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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Burundi	Zambia	Burundi	Zambia
1960	2,764,258	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,835,119	3,254,086	2.56%	3.18%
1962	2,907,943	3,358,099	2.57%	3.2%
1963	2,969,841	3,465,907	2.13%	3.21%
1964	3,055,650	3,577,017	2.89%	3.21%
1965	3,141,367	3,692,086	2.81%	3.22%
1966	3,217,960	3,812,003	2.44%	3.25%
1967	3,300,690	3,936,343	2.57%	3.26%
1968	3,380,387	4,065,593	2.41%	3.28%
1969	3,454,590	4,197,116	2.2%	3.24%
1970	3,530,432	4,321,718	2.2%	2.97%
1971	3,617,289	4,442,525	2.46%	2.8%
1972	3,617,128	4,569,309	-0.004%	2.85%
1973	3,611,991	4,702,693	-0.14%	2.92%
1974	3,703,590	4,842,746	2.54%	2.98%
1975	3,796,612	4,990,086	2.51%	3.04%
1976	3,882,626	5,143,842	2.27%	3.08%
1977	3,983,582	5,302,480	2.6%	3.08%
1978	4,100,338	5,465,374	2.93%	3.07%
1979	4,203,530	5,631,728	2.52%	3.04%
1980	4,383,706	5,802,833	4.29%	3.04%
1981	4,566,014	5,983,289	4.16%	3.11%
1982	4,681,390	6,178,637	2.53%	3.26%
1983	4,808,528	6,381,038	2.72%	3.28%
1984	4,926,465	6,580,490	2.45%	3.13%
1985	5,034,042	6,780,953	2.18%	3.05%
1986	5,129,414	6,986,471	1.89%	3.03%
1987	5,247,787	7,191,282	2.31%	2.93%
1988	5,365,327	7,391,440	2.24%	2.78%
1989	5,471,706	7,589,216	1.98%	2.68%
1990	5,587,052	7,786,169	2.11%	2.6%
1991	5,703,857	7,981,650	2.09%	2.51%
1992	5,858,407	8,176,680	2.71%	2.44%
1993	5,676,843	8,373,921	-3.1%	2.41%
1994	5,713,854	8,576,269	0.65%	2.42%
1995	6,066,316	8,785,763	6.17%	2.44%
1996	6,070,506	9,004,053	0.07%	2.48%
1997	6,070,042	9,237,063	-0.008%	2.59%
1998	6,187,108	9,482,408	1.93%	2.66%
1999	6,337,155	9,740,005	2.43%	2.72%
2000	6,470,194	10,017,631	2.1%	2.85%
2001	6,634,365	10,325,185	2.54%	3.07%
2002	6,824,132	10,647,949	2.86%	3.13%
2003	7,043,154	10,983,595	3.21%	3.15%
2004	7,310,656	11,338,198	3.8%	3.23%
2005	7,587,299	11,718,819	3.78%	3.36%
2006	7,865,547	12,129,553	3.67%	3.5%
2007	8,161,874	12,565,085	3.77%	3.59%
2008	8,505,637	13,021,324	4.21%	3.63%
2009	8,947,646	13,490,389	5.2%	3.6%
2010	9,376,444	13,965,594	4.79%	3.52%
2011	9,717,978	14,437,796	3.64%	3.38%
2012	10,071,028	14,913,629	3.63%	3.3%
2013	10,439,341	15,398,997	3.66%	3.25%
2014	10,799,785	15,895,315	3.45%	3.22%
2015	11,047,580	16,399,089	2.29%	3.17%
2016	11,239,451	16,914,423	1.74%	3.14%
2017	11,506,762	17,441,320	2.38%	3.12%
2018	11,859,446	17,973,569	3.07%	3.05%
2019	12,255,336	18,513,839	3.34%	3.01%
2020	12,617,036	19,059,395	2.95%	2.95%
2021	12,965,481	19,603,607	2.76%	2.86%
2022	13,321,097	20,152,938	2.74%	2.8%
2023	13,689,450	20,723,965	2.77%	2.83%
2024	14,047,786	21,314,956	2.62%	2.85%
2025	14,390,012	21,913,869	2.44%	2.81%
2026	14,729,161	22,521,905	2.36%	2.77%
2027	15,076,977	23,138,716	2.36%	2.74%
2028	15,444,020	23,761,368	2.43%	2.69%
2029	15,815,855	24,389,681	2.41%	2.64%
2030	16,182,014	25,024,887	2.32%	2.6%
2031	16,555,033	25,666,496	2.31%	2.56%
2032	16,935,232	26,311,946	2.3%	2.51%
2033	17,317,635	26,960,073	2.26%	2.46%
2034	17,700,808	27,611,621	2.21%	2.42%
2035	18,085,838	28,266,887	2.18%	2.37%
2036	18,483,051	28,925,103	2.2%	2.33%
2037	18,893,262	29,583,482	2.22%	2.28%
2038	19,305,532	30,240,549	2.18%	2.22%
2039	19,718,523	30,895,586	2.14%	2.17%
2040	20,131,319	31,550,394	2.09%	2.12%
2041	20,537,559	32,204,340	2.02%	2.07%
2042	20,951,561	32,856,596	2.02%	2.03%
2043	21,370,845	33,510,500	2%	1.99%
2044	21,785,696	34,165,920	1.94%	1.96%
2045	22,197,888	34,821,101	1.89%	1.92%
2046	22,586,212	35,475,795	1.75%	1.88%
2047	22,970,055	36,129,270	1.7%	1.84%
2048	23,358,499	36,782,260	1.69%	1.81%
2049	23,748,950	37,434,667	1.67%	1.77%
2050	24,131,717	38,083,369	1.61%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Burundi increased by 3,460,281 people (a 45.6% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Burundi gained 3,614,863 (a 32.7% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Burundi was ranked 94th most populous country in 2005 and is 78th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.