Burundi vs Rwanda: Population

Burundi

13.69 million people

in 2023

Rwanda

13.95 million people

in 2023

Burundi rank

78th

Rwanda rank

77th

Population over time

Rwanda currently reports 13.95 million people against 13.69 million people in Burundi, a difference of 265,000 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 78th and Rwanda ranks 77th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.