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Languages

Kirundi (official), French (official), English (official, least spoken), Swahili (2008 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Hutu, Tutsi, Twa, Phuthi, South Asian%

Population Distribution

One of Africa's most densely populated countries; concentrations tend to be in the north and along the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the west; most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil as shown in this population distribution map

Urbanization

Urban population: 14.8% of total population (2023)

Rate of urbanization: 5.43% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Age Structure

0-14 - years : 42.67% (male 2,830,996/female 2,786,154)

15-64 - years : 54.03% (male 3,523,380/female 3,588,511)

65 - years and over : 3.3% (2023 est.) (male 187,176/female 246,735)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 95.2

Youth dependency ratio: 90.4

Elderly dependency ratio: 4.8

Potential support ratio: 20.7 (2021 est.)

Median Age

Total: 18.2 years (2023 est.)

Male: 17.9 years

Female: 18.5 years

Sex Ratio

at - birth : 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 - years : 1.02 male(s)/female

15-64 - years : 0.98 male(s)/female

65 - years and over : 0.76 male(s)/female

total - population : 0.99 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 36.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

Male: 40.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 32.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 67.8 years (2023 est.)

Male: 65.7 years

Female: 70 years

Mothers Mean Age at First Birth

21.5 years (2016/17 est.)

Maternal Mortality Ratio

494 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)comparison ranking: 14

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita

Total population: 67.8 years (2023 est.)

Male: 65.7 years

Female: 70 years

Tobacco Use

Total: 11.8% (2020 est.)

Male: 17.4% (2020 est.)

Female: 6.1% (2020 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

4.96 children born/woman (2023 est.)comparison ranking: 10

Gross Reproduction Rate

2.45 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

28.5% (2016/17)

Drinking Water Source

Improved: urban

Rural: 21.1% of population

Total: 18.4% of population (2020 est.)

Unimproved: urban

Current Health Expenditure

6.5% of GDP (2020)

Physicians Density

0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Sanitation Facility Access

Improved: Urban

Rural: 46.3% of population

Total: 41.6% of population (2020 est.)

Unimproved: Urban

Child Marriage

Array

Women married by age 15: 2.8%

Women married by age 18: 19%

Men married by age 18: 1.4% (2017 est.)

Currently Married Women

54.1% (2023 est.)

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: Very high (2023)

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

Vectorborne diseases: Malaria and dengue fever

Water contact diseases: Schistosomiasis

Animal contact diseases: Rabies

Note: On 31 August 2023, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Burundi is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an “infected” person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

5.4% (2016)comparison ranking: 178

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

27.6% (2022)comparison ranking: 6

Education Expenditures

5% of GDP (2020 est.)comparison ranking: 77

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 74.7%

Male: 81.3%

Female: 68.4% (2021)

School Life Expectancy

Total: 11 years

Male: 11 years

Female: 11 years (2018)

Year

Population

  • 13,162,952

Nationality 2023

  • Burundian(s) noun


  • Burundian adjective


Religions

  • Roman Catholic
    58.60%
  • Protestant Includes Adventist And Other Protestant
    35.32%
  • Muslim
    3.40%
  • Other
    1.30%
  • None Est
    1.32%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    3.59% (2023 est.)comparison ranking: 4

Birth Rate

  • 34.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)comparison ranking: 14

Death Rate

  • 5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)comparison ranking: 166

Migration Rate

  • 6.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)comparison ranking: 14

Urban Areas Population

  • BUJUMBURA
    1.207 million

Health Expenditure

  • 6.5% of GDP (2020)

Physicians Density

  • 0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.8 beds/1,000 population (2014)