Demographics of Burundi

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Burundi is projected at 12.26 million, up by 3.07% compared with 11.89 million in 2020. Burundi is ranked 78th in terms of population and 6th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.46 million births in Burundi in 2021. That is 1,250 per day, which is ranked 38th. The crude birth rate is 37.17 per 1000 people. There are 91.65 thousand deaths in Burundi in 2021. That is 251 per day, which is ranked 87th. The crude death rate is 7.46 per 1000 people.

1.73 million people are living in urban areas, which is 14.06% of Burundi population. Burundi is ranked 229th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Burundi in 2021 is 98.55 males per 100 females. There are 6.08 million males and 6.17 million females in Burundi. The percentage of female population is 50.37% compare to 49.63% male population. Burundi has 90 thousand more females than males. Burundi is at 94th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Burundi population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	2,308,927	-
1955	2,537,150	1.80
1960	2,797,925	1.99
1965	3,094,378	2.25
1970	3,479,070	1.91
1975	3,700,879	1.49
1980	4,157,296	2.62
1985	4,750,832	2.81
1990	5,438,959	2.49
1995	5,987,044	1.49
2000	6,378,871	1.78
2005	7,364,857	3.27
2010	8,675,606	3.31
2015	10,160,034	3.21
2016	10,488,002	3.23
2017	10,827,010	3.23
2018	11,175,379	3.22
2019	11,530,577	3.18
2020	11,890,781	3.12
2021	12,255,429	3.07

Total
Crude

Burundi death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	60,470	118,338	25.93	50.70
1955	62,674	125,022	24.66	49.22
1960	65,049	135,833	23.23	48.51
1965	67,722	150,142	21.75	48.21
1970	71,599	163,798	20.81	47.68
1975	74,725	182,997	19.96	48.88
1980	79,063	212,781	18.95	51.04
1985	84,447	246,471	17.74	51.67
1990	94,061	269,957	17.33	49.87
1995	102,503	271,532	17.23	45.70
2000	97,170	278,499	15.01	42.99
2005	90,595	318,000	12.24	42.98
2010	87,846	372,901	10.11	42.92
2015	86,989	416,524	8.52	40.88
2020	90,698	449,616	7.61	37.77
2021	91,646	456,106	7.46	37.17

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Burundi

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	39,974	2,268,946	-	1.731
1955	48,001	2,483,183	3.63	1.896
1960	57,866	2,728,240	3.84	2.077
1965	70,605	3,007,271	5.00	2.294
1970	98,327	3,357,279	6.36	2.845
1975	129,408	3,542,086	5.89	3.525
1980	178,649	3,938,168	6.54	4.339
1985	245,514	4,456,552	6.72	5.221
1990	339,609	5,075,806	6.37	6.271
1995	429,900	5,532,158	4.38	7.211
2000	527,819	5,872,887	4.61	8.246
2005	695,940	6,727,349	6.02	9.375
2010	932,971	7,833,959	5.92	10.642
2015	1,231,911	8,967,359	5.75	12.078
2020	1,636,586	10,302,641	5.78	13.708
2021	1,729,900	10,575,557	5.70	14.058

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Burundi population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	1,052,153	1,030,880	2,083,033	17.00	102.064
05-09	942,051	927,255	1,869,306	15.25	101.596
10-14	787,754	781,363	1,569,117	12.80	100.818
15-19	633,181	631,863	1,265,044	10.32	100.209
20-24	529,440	533,397	1,062,837	8.67	99.258
25-29	492,940	501,791	994,731	8.12	98.236
30-34	445,920	455,747	901,667	7.36	97.844
35-39	349,325	356,526	705,851	5.76	97.980
40-44	237,796	245,325	483,121	3.94	96.931
45-49	152,022	166,533	318,555	2.60	91.286
50-54	120,763	141,262	262,025	2.14	85.489
55-59	108,649	125,268	233,917	1.91	86.733
60-64	96,559	108,530	205,089	1.67	88.970
65-69	69,006	78,199	147,205	1.20	88.244
70-74	34,503	42,568	77,071	0.63	81.054
75-79	17,635	24,831	42,466	0.35	71.020
80-84	8,900	13,720	22,620	0.18	64.869
85-89	3,386	5,721	9,107	0.07	59.185
90-94	785	1,547	2,332	0.02	50.743
95-99	86	231	317	0.00	37.229
100+	3	15	18	0.00	20.000
Total	6,082,857	6,172,572	12,255,429		98.547