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Population of Burundi
Africa:
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8,390,505
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 and death rates, lower population and
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected (July 2007 est.) |
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Age structure of
Burundians:
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0-14 years: 46.3%
(male 1,951,879/female 1,930,371)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 2,131,759/female
2,162,093)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 85,522/female
128,881) (2007 est.) |
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Median age of
Burundians:
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total: 16.7 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 16.9 years (2007 est.) |
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Population growth
rate:
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3.593% (2007 est.)
|
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Birth rate in
Burundi:
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41.97 births/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Death rate of
Burundi:
|
13.17 deaths/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
|
7.13 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Sex ratio of
Burundians:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.011 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.986 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.664 male(s)/female
total population: 0.988 male(s)/female (2007
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate
in Burundi Africa:
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total: 61.93
deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 54.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2007
est.) |
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Life expectancy at
birth of Burundian:
|
total population:
51.29 years
male: 50.48 years
female: 52.12 years (2007 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
|
6.48 children born/woman
(2007 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS adult
prevalence rate in Burundi:
|
6% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - Burundians
living with HIV/AIDS:
|
250,000 (2003 est.)
|
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|
25,000 (2003 est.)
|
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Major infectious
diseases in Burundi:
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degree of risk: very
high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2007) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Burundian(s)
adjective: Burundian |
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Ethnic groups in
Burundi Africa:
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Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic)
14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000
|
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Religions in Burundi
Africa:
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Christian 67% (Roman
Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%,
Muslim 10% |
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Languages spoken in
Burundi Africa:
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Kirundi (official), French
(official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the
Bujumbura area) |
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Literacy rate of
Burundi:
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definition: age 15
and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.) |
