Population: 7,322,039 (July 1989), growth rate 3.8% (1989)

Birth rate: 53 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 16 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 117 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 49 years male, 53 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 8.5 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Rwandan(s); adjective--Rwandese

Ethnic divisions: 90% Hutu, 9% Tutsi, 1% Twa (Pygmoid)

Religion: 65% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 9% Muslim, 17% indigenous beliefs and other

Language: Kinyarwanda, French (official); Kiswahili used in commercial centers

Literacy: 37%

Labor force: 3,600,000; 93% agriculture, 5% government and services, 2% industry and commerce; 49% of population of working age (1985)

Organized labor: NA

NOTE: The information regarding Rwanda on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Rwanda People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rwanda People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.