2 GeoFroggy

Languages

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

Ethnic Groups

Burundian %

Urbanization

urban population: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 102

rate of urbanization: 10.9% of total population (2011)

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 10,395,931 country comparison to the world: 86 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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)

15-24 years - : 45.7% (male 2,385,571/female 2,361,367)

25-54 years - : 19.3% (male 1,001,486/female 1,005,617)

55-64 years - : 28.6% (male 1,483,936/female 1,491,401)

65 years and over - : 3.9% (male 190,707/female 216,983)

Dependency Ratios

total dependency ratio: 2.5% (male 109,434/female 149,429) (2014 est.)

youth dependency ratio: 89.2 %

elderly dependency ratio: 84.7 %

potential support ratio: 4.5 %

Median Age

total: 22.2 (2014 est.)

male: 17 years

female: 16.7 years

Sex Ratio

at birth - : BUJUMBURA (capital) 605,000 (2011)

0-14 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.99 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.67 male(s)/female

Maternal Mortality Rate

21.3 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

total: 800 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 6

male: 59.55 years

female: 57.94 years

total population: 56.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total Fertility Rate

61.22 years (2014 est.)

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

6.14 children born/woman (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 3

Drinking Water Source

Urban: 75.3% of population

Rural: 8.5% of population

Total: 26.8% of population

Physicians Density

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

Sanitation Facility Access

Urban: 47.5% of population

Rural: 57.3% of population

Total: 51.9% of population

HIV Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

52.5% of population (2012 est.)

HIV Aids People Living with HIV Aids

1.3% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 36

HIV Aids Deaths

89,500 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 46

Major Infectious Diseases

degree of risk: 4,800 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 42

food or waterborne diseases: very high

vectorborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

water contact disease: malaria and dengue fever

animal contact disease: schistosomiasis

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

rabies (2013)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

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

Education Expenditures

29.1% (2011) country comparison to the world: 19

Literacy

definition: 5.8% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 50

total population: age 15 and over can read and write

male: 67.2%

female: 72.9%

School Life Expectancy Primary to Tertiary Education

total: 61.8% (2010 est.)

male: 10 years

female: 11 years

Year

Population

  • Catholic

Nationality 2014

  • landlocked; straddles crest of the Nile-Congo watershed; the Kagera, which drains into Lake Victoria, is the most remote headstream of the White Nile noun


  • Burundian(s) adjective


Religions

  • Kirundi Official
    29.70%
  • Kirundi And Other Language
    9.10%
  • French Official And French And Other Language
    0.30%
  • Swahili And Swahili And Other Language Along Lake Tanganyika And In The Bujumbura Area
    0.20%
  • English And English And Other Language
    0.06%
  • More Than Languages
    23.70%
  • Unspecified Est
    56.92%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    17.2 years (2014 est.)

Birth Rate

  • 3.28% (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 8

Death Rate

  • 42.33 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 6

Migration Rate

  • 9.54 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 55

Urban Areas Population

  • rate
    4.12% annual

Physicians Density

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

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.03 physicians/1,000 population (2004)