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Rwanda

Eastern AfricaRWADemonym: Rwandan
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Population
12.95M
12,952,209 people
Area
26.34K km²
26,338 km²
Density
491.8 /km²
people per km²
Capital
Kigali
Africa
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Geography

Location & land

Region
Africa
Subregion
Eastern Africa
Coordinates
2.00° S, 30.00° E
Area
26.34K km²
Neighbours
4
Regional blocs
African Union
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Administration

Codes & identity

Capital
Kigali
ISO alpha-2
RW
ISO alpha-3
RWA
Numeric code
646
Calling code
+250
Internet TLD
.rw
Languages

Spoken here

Kinyarwanda · IkinyarwandaEnglishFrench · français
Currency

Money

Rwandan franc
Fr · RWF
Economy

Income inequality

Gini index
50.8%

Lower is more equal.

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Economy, health & development

Live rate

Exchange rate

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Borders

4 neighbouring countries

Flag of BurundiBurundiFlag of Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Flag of Tanzania, United Republic ofTanzania, United Republic ofFlag of UgandaUganda
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Base facts: bundled reference dataset (mledoze/countries, MIT). Live statistics: World Bank & open.er-api.com, fetched in real time. See data sources. Missing values are shown as “Data unavailable” — never fabricated.