Urban population rose 5.70% to 1.72 mil in Burundi in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Burundi reached an all time high of 1.72 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.058 mil in 1960. When compared to Burundi's main peers, urban population in Rwanda amounted to 2.33 mil, 22.1 mil in Tanzania, 12.0 mil in Uganda and 42.7 mil in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Burundi has been ranked 137th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | mil | 17.8 | 18.7 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | mil | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.50 | 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 1.94 | 1.99 | 2.05 | 2.11 | 2.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | mil | 3.32 | 3.42 | 3.53 | 3.64 | 3.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | mil | 33.6 | 35.3 | 37.0 | 38.7 | 40.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 9.23 | 9.67 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | mil | 1.98 | 2.03 | 2.09 | 2.16 | 2.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.06 | 2.04 | 2.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 16.6 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 19.6 | 20.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | mil | 8.27 | 8.77 | 9.31 | 9.87 | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 6.81 | 7.12 | 7.43 | 7.76 | 8.10 |
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