Burundi vs Uganda: Population growth rate

Burundi

2.7%

in 2023

Uganda

2.8%

in 2023

Burundi rank

23rd

Uganda rank

22nd

Population growth rate over time

Uganda currently reports 2.8% against 2.7% in Burundi, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Burundi ranks 23rd and Uganda ranks 22nd 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.