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Burundi People 1996

Population:

6,262,429 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

48% (female 1,489,721; male 1,494,730)

15-64 years:

50% (female 1,606,307; male 1,498,021)

65 years and over:

2% (female 105,446; male 68,204) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.18% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

43.35 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

21.51 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

note:

in a number of waves since April 1994, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled the civil strife between the Hutu and Tutsi factions in Burundi and crossed into Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zaire; the refugee flows are continuing in 1995 as the ethnic violence has persisted

Infant mortality rate:

111.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

39.86 years

male:

37.84 years

female:

41.95 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.63 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Burundian(s)

adjective:

Burundi

Ethnic divisions:

Africans:

Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%

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%

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