Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda), RW

Rwanda: Independent country in Africa

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Quick Facts about Republic of Rwanda

Population :	12,208,407
Country :	Rwanda
Head of government :	Prime Minister of Rwanda
Plate code :	RWA
Area :	26338 km²
Official name :	Ruanda, Rwanda, la République du Rwanda, Rwanda, Rwanda
Continent :	Africa
Northernmost point :	Point(30.45 -1.05)
Legislative body :	Parliament of Rwanda
Official language :	French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, English
Capital :	Kigali
Establishment :	January 01, 1962 (63 years ago)
Time Zone :	UTC+02:00
Local time :	05:36:09 (5th December 2025)

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Geography

Republic of Rwanda is located at 2°0'0"S 30°0'0"E (-2.0000000, 30.0000000).

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The largest city of Republic of Rwanda is Kigali with a population of 745,261. Other cities include, Butare population 89,600, Gitarama population 87,613, Musanze population 86,685 and Gisenyi population 83,623. See all Republic of Rwanda cities & populated places.

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Anastase Murekezi , 2014-07-24T00:00:00Z
Édouard Ngirente , 2017-08-30T00:00:00Z

Southern Province
Western Province
Northern Province
Kigali province
Eastern Province

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	2,933,424	-
1961	2,996,091	2.09%
1962	3,050,596	1.79%
1963	3,102,968	1.69%
1964	3,161,719	1.86%
1965	3,232,937	2.2%
1966	3,319,077	2.6%
1967	3,418,313	2.9%
1968	3,527,260	3.09%
1969	3,640,591	3.11%
1970	3,754,546	3.04%
1971	3,868,330	2.94%
1972	3,983,659	2.9%
1973	4,102,262	2.89%
1974	4,226,773	2.95%
1975	4,359,166	3.04%
1976	4,499,767	3.12%
1977	4,648,096	3.19%
1978	4,804,354	3.25%
1979	4,968,600	3.31%
1980	5,140,786	3.35%
1981	5,313,633	3.25%
1982	5,485,328	3.13%
1983	5,666,907	3.2%
1984	5,873,794	3.52%
1985	6,112,554	3.91%
1986	6,405,995	4.58%
1987	6,740,876	4.97%
1988	7,045,785	4.33%
1989	7,223,798	2.46%
1990	7,214,696	-0.13%
1991	6,973,664	-3.46%
1992	6,545,100	-6.55%
1993	6,066,268	-7.89%
1994	5,728,464	-5.9%
1995	5,663,838	-1.14%
1996	5,929,575	4.48%
1997	6,470,628	8.36%
1998	7,169,658	9.75%
1999	7,853,015	8.7%
2000	8,395,577	6.46%
2001	8,760,003	4.16%
2002	8,987,523	2.53%
2003	9,126,167	1.52%
2004	9,254,379	1.39%
2005	9,429,457	1.86%
2006	9,660,946	2.4%
2007	9,928,143	2.69%
2008	10,222,961	2.88%
2009	10,529,668	2.91%
2010	10,836,732	2.83%
2011	11,144,315	2.76%
2012	10,515,973	-5.98%
2013	11,776,522	10.7%
2014	11,083,635	-6.25%	(Worldbank)
2015	11,369,071	2.51%	(Worldbank)
2016	11,668,818	2.57%	(Worldbank)
2017	12,208,407	4.42%
2018	12,301,939	0.76%	(Worldbank)
2019	12,626,950	2.57%	(Worldbank)

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