Burundi vs Rwanda: Has the population peaked?

Burundi

13.69 million people

in 2023

Rwanda

13.95 million people

in 2023

Burundi rank

78th

Rwanda rank

77th

Has the population peaked? 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 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 78th and Rwanda ranks 77th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.