Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Eastern Africa

How many babies are born in Burundi?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Burundi through history

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Estimated annual births in Burundi, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 467K 14M 33.2 UN projection
2026 472K 14.7M 32.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Burundi are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 472K. That is roughly 1034 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.