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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Malawi	Burundi	Malawi
1960	2,764,258	3,628,134	-	-
1961	2,835,119	3,715,534	2.56%	2.41%
1962	2,907,943	3,806,307	2.57%	2.44%
1963	2,969,841	3,900,506	2.13%	2.47%
1964	3,055,650	3,997,305	2.89%	2.48%
1965	3,141,367	4,096,157	2.81%	2.47%
1966	3,217,960	4,197,926	2.44%	2.48%
1967	3,300,690	4,303,012	2.57%	2.5%
1968	3,380,387	4,411,054	2.41%	2.51%
1969	3,454,590	4,521,184	2.2%	2.5%
1970	3,530,432	4,633,944	2.2%	2.49%
1971	3,617,289	4,751,434	2.46%	2.54%
1972	3,617,128	4,874,475	-0.004%	2.59%
1973	3,611,991	5,003,938	-0.14%	2.66%
1974	3,703,590	5,141,337	2.54%	2.75%
1975	3,796,612	5,287,367	2.51%	2.84%
1976	3,882,626	5,443,384	2.27%	2.95%
1977	3,983,582	5,614,983	2.6%	3.15%
1978	4,100,338	5,810,132	2.93%	3.48%
1979	4,203,530	6,028,749	2.52%	3.76%
1980	4,383,706	6,265,529	4.29%	3.93%
1981	4,566,014	6,516,454	4.16%	4%
1982	4,681,390	6,778,879	2.53%	4.03%
1983	4,808,528	7,051,709	2.72%	4.02%
1984	4,926,465	7,332,810	2.45%	3.99%
1985	5,034,042	7,620,508	2.18%	3.92%
1986	5,129,414	7,906,480	1.89%	3.75%
1987	5,247,787	8,293,174	2.31%	4.89%
1988	5,365,327	8,753,262	2.24%	5.55%
1989	5,471,706	9,176,220	1.98%	4.83%
1990	5,587,052	9,545,852	2.11%	4.03%
1991	5,703,857	9,844,227	2.09%	3.13%
1992	5,858,407	10,135,079	2.71%	2.95%
1993	5,676,843	10,284,024	-3.1%	1.47%
1994	5,713,854	10,164,894	0.65%	-1.16%
1995	6,066,316	10,150,117	6.17%	-0.15%
1996	6,070,506	10,352,228	0.07%	1.99%
1997	6,070,042	10,562,035	-0.008%	2.03%
1998	6,187,108	10,792,876	1.93%	2.19%
1999	6,337,155	11,047,804	2.43%	2.36%
2000	6,470,194	11,315,942	2.1%	2.43%
2001	6,634,365	11,593,058	2.54%	2.45%
2002	6,824,132	11,880,440	2.86%	2.48%
2003	7,043,154	12,181,574	3.21%	2.53%
2004	7,310,656	12,500,737	3.8%	2.62%
2005	7,587,299	12,840,031	3.78%	2.71%
2006	7,865,547	13,198,701	3.67%	2.79%
2007	8,161,874	13,576,343	3.77%	2.86%
2008	8,505,637	13,976,417	4.21%	2.95%
2009	8,947,646	14,395,788	5.2%	3%
2010	9,376,444	14,826,463	4.79%	2.99%
2011	9,717,978	15,265,022	3.64%	2.96%
2012	10,071,028	15,709,577	3.63%	2.91%
2013	10,439,341	16,161,816	3.66%	2.88%
2014	10,799,785	16,621,538	3.45%	2.84%
2015	11,047,580	17,085,587	2.29%	2.79%
2016	11,239,451	17,557,739	1.74%	2.76%
2017	11,506,762	18,039,715	2.38%	2.75%
2018	11,859,446	18,528,081	3.07%	2.71%
2019	12,255,336	19,025,752	3.34%	2.69%
2020	12,617,036	19,533,888	2.95%	2.67%
2021	12,965,481	20,047,258	2.76%	2.63%
2022	13,321,097	20,568,728	2.74%	2.6%
2023	13,689,450	21,104,482	2.77%	2.6%
2024	14,047,786	21,655,286	2.62%	2.61%
2025	14,390,012	22,216,113	2.44%	2.59%
2026	14,729,161	22,785,530	2.36%	2.56%
2027	15,076,977	23,366,187	2.36%	2.55%
2028	15,444,020	23,954,450	2.43%	2.52%
2029	15,815,855	24,553,499	2.41%	2.5%
2030	16,182,014	25,160,293	2.32%	2.47%
2031	16,555,033	25,763,534	2.31%	2.4%
2032	16,935,232	26,366,760	2.3%	2.34%
2033	17,317,635	26,978,417	2.26%	2.32%
2034	17,700,808	27,595,295	2.21%	2.29%
2035	18,085,838	28,213,784	2.18%	2.24%
2036	18,483,051	28,835,595	2.2%	2.2%
2037	18,893,262	29,462,509	2.22%	2.17%
2038	19,305,532	30,081,741	2.18%	2.1%
2039	19,718,523	30,691,578	2.14%	2.03%
2040	20,131,319	31,302,092	2.09%	1.99%
2041	20,537,559	31,911,242	2.02%	1.95%
2042	20,951,561	32,517,509	2.02%	1.9%
2043	21,370,845	33,122,481	2%	1.86%
2044	21,785,696	33,736,523	1.94%	1.85%
2045	22,197,888	34,350,947	1.89%	1.82%
2046	22,586,212	34,959,606	1.75%	1.77%
2047	22,970,055	35,567,989	1.7%	1.74%
2048	23,358,499	36,165,757	1.69%	1.68%
2049	23,748,950	36,760,998	1.67%	1.65%
2050	24,131,717	37,361,672	1.61%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.