Burundi vs Malawi: Population growth rate

Burundi

2.7%

in 2023

Malawi

2.6%

in 2023

Burundi rank

23rd

Malawi rank

26th

Population growth rate over time

Burundi currently reports 2.7% against 2.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burundi ahead.

Globally, Burundi ranks 23rd and Malawi ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
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: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.