Republic of Burundi

Capital: Bujumbura

Total Area: 10,745.22 sq mi,27,830.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Maryland)

Population: 6,223,897 (July 2001 est.),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

Estimated Population in 2050: 16,086,866

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

Literacy: 35.3% total, 49.3% male, 22.5% female (1995 est.)

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

Life Expectancy: 45.15 male, 46.99 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: republic

Currency: 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes

GDP (per capita): $720 (2000 est.)

Industry: light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing

Agriculture: coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides

Arable Land: 44%

Natural Resources: nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum (not yet exploited), vanadium, arable land, hydropower

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