Rwanda

Country statistics

Land area: 9,633 sq miles (24,949 sq km)

Total area: 10,169 sq miles (26,338 sq km)

Population (2012 est.): 11,689,696 (growth rate: 2.75%); birth rate: 36.14/1000; infant mortality rate: 62.51/1000; life expectancy: 58.44

Capital City: Kigali

Monetary unit: Rwanda franc

Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, and English (all official); Kiswahili in commercial centers

Ethnicity/race: Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1%

Religions: Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Islam 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)