Transportation of Burundi

Airports: 8 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2006)
Roadways: total: 12,322 km
paved: 1,286 km
unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)
Waterways: mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2005)
Ports and terminals: Bujumbura

Burundi Quickstats

  • Population: 8,390,505
  • Area: 27,830 sq km
  • Density: 271 /km² (43rd)
  • GDP (total): $4.517 billion² (142nd)
  • GDP (per capita): $739 (163rd)
  • Literacy: 59.3%

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  • Currency: Burundi franc (FBu) (BIF)
  • Dial code: +257

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