Rwanda 
Facts
Population: 9,907,509
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 41.9% (male 2,082,474/female 2,065,251)
15-64 years: 55.7% (male 2,748,189/female 2,765,767)
65 years and over: 2.5% (male 98,796/female 147,032) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 2.766% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 40.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 14.91 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 2.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.008 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.994 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.672 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 85.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 90.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 79.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 48.99 years
male: 47.87 years
female: 50.16 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 5.37 children born/woman (2007 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.).
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.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $13.7 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 5.8% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,600 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 39.4%
industry: 23.3%
services: 37.3% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 4.6 million (2000).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 90%
industry and services: 10%.
Population below poverty line: 60% (2001 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.2%
highest 10%: 24.2% (1985).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6.7% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: NA%.
Budget: revenues: $560.9 million
expenditures: $654 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock.
Industries: cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes.
Industrial production growth rate: 7% (2001 est.).
Electricity - production: 93 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 196.5 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 10 million kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 120 million kWh (2004).
Exports: $135.4 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: coffee, tea, hides, tin ore.
Exports - partners: Germany 11%, China 6.5%, Belgium 4.5% (2005).
Imports: $390.4 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material.
Imports - partners: Kenya 18.9%, Uganda 6.6%, Belgium 5.8%, Germany 5.6%, Israel 4.3% (2005).
Debt - external: $1.4 billion (2004 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $425 million (2003).
Currency (code): Rwandan franc (RWF).
Exchange rates: Rwandan francs per US dollar - 560 (2006), 610 (2005), 574.62 (2004), 537.66 (2003), 476.33 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
Kangura
(Independent), Kigali
La Griffe
(Independent), Kigali
La Tribune du Peuple
(Independent), Kigali
Le Soleil
(Independent), Kigali
(Semi-official), Kigali
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/
Rwanda in the News
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We review Rwandan coverage of the rancorous elections that returned President Paul Kagame to power.
Driven by the Democratic Republic of Congo's rich resources, fighting continues despite a peace agreement between Congo and Rwanda. Meron Tesfa Michael reports.
Dave Clemens reports on the new peace between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tekla Szymanski looks at the life and work of Rwandan radio journalist Madeleine Mukamabano.
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