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GeographyLocation: Central Africa, east of Zaire
Area: Land boundaries: total 974 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km, Zaire 233 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 6,262,429 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
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 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.)
Government
Names:
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
EconomyNational 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:
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