Where is Burundi?
Burundi is a landlocked country in Eastern Africa, bordered by the DR Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
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Crazy but True
Burundi's royal drummers are so central to the country's identity that their performance is protected by UNESCO. Drummers carry heavy wooden drums on their heads, set them in a circle, and take turns leaping into the middle to play, in a tradition once reserved for royal ceremonies.
Burundi facts
- Capital
- Gitega
- Population
- 14,390,003 (2025)
- Area
- 27,834 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Currency
- Burundian franc (BIF)
- Languages
- French and Kirundi
- Coordinates
- -3.5°, 30°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- BI · BDI
How Burundi compares
- Burundi is the 144th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Equatorial Guinea and larger than Haiti.
- It is the 77th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 3 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Africa, it is the 45th largest of 49 countries by area.