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How many babies are born in Burundi?

472 thousand babies born in Burundi in 2026. That is 0.36% of all births worldwide, and the 58th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Burundi: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Burundi’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~460 ~10K 44.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~13K ~310K 42.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~27K ~650K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~42.1K ~899K 46.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~76.4K ~1.63M 46.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 117K 2.25M 52.0 UN estimate
2000 276K 6.47M 42.7 UN estimate
2023 461K 13.7M 33.7 UN estimate
2026 472K 14.7M 32.0 UN projection
2050 578K 24.1M 24.0 UN projection
2075 596K 32.8M 18.2 UN projection
2100 551K 37.9M 14.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Burundi among estimates through 2023 were in 2015, at about 467K. That is roughly 1,023 times the estimated ~456 births a year in 1 CE.

At 4.57 children per woman, fertility in Burundi is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Burundi each year?

An estimated 472 thousand babies are born in Burundi in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,290 a day and 0.36% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Burundi?

Burundi has an estimated 32.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.57 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.