Key facts
Capital: Gitega
Location: Central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Tanzania
Government: Republic of Burundi
Currency: Burundi francs (BIF)
Area: 27,830 sq km
Population: 12,241,065 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Kirundi only 29.7% (official); French only .3% (official); Swahili only .2%; English only .1% (official); Kirundi and French 8.4%; Kirundi, French, and English 2.4%, other language combinations 2%, unspecified 56.9% (2008 est.)
Religion: Roman Catholic 62.1%, Protestant 23.9% (includes Adventist 2.3% and other Protestant 21.6%), Muslim 2.5%, other 3.6%, unspecified 7.9% (2008 est.)
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +257
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