Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Kigali
- Region
- Africa, Eastern Africa
- Population
- 14,569,341 (2025)
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Currency
- Rwandan franc (RWF)
- Languages
- Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili (macrolanguage)
- Calling code
- +250
- Internet domain
- .rw
- ISO codes
- RW, RWA, 646
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
Land and position
Rwanda covers about 26,338 square kilometres. By area it ranks 150th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Haiti and a little larger than North Macedonia. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 2° south, 30° east, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 14.6 million people live in Rwanda (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 77th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.18 percent of the world's people. On average there are 553 people to each square kilometre. About 31 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 68 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili (macrolanguage). A person from Rwanda is called Rwandan.
Money and economy
The currency is the Rwandan franc (code RWF, symbol Fr). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 16.4 billion (2025), which is about US$ 1,124 for each person (2025).
Time
Rwanda uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Africa/Kigali). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Kigali | 1,132,686 |
| Gisenyi | 172,357 |
| Musanze | 153,368 |
| Nyagatare | 100,000 |
| Gitarama | 87,613 |
| Muhanga | 82,797 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Eastern Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.