Burundi

Republic of Burundi Repubulika y’u Burundi (Kirundi) République du Burundi (French)
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Motto: "Ubumwe, Ibikorwa, Amajambere" (Kirundi) "Unité, Travail, Progrès" (French) "Union, Work, Progress" (English)
Anthem: Burundi Bwacu (Kirundi) Our Burundi
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Capital	Gitega (political) Bujumbura (economic)^[a] 3°30′S30°00′E / 3.500°S 30.000°E / -3.500; 30.000
Largest city	Bujumbura^[a]
Official languages	Kirundi (national and official) French (official)
Ethnic groups (2018^[1])	85% Hutu 14% Tutsi 1% Twa ~3,000 Europeans ~2,000 South Asians
Religion (2015)^[2]	91.5% Christianity —65.3% Roman Catholic —26.2% Other Christian 5.5% Traditional faiths 2.1% Islam 0.2% Others/None
Demonym(s)	Burundian
Government	Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic

• President	Évariste Ndayishimiye
• Vice President	Prosper Bazombanza
• Prime Minister	Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni
• Chief Justice	Emmanuel Gateretse ^[3]

Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment history

• Kingdom^[4]	1680
• Part of Ruanda-Urundi (UN trust territory)	1945–1962
• Independence from Belgium	1 July 1962
• Republic	28 November 1966
• Constitution of Burundi	28 February 2005

Area
• Total	27,834 km² (10,747 sq mi)^[5] (142nd)
• Water (%)	10^[6]
Population
• 2020 estimate	11,865,821^[7] (77th)
• 2008 census	8,053,574^[5]
• Density	401.6/km² (1,040.1/sq mi) (20th)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$8.380 billion
• Per capita	$727^[8]
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$3.573 billion
• Per capita	$310^[8]
Gini (2013)	39.2^[9] medium
HDI (2019)	0.433^[10] low · 185th
Currency	Burundian franc (FBu) (BIF)
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+257
ISO 3166 code	BI
Internet TLD	.bi

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