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BURUNDI

Population and Social Indicators
(updated: february 2005)

 

BURUNDI : TOTAL POPULATION - millions

1980

1998

2000

2002

2015 (projected)

4.1

6.1

6.3

6.68

9.2

GROWTH RATES - average annual

1980-90

1990-99

2000

2002

1998-2015 (projected)

2.8

2.1

1.6

3.0

2.0

Sources: Economist Intelligence Unit – Burundi Country Profile 2004

 

 

BURUNDI : AVERAGE ANNUAL POPULATION GROWTH RATES (%)

 

1980-1998

1998-2015 (projected)

TOTAL POPULATION

2.6

2.0

AGE 0 - 14 years

2.7

1.2

AGE15 - 64 years

2.5

2.7

AGE 65 + years

0.9

0.3

Sources: N/A

 

 

BURUNDI : AGE GROUPS AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION

 

1980

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

0 -14 YEARS

44.7

46.0

 

47.7

47.6

47.5

46.9

15 - 64 YEARS

51.8

51.5

 

49.4

49.5

49.6

50.2

65+ YEARS

3.5

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

Sources: UNDP Human Development Report 2000, UNDP Human Development Report 2001, UNDP Human Development Report 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2003, UNDP Human Development Report 2004

 

 

BURUNDI : INDEX OF FOOD PRODUCTION PER CAPITA (1989-91=100)

1979-1981

1984-1986

1996-1998

2000-2002

80

102

96

96

Sources: World Bank
 
 

BURUNDI : URBAN POPULATION (%); POPULATION DENSITY

 

1975

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2015

URBAN POPULATION: %

3.2

8.1

8.4

8.7

9

9.3

9.6

14.5 (projected)

POPULATION PER sq km

244

 …

228.4

264

RURAL POPULATION DENSITY per sq km arable land

766

699

Sources: World Bank, Economist Intelligence Unit – Burundi Country Profile 2004, UNDP Human Development Report 2000, UNDP Human Development Report 2001, UNDP Human Development Report 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2003, UNDP Human Development Report 2004

 

 

BURUNDI : MORTALITY INDICATORS

 

1980

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH

47

42.7

41.7

40.6

40.4

40.8

DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE EXPECTANCY

34.6

INFANT MORTALITY RATE (per 1000 live births)

122

118

106

116

114

114

UNDER 5 MORTALITY RATE (per 1000 live births)

193

196

176

190

190

208

Sources: World Bank, World Resources Institute, Economist Intelligence Unit – Burundi Country Profile 2004, Economist Intelligence Unit – Rwanda/Burundi Country Profile 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2000, UNDP Human Development Report 2001, UNDP Human Development Report 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2003, UNDP Human Development Report 2004, World Health Organisation – World Health Report

 

 

BURUNDI : HEALTH EXPENDITURE

 

1990

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

HEALTH EXPENDITURE as % of GDP

2.3

4.0

3.6

3.6

HEALTH EXPENDITURE as % of total public expenditure

 …

6.6

PER CAPITA HEALTH EXPENDITURE: US $

 …

26

19

Sources: UNDP Human Development Report 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2004, World Health Organisation – World Health Report

 

 

BURUNDI : HEALTH INDICATORS

 

1994

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

HIV PREVALENCE (% of adults)

2.70

11.32

8.3

6

 

1982-85

1990-96

POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO SAFE WATER: %

23

52

78 (Rural: 77

Urban: 91)

78

POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO SANITATION: %

51

88 (Rural: 90

Urban: 68)

 

1980

1990-99

1990-2003

PHYSICIANS (per 1,000 pop)

0.01

0.01

Sources: World Bank, UNDP Human Development Report 2003, UNDP Human Development Report 2004
 
 

BURUNDI : HIV/AIDS ESTIMATES

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

POPULATION

6.2m

6.3m

6.4m

6.68m

6.8m

ESTIMATE RATE OF INFECTION (% of adult population)

11.32

8.3

6

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (‘000)

360

390

250

Adults (15 - 49) (‘000)

340

220

Women (15 - 49) (‘000)

190

190

130

Children (0 - 14) (‘000)

19

55

27

AIDS deaths (‘000)

39

25

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ORPHANS, CUMULATIVE (‘000)

230

200

 

RATE OF INFECTION: young people15 - 24yrs %

Females

Males

13.34

7.59

Sources: World Resources Institute, Economist Intelligence Unit – Burundi Country Profile 2004, UNDP Human Development Report 2003, UNDP Human Development Report 2004, World Health Organisation – Epidemiological Fact Sheet 2004

 

 

BURUNDI : DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS WITH AND WITHOUT AIDS

 

 

1998

2010

GROWTH RATE

Without AIDS

4.0

3.0

 

With AIDS

3.5

2.3

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Without AIDS

55.4

60.8

 

With AIDS

45.6

45.3

CRUDE DEATH RATE

Without AIDS

12.2

8.6

 

With AIDS

17.4

16.4

INFANT MORTALITY

Without AIDS

92.1

66.3

 

With AIDS

101.2

79.6

CHILD MORTALITY

Without AIDS

131.0

90.9

 

With AIDS

157.1

128.6

Sources: N/A

 

 

BURUNDI : EDUCATION

 

1980

1990

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

TOTAL ADULT LITERACY RATE

 

… 

45.8

46.9

48

49.2

50.4

PRIMARY ENROLMENT (% of relevant age group)

26*

73*

51*

38**

54**

53**

53**

SECONDARY ENROLMENT (% of relevant age group)

3*

6*

7*

8.3**

8**

8**

TERTIARY ENROLMENT (% of relevant age group)

1*

0.7*

1*

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION: % of GDP

3.4

3.4

4.0

3.4 (1998-2000)

3.6

(1999-2001)

*gross
**net
Sources: World Bank, UNDP Human Development Report 2000, UNDP Human Development Report 2001, UNDP Human Development Report 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2003, UNDP Human Development Report 2004, UNESCO
 
 

BURUNDI : EDUCATION – GENDER DIFFERENCES

 

1980

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

ILLITERACY RATE: % of people 15 & above

Male: 57

Female: 83

Male: 45

Female: 63

Male: 45.2

Female: 62.5

Male: 44.4

Female: 61

Male: 43.9

Female: 59.6

Male: 42.3

Female: 56.4

NET PRIMARY ENROLLMENT: % of relevant age group

Male: 23

Female: 16

Male: 38

Female: 33

Female: 34

COMBINED GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO FOR PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY LEVEL SCHOOLS

Male: 25

Female: 20

Male: 21

Female: 16

Male: 38

Female: 29

Sources: UNDP Human Development Report 2000, UNDP Human Development Report 2001, UNDP Human Development Report 2002, UNDP Human Development Report 2004, UNESCO
 

 

 

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