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GeographyLocation: Central Africa, east of Zaire
Area: Land boundaries: total 893 km, Burundi 290 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km, Zaire217 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 8,605,307 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.67% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 48.52 births/1,000 population Death rate: 21.82 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 118.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 8.12 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Hutu 90%, Tutsi 9%, Twa (Pygmoid) 1% Religions: Roman Catholic 65%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 1%, indigenous beliefs andother 25% Languages: Kinyarwanda (official), French (official), Kiswahili used in commercial centers
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic; presidential system Capital: Kigali Independence: 1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship) Constitution: 18 June 1991
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $7.9 billion National product real growth rate: -8% National product per capita: $950 Inflation rate (consumer prices): Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
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