VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — AFRICA
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BURUNDI
République du Burundi
BI · BDI
INDEPENDENT 1962
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DENSELY FARMED COUNTRIES
POPULATION
13.2M
AREA
27,834 km²
CAPITAL
Gitega
CURRENCY
BIF
GDP / CAPITA
$240
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Heha, 2,684 m
LOWEST POINT
Lake Tanganyika, 774 m
COASTLINE
Landlocked (borders Lake Tanganyika)
LAND BORDERS
1,140 km, 3 countries
TERRAIN
Hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in the east and a plain along Lake Tanganyika.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
3.43°S, 29.93°E
TIME ZONE
CAT, UTC+2 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Rwanda
Tanzania
DR Congo
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Presidential republic
RELIGION
Christianity, ~86%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
63 years
HDI
0.426 — Low (rank 187)
LANGUAGES
KirundiOFFICIAL
FrenchOFFICIAL
EnglishOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Coffee and tea processing
Light consumer goods
Textiles
TOP EXPORTS
Coffee
Tea
Gold
TOP IMPORTS
Capital goods
Petroleum products
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 79%
Forest, 7%
Other, 14%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
3.6M
1970
4.1M
1980
5.6M
1990
6.4M
2000
8.6M
2010
12.0M
2020
13.2M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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