Population: 6,124,747 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.26% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 44.02 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 21.38 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 113.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 40.3 years
male: 38.31 years
female: 42.35 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.69 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Burundian(s)
adjective:

Ethnic divisions:
Africans: Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1% (other Africans include about 70,000 refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians)
non-Africans: Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000

Religions: Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 32%, Muslim 1%

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 50%
male: 61%
female: 40%
Labor force: 1.9 million (1983 est.)
by occupation: agriculture 93.0%, government 4.0%, industry and commerce 1.5%, services 1.5%
note: 52% of population of working age (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Burundi on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burundi People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.