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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Tanzania	Burundi	Tanzania
1960	2,764,258	9,901,419	-	-
1961	2,835,119	10,187,886	2.56%	2.89%
1962	2,907,943	10,487,756	2.57%	2.94%
1963	2,969,841	10,799,528	2.13%	2.97%
1964	3,055,650	11,127,826	2.89%	3.04%
1965	3,141,367	11,470,728	2.81%	3.08%
1966	3,217,960	11,827,459	2.44%	3.11%
1967	3,300,690	12,200,109	2.57%	3.15%
1968	3,380,387	12,602,076	2.41%	3.29%
1969	3,454,590	13,036,700	2.2%	3.45%
1970	3,530,432	13,492,677	2.2%	3.5%
1971	3,617,289	13,971,451	2.46%	3.55%
1972	3,617,128	14,479,308	-0.004%	3.63%
1973	3,611,991	15,010,101	-0.14%	3.67%
1974	3,703,590	15,561,630	2.54%	3.67%
1975	3,796,612	16,138,361	2.51%	3.71%
1976	3,882,626	16,736,211	2.27%	3.7%
1977	3,983,582	17,352,929	2.6%	3.68%
1978	4,100,338	17,976,566	2.93%	3.59%
1979	4,203,530	18,592,038	2.52%	3.42%
1980	4,383,706	19,189,769	4.29%	3.21%
1981	4,566,014	19,784,703	4.16%	3.1%
1982	4,681,390	20,398,571	2.53%	3.1%
1983	4,808,528	21,079,874	2.72%	3.34%
1984	4,926,465	21,779,066	2.45%	3.32%
1985	5,034,042	22,501,693	2.18%	3.32%
1986	5,129,414	23,258,959	1.89%	3.37%
1987	5,247,787	24,030,378	2.31%	3.32%
1988	5,365,327	24,769,686	2.24%	3.08%
1989	5,471,706	25,438,759	1.98%	2.7%
1990	5,587,052	26,110,207	2.11%	2.64%
1991	5,703,857	26,780,436	2.09%	2.57%
1992	5,858,407	27,457,588	2.71%	2.53%
1993	5,676,843	28,332,692	-3.1%	3.19%
1994	5,713,854	29,442,356	0.65%	3.92%
1995	6,066,316	30,383,497	6.17%	3.2%
1996	6,070,506	30,945,762	0.07%	1.85%
1997	6,070,042	31,578,089	-0.008%	2.04%
1998	6,187,108	32,420,458	1.93%	2.67%
1999	6,337,155	33,300,330	2.43%	2.71%
2000	6,470,194	34,260,139	2.1%	2.88%
2001	6,634,365	35,198,299	2.54%	2.74%
2002	6,824,132	36,121,304	2.86%	2.62%
2003	7,043,154	37,089,555	3.21%	2.68%
2004	7,310,656	38,109,668	3.8%	2.75%
2005	7,587,299	39,182,076	3.78%	2.81%
2006	7,865,547	40,294,902	3.67%	2.84%
2007	8,161,874	41,435,512	3.77%	2.83%
2008	8,505,637	42,570,728	4.21%	2.74%
2009	8,947,646	43,633,982	5.2%	2.5%
2010	9,376,444	44,758,488	4.79%	2.58%
2011	9,717,978	46,029,367	3.64%	2.84%
2012	10,071,028	47,374,260	3.63%	2.92%
2013	10,439,341	48,824,128	3.66%	3.06%
2014	10,799,785	50,351,512	3.45%	3.13%
2015	11,047,580	52,020,962	2.29%	3.32%
2016	11,239,451	53,824,013	1.74%	3.47%
2017	11,506,762	55,652,890	2.38%	3.4%
2018	11,859,446	57,437,145	3.07%	3.21%
2019	12,255,336	59,174,891	3.34%	3.03%
2020	12,617,036	60,972,798	2.95%	3.04%
2021	12,965,481	62,830,412	2.76%	3.05%
2022	13,321,097	64,711,821	2.74%	2.99%
2023	13,689,450	66,617,606	2.77%	2.95%
2024	14,047,786	68,560,157	2.62%	2.92%
2025	14,390,012	70,545,858	2.44%	2.9%
2026	14,729,161	72,563,773	2.36%	2.86%
2027	15,076,977	74,604,804	2.36%	2.81%
2028	15,444,020	76,670,483	2.43%	2.77%
2029	15,815,855	78,773,192	2.41%	2.74%
2030	16,182,014	80,913,118	2.32%	2.72%
2031	16,555,033	83,087,927	2.31%	2.69%
2032	16,935,232	85,293,126	2.3%	2.65%
2033	17,317,635	87,520,491	2.26%	2.61%
2034	17,700,808	89,788,673	2.21%	2.59%
2035	18,085,838	92,091,418	2.18%	2.56%
2036	18,483,051	94,420,808	2.2%	2.53%
2037	18,893,262	96,775,766	2.22%	2.49%
2038	19,305,532	99,156,465	2.18%	2.46%
2039	19,718,523	101,567,525	2.14%	2.43%
2040	20,131,319	103,999,350	2.09%	2.39%
2041	20,537,559	106,448,475	2.02%	2.35%
2042	20,951,561	108,926,272	2.02%	2.33%
2043	21,370,845	111,433,788	2%	2.3%
2044	21,785,696	113,966,263	1.94%	2.27%
2045	22,197,888	116,525,463	1.89%	2.25%
2046	22,586,212	119,109,670	1.75%	2.22%
2047	22,970,055	121,721,018	1.7%	2.19%
2048	23,358,499	124,351,294	1.69%	2.16%
2049	23,748,950	126,981,394	1.67%	2.12%
2050	24,131,717	129,621,083	1.61%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.