The latest officially reported population of Burundi was 14,047,786 in 2024 vs 31,934,230 people in Ivory Coast in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burundi's population is 14,662,443 people compared to 33,340,347 in Ivory Coast.
Population statistics:
- Ivory Coast's population is 2.27 times bigger than Burundi's.
- Burundi is ranked the 78th most populous country in the world, while Ivory Coast is the 50th.
- The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.18% for Burundi vs 0.4% for Ivory Coast.
- For the last 10 years, Burundi has had an average growth rate of +2.74% per year vs +2.65% in Ivory Coast.
- Since 2005, the population of Burundi has increased from 7.59M people to 14.7M (93.2% growth), while Ivory Coast has grown from 20.1M to 33.3M (66.1% growth).
- Burundi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 37.9M people compared to the peak of 104M people in 2100 for Ivory Coast.
Burundi vs Ivory Coast: live population counter
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| Current population |
14662443
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33340347
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| Population rank | 78/197 | 50/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.4% |
| One net population change |
1.47 minutes
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41 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.14 minutes
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31.6 seconds
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| One death every |
5.72 minutes
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2.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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1.12 hours
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| Annual migration change | -27,074 | +7,838 |
| Daily growth/decline | +982 | +2,106 |
| Annual growth/decline | +358,336 | +768,576 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +2.47% |
| Population growth rate rank | 25/197 | 30/197 |
Burundi and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,764,258 | 3,673,666 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,835,119 | 3,810,151 | 2.56% | 3.72% |
| 1962 | 2,907,943 | 3,956,939 | 2.57% | 3.85% |
| 1963 | 2,969,841 | 4,112,061 | 2.13% | 3.92% |
| 1964 | 3,055,650 | 4,273,952 | 2.89% | 3.94% |
| 1965 | 3,141,367 | 4,442,377 | 2.81% | 3.94% |
| 1966 | 3,217,960 | 4,617,519 | 2.44% | 3.94% |
| 1967 | 3,300,690 | 4,799,744 | 2.57% | 3.95% |
| 1968 | 3,380,387 | 4,990,021 | 2.41% | 3.96% |
| 1969 | 3,454,590 | 5,192,221 | 2.2% | 4.05% |
| 1970 | 3,530,432 | 5,411,567 | 2.2% | 4.22% |
| 1971 | 3,617,289 | 5,650,868 | 2.46% | 4.42% |
| 1972 | 3,617,128 | 5,909,716 | -0.004% | 4.58% |
| 1973 | 3,611,991 | 6,184,944 | -0.14% | 4.66% |
| 1974 | 3,703,590 | 6,474,057 | 2.54% | 4.67% |
| 1975 | 3,796,612 | 6,776,297 | 2.51% | 4.67% |
| 1976 | 3,882,626 | 7,057,958 | 2.27% | 4.16% |
| 1977 | 3,983,582 | 7,321,950 | 2.6% | 3.74% |
| 1978 | 4,100,338 | 7,603,130 | 2.93% | 3.84% |
| 1979 | 4,203,530 | 7,902,267 | 2.52% | 3.93% |
| 1980 | 4,383,706 | 8,220,714 | 4.29% | 4.03% |
| 1981 | 4,566,014 | 8,556,596 | 4.16% | 4.09% |
| 1982 | 4,681,390 | 8,907,936 | 2.53% | 4.11% |
| 1983 | 4,808,528 | 9,272,744 | 2.72% | 4.1% |
| 1984 | 4,926,465 | 9,650,516 | 2.45% | 4.07% |
| 1985 | 5,034,042 | 10,040,483 | 2.18% | 4.04% |
| 1986 | 5,129,414 | 10,440,917 | 1.89% | 3.99% |
| 1987 | 5,247,787 | 10,851,475 | 2.31% | 3.93% |
| 1988 | 5,365,327 | 11,275,189 | 2.24% | 3.9% |
| 1989 | 5,471,706 | 11,719,771 | 1.98% | 3.94% |
| 1990 | 5,587,052 | 12,189,778 | 2.11% | 4.01% |
| 1991 | 5,703,857 | 12,683,870 | 2.09% | 4.05% |
| 1992 | 5,858,407 | 13,200,310 | 2.71% | 4.07% |
| 1993 | 5,676,843 | 13,735,951 | -3.1% | 4.06% |
| 1994 | 5,713,854 | 14,287,201 | 0.65% | 4.01% |
| 1995 | 6,066,316 | 14,855,565 | 6.17% | 3.98% |
| 1996 | 6,070,506 | 15,442,312 | 0.07% | 3.95% |
| 1997 | 6,070,042 | 16,047,170 | -0.008% | 3.92% |
| 1998 | 6,187,108 | 16,663,948 | 1.93% | 3.84% |
| 1999 | 6,337,155 | 17,215,935 | 2.43% | 3.31% |
| 2000 | 6,470,194 | 17,699,004 | 2.1% | 2.81% |
| 2001 | 6,634,365 | 18,178,913 | 2.54% | 2.71% |
| 2002 | 6,824,132 | 18,654,771 | 2.86% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 7,043,154 | 19,125,542 | 3.21% | 2.52% |
| 2004 | 7,310,656 | 19,595,000 | 3.8% | 2.45% |
| 2005 | 7,587,299 | 20,068,458 | 3.78% | 2.42% |
| 2006 | 7,865,547 | 20,546,802 | 3.67% | 2.38% |
| 2007 | 8,161,874 | 21,030,558 | 3.77% | 2.35% |
| 2008 | 8,505,637 | 21,514,439 | 4.21% | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 8,947,646 | 21,997,940 | 5.2% | 2.25% |
| 2010 | 9,376,444 | 22,488,065 | 4.79% | 2.23% |
| 2011 | 9,717,978 | 22,982,000 | 3.64% | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 10,071,028 | 23,467,078 | 3.63% | 2.11% |
| 2013 | 10,439,341 | 23,939,775 | 3.66% | 2.01% |
| 2014 | 10,799,785 | 24,527,395 | 3.45% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 11,047,580 | 25,246,342 | 2.29% | 2.93% |
| 2016 | 11,239,451 | 25,989,405 | 1.74% | 2.94% |
| 2017 | 11,506,762 | 26,733,372 | 2.38% | 2.86% |
| 2018 | 11,859,446 | 27,464,173 | 3.07% | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 12,255,336 | 28,193,009 | 3.34% | 2.65% |
| 2020 | 12,617,036 | 28,915,449 | 2.95% | 2.56% |
| 2021 | 12,965,481 | 29,639,736 | 2.76% | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 13,321,097 | 30,395,002 | 2.74% | 2.55% |
| 2023 | 13,689,450 | 31,165,654 | 2.77% | 2.54% |
| 2024 | 14,047,786 | 31,934,230 | 2.62% | 2.47% |
| 2025 | 14,390,012 | 32,711,547 | 2.44% | 2.43% |
| 2026 | 14,729,161 | 33,494,340 | 2.36% | 2.39% |
| 2027 | 15,076,977 | 34,281,129 | 2.36% | 2.35% |
| 2028 | 15,444,020 | 35,077,094 | 2.43% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 15,815,855 | 35,883,465 | 2.41% | 2.3% |
| 2030 | 16,182,014 | 36,699,008 | 2.32% | 2.27% |
| 2031 | 16,555,033 | 37,529,369 | 2.31% | 2.26% |
| 2032 | 16,935,232 | 38,376,612 | 2.3% | 2.26% |
| 2033 | 17,317,635 | 39,244,388 | 2.26% | 2.26% |
| 2034 | 17,700,808 | 40,132,807 | 2.21% | 2.26% |
| 2035 | 18,085,838 | 41,033,849 | 2.18% | 2.25% |
| 2036 | 18,483,051 | 41,948,468 | 2.2% | 2.23% |
| 2037 | 18,893,262 | 42,880,003 | 2.22% | 2.22% |
| 2038 | 19,305,532 | 43,824,363 | 2.18% | 2.2% |
| 2039 | 19,718,523 | 44,778,750 | 2.14% | 2.18% |
| 2040 | 20,131,319 | 45,743,921 | 2.09% | 2.16% |
| 2041 | 20,537,559 | 46,717,434 | 2.02% | 2.13% |
| 2042 | 20,951,561 | 47,702,165 | 2.02% | 2.11% |
| 2043 | 21,370,845 | 48,700,670 | 2% | 2.09% |
| 2044 | 21,785,696 | 49,709,049 | 1.94% | 2.07% |
| 2045 | 22,197,888 | 50,716,074 | 1.89% | 2.03% |
| 2046 | 22,586,212 | 51,718,057 | 1.75% | 1.98% |
| 2047 | 22,970,055 | 52,721,465 | 1.7% | 1.94% |
| 2048 | 23,358,499 | 53,730,594 | 1.69% | 1.91% |
| 2049 | 23,748,950 | 54,739,405 | 1.67% | 1.88% |
| 2050 | 24,131,717 | 55,746,988 | 1.61% | 1.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth).
Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Ivory Coast was ranked 55th in 2005 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Bujumbura | 659K |
| Gitega | 136K |
| Ngozi | 39.9K |
| Bubanza | 20K |
| Muyinga | 9.61K |
| Makamba | 9.4K |
| Ruyigi | 7.14K |
| Rutana | 5.86K |
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| City | Population |
| Abidjan | 5.62M |
| Bouake | 740K |
| Korhogo | 441K |
| Yamoussoukro | 340K |
| Divo | 295K |
| Gagnoa | 277K |
| Abengourou | 164K |
| Dabou | 138K |
| Agboville | 135K |
| Grand-Bassam | 125K |
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Population differences between Burundi and Ivory Coast
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| Life expectancy | 64 years | 62.3 years |
| Average age | 22 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 17.3 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 4.88 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,417 ppl/mi² | 260.1 ppl/mi² |
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