Burundi People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 4,807,000(July 1986), average annual growth rate 2.8%

Nationality: noun—Burundian(s); adjective—Burundi

Ethnic divisions: Africans—85% Hutu (Bantu), 14% Tutsi (Hamitic), 1% Twa (Pygmy); other Africans include around 70,009 refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians; non-Africans include about 3,000 Europeans and 2,000 South Asians

Religion: about 67% Christian (62% Roman Catholic, 5% Protestant), 32% indigenous beliefs, 1% Muslim

Language: Kirundi and French (official); Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

Infant mortality rate: 121/1,000(1983)

Life expe

Literacy: 25%

Labor force, about 1.9 million (1983); 93.0% agriculture, 4.0% government, 1.5% industry and commerce, 1.5% services

Organized labor: sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB); by charter, membership is extended to all Burundi workers (informally); figures denoting “active membership” unobtainable

NOTE: The information regarding Burundi on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burundi 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.