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Rwanda People 2010
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SOURCE: 2010 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

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Rwanda People 2010
SOURCE: 2010 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on January 19, 2010

Population:
10,746,311
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.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 42.1% (male 2,216,352/female 2,196,327)
15-64 years: 55.4% (male 2,897,003/female 2,909,994)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 100,920/female 152,686) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 18.7 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.9 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.866% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
38.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
10.57 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
1.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 18% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 67.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 56.77 years
male: 55.43 years
female: 58.14 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
5.12 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
2.8% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
150,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
7,800 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)

Nationality:
noun: Rwandan(s)
adjective: Rwandan

Ethnic groups:
Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%

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

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 76.3%
female: 64.7% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 9 years
male: 8 years
female: 9 years (2005)

Education expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2005)

People - note:
Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa


NOTE: The information regarding Rwanda on this page is re-published from the 2010 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Rwanda People 2010 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rwanda People 2010 should be addressed to the CIA.






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