| Country (long form) |
Republic of Rwanda |
| Capital |
Kigali |
| Total Area |
10,169.16 sq mi
26,338.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maryland) |
| Population |
7,312,756 (July 2001 est.)
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
8,905,995 |
| Languages |
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers |
| Literacy |
48% total, 52% male, 45% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 24%, Adventist 10.4%, Muslim 1.9%, indigenous beliefs and other 6.5% , none 4.5% (1996) |
| Life Expectancy |
38.35 male, 39.65 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
republic; presidential, multiparty system |
| Currency |
1 Rwandan franc (RF) = 100 centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$900 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes |
| Agriculture |
coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock |
| Arable Land |
35% |
| Natural Resources |
gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land |
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