People (Burundi)
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     Population:
         6,022,341 (July 1992), growth rate 3.2% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         46 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         14 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         106 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         51 years male, 55 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         6.8 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Burundian(s); adjective - Burundi
     Ethnic divisions:
         Africans - Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%; other
         Africans include about 70,000 refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians;
         non-Africans include about 3,000 Europeans and 2,000 South Asians
     Religions:
         Christian about 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs
         32%, Muslim 1%
     Languages:
         Kirundi and French (official); Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the
         Bujumbura area)
     Literacy:
         50% (male 61%, female 40%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         1,900,000 (1983 est.); agriculture 93.0%, government 4.0%, industry and
         commerce 1.5%, services 1.5%; 52% of population of working age (1985)
     Organized labor:
         sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB); by charter, membership is
         extended to all Burundi workers (informally); active membership figures NA