Population in Burundi compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Burundi and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Sierra Leone	Burundi	Sierra Leone
1960	2,764,258	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,835,119	2,304,227	2.56%	1.58%
1962	2,907,943	2,342,242	2.57%	1.65%
1963	2,969,841	2,382,258	2.13%	1.71%
1964	3,055,650	2,424,390	2.89%	1.77%
1965	3,141,367	2,468,666	2.81%	1.83%
1966	3,217,960	2,514,638	2.44%	1.86%
1967	3,300,690	2,562,384	2.57%	1.9%
1968	3,380,387	2,611,532	2.41%	1.92%
1969	3,454,590	2,661,365	2.2%	1.91%
1970	3,530,432	2,712,286	2.2%	1.91%
1971	3,617,289	2,763,222	2.46%	1.88%
1972	3,617,128	2,814,388	-0.004%	1.85%
1973	3,611,991	2,866,955	-0.14%	1.87%
1974	3,703,590	2,920,459	2.54%	1.87%
1975	3,796,612	2,974,657	2.51%	1.86%
1976	3,882,626	3,028,820	2.27%	1.82%
1977	3,983,582	3,085,354	2.6%	1.87%
1978	4,100,338	3,145,517	2.93%	1.95%
1979	4,203,530	3,207,499	2.52%	1.97%
1980	4,383,706	3,272,089	4.29%	2.01%
1981	4,566,014	3,338,940	4.16%	2.04%
1982	4,681,390	3,408,183	2.53%	2.07%
1983	4,808,528	3,481,646	2.72%	2.16%
1984	4,926,465	3,558,758	2.45%	2.21%
1985	5,034,042	3,638,438	2.18%	2.24%
1986	5,129,414	3,728,380	1.89%	2.47%
1987	5,247,787	3,829,718	2.31%	2.72%
1988	5,365,327	3,934,517	2.24%	2.74%
1989	5,471,706	4,034,037	1.98%	2.53%
1990	5,587,052	4,196,828	2.11%	4.04%
1991	5,703,857	4,246,267	2.09%	1.18%
1992	5,858,407	4,166,366	2.71%	-1.88%
1993	5,676,843	4,157,130	-3.1%	-0.22%
1994	5,713,854	4,173,105	0.65%	0.38%
1995	6,066,316	4,179,179	6.17%	0.15%
1996	6,070,506	4,199,210	0.07%	0.48%
1997	6,070,042	4,253,716	-0.008%	1.3%
1998	6,187,108	4,295,785	1.93%	0.99%
1999	6,337,155	4,318,043	2.43%	0.52%
2000	6,470,194	4,423,611	2.1%	2.44%
2001	6,634,365	4,692,716	2.54%	6.08%
2002	6,824,132	4,971,435	2.86%	5.94%
2003	7,043,154	5,177,687	3.21%	4.15%
2004	7,310,656	5,355,717	3.8%	3.44%
2005	7,587,299	5,501,712	3.78%	2.73%
2006	7,865,547	5,624,466	3.67%	2.23%
2007	8,161,874	5,749,352	3.77%	2.22%
2008	8,505,637	5,894,722	4.21%	2.53%
2009	8,947,646	6,055,646	5.2%	2.73%
2010	9,376,444	6,222,714	4.79%	2.76%
2011	9,717,978	6,387,251	3.64%	2.64%
2012	10,071,028	6,551,080	3.63%	2.56%
2013	10,439,341	6,714,051	3.66%	2.49%
2014	10,799,785	6,876,385	3.45%	2.42%
2015	11,047,580	7,037,655	2.29%	2.35%
2016	11,239,451	7,205,328	1.74%	2.38%
2017	11,506,762	7,379,299	2.38%	2.41%
2018	11,859,446	7,554,563	3.07%	2.38%
2019	12,255,336	7,731,991	3.34%	2.35%
2020	12,617,036	7,912,558	2.95%	2.34%
2021	12,965,481	8,094,602	2.76%	2.3%
2022	13,321,097	8,276,807	2.74%	2.25%
2023	13,689,450	8,460,512	2.77%	2.22%
2024	14,047,786	8,642,022	2.62%	2.15%
2025	14,390,012	8,819,789	2.44%	2.06%
2026	14,729,161	8,996,743	2.36%	2.01%
2027	15,076,977	9,174,695	2.36%	1.98%
2028	15,444,020	9,349,021	2.43%	1.9%
2029	15,815,855	9,520,811	2.41%	1.84%
2030	16,182,014	9,694,851	2.32%	1.83%
2031	16,555,033	9,870,295	2.31%	1.81%
2032	16,935,232	10,047,193	2.3%	1.79%
2033	17,317,635	10,221,006	2.26%	1.73%
2034	17,700,808	10,391,485	2.21%	1.67%
2035	18,085,838	10,563,163	2.18%	1.65%
2036	18,483,051	10,734,341	2.2%	1.62%
2037	18,893,262	10,902,263	2.22%	1.56%
2038	19,305,532	11,066,143	2.18%	1.5%
2039	19,718,523	11,230,060	2.14%	1.48%
2040	20,131,319	11,398,391	2.09%	1.5%
2041	20,537,559	11,566,213	2.02%	1.47%
2042	20,951,561	11,728,787	2.02%	1.41%
2043	21,370,845	11,887,934	2%	1.36%
2044	21,785,696	12,049,424	1.94%	1.36%
2045	22,197,888	12,208,872	1.89%	1.32%
2046	22,586,212	12,363,446	1.75%	1.27%
2047	22,970,055	12,512,739	1.7%	1.21%
2048	23,358,499	12,659,609	1.69%	1.17%
2049	23,748,950	12,805,136	1.67%	1.15%
2050	24,131,717	12,948,320	1.61%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.