2.36%	2.2%
2027	15,076,977	2,945,874	2.36%	2.14%
2028	15,444,020	3,007,541	2.43%	2.09%
2029	15,815,855	3,069,012	2.41%	2.04%
2030	16,182,014	3,130,117	2.32%	1.99%
2031	16,555,033	3,190,986	2.31%	1.94%
2032	16,935,232	3,251,816	2.3%	1.91%
2033	17,317,635	3,312,585	2.26%	1.87%
2034	17,700,808	3,373,117	2.21%	1.83%
2035	18,085,838	3,433,418	2.18%	1.79%
2036	18,483,051	3,493,569	2.2%	1.75%
2037	18,893,262	3,553,521	2.22%	1.72%
2038	19,305,532	3,613,489	2.18%	1.69%
2039	19,718,523	3,673,332	2.14%	1.66%
2040	20,131,319	3,732,793	2.09%	1.62%
2041	20,537,559	3,791,791	2.02%	1.58%
2042	20,951,561	3,850,526	2.02%	1.55%
2043	21,370,845	3,909,016	2%	1.52%
2044	21,785,696	3,966,899	1.94%	1.48%
2045	22,197,888	4,024,221	1.89%	1.45%
2046	22,586,212	4,080,955	1.75%	1.41%
2047	22,970,055	4,137,188	1.7%	1.38%
2048	23,358,499	4,192,836	1.69%	1.35%
2049	23,748,950	4,247,701	1.67%	1.31%
2050	24,131,717	4,301,881	1.61%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2005 and ranked 138th 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 the Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.