The share of urban population in Burundi was 14.78 percent in 2023. In a steady upward trend, the share rose by 12.7 percentage points from 1960.

Burundi BI: Urban Population Growth data was reported at 5.241 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.228 % for 2022. Burundi BI: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 5.827 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2023, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.756 % in 1995 and a record low of -0.384 % in 1993. Burundi BI: Urban Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

Burundi BI: Urban Population data was reported at 2,023,848.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,920,503.000 Person for 2022. Burundi BI: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 377,757.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,023,848.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 57,414.000 Person in 1960. Burundi BI: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

Urban population in Burundi was reported at 2129644 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Burundi - Urban population - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Burundi BI: Rural Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 85.216 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 85.583 % for 2022. Burundi BI: Rural Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 93.454 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 97.923 % in 1960 and a record low of 85.216 % in 2023. Burundi BI: Rural Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

Burundi BI: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 14.784 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.417 % for 2022. Burundi BI: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.546 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.784 % in 2023 and a record low of 2.077 % in 1960. Burundi BI: Urban Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.;United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

The urbanization rate in Africa was estimated at nearly **** percent in 2024. Urbanization on the continent has increased steadily since 2000, when close to ** percent of the total population lived in urban areas. This share is expected to increase further in the coming years. However, the proportion of the rural and urban population varies significantly on the continent. In 2024, Gabon and Libya were the most urbanized countries in Africa, each exceeding ** percent. In contrast, Burundi and Niger registered the lowest urbanization rates, which recorded only ** and ** percent of their populations living in urban areas, respectively. Overall, the degree of urbanization on the continent was lower than the world average, which was set at ** percent as of 2025. In that year, Africa and Asia were the continents with the lowest urbanization rate.

Burundi BI: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data was reported at 36.800 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 39.505 % for 2018. Burundi BI: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 60.956 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.700 % in 2002 and a record low of 36.800 % in 2020. Burundi BI: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.;United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT);Weighted average;

The urban indicators data available here are analyzed, compiled and published by UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Observatory which supports governments, local authorities and civil society organizations to develop urban indicators, data and statistics. Urban statistics are collected through household surveys and censuses conducted by national statistics authorities. Global Urban Observatory team analyses and compiles urban indicators statistics from surveys and censuses. Additionally, Local urban observatories collect, compile and analyze urban data for national policy development. Population statistics are produced by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects.

The dataset consists of settlement extents across Burundi, as well as accompanying settlement type based on the degrees of urbanization, place codes, and confidence level for each settlement extent. Updates in this version include: (1) The degree of urbanisation has replaced the previous classifications of built-up areas, small settlement areas, and hamlets (2) Boundary names have been removed, since the OCHA dataset is not an official set of boundaries and may not be accurate (3) Building count ranges have been included (4) Predicted false positives have been included (5) Population data have been removed until new constrained population numbers are available (6) Settlement status has been included, as it pertains to Version 01 of the settlement extents This work has been undertaken as part of the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) programme. The programme is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. It is implemented by the Flowminder Foundation, WorldPop at the University of Southampton, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. Keywords: Settlements, Hamlets, Built-up Areas (BUA), Small Settlement Areas (SSA), Settlement Extents

As of 2023, Burundi and Uganda registered the highest growth rate of urbanization in Africa. Their urban populations expanded by nearly 5.6 percent each. Tanzania followed, with five percent growth rate. In contrast, the urban population in Mauritius increased by only 0.3 percent.

Burundi BI: Rural Population data was reported at 11,665,602.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 11,400,594.000 Person for 2022. Burundi BI: Rural Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5,301,298.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,665,602.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 2,706,844.000 Person in 1960. Burundi BI: Rural Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

Burundi BI: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 59.965 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 59.627 % for 2023. Burundi BI: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 66.913 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.349 % in 1965 and a record low of 55.564 % in 2013. Burundi BI: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;Weighted average;

Burundi BI: Rural Population Growth data was reported at 2.298 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.287 % for 2022. Burundi BI: Rural Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.316 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2023, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.774 % in 1995 and a record low of -3.348 % in 1993. Burundi BI: Rural Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

East Africa is one of the fastest urbanizing areas in the whole continent. From 2000 to 2018, urbanization in the region grew by 4.5 percent. Uganda and Burundi had the fastest urban growth rates, at six and 5.7 percent, respectively. In contrast, Djibouti's urban population expanded by 1.6 percent. Even though, the country was still the most urbanized in East Africa, with a share of close to 78 percent of urban population, in 2018.

Burundi BI: Population: Growth data was reported at 2.728 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.706 % for 2022. Burundi BI: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 2.506 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2023, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.986 % in 1995 and a record low of -3.148 % in 1993. Burundi BI: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision; (2) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; (4) United Nations Statistics Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years).;Weighted average;

The GRID3 BDI - Settlement Extents v3.0 consists of a geographic representation of settlements in Burundi, in two forms: (1) settlement polygons, and (2) spatial points depicting the centroids of settled grid cells at 3-arc seconds (or ~100 meters) contained within settlement polygons.

Both layers include attributes as described in the codebooks.

The current version supersedes GRID3 Burundi Settlement Extents, Version 02; the following changes were made: (1) Development of a new methodology to derive building counts and settlement polygons with open data. (2) Estimation of a probability value for settlement polygons (3) Addition of a building-area measure (4) Replacement of degree of urbanization with classification based on built-up areas, small settlement areas, and hamlets (5) Elimination of building-count ranges (6) Elimination of variable comparing to previous versions

Recommended Citation: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2024. GRID3 BDI - Settlement Extents v3.0. New York: GRID3. [URL]. Accessed [DAY MONTH YEAR].

Burundi BI: Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,277,050.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,206,767.000 Person for 2023. Burundi BI: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 251,006.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,277,050.000 Person in 2024 and a record low of 45,564.000 Person in 1960. Burundi BI: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;;

Burundi BI: Population: Total data was reported at 13,238,559.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 12,889,576.000 Person for 2022. Burundi BI: Population: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 5,570,814.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13,238,559.000 Person in 2023 and a record low of 2,746,628.000 Person in 1960. Burundi BI: Population: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.;(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.;Sum;Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Burundi BI: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data was reported at 45.919 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 46.546 % for 2022. Burundi BI: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data is updated yearly, averaging 46.897 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 52.013 % in 1994 and a record low of 45.632 % in 2009. Burundi BI: Population: as % of Total: Male: Aged 0-14 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Burundi – Table BI.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total male population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;