Burundi
The Lord’s Testimony
Updated February 19, 2020
No. of saints in church life: 4
No Table meeting established yet.
Country Profile
Location: East Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Tanzania
Geographical
Size: land: 25,680 sq km, water: 2,150 sq km
Climate: equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees Celsius
but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and
December to January)
Population: 13,590,102 (July 2024 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 2.81% (2024 est.)
Ethnic groups: Hutu, Tutsi, Twa, South Asian
Languages: Kirundi 29.7% (official), Kirundi and other language 9.1%, French (official); French and other language 0.3%, Swahili; Swahili and other language 0.2% (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura
area), English (official); English and other language 0.06%, more than 2 languages 3.7%, 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.)
Capital
City: Gitega (political capital), Bujumbura (commercial capital)
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