Key demographics
- Population
- 14.1M
- Density
- 553.2/km²
- HDI
- 0.578 (Medium)
- Gini index (2016)
- 43.7
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 68.0 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.65
- Urban population (2025)
- 30.9%
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 78.8%
- Labor force (2025)
- 66.1%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- 24.9%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 69.6%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 30.9%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 28.1 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.9 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 29.5%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.65
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 29.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 38.4%
- Tourism (2019)
- 1.6M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| French | français |
| Kinyarwanda | Ikinyarwanda |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 93.8% |
| No religion | 3.0% |
| Islam | 2.2% |
| Other | 1.0% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Banyarwanda | 100.0% |
- Demonym (male)
- Rwandan
- Demonym (female)
- Rwandan
- National anthem
- Rwanda Nziza
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 68.0 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 58.7 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 5.1% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 29.4/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 59/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.8/1000
- Physicians (2022)
- 0.09/1000
- Nurses (2022)
- 1.11/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $53
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 4.1%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 78.8%
- Education spending (2024)
- 4.6% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 358
- Internet users (2024)
- 31.7%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 93.2/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 0.6/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 161/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 0.6
Geography and practical
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Calling codes
- +250
- TLD
- .rw
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Rwanda is composed of three horizontal bands of light blue, yellow and green. The light blue band is twice the height of the other two bands and bears a yellow sun with twenty-four rays on its fly side.
- National anthem
- Rwanda Nziza
- National holiday
- National Heroes' Day