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🇷🇼 Rwanda

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3RWA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2RW
UN M49 numeric646
IOC codeRWA
Official nameRepublic of Rwanda
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Rwanda; common: Rwanda; fra: official: République rwandaise; common: Rwanda; kin: official: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; common: Rwanda
Alt spellingsRW, Republic of Rwanda, Repubulika y'u Rwanda, République du Rwanda
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalKigali
Area (km²)26,338
Lat / Lng-2.0000, 30.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)BDI, COD, TZA, UGA
Top-level domain.rw
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 50

Demographics

Population (World Bank)14,569,341 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.017 (2024)
Languageseng: English; fra: French; kin: Kinyarwanda
Demonymseng: f: Rwandan; m: Rwandan; fra: f: Rwandaise; m: Rwandais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)16,372,132,990.227 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,123.739 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)11.363 (2025)
CurrenciesRWF: name: Rwandan franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,157,097
19512,236,031
19522,316,510
19532,398,360
19542,482,122
19552,568,298
19562,656,809
19572,747,874
19582,840,129
19592,932,394
19603,022,294
19613,106,779
19623,186,025
19633,258,890
19643,334,834
19653,423,210
19663,521,626
19673,629,577
19683,744,010
19693,861,271
19703,980,669
19714,100,044
19724,220,335
19734,345,047
19744,474,228
19754,607,728
19764,745,954
19774,888,240
19785,035,171
19795,189,541
19805,353,259
19815,527,230
19825,711,549
19835,905,311
19846,107,627
19856,317,228
19866,531,881
19876,749,493
19886,968,071
19897,184,706
19907,375,307
19917,526,966
19927,683,266
19937,981,132
19946,792,352
19955,674,118
19966,708,764
19977,755,238
19988,081,681
19998,147,912
20008,213,931
20018,287,094
20028,400,180
20038,586,875
20048,816,844
20059,054,528
20069,299,246
20079,549,933
20089,804,269
200910,060,432
201010,317,553
201110,573,733
201210,829,901
201311,093,340
201411,364,757
201511,640,022
201611,919,183
201712,202,060
201812,487,996
201912,776,103
202013,065,837
202113,355,260
202213,651,030
202313,954,471

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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