Rwanda

Location:  Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geografic cordinates: 2 00 S, 30 00 E

Population: 11,370,425

Government: republic; presidential, multiparty system

Education: 4.1% of GDP

Literacy Rates: definition: age 15 and over can read and write

                        total population: 70.4%

                        male: 76.3%

                        female: 64.7%

 

Languages:

Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers   Religions: Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)   Birth Rates: 36.74 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)