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Burundi

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
14,390,003 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 13,689,450in 2023[4]
Land area
25,680 km²[5]
Total area
27,834 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo[12]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[13][12]
Continent
Official names
  • Uburundi[14]
  • République du Burundi[15]
  • Republic of Burundi[16]

Parts of Burundi

Loading 17 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202514.4M

2,764,258 in 1960, 14,390,003 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19602,764,258
19612,835,119
19622,907,943
19632,969,841
19643,055,650
19653,141,367
19663,217,960
19673,300,690
19683,380,387
19693,454,590
19703,530,432
19713,617,289
19723,617,128
19733,611,991
19743,703,590
19753,796,612
19763,882,626
19773,983,582
19784,100,338
19794,203,530
19804,383,706
19814,566,014
19824,681,390
19834,808,528
19844,926,465
19855,034,042
19865,129,414
19875,247,787
19885,365,327
19895,471,706
19905,587,052
19915,703,857
19925,858,407
19935,676,843
19945,713,854
19956,066,316
19966,070,506
19976,070,042
19986,187,108
19996,337,155
20006,470,194
20016,634,365
20026,824,132
20037,043,154
20047,310,656
20057,587,299
20067,865,547
20078,161,874
20088,505,637
20098,947,646
20109,376,444
20119,717,978
201210,071,028
201310,439,341
201410,799,785
201511,047,580
201611,239,451
201711,506,762
201811,859,446
201912,255,336
202012,617,036
202112,965,481
202213,321,097
202313,689,450
202414,047,786
202514,390,003

Earlier capitals

  1. until 15 January 2019 Bujumbura[17]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
BI[18]
ISO alpha-3
BDI[19]
ISO numeric
108[20]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), capital: Gitega (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), population (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), area (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), official language: Kirundi (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), official language: French (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), official language: English (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), currency: Burundian franc (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), continent: Africa (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), instance of (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), official name (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), official name (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  16. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), official name (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  17. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), capital: Bujumbura (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Burundi (Q967), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2560294620) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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