Burundi vs Rwanda: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Burundi
3.1%
in 2025
Rwanda
3.3%
in 2025
Burundi rank
2nd
Rwanda rank
1st
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Burundi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 3.3% against 3.1% in Burundi, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.
Burundi ranks 2nd and Rwanda ranks 1st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 7 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.5% | 3.9% | 0.6% | Burundi |
| 1960s | 4.5% | 2.2% | 2.3% | Burundi |
| 1970s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 0.1% | Burundi |
| 1980s | 3.7% | 0.9% | 2.8% | Burundi |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 10.7% | 8.2% | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 1.0% | 2.0% | Burundi |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 3.4% | 2.5% | Burundi |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 4.7% | 0.3% | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Burundi or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 3.3% against 3.1% in Burundi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Burundi and Rwanda?
- 0.2%, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Burundi ranks 2nd and Rwanda ranks 1st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.