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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Nigeria	Burundi	Nigeria
1960	2,764,258	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,835,119	45,989,310	2.56%	2.08%
1962	2,907,943	46,965,292	2.57%	2.12%
1963	2,969,841	47,973,575	2.13%	2.15%
1964	3,055,650	49,012,016	2.89%	2.16%
1965	3,141,367	50,086,764	2.81%	2.19%
1966	3,217,960	51,188,234	2.44%	2.2%
1967	3,300,690	52,293,065	2.57%	2.16%
1968	3,380,387	53,432,783	2.41%	2.18%
1969	3,454,590	54,631,914	2.2%	2.24%
1970	3,530,432	55,893,838	2.2%	2.31%
1971	3,617,289	57,214,684	2.46%	2.36%
1972	3,617,128	58,601,748	-0.004%	2.42%
1973	3,611,991	60,082,139	-0.14%	2.53%
1974	3,703,590	61,679,144	2.54%	2.66%
1975	3,796,612	63,410,815	2.51%	2.81%
1976	3,882,626	65,258,009	2.27%	2.91%
1977	3,983,582	67,234,590	2.6%	3.03%
1978	4,100,338	69,326,532	2.93%	3.11%
1979	4,203,530	71,498,242	2.52%	3.13%
1980	4,383,706	73,764,641	4.29%	3.17%
1981	4,566,014	76,068,103	4.16%	3.12%
1982	4,681,390	78,378,701	2.53%	3.04%
1983	4,808,528	80,438,260	2.72%	2.63%
1984	4,926,465	82,526,443	2.45%	2.6%
1985	5,034,042	84,897,973	2.18%	2.87%
1986	5,129,414	87,235,953	1.89%	2.75%
1987	5,247,787	89,591,716	2.31%	2.7%
1988	5,365,327	92,020,090	2.24%	2.71%
1989	5,471,706	94,531,014	1.98%	2.73%
1990	5,587,052	97,120,925	2.11%	2.74%
1991	5,703,857	99,720,162	2.09%	2.68%
1992	5,858,407	102,372,770	2.71%	2.66%
1993	5,676,843	105,122,069	-3.1%	2.69%
1994	5,713,854	107,935,714	0.65%	2.68%
1995	6,066,316	110,819,428	6.17%	2.67%
1996	6,070,506	113,754,779	0.07%	2.65%
1997	6,070,042	116,754,792	-0.008%	2.64%
1998	6,187,108	119,846,254	1.93%	2.65%
1999	6,337,155	123,047,320	2.43%	2.67%
2000	6,470,194	126,382,494	2.1%	2.71%
2001	6,634,365	129,862,595	2.54%	2.75%
2002	6,824,132	133,471,989	2.86%	2.78%
2003	7,043,154	137,202,644	3.21%	2.8%
2004	7,310,656	141,057,045	3.8%	2.81%
2005	7,587,299	145,017,253	3.78%	2.81%
2006	7,865,547	149,077,334	3.67%	2.8%
2007	8,161,874	153,267,261	3.77%	2.81%
2008	8,505,637	157,595,014	4.21%	2.82%
2009	8,947,646	162,049,464	5.2%	2.83%
2010	9,376,444	166,642,886	4.79%	2.83%
2011	9,717,978	171,379,598	3.64%	2.84%
2012	10,071,028	176,200,625	3.63%	2.81%
2013	10,439,341	181,049,443	3.66%	2.75%
2014	10,799,785	185,896,915	3.45%	2.68%
2015	11,047,580	190,671,878	2.29%	2.57%
2016	11,239,451	195,443,700	1.74%	2.5%
2017	11,506,762	200,254,579	2.38%	2.46%
2018	11,859,446	204,938,755	3.07%	2.34%
2019	12,255,336	209,485,641	3.34%	2.22%
2020	12,617,036	213,996,181	2.95%	2.15%
2021	12,965,481	218,529,286	2.76%	2.12%
2022	13,321,097	223,150,896	2.74%	2.11%
2023	13,689,450	227,882,945	2.77%	2.12%
2024	14,047,786	232,679,478	2.62%	2.1%
2025	14,390,012	237,527,783	2.44%	2.08%
2026	14,729,161	242,431,830	2.36%	2.06%
2027	15,076,977	247,374,258	2.36%	2.04%
2028	15,444,020	252,346,128	2.43%	2.01%
2029	15,815,855	257,352,638	2.41%	1.98%
2030	16,182,014	262,380,975	2.32%	1.95%
2031	16,555,033	267,421,079	2.31%	1.92%
2032	16,935,232	272,483,635	2.3%	1.89%
2033	17,317,635	277,555,116	2.26%	1.86%
2034	17,700,808	282,622,388	2.21%	1.83%
2035	18,085,838	287,685,757	2.18%	1.79%
2036	18,483,051	292,739,390	2.2%	1.76%
2037	18,893,262	297,773,236	2.22%	1.72%
2038	19,305,532	302,782,350	2.18%	1.68%
2039	19,718,523	307,764,754	2.14%	1.65%
2040	20,131,319	312,710,403	2.09%	1.61%
2041	20,537,559	317,607,237	2.02%	1.57%
2042	20,951,561	322,450,302	2.02%	1.52%
2043	21,370,845	327,243,941	2%	1.49%
2044	21,785,696	331,983,354	1.94%	1.45%
2045	22,197,888	336,662,502	1.89%	1.41%
2046	22,586,212	341,281,757	1.75%	1.37%
2047	22,970,055	345,844,004	1.7%	1.34%
2048	23,358,499	350,347,757	1.69%	1.3%
2049	23,748,950	354,792,418	1.67%	1.27%
2050	24,131,717	359,185,550	1.61%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.