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Population in Burundi compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Burundi was 14,047,786 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burundi's population is 14,662,443 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Burundi's population is 60.1 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Burundi is ranked the 78th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.18% for Burundi vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Burundi has had an average growth rate of +2.74% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Burundi has increased from 7.59M people to 14.7M (93.2% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Burundi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 37.9M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Burundi vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Burundi Sao Tome
Current population
14662443
244055
Population rank 78/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.18% 0.003%
One net population change
1.47 minutes
1.88 hours
One birth every
1.14 minutes
1.35 hours
One death every
5.72 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
19.4 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -27,074 -604
Daily growth/decline +982 +13
Annual growth/decline +358,336 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +2.62% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 25/197 52/197

Burundi and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Burundi
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Burundi Sao Tome Burundi Sao Tome
1960 2,764,258 68,012 - -
1961 2,835,119 68,707 2.56% 1.02%
1962 2,907,943 69,403 2.57% 1.01%
1963 2,969,841 70,112 2.13% 1.02%
1964 3,055,650 70,865 2.89% 1.07%
1965 3,141,367 71,680 2.81% 1.15%
1966 3,217,960 72,576 2.44% 1.25%
1967 3,300,690 73,596 2.57% 1.41%
1968 3,380,387 74,765 2.41% 1.59%
1969 3,454,590 76,083 2.2% 1.76%
1970 3,530,432 77,626 2.2% 2.03%
1971 3,617,289 79,330 2.46% 2.2%
1972 3,617,128 81,041 -0.004% 2.16%
1973 3,611,991 82,798 -0.14% 2.17%
1974 3,703,590 84,672 2.54% 2.26%
1975 3,796,612 86,708 2.51% 2.4%
1976 3,882,626 88,922 2.27% 2.55%
1977 3,983,582 91,301 2.6% 2.68%
1978 4,100,338 93,794 2.93% 2.73%
1979 4,203,530 96,252 2.52% 2.62%
1980 4,383,706 98,544 4.29% 2.38%
1981 4,566,014 100,615 4.16% 2.1%
1982 4,681,390 102,508 2.53% 1.88%
1983 4,808,528 104,380 2.72% 1.83%
1984 4,926,465 106,394 2.45% 1.93%
1985 5,034,042 108,658 2.18% 2.13%
1986 5,129,414 111,150 1.89% 2.29%
1987 5,247,787 113,919 2.31% 2.49%
1988 5,365,327 116,939 2.24% 2.65%
1989 5,471,706 119,979 1.98% 2.6%
1990 5,587,052 122,980 2.11% 2.5%
1991 5,703,857 125,697 2.09% 2.21%
1992 5,858,407 128,110 2.71% 1.92%
1993 5,676,843 130,467 -3.1% 1.84%
1994 5,713,854 132,732 0.65% 1.74%
1995 6,066,316 134,895 6.17% 1.63%
1996 6,070,506 136,962 0.07% 1.53%
1997 6,070,042 138,922 -0.008% 1.43%
1998 6,187,108 140,751 1.93% 1.32%
1999 6,337,155 142,442 2.43% 1.2%
2000 6,470,194 144,018 2.1% 1.11%
2001 6,634,365 146,375 2.54% 1.64%
2002 6,824,132 149,922 2.86% 2.42%
2003 7,043,154 153,814 3.21% 2.6%
2004 7,310,656 157,705 3.8% 2.53%
2005 7,587,299 161,639 3.78% 2.49%
2006 7,865,547 165,638 3.67% 2.47%
2007 8,161,874 169,700 3.77% 2.45%
2008 8,505,637 173,793 4.21% 2.41%
2009 8,947,646 177,853 5.2% 2.34%
2010 9,376,444 181,802 4.79% 2.22%
2011 9,717,978 185,649 3.64% 2.12%
2012 10,071,028 189,439 3.63% 2.04%
2013 10,439,341 193,148 3.66% 1.96%
2014 10,799,785 196,767 3.45% 1.87%
2015 11,047,580 200,291 2.29% 1.79%
2016 11,239,451 203,689 1.74% 1.7%
2017 11,506,762 206,970 2.38% 1.61%
2018 11,859,446 210,187 3.07% 1.55%
2019 12,255,336 213,392 3.34% 1.52%
2020 12,617,036 217,435 2.95% 1.89%
2021 12,965,481 221,961 2.76% 2.08%
2022 13,321,097 226,305 2.74% 1.96%
2023 13,689,450 230,871 2.77% 2.02%
2024 14,047,786 235,536 2.62% 2.02%
2025 14,390,012 240,251 2.44% 2%
2026 14,729,161 244,987 2.36% 1.97%
2027 15,076,977 249,783 2.36% 1.96%
2028 15,444,020 254,657 2.43% 1.95%
2029 15,815,855 259,597 2.41% 1.94%
2030 16,182,014 264,560 2.32% 1.91%
2031 16,555,033 269,566 2.31% 1.89%
2032 16,935,232 274,643 2.3% 1.88%
2033 17,317,635 279,761 2.26% 1.86%
2034 17,700,808 284,911 2.21% 1.84%
2035 18,085,838 290,082 2.18% 1.81%
2036 18,483,051 295,269 2.2% 1.79%
2037 18,893,262 300,439 2.22% 1.75%
2038 19,305,532 305,590 2.18% 1.71%
2039 19,718,523 310,729 2.14% 1.68%
2040 20,131,319 315,833 2.09% 1.64%
2041 20,537,559 320,875 2.02% 1.6%
2042 20,951,561 325,888 2.02% 1.56%
2043 21,370,845 330,908 2% 1.54%
2044 21,785,696 335,919 1.94% 1.51%
2045 22,197,888 340,911 1.89% 1.49%
2046 22,586,212 345,883 1.75% 1.46%
2047 22,970,055 350,758 1.7% 1.41%
2048 23,358,499 355,569 1.69% 1.37%
2049 23,748,950 360,353 1.67% 1.35%
2050 24,131,717 365,103 1.61% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.

Biggest cities by population

Sao Tome
City Population
Sao Tome 65.5K
Trindade 6.64K

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