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Rwanda:
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Other pages in this profile of Rwanda:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 10,186,063 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 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 408.3 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 41.9% (male 2,143,479/female 2,124,588) 15-64 years: 55.7% (male 2,826,557/female 2,842,020) 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 99,721/female 149,698) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 18.7 years male: 18.5 years female: 18.9 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.779% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 39.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 14.46 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 83.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 88.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 78.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 49.76 years male: 48.56 years female: 51 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5.31 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 5.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 250,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 22,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Rwandan(s) adjective: Rwandan |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1% |
Religions |
Definition Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001) |
Languages |
Definition Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.4% male: 76.3% female: 64.7% (2003 est.) |
People - note |
Definition Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa |
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