ACOG - Burundi  - IBM

Geography

Location: Central Africa, east of Zaire

Area:
total area: 27,830 sq km
land area: 25,650 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries: total 974 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km, Zaire 233 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 6,262,429 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 48% (female 1,489,721; male 1,494,730)
15-64 years: 50% (female 1,606,307; male 1,498,021)
65 years and over: 2% (female 105,446; male 68,204)

Population growth rate: 2.18% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 43.35 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 21.51 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 111.9 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 39.86 years
male: 37.84 years
female: 41.95 years

Total fertility rate: 6.63 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions:

Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs32%, Muslim 1%

Languages: Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyikaand in the Bujumbura area)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 50%
male: 61%
female: 40%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Burundi
conventional short form: Burundi

Type: republic

Capital: Bujumbura

Independence: 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration)

Constitution: 13 March 1992; provides for establishment of a plural political system


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion

National product real growth rate: -13.5%

National product per capita: $600

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 55,000 kW
production: 100 million kWh
consumption per capita: 20 kWh



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