Key facts
Capital:Gitega
Location:Central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Tanzania
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
