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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Ghana	Burundi	Ghana
1960	2,764,258	6,961,215	-	-
1961	2,835,119	7,162,667	2.56%	2.89%
1962	2,907,943	7,337,375	2.57%	2.44%
1963	2,969,841	7,514,714	2.13%	2.42%
1964	3,055,650	7,695,739	2.89%	2.41%
1965	3,141,367	7,882,606	2.81%	2.43%
1966	3,217,960	8,074,521	2.44%	2.43%
1967	3,300,690	8,271,913	2.57%	2.44%
1968	3,380,387	8,475,729	2.41%	2.46%
1969	3,454,590	8,690,383	2.2%	2.53%
1970	3,530,432	8,925,813	2.2%	2.71%
1971	3,617,289	9,176,264	2.46%	2.81%
1972	3,617,128	9,438,187	-0.004%	2.85%
1973	3,611,991	9,714,617	-0.14%	2.93%
1974	3,703,590	10,000,523	2.54%	2.94%
1975	3,796,612	10,294,308	2.51%	2.94%
1976	3,882,626	10,594,913	2.27%	2.92%
1977	3,983,582	10,911,871	2.6%	2.99%
1978	4,100,338	11,248,450	2.93%	3.08%
1979	4,203,530	11,597,255	2.52%	3.1%
1980	4,383,706	11,941,448	4.29%	2.97%
1981	4,566,014	12,281,712	4.16%	2.85%
1982	4,681,390	12,643,819	2.53%	2.95%
1983	4,808,528	13,029,836	2.72%	3.05%
1984	4,926,465	13,370,590	2.45%	2.62%
1985	5,034,042	13,661,229	2.18%	2.17%
1986	5,129,414	13,965,217	1.89%	2.23%
1987	5,247,787	14,289,108	2.31%	2.32%
1988	5,365,327	14,636,568	2.24%	2.43%
1989	5,471,706	15,006,813	1.98%	2.53%
1990	5,587,052	15,394,648	2.11%	2.58%
1991	5,703,857	15,787,496	2.09%	2.55%
1992	5,858,407	16,184,855	2.71%	2.52%
1993	5,676,843	16,589,519	-3.1%	2.5%
1994	5,713,854	16,993,190	0.65%	2.43%
1995	6,066,316	17,399,017	6.17%	2.39%
1996	6,070,506	17,810,181	0.07%	2.36%
1997	6,070,042	18,238,958	-0.008%	2.41%
1998	6,187,108	18,688,036	1.93%	2.46%
1999	6,337,155	19,149,864	2.43%	2.47%
2000	6,470,194	19,637,087	2.1%	2.54%
2001	6,634,365	20,167,069	2.54%	2.7%
2002	6,824,132	20,729,388	2.86%	2.79%
2003	7,043,154	21,296,705	3.21%	2.74%
2004	7,310,656	21,868,298	3.8%	2.68%
2005	7,587,299	22,449,438	3.78%	2.66%
2006	7,865,547	23,040,702	3.67%	2.63%
2007	8,161,874	23,642,279	3.77%	2.61%
2008	8,505,637	24,249,946	4.21%	2.57%
2009	8,947,646	24,862,664	5.2%	2.53%
2010	9,376,444	25,474,995	4.79%	2.46%
2011	9,717,978	26,095,088	3.64%	2.43%
2012	10,071,028	26,734,268	3.63%	2.45%
2013	10,439,341	27,386,193	3.66%	2.44%
2014	10,799,785	28,041,592	3.45%	2.39%
2015	11,047,580	28,696,068	2.29%	2.33%
2016	11,239,451	29,356,742	1.74%	2.3%
2017	11,506,762	30,008,354	2.38%	2.22%
2018	11,859,446	30,637,585	3.07%	2.1%
2019	12,255,336	31,258,945	3.34%	2.03%
2020	12,617,036	31,887,809	2.95%	2.01%
2021	12,965,481	32,518,665	2.76%	1.98%
2022	13,321,097	33,149,152	2.74%	1.94%
2023	13,689,450	33,787,914	2.77%	1.93%
2024	14,047,786	34,427,414	2.62%	1.89%
2025	14,390,012	35,064,273	2.44%	1.85%
2026	14,729,161	35,697,555	2.36%	1.81%
2027	15,076,977	36,328,265	2.36%	1.77%
2028	15,444,020	36,959,310	2.43%	1.74%
2029	15,815,855	37,589,709	2.41%	1.71%
2030	16,182,014	38,222,075	2.32%	1.68%
2031	16,555,033	38,856,804	2.31%	1.66%
2032	16,935,232	39,492,788	2.3%	1.64%
2033	17,317,635	40,132,720	2.26%	1.62%
2034	17,700,808	40,774,152	2.21%	1.6%
2035	18,085,838	41,412,555	2.18%	1.57%
2036	18,483,051	42,047,450	2.2%	1.53%
2037	18,893,262	42,682,177	2.22%	1.51%
2038	19,305,532	43,314,971	2.18%	1.48%
2039	19,718,523	43,942,852	2.14%	1.45%
2040	20,131,319	44,568,346	2.09%	1.42%
2041	20,537,559	45,190,628	2.02%	1.4%
2042	20,951,561	45,808,597	2.02%	1.37%
2043	21,370,845	46,421,960	2%	1.34%
2044	21,785,696	47,030,351	1.94%	1.31%
2045	22,197,888	47,634,271	1.89%	1.28%
2046	22,586,212	48,231,602	1.75%	1.25%
2047	22,970,055	48,823,456	1.7%	1.23%
2048	23,358,499	49,408,506	1.69%	1.2%
2049	23,748,950	49,984,435	1.67%	1.17%
2050	24,131,717	50,553,041	1.61%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Ghana was ranked 49th in 2005 and ranked 47th 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 Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.