Rwanda, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.
Image of Kigali, capital city of Rwanda
Rwanda is an East African nation excelling in governance reforms, digital connectivity, eco-tourism, and rapidly developing business and logistics infrastructure.
Rwanda in one word would be “Hills,” meaning thousand hills.
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Rwanda is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Eastern Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.
Rwanda administrative divisions
4 provinces and 1 city*- Est (Eastern)
- Kigali*
- Nord (Northern)
- Ouest (Western)
- Sud (Southern)
Easy learning about Rwanda |
The capital city of Rwanda is Kigali.
| Rwanda is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Eastern Africa Africa Continent Inhabitants of Rwanda are called Rwandans, Banyarwanda |
| Rwanda has a population of | 13,954,471 inhabitants within a total area of 26,338 Km2 (16,366 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Rwanda’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 92 (world rank position) GPI scale of 2.12 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Rwanda HDI ranks in position nº 159 worldwide HDI of 0.578 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Rwanda’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 65 countries Rwanda passport ranks 74th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Rwanda GDP per capita is | $1,043 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Rwanda ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Rwanda EPI (English Proficiency Index) | is classified as Very low proficiency has a score of 401 ranks 113th worldwide (2024 data from EPI) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 2° 00' S, 30° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Tanzania, Congo Democratic Republic, Burundi, Uganda |
| Rwanda Climate | temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible |
| Most predominant religion | Protestant (includes Adventist |
| Second most predominant religion | ), |
| Currency name & code | Franc (RWF) |
| Internet ccTLD | .rw |
| Rwanda calling code | +250 |
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