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Rwanda

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
14,569,341 in 2025[3]
Land area
23,763 km²[4]
Total area
26,338 km²[5] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo[12]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[13][12]
Continent
Official name
  • Republic of Rwanda[14]

Parts of Rwanda

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202514.6M

3,022,294 in 1960, 14,569,341 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19603,022,294
19613,106,779
19623,186,025
19633,258,890
19643,334,834
19653,423,210
19663,521,626
19673,629,577
19683,744,010
19693,861,271
19703,980,669
19714,100,044
19724,220,335
19734,345,047
19744,474,228
19754,607,728
19764,745,954
19774,888,240
19785,035,171
19795,189,541
19805,353,259
19815,527,230
19825,711,549
19835,905,311
19846,107,627
19856,317,228
19866,531,881
19876,749,493
19886,968,071
19897,184,706
19907,375,307
19917,526,966
19927,683,266
19937,981,132
19946,792,352
19955,674,118
19966,708,764
19977,755,238
19988,081,681
19998,147,912
20008,213,931
20018,287,094
20028,400,180
20038,586,875
20048,816,844
20059,054,528
20069,299,246
20079,549,933
20089,804,269
200910,060,432
201010,317,553
201110,573,733
201210,829,901
201311,093,340
201411,364,757
201511,640,022
201611,919,183
201712,202,060
201812,487,996
201912,776,103
202013,065,837
202113,355,260
202213,651,030
202313,954,471
202414,256,567
202514,569,341

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
RW[15]
ISO alpha-3
RWA[16]
ISO numeric
646[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), capital: Kigali (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), area (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  6. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), official language: Kinyarwanda (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), official language: English (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), official language: French (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), official language: Swahili (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), currency: Rwandan franc (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), continent: Africa (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), instance of (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), official name (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Rwanda (Q1037), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2560294253) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Rwanda.svg, Public domain, Original: Unknown Vector: Zscout370, via Wikimedia Commons.