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Republic of Burundi
National name: Republika Y'Uburundi
President: Pierre Buyoya (1996)
Prime Minister: Pascal Firmin Ndmira (1996)
Area: 10,747 sq. mi. (27,830 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 5,735,937 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.40%); birth rate: 41.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 99.4/1000; density per sq. mi.: 534
Capital and largest city (1994 est.): Bujumbura, 300,000
Other large city (est. 1982): Gitega, 101,827
Monetary unit: Burundi franc
Languages: Kirundi and French (official), Swahili
Ethnicity/race: Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic, 62%; Protestant, 5%; indigenous, 32%
Literacy rate: 41%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $4.1 billion; $740 per capita. Real growth rate: 4.5%. Inflation: 17%. Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 44%. Agriculture: coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides. Labor force: 1.9 million; agriculture 93%, government 4%, industry and commerce 1.5%, services 1.5% (1983 est.). Industry: light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing. Natural resources: nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, unexploited platinum, vanadium. Exports: $49 million (f.o.b., 1998): coffee, tea, cotton, hides. Imports: $102 million f.o.b., 1998): capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs, consumer goods. Major trading partners: U.K., Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, France, Japan.
