| Population: 8.390.505 ( 2007) |
| Surface: 6.373.002 km² |
| Capital: Bujumbura |
| President: Pierre Nkurunziza (since 26 August 2005) |
| GNP per head : $160 (Worldbank 2009) |
| Child mortality: 62 per 1000 ( 2007) - 101 out of 1000 children <5 years (Worldbank 2009) |
| Life expectancy: men: 50,48 years - women: 52,12 years (+/- 2007) |
| Infections with AIDS: 6% (+/- 2003 ) |
| Access to drinking water: urban: 92% - rural: 77% - average: 79% (2004) |
| Access to sanitation facilities: urban: 47% - rural: 35% - average: 36% (2004) |
| Illiteracy: men: 41,5% - women: 54,8% (+/- 2003) |
| Natural resources and export products: coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, animal skins, nickel, uranium, cobalt, copper, platinum, rare soil oxides, vanadium. |
