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Burundi
 
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Capital: Bujumbura
Area size: 25680 sq. km Slightly smaller than the Netherlands
Time zone: GMT +2
Currency: Franc
Area code: (+) 257
Driving: Right
Climate description: Equatorial but with reduced temperature due to altitude. A period from June to September is dry and the rest of the year is wet.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Rundi, Kirundi and French are the official languages. Swahili is used in business settings.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 8.2 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 8.0 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 7.9 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 7.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 7.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 7.0 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 6.8 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 6.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
12.3 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Hutu 86 percent, Tutsi 13 percent, Twa pygmies one percent
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christianity 67 percent, traditional African religions 32 percent, Islam one percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 10.6 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 10.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 10.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 9.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 9.4 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 9.1 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 8.8 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 8.6 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1961
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15
2005 45.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 45.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 46.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 46.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 47.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 47.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 48.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 44.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 43.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 40.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 40.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 40.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 47.1 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 43.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 42.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 40.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 39.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 39.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 49.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 44.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 44.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 41.3 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 41.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 41.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2006 109 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 114 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 114 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 114 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 114 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 114 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 114 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2006 181 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2004 190 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 25 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 1100 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 1000 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 167 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 No data available
2003 169 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 173 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 171 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 171 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2006 39 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 45 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 45 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003 45 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 45 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 45 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 45 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population
2002-2004 average 66 percent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average 67 percent FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
2004 79 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 79 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 78 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2004 36 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 36 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000 88 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 59.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 58.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 50.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 49.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 48.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 67.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 66.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 57.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 56.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 56.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 52.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 51.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 43.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 42.0 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 40.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2006 4 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005 4 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 4 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 3 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers
2006 20 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 20 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 14 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 9 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 7 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 5 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Internet users
2006 8 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 5 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 4 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 2 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 1 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 0.7 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
2007 131 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 130 (joint) Transparency International
2005 130 (joint) Transparency International
2004 Not ranked
2003 Not ranked
2002 Not ranked
2001 Not ranked
2000 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
1990-2005 54.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 54.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 58.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1990-2002 58.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2001 58.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2006 100 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 90 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 90 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 90 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 90 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 100 current US$ WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000 120 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
2006 0.9 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 0.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 0.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 0.6 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 0.6 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 0.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 0.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth
2005 0.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 4.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 -1.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 4.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 2.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 -0.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Annual inflation
2005 16.7 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2004 8.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2003 11.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2002 1.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2001 5.5 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007
2000 13.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2007

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
1.7 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
32.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians
2000-2004 3 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 3 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 1 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 1 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2005 3.3 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2006
2003 3.3 percent UNAIDS 2006

Malaria
Risk from P.falciparum throughout the year in the whole country. Resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported.
Source: WHO

TB cases
2006 367 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2005 372 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2004 377 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2003 375 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2002 362 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2001 341 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2000 318 per 100,000 people WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2006 396541 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 438663 UNHCR
2004 485764 UNHCR
2003 531637 UNHCR
2002 574557 UNHCR
2001 553999 UNHCR
2000 568084 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2006 13176 UNHCR
2005 20681 UNHCR
2004 48808 UNHCR
2003 40971 UNHCR
2002 40533 UNHCR
2001 27896 UNHCR
2000 27136 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
2007 100000 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2006 100000 Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2006
2005 117000 IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year
2004 320 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 235 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 6.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 6.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 5.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 5.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004 5.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002 3.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001 3.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000 3.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 0.8 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 0.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 0.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 2.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 1.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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