Official name
Republic of Rwanda
Name in local language
Repubulika y'u Rwanda (rw) ; République du Rwanda (fr) ; Republic of Rwanda (en)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
East Africa
Population (ranking: 79e )
12,089,721 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
2.37 % / year
Area
26,338 km²
Density
459.02 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 152e )9.509 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
773 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
8.70 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
68.70 years (2018)
Birth rate
31.89 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
4.20 children / woman (2015)
Death rate (ranking )
7.05 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
32.00 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
85.03 % (2015)
Official languages
Kinyarwanda, French, English
Currency
Rwandan franc (RWF)
HDI (ranking: 196e )0.536 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )43.68 (2018)
Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic (autoritarian)
Head of State
President Paul Kagame
National Day
1st July (independence of 1962)
ISO Codes RW, RWA
Demonym
Rwandan, Rwandese
Tourists (ranking )
932,000 people (2016)
Rwanda is a landlocked country located on the border between Central and East Africa. It is part of the Great Lakes region. Nicknamed the “country of a thousand hills”, it shares borders with Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the east, Burundi to the south, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Kigali.
Kigali, capital of Rwanda. Photo: Arthur Buliva Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Urban areas (2017)
Urban areas
Population
Kigali
1,431,911 inhabitants
Gisenyi
191,931 inhabitants
Gitarama
157,880 inhabitants
Ruhengeri
130,989 inhabitants
Butare
117,459 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Provinces
Population
Area
Est
2,595,703 inhabitants
9,813 km²
Kigali (Ville)
1,132,686 inhabitants
730 km²
Nord
1,726,370 inhabitants
3,293 km²
Ouest
2,471,239 inhabitants
5,882 km²
Sud
2,589,975 inhabitants
5,963 km²
See also
