The latest officially reported population of Burundi was 14,047,786 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burundi's population is 14,662,443 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 4.01 times bigger than Burundi's.
- Burundi is ranked the 78th most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 0.89% of the world: 0.18% for Burundi vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, Burundi has had an average growth rate of +2.74% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
- Since 2005, the population of Burundi has increased from 7.59M people to 14.7M (93.2% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
- Burundi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 37.9M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Burundi vs Italy: live population counter
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| Current population |
14662443
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58790597
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| Population rank | 78/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
1.47 minutes
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1.18 hours
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| One birth every |
1.14 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
5.72 minutes
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47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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5.52 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -27,074 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | +982 | -20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +358,336 | -7,452 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | -0.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 25/197 | 166/197 |
Burundi and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,764,258 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,835,119 | 50,536,350 | 2.56% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 2,907,943 | 50,879,450 | 2.57% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 2,969,841 | 51,252,000 | 2.13% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 3,055,650 | 51,675,350 | 2.89% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 3,141,367 | 52,112,350 | 2.81% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 3,217,960 | 52,519,000 | 2.44% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 3,300,690 | 52,900,500 | 2.57% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 3,380,387 | 53,235,750 | 2.41% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 3,454,590 | 53,537,950 | 2.2% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 3,530,432 | 53,821,850 | 2.2% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 3,617,289 | 54,073,490 | 2.46% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 3,617,128 | 54,381,345 | -0.004% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 3,611,991 | 54,751,406 | -0.14% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 3,703,590 | 55,110,868 | 2.54% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 3,796,612 | 55,441,001 | 2.51% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 3,882,626 | 55,718,260 | 2.27% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 3,983,582 | 55,955,411 | 2.6% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 4,100,338 | 56,155,143 | 2.93% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 4,203,530 | 56,317,749 | 2.52% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 4,383,706 | 56,433,883 | 4.29% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 4,566,014 | 56,501,675 | 4.16% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 4,681,390 | 56,543,548 | 2.53% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 4,808,528 | 56,564,074 | 2.72% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 4,926,465 | 56,576,718 | 2.45% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 5,034,042 | 56,593,071 | 2.18% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 5,129,414 | 56,596,155 | 1.89% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 5,247,787 | 56,601,931 | 2.31% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 5,365,327 | 56,629,288 | 2.24% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 5,471,706 | 56,671,781 | 1.98% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 5,587,052 | 56,719,240 | 2.11% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 5,703,857 | 56,758,521 | 2.09% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 5,858,407 | 56,797,087 | 2.71% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 5,676,843 | 56,831,821 | -3.1% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 5,713,854 | 56,843,400 | 0.65% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 6,066,316 | 56,844,303 | 6.17% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 6,070,506 | 56,860,281 | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 6,070,042 | 56,890,372 | -0.008% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 6,187,108 | 56,906,744 | 1.93% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 6,337,155 | 56,916,317 | 2.43% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 6,470,194 | 56,942,108 | 2.1% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 6,634,365 | 56,976,981 | 2.54% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 6,824,132 | 57,089,824 | 2.86% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,043,154 | 57,399,184 | 3.21% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 7,310,656 | 57,828,179 | 3.8% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 7,587,299 | 58,166,682 | 3.78% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 7,865,547 | 58,399,861 | 3.67% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 8,161,874 | 58,756,247 | 3.77% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 8,505,637 | 59,211,181 | 4.21% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 8,947,646 | 59,555,454 | 5.2% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 9,376,444 | 59,819,407 | 4.79% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 9,717,978 | 60,026,841 | 3.64% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 10,071,028 | 60,191,247 | 3.63% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 10,439,341 | 60,311,613 | 3.66% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 10,799,785 | 60,320,707 | 3.45% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 11,047,580 | 60,229,605 | 2.29% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 11,239,451 | 60,115,223 | 1.74% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 11,506,762 | 60,002,252 | 2.38% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 11,859,446 | 60,148,658 | 3.07% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 12,255,336 | 59,729,081 | 3.34% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 12,617,036 | 59,438,851 | 2.95% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 12,965,481 | 59,133,173 | 2.76% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 13,321,097 | 59,013,667 | 2.74% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 13,689,450 | 58,993,475 | 2.77% | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 14,047,786 | 58,986,023 | 2.62% | -0.01% |
| 2025 | 14,390,012 | 58,790,597 | 2.44% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 14,729,161 | 58,571,823 | 2.36% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 15,076,977 | 58,335,864 | 2.36% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 15,444,020 | 58,094,373 | 2.43% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 15,815,855 | 57,851,042 | 2.41% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 16,182,014 | 57,597,622 | 2.32% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 16,555,033 | 57,333,277 | 2.31% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 16,935,232 | 57,071,235 | 2.3% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 17,317,635 | 56,812,747 | 2.26% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 17,700,808 | 56,548,816 | 2.21% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 18,085,838 | 56,279,536 | 2.18% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 18,483,051 | 56,009,844 | 2.2% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 18,893,262 | 55,737,477 | 2.22% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 19,305,532 | 55,460,735 | 2.18% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 19,718,523 | 55,177,508 | 2.14% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 20,131,319 | 54,889,107 | 2.09% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 20,537,559 | 54,601,628 | 2.02% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 20,951,561 | 54,307,412 | 2.02% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 21,370,845 | 53,997,106 | 2% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 21,785,696 | 53,679,603 | 1.94% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 22,197,888 | 53,357,669 | 1.89% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 22,586,212 | 53,025,288 | 1.75% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 22,970,055 | 52,680,150 | 1.7% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 23,358,499 | 52,324,241 | 1.69% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 23,748,950 | 51,959,050 | 1.67% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 24,131,717 | 51,579,060 | 1.61% | -0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).
Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.
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Population differences between Burundi and Italy
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| Life expectancy | 64 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 22 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 17.3 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 4.88 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,417 ppl/mi² | 517 ppl/mi² |
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