Burundi is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa and is also known as the \u201cheart of Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west and much of the southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika.<\/p>\n
Land Area in Burundi<\/strong><\/p>\n Provinces Topographical features<\/strong> Mountains<\/strong>: Burundi has Hehe Mountain rising to the height of 2,670 meters<\/p>\n Longest River: <\/strong>River Nile Congo-Nile Ridge Population and Health \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Total population (estimated) : 10,557,259 Age and gender structure (2012 estimate)<\/strong><\/p>\n Age (years)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Percentage (%)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Number of Males<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Number of Females<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 0-14<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 45.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2,431,155<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2,405,176<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 15-24<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 19.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1,036,798<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1,040,685<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 25-54<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 28.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1,480,333<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1,508,126<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 55-64<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 177,760<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 216,423<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n 65 years and over<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 104,391<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 156,412<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Total (10,557,259)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n 100<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 5,230,437<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 5,326,822<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Health<\/strong><\/p>\n Life expectancy Gross Domestic Product 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n GDP (purchasing power parity): US $5.489 billion Currency: Burundi\u00a0Franc (BIF) is the\u00a0official currency\u00a0for\u00a0Burundi<\/p>\n Business Languages<\/strong> Burundi is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa and is also known as the \u201cheart of Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west and much of the southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4Xm5Y-4q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n<\/strong>Burundi is divided into seventeen provinces, each named after their respective capital.<\/p>\n
\nBurundi is endowed with outstanding topographical features which include<\/p>\n
\nLargest Lake:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Tanganyika 660 kilometers long and has a depth of 4,710 feet
\nBiggest forest:<\/strong> Bururi forest reserve, Rusizi forest reserve, kigwena forest among others<\/p>\n
\nNational parks i.e. Kibira, Rusizi, Rubavu<\/p>\n
\nAverage population growth: 3.3%
\nUrban population: 922,113
\nUrban growth rate: 5.33%
\nRural population: 7,460,735 (est 2010)
\nRural growth rate: 2.22%<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n<\/strong>Male: 57 years
\nFemale: 61 years (est 2012)
\nInfant mortality: 60 deaths per 1,000 live births.
\nHIV prevalence: \u00a03.3%<\/p>\n
\nGDP real growth rate: 4.2%
\nGDP per capita (PPP): US $600
\nGDP composition by sector
\nAgriculture: 31.1%
\nIndustry: 21.3%
\nServices: 47.7%<\/p>\n
\nThe commercial languages include the following;<\/p>\n\n