Rwanda Demographics Profile 2008

Population

10,186,063
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 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 41.9% (male 2,143,479/female 2,124,588)
15-64 years: 55.7% (male 2,826,557/female 2,842,020)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 99,721/female 149,698) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 18.7 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.9 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

2.779% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

39.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

14.46 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 83.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 88.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 78.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 49.76 years
male: 48.56 years
female: 51 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

5.31 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

5.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

250,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

22,000 (2003 est.)

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2008)

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.)

People - note

Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa