Burundi's population rose from 6.07M in 1996 to 14.4M in 2025.
Burundi · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Burundi's population growth rose from 0.1 % in 1996 to 2.4 % in 2025.
Burundi's population density rose from 222.5 in 1994 to 533.1 in 2023.
Burundi's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.8 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Burundi's urbanisation rose from 7.3 % in 1996 to 25.7 % in 2025.
Burundi's urban population rose from 445,350 in 1996 to 3.7M in 2025.
Burundi's rural population rose from 5.63M in 1996 to 10.7M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.8 %8th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %17th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %132nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.6 %151st of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs210th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.7 pts9th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.7 pts208th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts208th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −2.5 pts10th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratiodown −0.0 pts203rd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −28.3 %190th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.1 pts138th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +4.5 %53rd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs198th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs198th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs197th of 217