Burundi Demographics Profile 2008

Population

8,691,005
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 46.3% (male 2,021,320/female 1,998,502)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 2,210,157/female 2,240,921)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 87,600/female 132,505) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 16.7 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 17 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

3.443% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

41.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

12.91 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 60.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 67.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 51.71 years
male: 50.86 years
female: 52.6 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

6.4 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

6% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

250,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

25,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2008)

Nationality

noun: Burundian(s)
adjective: Burundian

Ethnic groups

Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000

Religions

Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%

Languages

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

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.)