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🇧🇮 Burundi

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BDI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BI
UN M49 numeric108
IOC codeBDI
Official nameRepublic of Burundi
Native name(s)fra: official: République du Burundi; common: Burundi; run: official: Republika y'Uburundi ; common: Uburundi
Alt spellingsBI, Republic of Burundi, Republika y'Uburundi, République du Burundi
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalGitega
Area (km²)27,834
Lat / Lng-3.5000, 30.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)COD, RWA, TZA
Top-level domain.bi
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 57

Demographics

Population (World Bank)14,390,003 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)63.818 (2024)
Languagesfra: French; run: Kirundi
Demonymseng: f: Burundian; m: Burundian; fra: f: Burundaise; m: Burundais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)3,364,713,864.085 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)233.823 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)0.922 (2025)
CurrenciesBIF: name: Burundian franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,254,938
19512,305,746
19522,355,804
19532,405,186
19542,454,586
19552,504,649
19562,555,308
19572,606,483
19582,657,412
19592,709,597
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

Full raw record (JSON)

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