by the Central Intelligence Agency

“ BURUNDI LAND 28,490 km2 ; about 37% arable (about 66% cultivated) , 23% pasture, 10% scrub and forest, 30% other
Land boundaries: 974 km
PEOPLE Population: 4,438,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 2.7%
Nationality: noun—Burundian (s) ; adjective—Burundi
Ethnic divisions: Africans—85% Hutu (Bantu) , 14% Tutsi (Hamitic) , 1% Twa (Pigmy) ; other Africans include around 70,000 refugees, mostly Rwandans and Zairians ”

“ Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Literacy: about 15% in Kirundi, 3% in French, no serviceable estimate for Kiswahili
Labor force: about 2 million (1976 est.) ; most engaged in subsistence agriculture
Organized labor: sole group is the Union of Burundi Workers (UTB) ; by charter, membership is extended to all Burundi workers (informally) ; figures denoting "active membership" have been unobtainable
GOVERNMENT Official name: Republic of Burundi
Type: republic; presidential system; military leaders hold key positions ”

“ Communists: no Communist party; resumed diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in October 1971 following a six-year suspension; USSR, North Korea, and Romania also have diplomatic missions in Burundi
Member of: AFDB, EAMA, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
ECONOMY GNP: about $614.0 million (1978) , $140 per capita; 2.0% real growth (1970-74) ; real GDP growth in 1976, 7.8%
Agriculture: major cash crops—coffee, cotton, tea; main food crops—manioc, yams, corn, sorghum, bananas, haricot beans ”