Burundi vs Ethiopia: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 2.71% a year in Burundi and 2.59% a year in Ethiopia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Burundi, by 0.13 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Ethiopia.

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% a year · UN

BurundiEthiopiaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Burundi has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2023, Burundi ranked 20 and Ethiopia ranked 22 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Burundi at 0.27% a year and Ethiopia at 0.48% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Burundi	Ethiopia	World
2023	2.71	2.59	0.87
2022	2.75	2.62	0.88
2021	2.66	2.62	0.8
2020	2.79	2.72	0.9
2019	3.04	2.7	1.03
2018	3.54	2.69	1.07
2017	2.48	2.71	1.13
2016	2.22	2.74	1.17
2015	1.22	2.67	1.18
2014	3.34	2.7	1.22
2013	3.45	2.67	1.23
2012	3.74	2.77	1.27
2011	3.39	2.84	1.26
2010	3.77	2.85	1.27
2009	5.63	2.82	1.28
2008	4.47	2.86	1.28
2007	3.77	2.93	1.28
2006	3.63	2.93	1.28
2005	3.58	2.95	1.27
2004	3.86	2.99	1.28
2003	3.59	3	1.29
2002	2.71	3.04	1.3
2001	2.93	3.05	1.33
2000	2.07	3.02	1.35
1999	2.09	3.12	1.35
1998	2.71	3.13	1.37
1997	1.09	3.15	1.39
1996	-1.11	3.26	1.42
1995	1.25	3.34	1.45
1994	11.03	3.47	1.47
1993	-9.79	3.49	1.52
1992	3.28	3.54	1.57
1991	2.05	4.91	1.63
1990	2.09	3.73	1.76
1989	2.08	3.67	1.78
1988	1.84	4.02	1.79
1987	2.6	3.79	1.84
1986	1.96	3.01	1.83
1985	1.79	2.9	1.8
1984	2.53	2.73	1.8
1983	2.31	2.47	1.78
1982	3.06	3.13	1.86
1981	1.92	4.67	1.82
1980	6.32	0.3	1.8
1979	1.98	0.81	1.79
1978	3	2.17	1.74
1977	2.77	1.21	1.75
1976	2.36	2.65	1.78
1975	2.12	2.39	1.8
1974	2.85	2.5	1.88
1973	2.15	2.68	1.94
1972	-2.43	2.64	1.97
1971	2.42	2.7	1.97
1970	2.44	2.77	2.06
1969	1.9	2.75	2.06
1968	2.45	2.76	2.09
1967	2.32	2.77	2
1966	2.76	2.51	2.04
1965	2.05	2.71	2.09
1964	3.51	2.66	2.16
1963	2.17	2.61	2.28
1962	2.04	2.55	2.11
1961	3.05	2.49	1.67
1960	2.01	2.4	1.58
1959	1.99	2.32	1.73
1958	1.9	1.52	2
1957	1.97	1.49	2.07
1956	1.99	2.06	1.98
1955	2.01	2.01	2.01
1954	2.03	1.96	1.99
1953	2.04	1.89	1.9
1952	2.11	1.88	1.94
1951	2.19	1.83	1.75
1950	2.27	1.74	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Burundi	Ethiopia	World
2024	2.46-1.9–6.17	2.581.41–3.76	0.86
2025	2.35-1.67–6.14	2.521.28–3.69	0.84
2026	2.31-2.15–6.14	2.481.21–3.64	0.83
2027	2.36-1.86–6.1	2.451.15–3.74	0.81
2028	2.45-1.71–6.6	2.380.88–3.64	0.8
2029	2.31-2.05–6.35	2.360.98–3.63	0.78
2030	2.27-1.87–6.27	2.31–3.6	0.76
2031	2.29-2.12–6.15	2.260.95–3.6	0.75
2032	2.25-2.19–6.43	2.220.9–3.57	0.73
2033	2.22-2.2–6.18	2.150.77–3.55	0.72
2034	2.16-2.65–6.2	2.120.72–3.44	0.7
2035	2.14-2.12–5.92	2.090.74–3.45	0.69
2036	2.2-2.14–6.07	2.050.72–3.3	0.67
2037	2.19-2.16–6.05	2.010.62–3.29	0.65
2038	2.13-2.14–6.36	1.980.62–3.36	0.64
2039	2.1-2.19–6.08	1.950.61–3.3	0.62
2040	2.04-2.35–6.08	1.920.55–3.23	0.61
2041	1.96-2.55–5.79	1.880.56–3.21	0.59
2042	2.04-2.09–6.2	1.860.48–3.16	0.57
2043	1.93-2.57–5.95	1.840.49–3.14	0.56
2044	1.92-2.05–5.98	1.810.47–3.12	0.54
2045	1.83-2.51–5.82	1.770.48–3.12	0.52
2046	1.64-2.9–5.3	1.750.4–3.05	0.5
2047	1.73-2.67–5.69	1.730.36–3.09	0.48
2048	1.62-2.56–5.62	1.690.34–3.07	0.46
2049	1.69-2.8–5.61	1.650.28–3.12	0.44
2050	1.51-2.94–5.61	1.610.19–3.02	0.42
2051	1.51-2.84–5.59	1.620.25–3.03	0.4
2052	1.51-3.09–5.26	1.560.14–3.01	0.38
2053	1.48-3.18–5.58	1.520.11–2.94	0.36
2054	1.46-3–5.58	1.50.18–3	0.34
2055	1.37-3.02–5.64	1.450.07–2.92	0.33
2056	1.37-3.2–5.23	1.460.02–2.98	0.31
2057	1.29-3.28–5.17	1.40.06–2.87	0.3
2058	1.27-3.35–5.46	1.36-0.12–2.87	0.28
2059	1.28-3.12–5.36	1.37-0.03–2.91	0.27
2060	1.24-3.31–5.14	1.34-0.11–2.89	0.25
2061	1.23-3.11–5.45	1.32-0.19–2.78	0.24
2062	1.21-3.49–5.49	1.27-0.18–2.75	0.23
2063	1.16-3.47–5.41	1.24-0.27–2.79	0.22
2064	1.17-3.5–5.44	1.22-0.27–2.77	0.21
2065	1.25-3.55–5.2	1.18-0.3–2.78	0.2
2066	1.16-3.53–5.38	1.16-0.37–2.72	0.19
2067	1.18-3.3–5.33	1.16-0.26–2.81	0.18
2068	1.11-3.44–5.09	1.11-0.32–2.67	0.17
2069	1.09-3.62–5.26	1.09-0.37–2.69	0.16
2070	1.1-3.48–5.29	1.06-0.42–2.63	0.15
2071	0.96-3.61–5.14	1.04-0.47–2.65	0.14
2072	1.01-3.63–5.29	1.03-0.48–2.62	0.13
2073	1-3.72–4.84	0.99-0.52–2.48	0.12
2074	0.94-3.33–5.09	0.99-0.52–2.62	0.1
2075	0.96-3.83–5.05	0.97-0.6–2.61	0.09
2076	0.85-3.84–5.08	0.94-0.64–2.56	0.08
2077	0.92-3.55–5.24	0.92-0.73–2.58	0.07
2078	0.84-4–4.95	0.89-0.68–2.56	0.06
2079	0.81-4.18–5.15	0.84-0.77–2.34	0.05
2080	0.71-4.52–4.91	0.83-0.77–2.46	0.04
2081	0.78-4.25–4.97	0.81-0.78–2.38	0.03
2082	0.72-4.34–5.04	0.81-0.82–2.42	0.02
2083	0.63-4.39–4.93	0.77-0.97–2.29	0.01
2084	0.64-4.59–4.74	0.75-0.85–2.43	-0
2085	0.67-4.34–5.06	0.74-0.82–2.34	-0.01
2086	0.58-4.57–4.71	0.73-0.91–2.33	-0.02
2087	0.53-4.49–4.89	0.68-0.94–2.26	-0.03
2088	0.57-4.67–5.02	0.64-1.02–2.26	-0.04
2089	0.57-4.68–4.85	0.63-1.07–2.3	-0.05
2090	0.47-5.06–4.69	0.64-0.98–2.4	-0.05
2091	0.45-4.49–4.62	0.61-1.12–2.31	-0.06
2092	0.45-4.7–4.8	0.58-1.27–2.24	-0.07
2093	0.44-4.88–4.69	0.58-1.21–2.17	-0.07
2094	0.47-4.59–4.61	0.57-1.12–2.29	-0.08
2095	0.38-5.01–4.57	0.54-1.2–2.26	-0.09
2096	0.36-5.01–4.73	0.56-1.18–2.25	-0.1
2097	0.37-4.96–4.46	0.53-1.13–2.22	-0.11
2098	0.37-4.96–4.52	0.5-1.26–2.2	-0.11
2099	0.31-4.89–4.53	0.47-1.26–2.16	-0.12
2100	0.27-5.48–4.67	0.48-1.32–2.17	-0.13

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How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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