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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Kenya	Burundi	Kenya
1960	2,764,258	7,695,307	-	-
1961	2,835,119	7,987,770	2.56%	3.8%
1962	2,907,943	8,299,308	2.57%	3.9%
1963	2,969,841	8,627,971	2.13%	3.96%
1964	3,055,650	8,973,535	2.89%	4.01%
1965	3,141,367	9,338,078	2.81%	4.06%
1966	3,217,960	9,717,816	2.44%	4.07%
1967	3,300,690	10,111,057	2.57%	4.05%
1968	3,380,387	10,518,823	2.41%	4.03%
1969	3,454,590	10,939,695	2.2%	4%
1970	3,530,432	11,368,791	2.2%	3.92%
1971	3,617,289	11,788,904	2.46%	3.7%
1972	3,617,128	12,206,060	-0.004%	3.54%
1973	3,611,991	12,634,835	-0.14%	3.51%
1974	3,703,590	13,070,078	2.54%	3.44%
1975	3,796,612	13,511,671	2.51%	3.38%
1976	3,882,626	13,957,623	2.27%	3.3%
1977	3,983,582	14,428,819	2.6%	3.38%
1978	4,100,338	14,934,126	2.93%	3.5%
1979	4,203,530	15,460,666	2.52%	3.53%
1980	4,383,706	16,018,459	4.29%	3.61%
1981	4,566,014	16,601,507	4.16%	3.64%
1982	4,681,390	17,206,175	2.53%	3.64%
1983	4,808,528	17,846,374	2.72%	3.72%
1984	4,926,465	18,514,906	2.45%	3.75%
1985	5,034,042	19,201,768	2.18%	3.71%
1986	5,129,414	19,901,646	1.89%	3.64%
1987	5,247,787	20,616,096	2.31%	3.59%
1988	5,365,327	21,356,219	2.24%	3.59%
1989	5,471,706	22,118,434	1.98%	3.57%
1990	5,587,052	22,892,651	2.11%	3.5%
1991	5,703,857	23,646,514	2.09%	3.29%
1992	5,858,407	24,382,460	2.71%	3.11%
1993	5,676,843	25,117,188	-3.1%	3.01%
1994	5,713,854	25,857,130	0.65%	2.95%
1995	6,066,316	26,601,751	6.17%	2.88%
1996	6,070,506	27,344,211	0.07%	2.79%
1997	6,070,042	28,101,768	-0.008%	2.77%
1998	6,187,108	28,888,057	1.93%	2.8%
1999	6,337,155	29,733,408	2.43%	2.93%
2000	6,470,194	30,642,890	2.1%	3.06%
2001	6,634,365	31,619,170	2.54%	3.19%
2002	6,824,132	32,629,808	2.86%	3.2%
2003	7,043,154	33,652,223	3.21%	3.13%
2004	7,310,656	34,713,455	3.8%	3.15%
2005	7,587,299	35,796,484	3.78%	3.12%
2006	7,865,547	36,904,008	3.67%	3.09%
2007	8,161,874	38,036,349	3.77%	3.07%
2008	8,505,637	39,206,351	4.21%	3.08%
2009	8,947,646	40,408,891	5.2%	3.07%
2010	9,376,444	41,598,567	4.79%	2.94%
2011	9,717,978	42,758,461	3.64%	2.79%
2012	10,071,028	43,888,303	3.63%	2.64%
2013	10,439,341	44,986,791	3.66%	2.5%
2014	10,799,785	46,051,440	3.45%	2.37%
2015	11,047,580	47,088,526	2.29%	2.25%
2016	11,239,451	48,139,687	1.74%	2.23%
2017	11,506,762	49,197,766	2.38%	2.2%
2018	11,859,446	50,207,107	3.07%	2.05%
2019	12,255,336	51,202,827	3.34%	1.98%
2020	12,617,036	52,217,334	2.95%	1.98%
2021	12,965,481	53,219,166	2.76%	1.92%
2022	13,321,097	54,252,461	2.74%	1.94%
2023	13,689,450	55,339,003	2.77%	2%
2024	14,047,786	56,432,944	2.62%	1.98%
2025	14,390,012	57,532,489	2.44%	1.95%
2026	14,729,161	58,636,403	2.36%	1.92%
2027	15,076,977	59,745,751	2.36%	1.89%
2028	15,444,020	60,860,444	2.43%	1.87%
2029	15,815,855	61,979,186	2.41%	1.84%
2030	16,182,014	63,102,241	2.32%	1.81%
2031	16,555,033	64,230,108	2.31%	1.79%
2032	16,935,232	65,359,031	2.3%	1.76%
2033	17,317,635	66,484,805	2.26%	1.72%
2034	17,700,808	67,604,628	2.21%	1.68%
2035	18,085,838	68,715,909	2.18%	1.64%
2036	18,483,051	69,818,887	2.2%	1.61%
2037	18,893,262	70,910,404	2.22%	1.56%
2038	19,305,532	71,990,929	2.18%	1.52%
2039	19,718,523	73,057,760	2.14%	1.48%
2040	20,131,319	74,108,858	2.09%	1.44%
2041	20,537,559	75,144,357	2.02%	1.4%
2042	20,951,561	76,161,719	2.02%	1.35%
2043	21,370,845	77,159,121	2%	1.31%
2044	21,785,696	78,134,979	1.94%	1.26%
2045	22,197,888	79,088,832	1.89%	1.22%
2046	22,586,212	80,022,371	1.75%	1.18%
2047	22,970,055	80,938,635	1.7%	1.15%
2048	23,358,499	81,837,657	1.69%	1.11%
2049	23,748,950	82,721,766	1.67%	1.08%
2050	24,131,717	83,593,232	1.61%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.