Population growth in Burundi

The population of Burundi changed by 2.41% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2017.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2025 2.41% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.18percentage points 2024: 2.58%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 25th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Burundi over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period BurundiWorld
2025 2.41% 0.91%
2024 2.58% 0.96%
2023 2.73% 0.93%
2022 2.71% 0.87%
2021 2.72% 0.83%
2020 2.91% 0.98%
2019 3.28% 1.05%
2018 3.02% 1.08%
2017 2.35% 1.13%
2016 1.72% 1.16%
2015 2.27% 1.18%
2014 3.39% 1.21%
2013 3.59% 1.23%
2012 3.57% 1.26%
2011 3.58% 1.22%
2010 4.68% 1.22%
2009 5.07% 1.25%
2008 4.13% 1.27%
2007 3.70% 1.26%
2006 3.60% 1.27%
2005 3.71% 1.27%
2004 3.73% 1.29%
2003 3.16% 1.29%
2002 2.82% 1.31%
2001 2.51% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.18 percentage points from 2.58% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.27%, the figure has changed by +0.14 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Burundi has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects