Country scorecard
Burundi
Africa · 12.9M people
ALPS
1.74
languages per person
#52 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
5%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Burundi is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo53%
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon51%
- 🇲🇨 Monaco51%
- 🇫🇷 France50%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Kirundi99%
- French50%
- Swahili20%
- English5%
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