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 - : 45.6% (male 2,497,999/female 2,469,564)

15-24 years - : 19.7% (male 1,071,135/female 1,074,763)

25-54 years - : 28.4% (male 1,533,191/female 1,559,661)

55-64 years - : 3.8% (male 186,706/female 225,467)

65 years and over - : 2.5% (male 108,243/female 161,592) (2013 est.)

population pyramid - :

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 88.6 %

Youth dependency ratio: 84 %

Elderly dependency ratio: 4.5 %

Potential support ratio: 22 (2013)

Median Age

Total: 16.9 years

Male: 16.6 years

Female: 17.2 years (2013 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 0.82 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.67 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.98 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 58.86 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 63.32 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 54.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 59.69 years

Male: 57.92 years

Female: 61.5 years (2013 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 17% of population

Rural: 29% of population

Total: 28% of population (2010 est.)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

3.3% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 21

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

15,000 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 19

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: very high

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

Vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever

Water contact disease: schistosomiasis

Animal contact disease: rabies (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

2.9% (2008)country comparison to the world: 176

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

35.2% (2005)country comparison to the world: 7

Education Expenditures

6.1% of GDP (2011)country comparison to the world: 36

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 67.2%

Male: 72.9%

Female: 61.8% (2010 est.)

Year

Population

  • 10,888,321

Nationality

  • Burundian(s) noun


  • Burundian adjective


Religions

  • Christian Roman Catholic
    82.86%
  • Protestant
    21.40%
  • Muslim
    2.50%
  • Adventist
    2.30%
  • Other
    6.50%
  • Unknown Census
    5.92%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    3.08% (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 7

Birth Rate

  • 40.04 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 7

Death Rate

  • 9.12 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 66

Migration Rate

  • -0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 117

Urban Areas Population

  • BUJUMBURA (capital) 605,000
    (2011)

Health Expenditure

  • 8.7% of GDP (2011)country comparison to the world: 50

Physicians Density

  • 0.03 physicians/1,000 population (2004)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 1.9 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Total fertility rate

  • 5.99 children born/woman (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 6