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Burundi vs Rwanda: Land area in square kilometres

Burundi
25,680 sq. km
in 2023
Rwanda
24,670 sq. km
in 2023
Burundi rank
144th
Rwanda rank
146th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Burundi
  • Rwanda
010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922023

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 25,680 sq. km against 24,670 sq. km in Rwanda, a difference of 1,010 sq. km.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Burundi has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 144th and Rwanda ranks 146th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.