Of 198 nationalities, 6 enter Burundi with no paperwork at all.
The rest: 192 can get a visa at the border.
We have not found a Burundi government portal we can link to with confidence, so
we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Burundi's own
immigration service or its embassy.
What do you need? I hold a passport from Choose a country 🇩🇿 Algeria 🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇯 Benin 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇹🇩 Chad 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire 🇩🇯 Djibouti 🇨🇩 DR Congo 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇪 Niger 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇹🇬 Togo 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇨 Monaco 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇻🇦 Vatican City 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇳 Brunei 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇲🇴 Macao 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇳🇵 Nepal 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇴🇲 Oman 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇭🇹 Haiti 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Panama 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇵🇪 Peru 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇷 Suriname 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇺🇸 United States 🇺🇾 Uruguay 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇦🇺 Australia 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇷 Nauru 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Who needs what Visa free 6 Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
🇨🇩 DR Congo 90d 🇰🇪 Kenya 90d 🇷🇼 Rwanda 90d 🇸🇸 South Sudan 90d 🇹🇿 Tanzania 90d 🇺🇬 Uganda 90d About Burundi
Region Eastern Africa
Capital Gitega
Population 14,390,003 2025 · 77th of 197
Size 27,834 km² 143rd largest of 199
Density 517 per km²
Languages French, Kirundi
Currency Burundian franc BIF
Capital, area, languages and currency from the
open country dataset ,
pulled 21 September 2026.
Population from the
World Bank ,
series updated 13 July 2026.
Density is calculated from the two figures above.
Visa requirement data last updated by its source 18 February 2026 confirm the requirement on the government page
Checked for changes 4 October 2026
Rules change without notice. Always confirm against the government page before you book or
pay — how we source this .
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