Fertility rate: births per woman in Burundi
Burundi: Fertility rate: births per woman was 4.88 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Burundi, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2023, fertility rate: births per woman in Burundi stood at 4.88 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Burundi peaked at 7.39 live births per woman in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4.88 live births per woman, in 2023.
Burundi ranks 8th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.9 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.1 live births per woman | 7 live births per woman | 7.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.24 live births per woman | 7.21 live births per woman | 7.31 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.34 live births per woman | 7.29 live births per woman | 7.39 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.17 live births per woman | 6.9 live births per woman | 7.37 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.7 live births per woman | 6.41 live births per woman | 6.87 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.75 live births per woman | 5.27 live births per woman | 6.26 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.03 live births per woman | 4.88 live births per woman | 5.18 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 5 Central African Republic 6.01 live births per woman compare
- 6 Mali 5.61 live births per woman compare
- 7 Angola 5.12 live births per woman compare
- 9 Afghanistan 4.84 live births per woman compare
- 10 Mozambique 4.76 live births per woman compare
- 11 Mauritania 4.7 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Burundi
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.2386 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.439 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 34.54 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 30.73 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 42.38 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -1.38 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Burundi?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Burundi was 4.88 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 7.39 live births per woman in 1989.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.88 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Burundi rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Burundi ranks 8th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.