2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

Ethnic Groups

Hutu (Bantu) 85%
Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%
Twa (Pygmy) 1%
Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 46.5% (male 1,497,865; female 1,466,455)

15-64 years - : 50.7% (male 1,592,253; female 1,640,254)

65 years and over - : 2.8% (male 71,915; female 104,260) (2002 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.69 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

69.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 45.94 years

Female: 46.83 years (2002 est.)

Male: 45.08 years

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

11.32% (1999 est.)

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

39,000 (1999 est.)

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 35.3%

Male: 49.3%

Female: 22.5% (1995 est.)

Year

Population

  • 6,373,002

Nationality

  • Burundian(s) noun


  • Burundi adjective


Religions

  • Christian Roman Catholic
    6,762.00%
  • Protestant
    5.00%
  • Indigenous Beliefs
    23.00%
  • Muslim
    10.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    2.36% (2002 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 39.87 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death Rate

  • 16.3 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Migration Rate

  • 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Total fertility rate

  • 6.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)