Key facts about Burundi

• Burundi is the 4th lowest country on the 2010 worldwide Human Development Index (HDI)
• There is a population of 8.5 million
• Life expectancy is 51.4 years of age
• Agriculture is the main industry
• 62% of people are Roman Catholic
• Years of conflict and a decade of civil war forced 770,000 Burundian refugees to flee to neighbouring Tanzania
• An estimated half a million people were killed in the fighting
• 93% people live on less than 2 US$ a day (World Bank 2011)
• A fragile peace has seen more than half the refugees return home

(Figures taken from "United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report 2007/08 unless otherwise stated)