Burundi -- Demography
Burundi's
population
is heavily
concentrated
in the central
uplands, where
the climate
is pleasant.
Makamba, in
the south-central
portion of
the country,
and Kigwena,
in the southwest,
are also densely
populated.
The lowest
population
densities
are found
in the forested
southeast,
in the swampy
east-central
borderlands,
and in the
lowlands of
the Rift Valley
north of Bujumbura.
Burundi's
population
remains overwhelmingly
rural; only
7% of its
citizens live
in cities.
The annual
rate of growth
for the nation's
cities is
8.3%. The
only significant
urban center
is Bujumbura,
the capital.
Since
independence,
there have
been traumatic
population
shifts due
to massacres
and to hundred
of thousands
of Burundians
fleeing the
country into
neighboring
Tanzania and
the Congo.
For example,
an estimated
200,000 Hutu
were killed
by the Tutsi
controlled
army between
April and
September
of 1972. In
October of
1993, there
was a Tutsi
led coup and
in the aftermath
over 800,000
people fled
Burundi.
Population:
5,537,387
(July 1998
est.)
Age structure:
0-14
years:
47% (male
1,313,112;
female 1,309,600)
15-64 years:
50% (male
1,331,336;
female 1,417,228)
65 years
and over:
3% (male
69,718; female
96,393) (July
1998 est.)
Population
growth rate:
3.51% (1998
est.)
Birth rate:
41.61 births/1,000
population
(1998 est.)
Death rate:
17.38 deaths/1,000
population
(1998 est.)
Net migration
rate: 10.84
migrant(s)/1,000
population
(1998 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15
years:
1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.93 male(s)/female
65 years
and over:
0.72 male(s)/female
(1998 est.)
Infant
mortality
rate: 101.19
deaths/1,000
live births
(1998 est.)
Life expectancy
at birth:
total population:
45.56 years
male:
43.79 years
female:
47.38 years
(1998 est.)
Total fertility
rate:
6.4 children
born/woman
(1998 est.)
Source:
CIA World
Fact Book.
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