Demographics of Burundi

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date07 Jun 2024

There are 6.75 million males and 6.84 million females in Burundi. The percentage of the male population is 49.67%, compared to 50.33% of the female population. Burundi has 89k more females than males. The sex ratio in Burundi in 2024 will be 98.700 males per 100 females. Burundi is in the 121st position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Burundi population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,254,1132.20
19552,495,1931.96
19602,746,6281.96
19653,118,1342.03
19703,497,8342.39
19753,749,2322.04
19804,312,8346.32
19854,948,0241.79
19905,483,7932.03
19955,932,7831.16
20006,307,6592.03
20057,388,8743.56
20109,126,6053.75
201510,727,1481.11
202012,220,2272.72
202112,551,2132.62
202212,889,5762.69
202313,238,5592.65
202413,591,6572.62
  • Total
  • Crude

Burundi death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195053,310116,22423.54651.334
195557,660121,13023.03948.399
196059,650128,07621.65746.501
196569,478146,59722.22646.896
197075,757165,75621.63647.339
197581,127178,14421.57347.371
198084,020207,27019.82148.896
198585,553240,82717.17248.338
1990104,952256,20019.06746.545
1995112,612266,25418.82344.504
2000100,682268,82515.90742.473
200594,817339,87412.84146.030
201096,173426,11810.53846.691
201592,775448,1948.55341.321
202092,462435,3037.56235.603
202193,864437,5997.47434.842
202294,241439,6487.31134.109
202394,503443,0597.13833.467
202493,575447,2126.88532.902
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Burundi

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195039,9742,268,9461.731
195548,0012,483,1831.896
196057,8662,728,2402.077
196570,6053,007,2712.294
197098,3273,357,2792.845
1975129,4083,542,0863.525
1980178,6493,938,1684.339
1985245,5144,456,5525.221
1990339,6095,075,8066.271
1995429,9005,532,1587.211
2000527,8195,872,8878.246
2005695,9406,727,3499.375
2010932,9717,833,95910.642
20151,231,9118,967,35912.078
20201,636,58610,302,64113.708
20211,729,90010,575,55714.058
20221,827,39410,848,07614.417
20231,929,21811,120,08514.784
20242,035,57811,391,76515.160
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Burundi population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,059,545 1,042,370 2,101,916 15.46 101.648
05-09 1,011,663 999,519 2,011,182 14.80 101.215
10-14 967,585 961,180 1,928,765 14.19 100.666
15-19 783,659 782,014 1,565,672 11.52 100.210
20-24 576,091 577,750 1,153,841 8.49 99.713
25-29 451,017 454,844 905,861 6.66 99.159
30-34 424,368 431,490 855,859 6.30 98.349
35-39 398,723 409,396 808,119 5.95 97.393
40-44 337,252 350,853 688,105 5.06 96.123
45-49 232,617 244,203 476,820 3.51 95.256
50-54 160,973 170,960 331,933 2.44 94.158
55-59 114,921 125,409 240,330 1.77 91.637
60-64 85,326 97,064 182,390 1.34 87.907
65-69 65,875 79,058 144,933 1.07 83.325
70-74 45,614 58,282 103,897 0.76 78.264
75-79 21,982 31,865 53,846 0.40 68.985
80-84 10,318 16,520 26,838 0.20 62.458
85-89 3,232 5,933 9,165 0.07 54.475
90-94 568 1,389 1,956 0.01 40.893
95-99 44 178 223 0.00 24.719
100+ 1 7 8 0.00 14.286
Total 6,751,374 6,840,284 13,591,659 98.700