Bujumbura — UN urban centre
Bujumbura: 1,246,960 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #407 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 279; territory: Burundi (BDI). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -3.3742, 29.3779. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 79,473 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 158,740 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 211,649 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 249,566 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 293,136 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 354,241 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 507,618 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 707,204 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 921,118 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,140,713 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,246,960 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,375,086 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,476,529 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,696,120 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,802,799 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,930,636 | Projection |
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