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People
9,863,117
country comparison to the world: 
85
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 46.3% (male 2,213,667/female 2,189,197)
15-64 years: 51.2% (male 2,399,466/female 2,470,743)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 95,324/female 142,933) (2010 est.)
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 17.2 years (2010 est.)
3.561% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
41.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 10
9.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 58
4.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 25
urban population: 10% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 6.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 63.38 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 29
male: 68.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 58.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 58.29 years
country comparison to the world: 191
male: 56.65 years
female: 59.98 years (2010 est.)
6.25 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 5
2% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
110,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 44
11,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 31
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Burundian(s)
adjective: Burundian
Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.)
total: 10 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2008)
7.2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 17
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