Burundi
Uburundi
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 2.5%
- people aged 65 or older
- 366.7K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 4.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.9 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 13.4%
- women 18.8%, men 6.8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2016
Languages
9 languages, 0 of them endangered
- Fuliiru
- Ha
- Hangaza
- Kinyarwanda
- Kirundi
- Kiswahili
- Shi
- Shubi
- Burundi Pidgin French
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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