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People of Burundi

Population:8390505
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 46.3% (male 1,951,879/female 1,930,371)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 2,131,759/female 2,162,093)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 85,522/female 128,881) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 16.7 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 16.9 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:3.593% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:41.97 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:13.17 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:7.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.011 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.986 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.664 male(s)/female
total population: 0.988 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 61.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 54.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 51.29 years
male: 50.48 years
female: 52.12 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:6.48 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:6% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:250,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:25,000 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2007)
Nationality:noun: Burundian(s)
adjective: Burundian
Ethnic groups:Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000
Religions:Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages:Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.)

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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