🇧🇮 Burundi Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

Home
/ Countries
/ 🇧🇮 Burundi
/ 👥 Demographics

🇧🇮 Burundi BI / BDI #142

Nomad Score 40.0

Cities 5

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency BIF

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 14.2M

Density 565.0/km²

HDI 0.439 (Low)

GDP per capita $489

Gini Index (2020) 37.5

Life Expectancy (2023) 63.7 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 4.88

Urban Population (2024) 24.8%

Literacy Rate (2020) 71.4%

Labor Force (2025) 79.1%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
French	français
Kirundi	Ikirundi

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	93.4%
Traditional faiths	4.3%
Islam	2.1%
Other	0.2%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Barundi	99.0%
Others	1.0%

Demonym (male) Burundian

Demonym (female) Burundian

National Anthem Burundi Bwacu

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		44.7%
15-64 Working		52.8%
65+ Elderly		2.5%

Dependency Ratio 89.5%

Profile Very Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 24.8%

Birth Rate (2023) 33.7 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 6.7 /1000

Largest City (2025) 36.5%

Fertility Rate (2023) 4.88

Infant Mortality (2023) 31.5 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 36.8%

Tourism (2017) 299.0K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 63.7 yrs

HALE (2021) 55.8 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 9.1% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 31.5/1000

UHC Index (2021) 41/100

Hospital Beds (2014) 0.7/1000

Physicians (2022) 0.08/1000

Nurses (2023) 0.79/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $28

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 24.5%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2020) 71.4%

Education Spending (2021) 4.9% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 423

Internet Users (2023) 11.1%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 63.2/100

Broadband (2023) 0.0/100

Secure Servers (2024) 11/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 0.0

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 27,834 km²

Capital Gitega 📍

Continent Africa

Region Africa

Subregion Eastern Africa

Landlocked Yes

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+02:00

Calling Codes +257

TLD .bi

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇹🇿 Tanzania

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Burundi is divided by a white diagonal cross into four alternating triangular areas of red at the top and bottom, and green on the hoist and fly sides. A white circle, with three green-edged red six-pointed stars arranged to form a triangle, is superimposed at the center of the cross.