What is the difference in population by world region between Burundi and Zimbabwe?

707,400 people, with Burundi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Zimbabwe?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Zimbabwe: Population by world region

Burundi

37.87 million people

in 2100

Zimbabwe

37.17 million people

in 2100

Burundi rank

58th

Zimbabwe rank

59th

Population by world region over time

Burundi
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 37.87 million people against 37.17 million people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 707,400 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 58th and Zimbabwe ranks 59th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 28 and Zimbabwe in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	312,000 people	170,000 people	142,000 people	Burundi
1100s	379,600 people	170,000 people	209,600 people	Burundi
1200s	447,200 people	170,000 people	277,200 people	Burundi
1300s	514,800 people	170,000 people	344,800 people	Burundi
1400s	582,400 people	170,000 people	412,400 people	Burundi
1500s	650,000 people	340,000 people	310,000 people	Burundi
1600s	715,000 people	368,900 people	346,100 people	Burundi
1700s	780,000 people	397,800 people	382,200 people	Burundi
1710s	745,062 people	404,601 people	340,461 people	Burundi
1720s	753,857 people	412,333 people	341,524 people	Burundi
1730s	763,147 people	420,561 people	342,586 people	Burundi
1740s	772,985 people	429,343 people	343,642 people	Burundi
1750s	783,431 people	438,745 people	344,686 people	Burundi
1760s	794,555 people	448,844 people	345,711 people	Burundi
1770s	806,439 people	459,732 people	346,707 people	Burundi
1780s	819,182 people	471,520 people	347,662 people	Burundi
1790s	832,901 people	484,341 people	348,560 people	Burundi
1800s	899,097 people	1.09 million people	186,713 people	Zimbabwe
1810s	899,369 people	1.09 million people	186,090 people	Zimbabwe
1820s	964,052 people	1.01 million people	44,877 people	Zimbabwe
1830s	1.12 million people	858,333 people	260,479 people	Burundi
1840s	1.30 million people	729,529 people	570,071 people	Burundi
1850s	1.44 million people	698,676 people	740,943 people	Burundi
1860s	1.51 million people	771,918 people	738,585 people	Burundi
1870s	1.59 million people	854,563 people	736,203 people	Burundi
1880s	1.68 million people	946,054 people	737,416 people	Burundi
1890s	1.69 million people	1.05 million people	639,472 people	Burundi
1900s	1.56 million people	1.19 million people	369,761 people	Burundi
1910s	1.45 million people	1.40 million people	50,834 people	Burundi
1920s	1.52 million people	1.68 million people	161,552 people	Zimbabwe
1930s	1.75 million people	2.06 million people	307,559 people	Zimbabwe
1940s	2.05 million people	2.50 million people	452,995 people	Zimbabwe
1950s	2.48 million people	3.22 million people	743,892 people	Zimbabwe
1960s	3.10 million people	4.41 million people	1.30 million people	Zimbabwe
1970s	3.80 million people	5.98 million people	2.17 million people	Zimbabwe
1980s	4.96 million people	8.52 million people	3.56 million people	Zimbabwe
1990s	5.93 million people	10.99 million people	5.06 million people	Zimbabwe
2000s	7.54 million people	12.46 million people	4.92 million people	Zimbabwe
2010s	10.83 million people	14.31 million people	3.48 million people	Zimbabwe
2020s	14.21 million people	16.84 million people	2.63 million people	Zimbabwe
2030s	17.92 million people	20.23 million people	2.31 million people	Zimbabwe
2040s	21.96 million people	23.91 million people	1.94 million people	Zimbabwe
2050s	25.78 million people	27.38 million people	1.60 million people	Zimbabwe
2060s	29.28 million people	30.46 million people	1.18 million people	Zimbabwe
2070s	32.59 million people	33.15 million people	568,090 people	Zimbabwe
2080s	35.25 million people	35.27 million people	23,960 people	Zimbabwe
2090s	37.11 million people	36.66 million people	452,710 people	Burundi
2100s	37.87 million people	37.17 million people	707,400 people	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Burundi or Zimbabwe?: Burundi, at 37.87 million people against 37.17 million people in Zimbabwe as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Burundi and Zimbabwe?: 707,400 people, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Zimbabwe?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Burundi and Zimbabwe rank globally for population by world region?: Burundi ranks 58th and Zimbabwe ranks 59th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.