BURUNDI BURUNDI REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 1 1962 FROM UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP UNDER BELGIAN ADMINISTRATION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MARCH 13 1992 POPULATION 5735937 1999 EST AREA 10740 SQ MI CAPITAL BUJUMBURA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES URANIUM NICKEL PEAT COPPER COBALT MAIN INDUSTRIES LIGHT CONSUMER GOODS PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION FOOD PROCESSING AGRICULTURE COFFEE TEA COTTON CORN SORGHUM GRAIN SWEET POTATOES BANANAS LIVESTOCK DAIRY PRODUCTS CURRENCY FRANC GDP 4.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 740 1998 EST LANGUAGES KIRUNDI OFFICIAL FRENCH SWAHILI RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BELIEF SYSTEMS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 35 LIFE EXPECTANCY 44 YEARS MALE 47 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 41 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 17 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
