Country:

Rwanda

Capital City:

Kigali

Population:

12 million

Life expectancy:

male 62.6 years, female 66.5 years

Population with improved drinking water:

urban 86.6%, rural 71.9%

Population with improved sanitation:

61.6%

Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight:

9.6%

Literacy Rate:

male 73.2%, female 68%

Child Labour:

28%

Religion:

Protestant 49.5% (includes Adventist 11.8% and other Protestant 37.7%), Roman Catholic 43.7%, Muslim 2%, other 0.9% (includes Jehovah’s Witness), none 2.5%, unspecified 1.3% (2012)

Percentage living below the poverty line:

39.1%

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