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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Uganda	Burundi	Uganda
1960	2,764,258	7,640,973	-	-
1961	2,835,119	7,862,217	2.56%	2.9%
1962	2,907,943	8,092,231	2.57%	2.93%
1963	2,969,841	8,333,663	2.13%	2.98%
1964	3,055,650	8,586,363	2.89%	3.03%
1965	3,141,367	8,849,203	2.81%	3.06%
1966	3,217,960	9,122,864	2.44%	3.09%
1967	3,300,690	9,408,924	2.57%	3.14%
1968	3,380,387	9,708,632	2.41%	3.19%
1969	3,454,590	10,014,858	2.2%	3.15%
1970	3,530,432	10,321,603	2.2%	3.06%
1971	3,617,289	10,618,206	2.46%	2.87%
1972	3,617,128	10,885,796	-0.004%	2.52%
1973	3,611,991	11,144,236	-0.14%	2.37%
1974	3,703,590	11,424,846	2.54%	2.52%
1975	3,796,612	11,725,240	2.51%	2.63%
1976	3,882,626	12,037,294	2.27%	2.66%
1977	3,983,582	12,359,669	2.6%	2.68%
1978	4,100,338	12,692,113	2.93%	2.69%
1979	4,203,530	13,002,163	2.52%	2.44%
1980	4,383,706	13,275,741	4.29%	2.1%
1981	4,566,014	13,556,452	4.16%	2.11%
1982	4,681,390	13,873,631	2.53%	2.34%
1983	4,808,528	14,221,881	2.72%	2.51%
1984	4,926,465	14,607,677	2.45%	2.71%
1985	5,034,042	15,023,681	2.18%	2.85%
1986	5,129,414	15,467,579	1.89%	2.95%
1987	5,247,787	15,954,170	2.31%	3.15%
1988	5,365,327	16,470,483	2.24%	3.24%
1989	5,471,706	17,010,698	1.98%	3.28%
1990	5,587,052	17,569,897	2.11%	3.29%
1991	5,703,857	18,155,901	2.09%	3.34%
1992	5,858,407	18,785,032	2.71%	3.47%
1993	5,676,843	19,445,161	-3.1%	3.51%
1994	5,713,854	20,108,801	0.65%	3.41%
1995	6,066,316	20,665,667	6.17%	2.77%
1996	6,070,506	21,231,550	0.07%	2.74%
1997	6,070,042	21,856,046	-0.008%	2.94%
1998	6,187,108	22,515,806	1.93%	3.02%
1999	6,337,155	23,257,281	2.43%	3.29%
2000	6,470,194	24,000,150	2.1%	3.19%
2001	6,634,365	24,745,676	2.54%	3.11%
2002	6,824,132	25,532,870	2.86%	3.18%
2003	7,043,154	26,352,124	3.21%	3.21%
2004	7,310,656	27,154,515	3.8%	3.04%
2005	7,587,299	27,963,289	3.78%	2.98%
2006	7,865,547	28,794,003	3.67%	2.97%
2007	8,161,874	29,653,430	3.77%	2.98%
2008	8,505,637	30,539,553	4.21%	2.99%
2009	8,947,646	31,451,151	5.2%	2.98%
2010	9,376,444	32,390,802	4.79%	2.99%
2011	9,717,978	33,354,543	3.64%	2.98%
2012	10,071,028	34,337,438	3.63%	2.95%
2013	10,439,341	35,337,042	3.66%	2.91%
2014	10,799,785	36,395,539	3.45%	3%
2015	11,047,580	37,531,446	2.29%	3.12%
2016	11,239,451	38,799,152	1.74%	3.38%
2017	11,506,762	40,177,388	2.38%	3.55%
2018	11,859,446	41,565,831	3.07%	3.46%
2019	12,255,336	42,999,637	3.34%	3.45%
2020	12,617,036	44,457,152	2.95%	3.39%
2021	12,965,481	45,910,930	2.76%	3.27%
2022	13,321,097	47,312,719	2.74%	3.05%
2023	13,689,450	48,656,601	2.77%	2.84%
2024	14,047,786	50,015,092	2.62%	2.79%
2025	14,390,012	51,384,895	2.44%	2.74%
2026	14,729,161	52,761,471	2.36%	2.68%
2027	15,076,977	54,144,274	2.36%	2.62%
2028	15,444,020	55,532,564	2.43%	2.56%
2029	15,815,855	56,922,797	2.41%	2.5%
2030	16,182,014	58,312,944	2.32%	2.44%
2031	16,555,033	59,703,537	2.31%	2.38%
2032	16,935,232	61,089,060	2.3%	2.32%
2033	17,317,635	62,464,116	2.26%	2.25%
2034	17,700,808	63,833,872	2.21%	2.19%
2035	18,085,838	65,205,570	2.18%	2.15%
2036	18,483,051	66,573,737	2.2%	2.1%
2037	18,893,262	67,942,634	2.22%	2.06%
2038	19,305,532	69,312,210	2.18%	2.02%
2039	19,718,523	70,669,875	2.14%	1.96%
2040	20,131,319	72,020,414	2.09%	1.91%
2041	20,537,559	73,372,658	2.02%	1.88%
2042	20,951,561	74,730,004	2.02%	1.85%
2043	21,370,845	76,090,991	2%	1.82%
2044	21,785,696	77,449,517	1.94%	1.79%
2045	22,197,888	78,797,995	1.89%	1.74%
2046	22,586,212	80,139,174	1.75%	1.7%
2047	22,970,055	81,478,503	1.7%	1.67%
2048	23,358,499	82,812,102	1.69%	1.64%
2049	23,748,950	84,130,056	1.67%	1.59%
2050	24,131,717	85,431,202	1.61%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.