The latest officially reported population of Burundi was 14,047,786 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Burundi's population is 14,662,443 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 3.61 times bigger than Burundi's.
- Burundi is ranked the 78th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 0.82% of the world: 0.18% for Burundi vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Burundi has had an average growth rate of +2.74% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Burundi has increased from 7.59M people to 14.7M (93.2% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Burundi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 37.9M people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.
Burundi vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
14662443
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52963918
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| Population rank | 78/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.18% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
1.47 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.14 minutes
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
5.72 minutes
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.4 minutes
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -27,074 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +982 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +358,336 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.62% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 25/197 | 118/197 |
Burundi and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,764,258 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,835,119 | 8,634,941 | 2.56% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 2,907,943 | 8,919,028 | 2.57% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 2,969,841 | 9,218,077 | 2.13% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 3,055,650 | 9,531,109 | 2.89% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 3,141,367 | 9,858,030 | 2.81% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 3,217,960 | 10,197,578 | 2.44% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 3,300,690 | 10,550,597 | 2.57% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 3,380,387 | 10,917,999 | 2.41% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 3,454,590 | 11,298,936 | 2.2% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 3,530,432 | 11,695,771 | 2.2% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 3,617,289 | 12,105,539 | 2.46% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 3,617,128 | 12,527,856 | -0.004% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 3,611,991 | 13,049,315 | -0.14% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 3,703,590 | 13,580,723 | 2.54% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 3,796,612 | 14,064,798 | 2.51% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 3,882,626 | 14,569,716 | 2.27% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 3,983,582 | 15,086,614 | 2.6% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 4,100,338 | 15,695,003 | 2.93% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 4,203,530 | 16,355,352 | 2.52% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 4,383,706 | 17,058,905 | 4.29% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 4,566,014 | 17,780,572 | 4.16% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 4,681,390 | 18,486,645 | 2.53% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 4,808,528 | 19,109,770 | 2.72% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 4,926,465 | 19,546,528 | 2.45% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 5,034,042 | 19,905,872 | 2.18% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 5,129,414 | 20,288,238 | 1.89% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 5,247,787 | 20,704,904 | 2.31% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 5,365,327 | 21,138,431 | 2.24% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 5,471,706 | 21,578,022 | 1.98% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 5,587,052 | 22,021,481 | 2.11% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 5,703,857 | 22,470,676 | 2.09% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 5,858,407 | 22,927,355 | 2.71% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 5,676,843 | 23,445,592 | -3.1% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 5,713,854 | 24,043,948 | 0.65% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 6,066,316 | 24,672,143 | 6.17% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 6,070,506 | 25,231,528 | 0.07% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 6,070,042 | 25,799,821 | -0.008% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 6,187,108 | 26,458,999 | 1.93% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 6,337,155 | 27,130,613 | 2.43% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 6,470,194 | 27,816,745 | 2.1% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 6,634,365 | 28,516,770 | 2.54% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 6,824,132 | 29,228,727 | 2.86% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 7,043,154 | 29,896,035 | 3.21% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 7,310,656 | 30,556,637 | 3.8% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 7,587,299 | 31,262,444 | 3.78% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 7,865,547 | 31,992,435 | 3.67% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 8,161,874 | 32,764,135 | 3.77% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 8,505,637 | 33,623,980 | 4.21% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 8,947,646 | 34,569,113 | 5.2% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 9,376,444 | 35,414,399 | 4.79% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 9,717,978 | 36,140,806 | 3.64% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 10,071,028 | 36,923,178 | 3.63% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 10,439,341 | 37,785,849 | 3.66% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 10,799,785 | 38,823,318 | 3.45% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 11,047,580 | 40,024,431 | 2.29% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 11,239,451 | 41,259,892 | 1.74% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 11,506,762 | 42,714,306 | 2.38% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 11,859,446 | 44,230,596 | 3.07% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 12,255,336 | 45,548,175 | 3.34% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 12,617,036 | 46,789,231 | 2.95% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 12,965,481 | 48,066,924 | 2.76% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 13,321,097 | 49,383,346 | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 13,689,450 | 50,042,791 | 2.77% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 14,047,786 | 50,448,963 | 2.62% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 14,390,012 | 51,662,152 | 2.44% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 14,729,161 | 53,282,718 | 2.36% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 15,076,977 | 54,724,215 | 2.36% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 15,444,020 | 55,993,833 | 2.43% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 15,815,855 | 57,275,443 | 2.41% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 16,182,014 | 58,571,624 | 2.32% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 16,555,033 | 59,872,936 | 2.31% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 16,935,232 | 61,179,476 | 2.3% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 17,317,635 | 62,497,205 | 2.26% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 17,700,808 | 63,822,356 | 2.21% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 18,085,838 | 65,148,317 | 2.18% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 18,483,051 | 66,470,018 | 2.2% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 18,893,262 | 67,791,240 | 2.22% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 19,305,532 | 69,107,712 | 2.18% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 19,718,523 | 70,416,631 | 2.14% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 20,131,319 | 71,730,604 | 2.09% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 20,537,559 | 73,056,213 | 2.02% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 20,951,561 | 74,387,562 | 2.02% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 21,370,845 | 75,723,670 | 2% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 21,785,696 | 77,066,454 | 1.94% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 22,197,888 | 78,415,205 | 1.89% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 22,586,212 | 79,767,271 | 1.75% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 22,970,055 | 81,115,241 | 1.7% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 23,358,499 | 82,463,202 | 1.69% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 23,748,950 | 83,828,356 | 1.67% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 24,131,717 | 85,206,384 | 1.61% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
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Population differences between Burundi and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 64 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 22 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 17.3 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 4.88 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,417 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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