Burundi

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
11,216,450 1
Urban
13.00% 1
Rural
87.00% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
2.6% 2
Level of Public Corruption
159 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
12 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
5.86 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
8.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
57 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
86.95% 6
Internet Users
1% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$270 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
77.7% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
7,251,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
58.90
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
163,779
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
53,453
First Communions per Year
101,903
Confirmations per Year
115,608
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
431,043
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
52,524
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
3,935
Church Marriages per Year
42,109
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
39,012
Priests
951
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
2,263
Catholics per Priest
7,625
Parishes
220
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
1,094
Catholic Hospitals
18
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
11

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