Area: 27.823 Km²
Population: 6.224.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 224 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Bujumbura (300.000 pop.)
Major cities: Gitega 95.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Hutu 85%, Tutsi 14%, Twa 1%
Border countries: Rwanda NORTH, Tanzania EAST and SOUTH, Democratic Republic of the Congo WEST

Principal mountains: Mount Karonje 2685 m
Principal rivers: Ruvubu 200 Km (source branch of Nile-Kagera)
Principal lakes: Lake Tanganyika 1800 Km² (Burundi part, total 32.893 Km²)
Principal islands: -
Climate: Tropical mild

Language: Kirundi, French (both official)
Religion: Christian 62%, Indigenous Beliefs 32%, Protestant 5%, Muslim 1%
Currency: Burundi Franc (BIF)