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This article is about the demographic features of the
In 1950, Rwanda had a very narrow population pyramid, with less than 250,000 males and females between 0–10 years old. The graph only gets narrower as it goes up with virtually no-one living past 50 years of age. In 2017, we see the population of Rwanda increase dramatically from 1950 with about 750,000 people between 0–20 years old, the graph remains very narrow in the older ages section but has improved from 1950. By 2050, it is predicted that more people will be living longer and the structure will broaden overall. By 2100, it is predicted that there will be more people aged between 30–60 than between 0–20 as previous years have shown.
According to the total population was in , compared to only 2,072,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 42.6%, 54.7% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.7% was 65 years or older
.Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
Source: UN
:''0-14 years:'' 39.95% (male 2,564,893/female 2,513,993)
:''15-24 years:'' 20.1% (male 1,280,948/female 1,273,853)
:''25-54 years:'' 33.06% (male 2,001,629/female 2,201,132)
:''55-64 years:'' 4.24% (male 241,462/female 298,163)
:''65 years and over:'' 2.65% (2020 est.) (male 134,648/female 201,710)
:''0–14 years:'' 40.98% (male 2,521,169 / female 2,473,055)
:''15–24 years:'' 19.45% (male 1,187,249 / female 1,183,278)
:''25–54 years:'' 32.93% (male 1,903,087 / female 2,109,839)
:''55–64 years:'' 4.15% (male 225,273 / female 280,545)
:''65 years and over:'' 2.49% (male 120,952 / female 182,953) (2018 est.)
''under 15 years:'' 1.01 male(s)/female
''15–64 years:'' 0.99 male(s)/female
''65 years and over:'' 0.70 male(s)/female
''total population:'' 1.00 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
''adjective:'' Rwandan/Rwandese 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, 1% Twa.
This article is about the demographic features of the population
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of Rwanda, including population density
Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...
, ethnicity, education higher level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Rwanda's population density, even after the 1994 genocide
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lat ...
, is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa at . This country has few villages, and nearly every family lives in a self-contained compound on a hillside. The urban concentrations are grouped around administrative centers.
Over half of the adult population is literate, but no more than 5% have received secondary education.
Ethnic groups
The Rwandan population largely consists of three ethnic groups. TheHutu
The Hutu (), also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the p ...
s, who comprise the majority of the population (85%), are farmers of Bantu origin. The Tutsi
The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic ...
s (14% before the Genocide, probably less than 10% now) are a pastoral people who arrived in the area in the 15th century. Until 1959, they formed the dominant caste under a feudal system
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structu ...
based on cattleholding.
The Twa
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline which operated from 1930 until 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with ...
(pygmies
In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a pop ...
) (1%) are thought to be the remnants of the earliest settlers of the region.
Population
In 1950, Rwanda had a very narrow population pyramid, with less than 250,000 males and females between 0–10 years old. The graph only gets narrower as it goes up with virtually no-one living past 50 years of age. In 2017, we see the population of Rwanda increase dramatically from 1950 with about 750,000 people between 0–20 years old, the graph remains very narrow in the older ages section but has improved from 1950. By 2050, it is predicted that more people will be living longer and the structure will broaden overall. By 2100, it is predicted that there will be more people aged between 30–60 than between 0–20 as previous years have shown.
According to the total population was in , compared to only 2,072,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 42.6%, 54.7% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.7% was 65 years or older
.Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2010 RevisionStructure of the population
Structure of the population (1 July 2012 estimates, data refer to national projections): Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019):Vital statistics
Registration of vital events is in Rwanda not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.Fertility and Births
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR): Fertility data as of 2014–15 (DHS Program):Life expectancy
Source: UN
Other demographic statistics
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022. *One birth every 1 minutes *One death every 8 minutes *One net migrant every 58 minutes *Net gain of one person every 2 minutes The following demographic are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated.Population
:13,173,730 (2022 est.) :12,187,400 (July 2018 est.) :11,901,484 (July 2017 est.)Religions
Protestant 57.7% (includes Adventist 12.6%), Roman Catholic 38.2%, Muslim 2.1%, other 1% (includes traditional, Jehovah's Witness), none 1.1% (2019-20 est.)Age structure
:''0-14 years:'' 39.95% (male 2,564,893/female 2,513,993)
:''15-24 years:'' 20.1% (male 1,280,948/female 1,273,853)
:''25-54 years:'' 33.06% (male 2,001,629/female 2,201,132)
:''55-64 years:'' 4.24% (male 241,462/female 298,163)
:''65 years and over:'' 2.65% (2020 est.) (male 134,648/female 201,710)
:''0–14 years:'' 40.98% (male 2,521,169 / female 2,473,055)
:''15–24 years:'' 19.45% (male 1,187,249 / female 1,183,278)
:''25–54 years:'' 32.93% (male 1,903,087 / female 2,109,839)
:''55–64 years:'' 4.15% (male 225,273 / female 280,545)
:''65 years and over:'' 2.49% (male 120,952 / female 182,953) (2018 est.)
Birth rate
:26.44 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 42nd :29.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 39thDeath rate
:5.86 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 166th :6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 154th
Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if:
# she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime
# she were t ...
:3.33 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 42nd
:3.75 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 41st
Population growth rate
:1.74% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 53rd :2.3% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 34th :2.45% (2017 est.)Median age
:total: 19.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 199th :male: 18.9 years :female: 20.4 years (2020 est.) :total: 19.2 years. Country comparison to the world: 200th :male: 18.5 years :female: 20 years (2018 est.) :Total: 19 years :Male: 18.3 years :Female: 19.8 years (2017 est.)Mother's mean age at first birth
:23 years (2019/20 est.) :note: median age at first birth among women 25-49Contraceptive prevalence rate
:53.2% (2014/15)Net migration rate
:-3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 182nd :0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) Country comparison to the world: 68th
Dependency ratio
The dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the ''dependent'' part ages 0 to 14 and 65+) and those typically in the labor force (the ''productive'' part ages 15 to 64). It is used to measure the press ...
s
:total dependency ratio: 77.3 (2015 est.)
:youth dependency ratio: 72.4 (2015 est.)
:elderly dependency ratio: 5 (2015 est.)
:potential support ratio
The potential support ratio (PSR) is the number of people age 15–64 per one older person aged 65 or older. This ratio describes the burden placed on the working population (unemployment and children are not considered in this measure) by the no ...
: 20.1 (2015 est.)
Urbanization
:urban population: 17.7% of total population (2022) :rate of urbanization: 3.07% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) :urban population: 17.2% of total population (2018) :rate of urbanization: 2.86% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)Life expectancy at birth
total population: 65.85 years. Country comparison to the world: 199th male: 63.89 years female: 67.86 years (2022 est.) :total population: 64.5 years (2018 est.) :male: 62.6 years (2018 est.) :female: 66.5 years (2018 est.) :''total population:'' 64.3 years :''male:'' 62.3 years :''female:'' 66.3 years (2017 est.)Major infectious diseases
:degree of risk: very high (2020) :food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever :vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever :animal contact diseases: rabiesSex ratio
''at birth:'' 1.03 male(s)/female''under 15 years:'' 1.01 male(s)/female
''15–64 years:'' 0.99 male(s)/female
''65 years and over:'' 0.70 male(s)/female
''total population:'' 1.00 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
Nationality
''noun:'' Rwandan(s)/Rwandese''adjective:'' Rwandan/Rwandese 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, 1% Twa.
Languages
*Kinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where t ...
only (official universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%
* Kinyarwanda and other language(s) 6.2%
* French (official) and other language(s) 0.1%
* English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
(official) and other language(s) 0.1%
* Swahili (or Kiswahili
Swahili, also known by its local name , is the native language of the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent litoral islands). It is a Bantu language, though Swahili ...
used in commercial centers) 0.02%
* Other 0.03%
* Unspecified 0.3% (2002 est.)
Education expenditure
3.4% of GDP (2020) Country comparison to the world: 133rdLiteracy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write :total population: 73.2% :male: 77.6% :female: 69.4% (2018) :total population: 70.5% :male: 73.2% :female: 68% (2015 est.)School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
:total: 11 years (2017) :male: 11 years (2017) :female: 11 years (2017)Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
:total: 1.9% (2014 est.) :male: 1.4% (2014 est.) :female: 2.5% (2014 est.)See also
* Silas NiyibiziReferences
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