Population growth in Burundi

Population growth in Burundi: 2.27% a year in 1950 and 2.71% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 2.71% a year
Since 1950: +0.44 percentage points
Rank, 2023: 20 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 0.87% a year
Projected, 2100: 0.27% a year; UN projection (medium variant)

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% a year · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.27% a year in 2100, between -5.48% a year and 4.67% a year (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 11.03% a year in 1994, the lowest -9.79% a year in 1993.

Every year

% a year · UN

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

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Burundi	World
2024	2.46-1.9–6.17	0.86
2025	2.35-1.67–6.14	0.84
2026	2.31-2.15–6.14	0.83
2027	2.36-1.86–6.1	0.81
2028	2.45-1.71–6.6	0.8
2029	2.31-2.05–6.35	0.78
2030	2.27-1.87–6.27	0.76
2031	2.29-2.12–6.15	0.75
2032	2.25-2.19–6.43	0.73
2033	2.22-2.2–6.18	0.72
2034	2.16-2.65–6.2	0.7
2035	2.14-2.12–5.92	0.69
2036	2.2-2.14–6.07	0.67
2037	2.19-2.16–6.05	0.65
2038	2.13-2.14–6.36	0.64
2039	2.1-2.19–6.08	0.62
2040	2.04-2.35–6.08	0.61
2041	1.96-2.55–5.79	0.59
2042	2.04-2.09–6.2	0.57
2043	1.93-2.57–5.95	0.56
2044	1.92-2.05–5.98	0.54
2045	1.83-2.51–5.82	0.52
2046	1.64-2.9–5.3	0.5
2047	1.73-2.67–5.69	0.48
2048	1.62-2.56–5.62	0.46
2049	1.69-2.8–5.61	0.44
2050	1.51-2.94–5.61	0.42
2051	1.51-2.84–5.59	0.4
2052	1.51-3.09–5.26	0.38
2053	1.48-3.18–5.58	0.36
2054	1.46-3–5.58	0.34
2055	1.37-3.02–5.64	0.33
2056	1.37-3.2–5.23	0.31
2057	1.29-3.28–5.17	0.3
2058	1.27-3.35–5.46	0.28
2059	1.28-3.12–5.36	0.27
2060	1.24-3.31–5.14	0.25
2061	1.23-3.11–5.45	0.24
2062	1.21-3.49–5.49	0.23
2063	1.16-3.47–5.41	0.22
2064	1.17-3.5–5.44	0.21
2065	1.25-3.55–5.2	0.2
2066	1.16-3.53–5.38	0.19
2067	1.18-3.3–5.33	0.18
2068	1.11-3.44–5.09	0.17
2069	1.09-3.62–5.26	0.16
2070	1.1-3.48–5.29	0.15
2071	0.96-3.61–5.14	0.14
2072	1.01-3.63–5.29	0.13
2073	1-3.72–4.84	0.12
2074	0.94-3.33–5.09	0.1
2075	0.96-3.83–5.05	0.09
2076	0.85-3.84–5.08	0.08
2077	0.92-3.55–5.24	0.07
2078	0.84-4–4.95	0.06
2079	0.81-4.18–5.15	0.05
2080	0.71-4.52–4.91	0.04
2081	0.78-4.25–4.97	0.03
2082	0.72-4.34–5.04	0.02
2083	0.63-4.39–4.93	0.01
2084	0.64-4.59–4.74	-0
2085	0.67-4.34–5.06	-0.01
2086	0.58-4.57–4.71	-0.02
2087	0.53-4.49–4.89	-0.03
2088	0.57-4.67–5.02	-0.04
2089	0.57-4.68–4.85	-0.05
2090	0.47-5.06–4.69	-0.05
2091	0.45-4.49–4.62	-0.06
2092	0.45-4.7–4.8	-0.07
2093	0.44-4.88–4.69	-0.07
2094	0.47-4.59–4.61	-0.08
2095	0.38-5.01–4.57	-0.09
2096	0.36-5.01–4.73	-0.1
2097	0.37-4.96–4.46	-0.11
2098	0.37-4.96–4.52	-0.11
2099	0.31-4.89–4.53	-0.12
2100	0.27-5.48–4.67	-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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