RWANDA (In summary)
Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering Burundi, Congo, Uganda and Tanzania
Total Area:
26,798 sq. Km
Capital City: Kigali
Population:
10,428,000 (as of April 2008 Census)
Economic GDP Growth Rate:
11.2% (2008 est.)
7.9% (2007 est.)
7.3% (2006 est.)
Languages:
Kinyarwanda, French, English
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RWANDA (In detail)
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Geography
Bordering countries:
Burundi 290 kmDemocratic Republic of the Congo 217 kmTanzania 217 kmUganda 169 km
Location:
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area:
total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,948 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km
Climate:
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
Terrain:
mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east
Economy
GDP:
$9.061 billion (2008 est.)
$8.429 billion (2007)
$7.952 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
7.5% (2008 est.)
6% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$900 (2008 est.)
$900 (2007 est.)
$800 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
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Inflation rate: 9.5% (2008 est.)
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)
Exchange rates:
Rwandan francs (RWF) per US dollar - 550 (2008 est.), 585 (2007), 560 (2006), 610 (2005), 574.62 (2004)
People
Population:
10,473,282
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate:
2.782% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
Languages:
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
Government
Capital:
name: Kigali
time difference:
UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)