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 - : 46.2% (male 2,087,315/female 2,063,518)

15-64 years - : 51.3% (male 2,291,123/female 2,320,839)

65 years and over - : 2.5% (male 89,444/female 135,852) (2009 est.)

Median Age

Total: 16.7 years

Male: 16.5 years

Female: 17 years (2009 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.66 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 59.64 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 66.32 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 52.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 52.09 years

Male: 51.2 years

Female: 53.01 years (2009 est.)

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

2% (2007 est.)country comparison to the world: 32

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

11,000 (2007 est.)country comparison to the world: 31

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne disease: malaria

Water contact disease: schistosomiasis

Animal contact disease: rabies (2009)

Education Expenditures

5.1% of GDP (2005)country comparison to the world: 69

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 59.3%

Male: 67.3%

Female: 52.2% (2000 est.)

Year

Population

  • 8,988,091country

Nationality

  • Burundian(s) noun


  • Burundian adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    3.279% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 7

Birth Rate

  • 41.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 14

Death Rate

  • 12.67 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 34

Migration Rate

  • 4.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 26

Total fertility rate

  • 6.33 children born/woman (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 6